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8th October 2006, 02:21 PM #1
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Aust red cedar
I ran into a bloke today at the local flea markets. He was selling slabs of silky oak finished to aroud 400gt starting at $80. Good size slabs and he told me he had a bit of red cedar lying about. He said the boards were about 120mm x 27mm. He wanted $15 per metre for it. He had none with him and I was thinking if this is one of those bargains I should grab. Not knowing the value of cedar, I was wondering if this is a good price or not?
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8th October 2006, 02:38 PM #2
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Hi Blue
If they were nice boards I would be happy with the price but then I am not real hung up on bargaining
its not like there is a glut of it
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8th October 2006, 02:55 PM #3
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Using Blocklayers calculator it works out at about $4629.23 per cubic metre - more or less.
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8th October 2006, 06:20 PM #4
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red cedar is often up to 2500 per cube, depends on its condition.
grab it if u can but dont pay 2 much for it..
heres 2 pics of some cedar i cut last week.....found it on roadside in forest....
mmmm yum
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8th October 2006, 07:03 PM #5
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$15 a metre is a tad high, but would depend on how good the timber is. If it's full of faults like knots, etc., or badly bowed, twisted, etc., I'd say poke it; but if it was really nice, then grab it
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9th October 2006, 09:09 AM #6
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I had never really looked at buying any of it so I had no real idea as to its value. I had heard different people coming up with all sorts of prices when I lived in Sydney so I never worried about it. When I spoke to this bloke yesterday it seemed like a good price. Just to confirm it I decided to run through the forum first. Thanks for the info.
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9th October 2006, 10:24 AM #7
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I'de say too high , but with any Red Cedar it depends on the colour , also there is stuff they call makay cedar around , but about 2500 a cube is right.
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