Apparently we could all be millionaires!
This is being sold at a Canadian furniture store.
According to the guy who posted this photo it is so expensive because:
It would take years to air dry a chunk that large properly. Not drying it properly means that it would have huge splits in it called checks. You can see one tiny one in this piece but that's pretty good for a log that still has the pith. Alternatively you could dry it in a kiln which would be much faster, also much more expensive and require additional human power to move in and out of the kiln.
Due to this, hardwood is more expensive the thicker it gets. If this is two feet tall by 1 foot around it would be 113.1429 * 24 / 144 # => 18 board feet. Let's say the raw material is cheap $1.5 a BF, that would be $27.
The two sides were worked to look "hewn", that's not a machine cut. Materials + work hours including transportation and storage probably brings this to around $50. Retail usually doubles the raw price.
It seems like everyone who is getting upset about this has never tried to buy a large piece of wood before.
What do you think?
This is being sold at a Canadian furniture store.
According to the guy who posted this photo it is so expensive because:
It would take years to air dry a chunk that large properly. Not drying it properly means that it would have huge splits in it called checks. You can see one tiny one in this piece but that's pretty good for a log that still has the pith. Alternatively you could dry it in a kiln which would be much faster, also much more expensive and require additional human power to move in and out of the kiln.
Due to this, hardwood is more expensive the thicker it gets. If this is two feet tall by 1 foot around it would be 113.1429 * 24 / 144 # => 18 board feet. Let's say the raw material is cheap $1.5 a BF, that would be $27.
The two sides were worked to look "hewn", that's not a machine cut. Materials + work hours including transportation and storage probably brings this to around $50. Retail usually doubles the raw price.
It seems like everyone who is getting upset about this has never tried to buy a large piece of wood before.
What do you think?
Oops...oh looky, 1/2 price now!
