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  1. 15th January 2017, 11:45 AM #1
    lukejay
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    Hi Guys

    I'm new to woodworking and have just finished watching 'the naked woodworker' and decided to make x2 saw horses as seen in the instructional.

    My issue is that he lists the materials needed as : a 2x6x8' ($4.05) , and two pieces of 1x10x10' (@ $7.25 each)

    I went to bunnings yesterday, thinking these would be easy to find - unfortunately I was wrong.

    I did find the 1x10x10' (235mmx19mmx2.4m) but these cost $33 each (link below)
    https://www.bunnings.com.au/235-x-19...-pine_p8401474

    And for the 2x6x8' I was directed out the back where all they had was it in treated form (for around $13).

    Is there anywhere better in Brisbane (preferably northside) that someone could recommend? Also, I find it strange that there is such a price discrepancy in the 10' boards -granted these are US prices but still...am I not seeing something correctly here?
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  3. 15th January 2017, 06:24 PM #2
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    I would try the Sandgate Timber Mill in Sandgate. I'm not sure if they deal on a board by board basis, but I know they have lots of softwoods of various sizes.

    Otherwise, try Watt's Woods and Mouldings. It's southside, but they have a good selection of woods for woodworkers, including some softwoods.

    Gumtree is often worth a look as well.

    As far as price, yeah, wood is way more expensive in Australia, especially when you start comparing the prices of the cheapest stuff in the US. When you get into furniture grade hardwoods it gets a bit more "on par" but when talking about pine, etc - the more construction grade stuff - then the US has way cheaper material available.

    Hope that helps,
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  4. 15th January 2017, 07:36 PM #3
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    Wood has to be more expensive in Australia, because all the input costs required to produce it are more expensive in Australia: wages, fuel, electricity, machinery, treatment chemicals, insurance, land and building prices etc etc etc...

    Ask Luke Maddux what he's paying for a gallon of fuel and convert that to AUD per liter.
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  5. 15th January 2017, 09:55 PM #4
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    Thanks for the help guys. I'll look into the aforementioned places.
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  6. 16th January 2017, 06:39 AM #5
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    You pay a premium for the bigger single pieces of lumber as that log size is less common. We do, too.
    1 x 12" x whatever is pushing $2.50/foot. It warps and cups and twists.
    Some mills are edge-gluing 1x2 to make up 1 x 12 and that's really crap wood,
    made into something useful (shelves, etc) for maybe $0.75/foot. Dimensionally stable, too.

    I've got several pairs of sawhorses out in the back yard. They've never seen the inside of a shed.
    Temp swings from -30C to +35C for the past 10 years.
    Built from junk 2x4 SPF (conifer) wood, I decided that what I built on top of those would be what really mattered.

    lukejay: Build the prototypes out of junk while you source some nice stuff.
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