Any ideas out there on what to charge for a pine table? I build them 38 – 42 inches wide; 6 – 12 feet in length. Tops are solid 1 3/4 – 2 inches thick with 4 or 5 boards and a nice breadboard end. Legs are large pine (4 1/2″ square) with a nice taper finished with handplane, all frame joints pegged MT. Finish is tung oil and paste wax. All wood is 100 year old reclaimed material (ponderosa and sugar pine) so a few nail/peg/bolt holes make there way into the finished product. Overall a little on the “rustic” side (not catalog cover photo materail!) but really quite nice. First three renditions went to family, now friends are interested in purchasing. (I don’t do chairs – YET!) I’m in Northern California. Any ideas would be helpful. Thanks in advance, Rich Collins
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Rich,
You might want to take a look at this thread for starters.
http://forums.taunton.com/tp-knots/messages/?start=Start+Reading+%3E%3E
Don,
can't seem to find antything on that thread that refers to pricing. Rich
This is off the topic but where in Northern California are you (if you don’t mind)? I was born and raised in Red Bluff the first 23 years of my life. I’ve now been in Alaska for 30 years.
Rich, Davis - about 1 hour 30 minutes south of Red Bluff. FYI my wood came out of old mill building from Weed on north side of Mt. Shasta.
Similar tables go for $100.00 to $150 per lf in Baton Rouge - all day long. Visit the antique vendor booth malls around here - you'll see several examples. Bisquit board ends add a bit. Drawers add a bit. Quality of wood and finish add a bit. I was looking at a reasonable most basic new table made from old cypress last week. Maybe 34" x 72" - marked down from $700 to $600. Looked pretty good - Not special. There's was a better table just down the hall - same size, maybe a little wider. Horizontal bracing below. A drawer - maybe two. Better workmanship. Bisquit board ends. A little thicker top. - $1100.00.
To me there's no difference in value of old pine vs old cypress. The raw material sells for about the same amount here. Only cypress has a bit warmer look sometimes.
jdg
Edited 2/9/2003 12:55:17 PM ET by jdg
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