sbarton22
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Do you ever take the time to figure the BF cost of the blanks you buy?
I, almost exclusively, buy larger pieces of lumber and mill my own blanks. Sometimes, I find a nice batch of blanks off ebay and grab them. Even more rare is when I buy a single blank.
I was doing some basic shop accounting and I was figuring the different BF costs of some of my recent supplies.
I wanted to give a Dymondwood blank a try. 5/8" x 5/8" x 5"..... that equals 0.0136 BF. Sure, the blank only cost me $2.69, but that tallies up to a whopping $198.10/BF!!!!!
I'm not complaining, I just found it pretty shocking. I thought I would share. :biggrin:
I, almost exclusively, buy larger pieces of lumber and mill my own blanks. Sometimes, I find a nice batch of blanks off ebay and grab them. Even more rare is when I buy a single blank.
I was doing some basic shop accounting and I was figuring the different BF costs of some of my recent supplies.
I wanted to give a Dymondwood blank a try. 5/8" x 5/8" x 5"..... that equals 0.0136 BF. Sure, the blank only cost me $2.69, but that tallies up to a whopping $198.10/BF!!!!!
I'm not complaining, I just found it pretty shocking. I thought I would share. :biggrin: