[Woodworkers] A lousy 1 x 4

[Greg]

Now if only we could increase the price of our work by 700%...

That built in shelf that used to be $1000. Now it's $7000... Will that be
cash or credit?

On Fri, Aug 9, 2019, 3:31 PM Sid Hymes via Woodworkers <
woodworkers at lists.sawdusters.org> wrote:

> We ALL feel your pain. Everywhere we go.
>
> On Fri, Aug 9, 2019, 12:11 Dave Heitstuman via Woodworkers <
> woodworkers at lists.sawdusters.org> wrote:
>
>> I have been trying to organize and reconnoiter the storage in the
>> garage.  First order of business was to build some better shelving.  Many
>> years ago I literally stumbled on to an idea for a way to make shelves that
>> are surprisingly strong and require no support beyond screwing them to the
>> wall or in this case the studs in the garage.  The principle is so simple
>> any fool can do it.  A 1x4 along the wall, a 1x2 (a full 2” ripped from a
>> 1x4) for the front.  Tapered cross members, running front to back.  I have
>> made shelves as deep as 14” and have loaded them up pretty darn heavy and
>> they don’t sag or pull away from the wall at all.
>>
>> So I ran over to the orange store for some 1x4’s for some new shelves.
>> $6.67 each.
>>
>> $6.67 cents for a 1 x 4?  $6.67 for crappy 1x4’s.  $6.67 for twisted
>> bowed and otherwise useless 1x4’s.  After sorting through most of the rack
>> I managed to find 8 mostly decent 1x4’s  The gal at the check stand thought
>> she was going to have to do CPR on me when she gave me the total.
>>
>>
>>
>> I get it that things do not cost what they did years ago, it costs more
>> to make it, to transport it, to get it on the rack at HD, but.  $6.67 for a
>> 1x4 that is full of knots and is not flat or straight.  That just does not
>> seem right.  We can all make fun of the old timers that say things like
>> “back in my day” so I guess I have become that old timer.  I can remember
>> buying 1x4’s at a Pay N Pak back in the early 80’s.  Pay N Pak was a NW
>> chain that truly was an early version of HD or Lowes.  You could get 1x4’s
>> for $.69 (yes that is cents) that were straight, clear, and probably graded
>> as #1 or better.   1 x 6’s were $.99 yes 99 cents not quite as clear but
>> they were straight.
>>
>>
>>
>> I’m done, I just had to get that off my chest.
>>
>>
>>
>> 2Dave
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