Criagslist post, any idea what's going on here?

Bowling pin blanks.
There's a mill right near me that makes 'em.

Never seen someone sell firewood by the piece. If I wasn't so lazy I'd figure out how many BTUs your 45 cents will get you.

Seems pricey, but nice and easy to stack!

Reminds me of the Birch cores I used to scrounge from a local plywood mill. Big round dowels that averaged 4" in diameter. Now and then there'd be bigger ones when they would spin out on the lathe. Best part was they were free but they weren't KD.

New member to the square peg society...just resigned from....nevermind... :lol:

Some very rough calculations - you could do better with using stacking ratios, but there are about 400 in the rack (20 x 20) occupying about 9 cu ft (3' x 3' x a generous 1'). so 128/9 = 14.2 of these racks for a cord. 400 x 14.2 x 0.45 = $2560 a cord.

That may be a new record, and even more than the plastic wrapped logs from the gas station. Bet they would burn nicely though...

CarbonNeutral said:

Some very rough calculations - you could do better with using stacking ratios, but there are about 400 in the rack (20 x 20) occupying about 9 cu ft (3' x 3' x a generous 1'). so 128/9 = 14.2 of these racks for a cord. 400 x 14.2 x 0.45 = $2560 a cord.

That may be a new record, and even more than the plastic wrapped logs from the gas station. Bet they would burn nicely though...

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something doesnt seem right with that math. by that, there would be over 5600 pieces in a cord??? id hate to be the one to move that cord of wood.



EDIT after thinking about it some more, theres no way that a 3' x 3' section would hold 400 pieces, more like 144 ish. i came to that by assuming all pieces were 3" in diameter, so you would have 12 of them in each 3' row, by 12 rows high. so it would work out to be:

128/9 = 14.2 of these racks for a cord. 140 x 14.2 x 0.45 = $894 a cord.

It does seem high, but in my morning daze I can't see any errors.

It looks like cores to me, too. I live near a veneer mill, that spools off hardwood for specialty products (skate boards, cabinets, pianos, etc.). They have some beautiful hardwood - yellow birch, birds eye maple, beech, etc. They do some softer wood, too, like Poplar. They can only shave the spinning log down so far, until it starts to crack as it's flattened out - usually about 4" diameter or larger.
It is fantastic firewood. No bark, seasons in less than a year, stacks amazing (little air space, tight pile) and a very dense cord.
We bought some by the tonne, which worked out to about $100/cord at the time (picked up at the mill). They don't sell it, now. They put in a big boiler and burn it themselves.

http://www.topendsports.com/sport/tenpin/images/pin-dimension.jpg


Bowling pins are much bigger after being milled, so I don't think there are pins. And yes I am a bowler. ;-P

Shipper

the length thing throws the calculations off. 9-13" is a bit of a variance. i picked 12".

$1,170 / cord. doesn't account for air gaps, but there ain't many to begin with!

CowboyAndy said:

something doesnt seem right with that math.

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There are 128 cubic feet of wood bark and air in a cord. That equates to 221184 cubic inches.

If one were to average those cylinders to 85 cubic inches of wood and the air to 15 cubic inches that would be 100 cubic inches for 45 cents.

2211.84 x $.45 = $995.328

Ja, expensive.

there are more than one kind of pin candle stick and duck pin and Iam sure theres more

Most occasional bowlers are not aware that the there are various bowling pins used in bowling. The various types of bowling are used in different set-ups, games and shapes of the pins. The differing pins are used in different locales. Some examples of different pins are:

