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RE: As no one asked, the cost of raw lumber to make your own is about $80

3 shelves 18" to 24" wide, 24" long could be cut from a nominal 8"x 96" board of 8/4 Maple. Prices hover around $7.50 a board foot, about $80.

Any hardwood lumber yard will surface the board, S4S (surfaced all 4 sides) to 1 3/4" then cut into 3 or 4 lengths for a nominal fee. Some, like the Amish run place I use, have a furniture shop on site which would do the glue-up, plane and sand to your desired shelf size. Maybe $100 more.

Less than the cost of one cutting board. Call it $200 for 3 or 4 shelves you could leave raw (I'd advise at least paste wax) or apply the very nice Minwax Wipe On polyurethane they sell everywhere.



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  • RE: As no one asked, the cost of raw lumber to make your own is about $80 - B. Scarpia 05:51:57 12/06/19 (0)

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