my first trip to local hardwood lumber store

Popular 4/4 = $2 and some change for a board square foot. MDF 4’x4’ 3/4” = $12
i was in heaven! this was the first time going to a hardwood lumber store. luckily, i take care of their phone system and voice/data cables so i already knew the manager and he helped me understand things easily and was very helpful.

for some reason, i was thinking ANY hardwood (granted, i know popular is the cheapest hardwood) was going to cost and arm and a leg. but when it’s explained to you, it’s not too bad at all when it comes to figuring out 1/4, 2/4, 3/4, and 4/4 ( 4 quarter ).
Even the MDF was cheaper (i’m going to build my first torsion box sometime in the winter) than the box stores.
then, of course, i cruised the other hardwoods: maple, oak, zebra wood, burly wood, panels of all sorts as well.

it was a nice experience for the first time going into the local hardwood store and coming out with eagerness to get started learning joinery, mortises and tenons.