Dave Monk Posted April 21, 2021 Report Posted April 21, 2021 Received 10 BDF of yellow heart today not cheap but I was happy to find some. It's a full 1" thick and very nice quality. It's a bit redder than what I've had in the past. With shipping it came to $22 BDF. That stuff sure is heavy. Weighs lbs. It will probably last me the rest of my life. DiamondTropicalHardwoods.com Karl S, lawson56, OCtoolguy and 4 others 7 Quote
Scrappile Posted April 21, 2021 Report Posted April 21, 2021 No way around it, wood is now expensive and so is shipping.... That is a beautiful stack.. Is it for intarsia? I think I have one board left that I ordered years ago. I love working with it. Dave Monk and OCtoolguy 2 Quote
Dave Monk Posted April 22, 2021 Author Report Posted April 22, 2021 15 minutes ago, Scrappile said: No way around it, wood is now expensive and so is shipping.... That is a beautiful stack.. Is it for intarsia? I think I have one board left that I ordered years ago. I love working with it. I use it for intarsia and some of my inlays. I love working with it also. I can get most kinds of woods locally but no one currently has yellow heart. OCtoolguy 1 Quote
WayneMahler Posted April 22, 2021 Report Posted April 22, 2021 I have one piece left. It's about 8x15x1. Beautiful wood, want to get some more but it is cost prohibitive for now. It is fun to work with. OCtoolguy and Dave Monk 2 Quote
ben2008 Posted April 22, 2021 Report Posted April 22, 2021 (edited) Nice buy Dave I have a couple of pieces. One is 1.5" thick x 7" wide X 36" long and another that is 1" thick X 7' wide and 2' long. I also have a smaller piece with black streaks running through it. Pretty cool looking. I think that yellowheart is no longer imported according to the guys at Ocooch. It is on the endangered list. I love working with it also. For a wood that is very heavy and dense it cuts and shapes like a breeze for me. I use it mostly for Intarsia. Edited April 22, 2021 by ben2008 OCtoolguy and Dave Monk 2 Quote
Frank Pellow Posted April 22, 2021 Report Posted April 22, 2021 Like those who have responded so far, I have a little bit in stock. I doubt that I will get any more, not because of the price, but because none of the places that I purchase wood stock it anymore. I'm only using it for intarsia and, even then, I am using it sparingly. OCtoolguy 1 Quote
Denny Knappen Posted April 22, 2021 Report Posted April 22, 2021 I had a piece 3/4" thick, but I used it up making the little birds for the Miniature Birdhouse Ornaments. OCtoolguy and Dave Monk 2 Quote
Woodmaster1 Posted April 23, 2021 Report Posted April 23, 2021 (edited) I went to get some yellowheart last week and they were out. They had plenty of other exotic wood just no yellowheart. It was listed as $12.12 a bdft. I will keep checking and when they get some and buy a few bdft. I did get some purpleheart, bubinga, ambrosia maple, gummy cherry, walnut and sapele. Edited April 23, 2021 by Woodmaster1 Dave Monk and OCtoolguy 2 Quote
barb.j.enders Posted April 23, 2021 Report Posted April 23, 2021 Changing the topic just a bit, with the price of lumber (plywood & 2x4's) is the price of the hardwood going up as well? Hubby & I had a discussion about woods and this was his question. I haven't really done much with hard woods at this point. Just curious. OCtoolguy 1 Quote
Dave Monk Posted April 24, 2021 Author Report Posted April 24, 2021 1 hour ago, barb.j.enders said: Changing the topic just a bit, with the price of lumber (plywood & 2x4's) is the price of the hardwood going up as well? Hubby & I had a discussion about woods and this was his question. I haven't really done much with hard woods at this point. Just curious. The yellow heart is all that I have bought since the lumber price jump but I'm sure it has gone up. OCtoolguy 1 Quote
OCtoolguy Posted April 24, 2021 Report Posted April 24, 2021 Has there been any explanation as to why the sudden high increase in the price of wood? I know everything is going up but it seems like wood has gone up faster by comparison. I'm going to start dumpster diving again. My wife is not happy. Dave Monk 1 Quote
WayneMahler Posted April 24, 2021 Report Posted April 24, 2021 1 hour ago, octoolguy said: Has there been any explanation as to why the sudden high increase in the price of wood? I know everything is going up but it seems like wood has gone up faster by comparison. I'm going to start dumpster diving again. My wife is not happy. Depends on who you talk to. Some will say it is covid related. The mills slowed down then when covid hit, then every one was doing DIY around the house and the mills couldn't keep up, supply and demand. Others say it is the tariffs on imported goods. The US got a lot of wood from Canada and with the added tariffs it is not profitable enough. There are a few more things floating around and we all know what they say about rumors. To answer about hard wood. Yes it is up and still climbing. Hopefully things will get better and the prices will come back down. OCtoolguy 1 Quote
Woodmaster1 Posted April 24, 2021 Report Posted April 24, 2021 The price of hardwood has gone up but not like construction lumber. The people I buy hardwood from said they held off as long as they could hoping things would go down but they needed to restock. He said they had 27 truckloads come in one day because they supply cabinet shops so they couldn't wait. OCtoolguy 1 Quote
Roberta Moreton Posted April 25, 2021 Report Posted April 25, 2021 I read that yellow heart was recently placed on the endangered list. Quote
Zoot Fenster Posted April 28, 2021 Report Posted April 28, 2021 I'm surprised the DFW stores don't carry it. Couple months back, the Rockler Austin store had large piles of it for a special buy. Quote
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