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ACinSC 
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Posted: 28 Jan 2021 at 11:15am |
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Bought a 1"X6' this morn at Home Depot . Tag says Made in Sweden . This seems CRAZY to me .
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Clay
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Posted: 28 Jan 2021 at 11:47am |
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Made in Sweden is not crazy. Think IKEA. You buy it and put it together.
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jaybmiller
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Posted: 28 Jan 2021 at 12:13pm |
ikea ,funny... sawdust and glue and pitogram pictures of how to assemble ??
better than the MADE in China logo !!!
inner rocker patch panel for F350... Made in Denmark !!!!
dang NICE quality.lott thicker than the Made in PRC krap (people Republic China)...
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Sherman Farms
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Posted: 28 Jan 2021 at 1:01pm |
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Amish built us a new 60x136 building in 2019 and all the 2x4s were from Sweden
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steve(ill)
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Posted: 28 Jan 2021 at 1:03pm |
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GEES........... i thought all the wood came from Canada !
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JohnColo
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Posted: 28 Jan 2021 at 2:29pm |
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Maybe the logs came from Canada then were shipped to Sweden for processing into boards!
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jaybmiller
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Posted: 28 Jan 2021 at 3:21pm |
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wood..n't surprise me....
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Posted: 28 Jan 2021 at 4:02pm |
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I recently sold some walnut and maple logs. They brought more than I figured they would.
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steve(ill)
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Posted: 28 Jan 2021 at 4:12pm |
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I bought a few sheets of 1/2 inch CDX plywood last week... $30. each... was $19. a year ago.
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Randy WI
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Posted: 28 Jan 2021 at 4:14pm |
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We saw what we need. So there is a lot of lumber sitting in stacks. Randy
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FREEDGUY
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Posted: 28 Jan 2021 at 5:46pm |
 steve(ill) wrote:
GEES........... i thought all the wood came from Canada ! |
Nope, South America and multiple Asian outlets are surpassing Canada 
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steve(ill)
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Posted: 28 Jan 2021 at 7:55pm |
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im sure that we are increasing supplies from Asia.. but surpass Canada ? they were supplying 80% just a couple years ago.... got references ?
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john(MI)
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Posted: 28 Jan 2021 at 8:39pm |
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You better measure that piece of wood, it may be metric!
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Gary
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Posted: 29 Jan 2021 at 7:38am |
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Canada went Metric in 1978. I remember my 1978 Impala in kms.
So how come the Lumber Racks at Home Depot are still 2X4, 2X6, 2X8 ?
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jaybmiller
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Posted: 29 Jan 2021 at 7:43am |
cause a 2x4 is still 1.5 x 3.5 inches....... BIG 'fun' up here is thicknesses of sheetgoods( 'plywood' ) 1/2" plywood is 12.5mm thick OR you can buy it .500 thick
what has changed is the length ! an 8' 2by4 will be 96" +maybe a 1/4" ar most ! Hopefully NOT less than 96" though you MUST measure !!
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Canada went Metric in 1978
kinda,sortof, EXCEPT for 'bad guy TV ads', all say...'be on the lookout for male, 6'3" tall, 200 pounds......" NEVER EVER say 190sillymeters,72 kilograms....
Edited by jaybmiller - 29 Jan 2021 at 7:49am
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Posted: 29 Jan 2021 at 7:51am |
steve(ill) wrote:
im sure that we are increasing supplies from Asia.. but surpass Canada ? they were supplying 80% just a couple years ago.... got references ? |
Yeah, I'm not sure, I definitely see what you're saying. Have also "heard" that the Asians actually process logs into lumber on ships not too far into international waters. Get logs shipped from Canada to the processing ships, send lumber back. And it's cheap, and not too environmentally sound, etc. etc. Have to look into it again.
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Randy WI
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Posted: 29 Jan 2021 at 10:09am |
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The west coast lumber stopped with the spotted owl thing. wonder how that owl is doing with all the fires out there. Randy
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HD6GTOM
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Posted: 30 Jan 2021 at 6:39pm |
The log pipeline from Canada shut off?  Anybody have a portable bandsaw? Is it something you like? Friend of mine had one, saw'd thousands of feet of logs. I had a couple of good straight Walnut logs i cut and stored for several years. He didn't want to cut dry logs. My darn back is so bad I probably couldn't operate 1 anyhoo.
Edited by HD6GTOM - 30 Jan 2021 at 6:40pm
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Posted: 31 Jan 2021 at 12:08am |
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years ago i wanted to do a project using log look alike boards, i checked with a local mill and several other places, finally had a Canadian company deliver right to my door a semi load of those type boards i wanted...cheaper than i could have had them milled in my hometown.
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jaybmiller
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Posted: 31 Jan 2021 at 7:42am |
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friend in NY state reshingled his house. IKO shingles were CHEAPER in NY than in Ontario, where they were made !
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