• Tenpins – the most common bowling game using ten pins. Ten pins are 4.75 inches wide at their widest point and 15 inches in height. They weigh 3 lb, 6 oz, although 3 lb, 10 oz are also approved.
• Five-pins is a bowling game only played in Canada. Many Canadian bowling alleys offer it along with tenpin bowling. The balls in five-pin bowling are sized to fit in the hand and so they don’t have finger holes. They have a heavy rubber band around the middle and the actual bowling pins are arranged in a V shape. Five-pin bowling utilizes a different set of rules than traditional tenpin games. Five-pin bowling also uses different terminology from tenpin bowling.
• Duckpin bowling is popular along the eastern coast of the United States. Duckpin bowling pins have a shorter and squatter shape than tenpin pins. The regulation measurements of duckpin bowling pins are 9 13/32 inches tall, maximum diameter of 4 1/8 inches at the base and a minimum diameter of 1 3/8 inches wide. The balls are small and fit in the hand with a maximum diameter of 5 inches and maximum weight of 3 pounds, 12 ounces.
• Candlepin bowling is a form of bowling played in the New England states and also in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia along with a few isolated candlepin bowling centers in other areas. Candlepin bowling pins are 15 ¾ inches tall and have identical measurements at the top and bottom ends, almost three inches in diameter at the center. The bowling balls are four and half inches in diameter and do not have finger holes. The lanes also have specific measurement and requirements in candlepin bowling.

In all forms of bowling, knocking bowling pins down is the manner by which a player scores. The various types of bowling are determined by differences in amount, size and shape of bowling pins and bowling balls. The most popular and widely used form of bowling in the United States today is tenpin bowling. Tenpin bowling utilizes the most recognizable configuration of ten bowling pins.

This should cover the bowling pin theory.

Shipper

It's very intersting to see the extreme differences in price figuring.

kenny chaos said:

It's very intersting to see the extreme differences in price figuring.

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I think someone didn't realize their calculator was RPN.

LLigetfa said:

CowboyAndy said:

something doesnt seem right with that math.

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There are 128 cubic feet of wood bark and air in a cord. That equates to 221184 cubic inches.

If one were to average those cylinders to 85 cubic inches of wood and the air to 15 cubic inches that would be 100 cubic inches for 45 cents.

2211.84 x $.45 = $995.328

Ja, expensive.

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we came up eith about the same thing except I went with 11" because it is the average of 9 and 13
I got 99 cubic inches per piece which I rounded up to 100 besides we are figuring in all the air space as we figured it to be a 3" square not round..
but regardless he does not even have a cord for sale he only has 1200 available

So the new question is How many rickety rank face cords is there in 1,200 pieces?
extra credit how many BTUs per piece if burned on the 2nd Tuesday of the week in an Englander 30?

347 toothpicks....def..def.... definitely

rathmir said:

347 toothpicks....def..def.... definitely

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I just watched rainman a couple of days ago, lol.

OK, because I'm a math geek, but am slightly busy at work today, I'll give someone the assignment of the following:

-Let's start with toothpicks: Determine cost per cord and whatever else you can that would be interesting, such as "how many toothpicks could one load into a 2cuft firebox, or how many microBTUs are in ONE toothpick (is MicroBTU a real thing? i dunno)

-then forget round toothpicks and think about the flat kind,
-then lets discuss popsicle sticks.
-and I've always wondered what a cord of 2x4s would cost.

Actually, the list could go on forever, surely there are people here who would get a kick out of doing the math on those things.

and....go!

The one I always struggled with was; How many toothpicks, stacked end to end, would it take to reach
from Boston to Massachusettes?

kenny chaos said:

The one I always struggled with was; How many toothpicks, stacked end to end, would it take to reach
from Boston to Massachusettes?

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+1 been thinking about that one for a long time

smokinjay said:

kenny chaos said:

The one I always struggled with was; How many toothpicks, stacked end to end, would it take to reach
from Boston to Massachusettes?

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+1 been thinking about that one for a long time

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ha! who are the "MassachusETTES" a singing and dancing group of ladies from Boston?

Danno77 said:

-and I've always wondered what a cord of 2x4s would cost.
...
and....go!

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I actually did the math on those cull 1x12's they sell at home depot for 50 cents a piece.

About 250$ a cord, or so as I remember.

It would probably require going to HD every day for about 17 years to get enough of them to make a cord, but...

yeah...

Danno77 said:

smokinjay said:

kenny chaos said:

The one I always struggled with was; How many toothpicks, stacked end to end, would it take to reach
from Boston to Massachusettes?

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+1 been thinking about that one for a long time

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ha! who are the "MassachusETTES" a singing and dancing group of ladies from Boston?

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Hey Giggles- Guess where I don't live.
I live near Rockettes-ter. :lol: