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Cheez Dawg

Cheez Dawg

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A friend from work was at a woodworking show on the weekend. While he was there, he picked up a nice piece of bocote.
He said I could have it, if I made him a set of thread protectors out of it for his 2 cues. 2 butts and 4 shafts.
The piece is 1 inch thick by 6 inches wide by about 3 feet long. It looks very nice.
He said he paid $38 for it.
I'm not worried about doing the job, but I was curious as to if some of you think the price he paid was fair.
I know I won't be able to use it for much other than joint protectors, but it is nice to have anyway.
I can't do any inlay work yet, but I do own a mid-size cuesmith.
 
Cheez Dawg said:
A friend from work was at a woodworking show on the weekend. While he was there, he picked up a nice piece of bocote.
He said I could have it, if I made him a set of thread protectors out of it for his 2 cues. 2 butts and 4 shafts.
The piece is 1 inch thick by 6 inches wide by about 3 feet long. It looks very nice.
He said he paid $38 for it.
I'm not worried about doing the job, but I was curious as to if some of you think the price he paid was fair.
I know I won't be able to use it for much other than joint protectors, but it is nice to have anyway.
I can't do any inlay work yet, but I do own a mid-size cuesmith.
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That is about 1.5 board feet. I pay about $60 a board foot for it in Canada.
 
i would say the price is about right.too bad it's not 6/4.you could use part of it as a core instead of Maple.it will stay straighter than Maple and has a nice hit,but is a tad heavy.
 
Mase said:
That is about 1.5 board feet. I pay about $60 a board foot for it in Canada.
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Actually, my friend got it in Ottawa this past weekend ant the woodworking show.
 
Mase said:
That is about 1.5 board feet. I pay about $60 a board foot for it in Canada.
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Sorry my bad. Bocote sells for about $16.00 a board foot around here. For some reason I read Bocote and thought Ebony.
 
Mase said:
Sorry my bad. Bocote sells for about $16.00 a board foot around here. For some reason I read Bocote and thought Ebony.
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That's better, I sure thought they were nailing you good for bocote up north.

Dick
 
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