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Depends if it’s dry or not, Call you local supplier and see how much there’s is a BF

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I know nothing about American wood priceing but jims correct the price depends on whether it’s kiln dried wet or air dried. Alistair

-- excuse my typing as I have a form of parkinsons disease

It is dried. I can’t find anyone in my area to compare prices.

I think it’s legit .

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QSRO—pay for the glam. You should expect near perfection showing the medulary rays. Look at each board. I bought QSRO in Oregon two years ago. It was shipped from Indiana. The mill had it marked for Stickley (Highly Regarded Manufacturer of Craftsman furniture). It was cut full measure (rarely seen today). It netted out at over 90% useful yield. It is the most beautiful WO I have ever seen. If you are in love there is nothing we can say. Price is reasonable but for a guy like me I’d be sure I was in love first. Steve

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Here is a good comparison chart for White Oak from the same region as you

http://www.westpennhardwoods.com/shop/catalog/White_Oak.html

12/4 or thicker oak is much more expensive than thinner boards. I paid $8/bf for 12/4 red oak from my local lumber supplier, so $6/bf for quartered white oak is a pretty decent deal, for my local area. The northeast seems to differ pretty greatly in hardwood prices from the west coast, though, so YMMV.

Edit: I should say it was $8/bf for 12/4 FAS red oak.

-- ian | "You can't stop what's coming. It ain't all waiting on you. That's vanity."

If you “need” 16/4 boards, and they are of good quality, it sounds like a good price. If you do not need the boards that thick, and have to re-saw and deminsion it, then maybe not so exciting.

I’m from western PA. That’s a decent price, but I don’t think it’s a steal. We don’t see a whole lot of 16/4 priced out, but the smaller sawyers will cut some for you if you ask. 8/4 would typically be around $5.75 or so.

4” think lumber will be a bit more. How wide is it? That will make a difference to. I would say $6 is ok, but unless its really wide, it’s probably not a steal.

You said its dried. Air dried or Kiln dried?

Condition makes a difference to. Make sure it straight.

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If your in NW Pa, find you a local Amish Sawyer. They charge rock bottom prices. I found one just west of Greenville PA in Oh. Another question to ask is are you willing to resaw 4” thick material? That would be a hassle and a half. Dried WO 16/4, 9’ long, 8” wide is going to weigh around 100 lbs.

-- Ryan - Bethel Park, PA

I guess I assumed if you were thinking of buying it you had a use for 16/4. I wouldn’t pay that price AND resaw it. But that’s just me.

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My guy is at 3.75 for 8/4.

-- Jeff

Jeff,

That is almost a steal! I quartersaw white oak. 4” thick quartersawn white oak is the creme de la creme. I charge $5 – $6 per BF for 9/4 (2 & 3/8”) based on the amount of figure. It takes really big trees for thick quartersawn lumber, there can be a lot of degrade, and it takes much longer to dry.

-- Wood-Mizer LT15

I’m jealous of all you guys! The only place I can get QSWO wants 7$ /bf for 4/4

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I think I paid $5.50/bf for rough sawn 8/4 QSWO last month in the DFW area. To me, 16/4 would make me hope that the price is less just because it’d be a bear to mill.

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It is kiln dried rough cut

About 10 inches wide 10 foot lengths

I’m paying $2 a BF for 4/4 in Chattanooga, planed on all sides, kiln dried. If I go into North GA, to a big lumber yard, I can get 5/4 for $1.10 a BF, rough sawn, air dried two years.

$6 a BF for what is essentially a 4X4Xwhatever width sounds pretty reasonable to me for white oak, as long as it is air dried. Right off the log, forget it.

-- Paul, Tennessee, http://www.tsunamiguitars.com

Also, that’s interesting, I used to live in the NE Pennsylvania region, for about 20 years. Clarks Summit area. Where is your stash located at?
(No worries, we got so much oak down here in SE Tennessee, not worth me running for it.)

-- Paul, Tennessee, http://www.tsunamiguitars.com

Thats $24 a lineal ft.

a fair price IMHO, based on being graded as FAS/Selects and better KD or AD for 5 years

-- "Good artists borrow, great artists steal”…..Picasso

I might add, that 16/4 timber is somewhat difficult to find but is of little use when building Stickly/Mission/Craftsman type furniture as the edges will be flat sawn, while faces remain 1/4 sawn…..most high end Stickly furniture, the posts are mitered all the way around so that 1/4 sawn wood is always visible.

That said, I can think of a gazillion reasons to buy it. The only thing better then 16/4 material…….is 18/4 and up : )

-- "Good artists borrow, great artists steal”…..Picasso