[DrRobert]

That’s construction lumber. Most ww’ers are into hardwood & it hasn’t been hit so bad, at least by me. I bought S2S cherry for $3.60 and 15/16 soft maple for $4. Admittedly they are nice guys and let me open a commercial account.

Plywood is another story.....

 

[allpurpose]

Whenever I can avoid places like the big box stores I do and buy any volume at all from a small yard across town. At the local HD I MIGHT buy a 2x10-12 and rip it down to 3.5 or whatever, but almost never buy just 2x4 studs.. What do I care if it has round corners? I don't..

 

[Tool Agnostic]

There is a small-ish local plywood and construction lumber yard near us. I like the people there. Prices are better than the big box stores. My spouse likes them for their wide variety of inexpensive MDF moldings.

I wish they carried hardwoods and baltic birch plywood, but I have to go elsewhere for those.

My point is that often the small local businesses are better, cheaper, and give quality service, compared with the big box stores that suck your money out of the community. The same is true for plumbing supplies, electrical, etc. Many of those businesses have had the same family owners in our area since the 1950s or 1960s.

 

[Rebelwork]

I was in HD yesturday picking up some DC stuff. Pretty crazy pricing. I was I HF today and saw nitrile glues around $10. Sign says "In demand"

 

[GeorgeC]

I happened to be in the lumber section of Home Depot a couple weeks agp and heard two men talking about how the price of lumber has gone up. Then walked into a different Home Depot last week and two other men were having a conversation about the high price of lumber.
i guess this is the wrong time to get into woodworking,

The price of lumber that you find in Home Depot really has nothing to do with woodworking.

George

 

[Rebelwork]

The price of lumber that you find in Home Depot really has nothing to do with woodworking.

George

Last I looked my lumber rack, storage rack and shop table came from home depot...
Woodworking can be 1 of 1000 different meanings...

Commercial cabinet maker, cabinet maker, furniture maker,boat maker, etc all different fields in woodworking...

 

[Jim Frye]

There is a new home being framed on our street. Yesterday, the framers erected the roof rafters. the main runs are 2x8 timbers that are at least 30 feet long. Anyone want to guess what one of those cost?

 

[Rebelwork]

Last long ones we used were 24' special order. A garage with not post in center..

 

[Peng8]

The price of lumber that you find in Home Depot really has nothing to do with woodworking.

George

sorry, I am new. They were just talking about wood so I didn’t know.

 

[Rebelwork]

It's all good
My daughter wanted a diy tv cabinet. Material straight from construction grade lumber.

 

[Tony B]

My recent trips to Houston Hardwoods, my hardwood/exotic wood supplier has not changed much in price over the last several years. Seems like most of the major increase in prices is in the construction lumber.industry

 

[wolfgang953]

The price of lumber that you find in Home Depot really has nothing to do with woodworking.

George

sorry, I am new. They were just talking about wood so I didn’t know.

Dont apologize. That statment is quite subjective depending on what you consider 'woodworking'.
Some might see it as more a skilled ccraftmen type of thing. While others might look at it more as and project involving a good bit of any wood. - The line between construction and craftsmanship can be thin and often cross over imo. - I myself have asked many a questions here that could be considered more construction then fine craftsmanship. (Hell, even the word 'craftsmen' can be debated.)
And it was a thread titled '2x4' so i guess that really qualifies under the head topic line of 'wood' as opposed to woodworking.