Mail Order Lumber Unboxing | Is It Worth Buying Lumber Online?

[@mr.shellcracker9161]

I’ve ordered from them before as well. Always has been a great experience.

[@pineandprairielife]

Just checked their pricing! Holy cow! You must be getting a heck of a deal to order from them.

[@jonathansturgisjs]

Who do you use?

[@edsmith4414]

Woodmizer sawmill owner here. Actual costs (not counting my time to log/saw/stack/dry/etc) are about a nickel a board foot to saw lumber off my farm, another nickel to dry it in my kiln, (1,000bdft dehumidifer type) species doesn't matter. So I have 10 cents/bf in the lumber I use in my shop......walnut, cherry, ash, red/white oak, poplar.

[@jonathansturgisjs]

Time is more valuable than money.

[@joshuarodriguez5988]

@@jonathansturgisjs time IS money baby

[@jonathansturgisjs]

@@joshuarodriguez5988 no. Money is a tool. Time is the most valuable thing you have.

[@cabman86]

They finally cut down the two black walnut trees in the park. I got some pretty good size limbs from it. 6-10 inches in diameter and 6 burls about 8-10 inches in diameter. I have a lot of milling to do. The trunks went to a friend of mine for his mill. He said when he cuts it he's gonna bring me a few slabs.

[@kandiecandelaria3134]

Just emailed Boone about getting some 5/4 walnut. 11$ a board foot. Sounds great…. Hope it is. I mostly make cutting boards

[@ed-gw3ov]

I love Bell Forest Products, they're 1/2 mile from my house. Eric is the best!..... Always great to deal with.

[@kindredspiritzz66]

yikes they want $37 for a 5/8" x 8-1/16" x 37-7/8" walnut board on their site. Thats crazy and doesnt include whatever shipping is

[@bellforestproducts]

Great video! We're happy to hear that the order met your expectations. We'd be happy to give you a tour of our facility, if you're ever in the area. Take care! ~BFP Josh

[@NewtonMakes]

That would be awesome. I'll let you know if I'm ever planning to head that way.

[@enzprintco.8625]

Glad I watched this. I have stuff in my cart from bell forest. Was gonna order anyway but this helped with the “what if” thoughts lol. Thanks brother! :)

[@enzprintco.8625]

GenealogistWoodworker - can you tell me what the shipping was to you? I’m in the north-ish East and I’m aware it will be more to me. Just trying to get an idea. Thanks! :)

[@enzprintco.8625]

GenealogistWoodworker - They’re telling me $85 in shipping. That’s almost 1/2 the price of the entire order. I’d be in the doghouse for sure. Guess I’ll be looking for a local mill. Sigh.

[@kindredspiritzz66]

@@enzprintco.8625 yeah exactly, they are expensive as sh*t

[@craiggaitan2214]

Been ordering wood online and in the area I live in Been using Barrington Hardwoods in Illinois

[@jessestites2098]

For the prices they want I’d be really upset that the first three or so boards were bowed like a canoe!

[@frankiesemailfd]

Michigan man myself ,i live in the thumb

[@chevyvega6622]

you always have to go to the exotic supplier and dig yourself to find what will work. Most of the employees at lumber places are just there for a job and have no idea of what to look for and are not woodworkers.

[@chevyvega6622]

@@NewtonMakes o yes I have done this for just about 50 years and have multiple business accounts that get me product at no less than half the full blown retail market cost as I buy well over 5000 bf per year. Doing this over the years has put me in a VIP so to speak status with the local exotic dealers. It is really sad to see so many online places rake people over the coals and whats worse is the buyers dont even know it as I see the import costs across the exotic playing field and know the mark up.

[@Orion9993]

Just moved up to the Detroit area. Could you tell me of some local places to get some lumber in the area, I am just getting into woodworking.

[@NewtonMakes]

Try General Hardwoods. They're pretty good.

