tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6261993076995357307.post8497384826022732555..comments2023-11-05T06:16:56.961-05:00Comments on the Carpentry Way: A Square Deal (2)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14328401081765407624noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6261993076995357307.post-64750871733745599582014-03-06T10:21:56.509-05:002014-03-06T10:21:56.509-05:00Ah, lucky me!
Usually I have the best chance of c...Ah, lucky me!<br /><br />Usually I have the best chance of catching typos by reading the entire post out loud to my wife, and when that opportunity is not there, and I publish after a couple of read-throughs alone, I tend to have more typos. Every time I reread I seem to find more. Sometimes I'll get a comment on a post from several years back, and then reread an old post and I often find typos in it as well. It's a little vexing, but it's a blog, not the Ten Commandments. My carpentry essays have been pored over many many times and errors still come to light from time to time. <br /><br />~CAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14328401081765407624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6261993076995357307.post-7343128295423398852014-03-06T10:12:45.842-05:002014-03-06T10:12:45.842-05:00No worries, Chris, I didn't notice.No worries, Chris, I didn't notice.Julie @ followyourheartwoodworkinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12186806888262891917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6261993076995357307.post-6631147514154181032014-03-06T09:41:27.432-05:002014-03-06T09:41:27.432-05:00Julie,
thank you very much for your comment. I co...Julie,<br /><br />thank you very much for your comment. I continue to be surprised by how much some pieces of wood can cost.<br /><br />I re-read the post this morning, and as usual found 3 or 4 annoying typos - sorry you had to wade through that!<br /><br />~CAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14328401081765407624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6261993076995357307.post-42793436867254257282014-03-06T07:36:24.212-05:002014-03-06T07:36:24.212-05:00I have never bought such a large piece of quality ...I have never bought such a large piece of quality wood and didn't realize the price was so high, although it does make sense why it would be. This was a very interesting read this morning with my cup of tea before I head out into the cold world. I enjoy reading about your "special madness."Julie @ followyourheartwoodworkinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12186806888262891917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6261993076995357307.post-28249572089319572182014-03-05T21:48:02.546-05:002014-03-05T21:48:02.546-05:00Mike,
thanks for your comment. I think this means...Mike,<br /><br />thanks for your comment. I think this means, simply, that the price of solid wood furniture is going to climb along with the raw material prices which are required to make those pieces. It will only affect projects where such large or thick boards are required or desired. It's a simple supply and demand sort of issue, and like a lot of manufactured things, if the prices of raw materials climb, the usual recourse many manufacturers will be to make the quality of the product go down so that it remains at much the same price point. This is what often drives 'innovation'. A regular washing machine today costs about the same as it did 20 years ago, but lasts only 5 years instead of 20. Manufacturers will generally try their utmost to keep the price of an item the same. It's our culture of 'cheap'.<br /><br />Obviously, the sort of wood prices mentioned in the post above put certain materials out of the reach of many. The other side of the coin is equally bad though: if such boards were cheap and abundant, they would surely be consumed at a faster pace and likely used/fabricated with less forethought, care and attention - which in short order would lead to the condition of the boards being in short supply and suddenly valuable. And that is pretty much what happened, isn't it?<br /><br />I do think the consumer is going to see far fewer thick wide boards available. For one thing, supply is limited and the rate at which it is produced is invariably surpassed by demand, and the cost to dry thick slabs of wood (the time, the cost of heating) makes it a less profitable proposition as drying thin boards. <br /><br />We've reached an era where some pieces are wood are getting to be a bit like some other forms of carbon - I mean diamonds - where extremely large and well-formed examples command a substantial price premium over smaller and more common stones. <br /><br />I'll be talking a bit more about the strange acceleration of wood pricing in the next post, funny enough...<br /><br />~CAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14328401081765407624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6261993076995357307.post-76396373006095127092014-03-05T21:14:19.890-05:002014-03-05T21:14:19.890-05:00hi chris,
interesting to see that wood prices ar...hi chris, <br /><br />interesting to see that wood prices are approaching the prices of high end machines. i worry, especially with the costs of supplies in japan, about "diminishing returns." may not be exactly the right term, but there comes a point where the finished cost with materials, labor, etc far exceeds the price clients expect or are willing to pay. <br /><br />mikeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com