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weisyboy

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a bloke rang me on friday he is a shop fitter building a mexican restraunt.

the arcetect desighned it with huge "cabana structures" inside, free standing and purely for looks. they are to be made of rough sawn 12" x 12" x 10' posts and beams.

he wants a total of 154m of the stuff.

i did a ring around and the best price i can get is AU$228/linear metre (us$159.51):jawdrop: that makes it about au$31 000.

i cut a sample today an it took 20 mins to cut one peice. so say 30 mins to be safe.

log cost au$50
running cost on the mill au$10/hour
wadges for a tailor au$25/hour

so that is a cost of au$67.50 and a sale price of au$684 leaving a profit of $616.50:dizzy:.

i cannot justify charging that price.

how dose this compare to what you guys get?
 
weisyboy said:
a bloke rang me on friday he is a shop fitter building a mexican restraunt.

the arcetect desighned it with huge "cabana structures" inside, free standing and purely for looks. they are to be made of rough sawn 12" x 12" x 10' posts and beams.

he wants a total of 154m of the stuff.

i did a ring around and the best price i can get is AU$228/linear metre (us$159.51):jawdrop: that makes it about au$31 000.

i cut a sample today an it took 20 mins to cut one peice. so say 30 mins to be safe.

log cost au$50
running cost on the mill au$10/hour
wadges for a tailor au$25/hour

so that is a cost of au$67.50 and a sale price of au$684 leaving a profit of $616.50:dizzy:.

i cannot justify charging that price.

how dose this compare to what you guys get?
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Sorta works this way:

Walmart:

Mfg. cost for a pair of blue jeans= 50¢
Selling price= $22.50
Profit=Worlds largest retail store.

Market price is market price. Go for it. Look at all the nice new chainsaws you can buy to satisfy your CAD affliction.
 
That's a huge profit! I wouldn't be afraid that I was charging too much if that's what the going rate is. You could make a nice profit and that is what business is. Someone is going to get it, why not you?
 
Wow. No way anybody would pay $500US for a ten foot 12x12 here.
Everything up to 16' is fairly cheap in USA, at least in yellow pine.

Edit: Silverbox's post makes a good point. Rough sawn oak for $4bft would be a great deal in 12x12 here, so the species matters. It also seems like you've got slower growing wood down there.
 
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When put that way, it doesn't sound so bad, but still... One can get Douglas Fir 6X6 here for $2.00/LF in the middle of summer when the small mills are running. I realize that cost can go up exponentially as size goes up, but that still sounds really high. A 1000% profit? That's getting into gouging territory by my standards. But then again I don't know what kind of wood you're using, so it might be worth that.
 
weisyboy said:
a bloke rang me on friday he is a shop fitter building a mexican restraunt.

the arcetect desighned it with huge "cabana structures" inside, free standing and purely for looks. they are to be made of rough sawn 12" x 12" x 10' posts and beams.

he wants a total of 154m of the stuff.

i did a ring around and the best price i can get is AU$228/linear metre (us$159.51):jawdrop: that makes it about au$31 000.

i cut a sample today an it took 20 mins to cut one peice. so say 30 mins to be safe.

log cost au$50
running cost on the mill au$10/hour
wadges for a tailor au$25/hour

so that is a cost of au$67.50 and a sale price of au$684 leaving a profit of $616.50:dizzy:.

i cannot justify charging that price.

how dose this compare to what you guys get?
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Sounds exactly like what I experience. I use a woodmizer and any time I seriously get on the mill I can easily cut about $1000/day net of my time and effort. The best part is most of the time I am using found wood from old logging, windfalls and wood that used to be burned. Don't really need the money, but its always nice to trade!
 

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