[@tpatrickm1]

I’ve had success with walnut and maple from forest 2 home

[@WilliesDET]

Detroit area? That's where I am too. I'm just getting my workshop started in Eastpointe

[@WilliesDET]

@@NewtonMakes that's amazing. I'd like to connect sometime with some of you guys if possible

[@kmacdizzle]

my ears perked up too and was like wait what, cuz I'm literally looking for somewhere to buy some hardwood this weekend

[@davegravel3740]

I'm in Clinton TWP. Getting a table saw rebuilt and gonna start making sawdust. Still trying to find a decent place for lumber. Anytime know anything about that store on grosbeck in Roseville?

[@versatileduplicity9313]

It won’t let me add the quantity on bell forest ! Why won’t it let me !?

[@TheRoosterCruzer]

Do you have any sources you have used across the river in the Windsor area?

[@atelierarbwa1086]

I’ve purchased some wood from Legacy Lumber in Mississauga and was very happy with both the wood and service. I’m from suburb Montreal and even with shipping cost, it’s worth it for me to purchase some lumber online, especially live edge and olive wood. All the basic stuff I buy locally though (walnut, maple, cherry, etc...)

[@rokinrandy]

I would like to see what a 100 bf bundle looks like for 1200 bucks. Is it a big pallet or something ?

[@Tman317]

I have ordered 60+bf in the past. Still shipped via UPS, and most nearly 7-8ft long. They are bundled into like 5-6 boards each, wrapped. I'm sure my UPS guy loves me when that gets loaded on his truck!

[@isaacpoteet248]

How much was the pack of 20 bf

[@bobbg9041]

5k dollar question? what did the 20bf cost you?

[@ajayala5992]

Nice to see unboxing of lumber instead of unboxing electronics! How much was the box?

[@grantparnes]

@@NewtonMakes OMG, that is outrageous. San Antonio Tx I can pick thru the pile and get 10 inch wide EXTREMELY figured 120 inch long walnut for $8.00. I watched this entire video thinking you bought that for 3.25 and I was going to have to get me some. Ain't happening. The other place in town won't let you pick your pieces but they sell for $6.65 currently.

[@l.m.1454]

Grant Parnes hey grant, I’d like to buy some for that price. I’m in the San Antonio area. How can I get in contact with you?

[@gottabighit1]

@@grantparnes I just bought 50BF of black walnut at Alamo Hardwoods and was charged $12.85 per board foot. So I got ripped, huh?

[@gottabighit1]

@@grantparnes Please tell me where to buy?? in the SA area ...

[@grantparnes]

@@gottabighit1 Sorry all, just popped up on my notifications. Roddis Lumber sells BW for 8.00. Paxton Lumber and Dakota Premium Hardwoods quoted in the 6.50 range, BUT I dont think you pick your pieces. Roddis Lumber brings the entire stack down off the rack with a forklift and you pick what you want, the forklift driver measures it and writes it on a piece of paper you take back inside and pay for it. Alamo hardwoods is great if you need some exotic extinct type of wood. But everyday walnut, that is not the place to buy it. Also Roddis is S3S so little waste on what you buy.

[@thgenral]

I noticed your Tennessee football picture on the wall. Any chance you live in the Knoxville, Tn., area? I’m a Tennessee boy myself living in Florida but planning to move back to Tennessee in a year or so.

[@lorenelkin9415]

Can you name any of the wood types??

[@NewtonMakes]

All of this was walnut. If you're asking what's available online, pretty much anything you want.

[@lorenelkin9415]

@@NewtonMakes Thanks

[@bobbg9041]

its too ez for me to call place an order, drive 5 or 15 miles and pick up almost any kind of wood i'm looking for, some stores are retail and I get to pick out my lumber, one I have to pay more to dig out and the last they pull it for me I do not get to pick but they have never let me down. If I want slabs we have a local sawer or a bunch of them, I can buy alabs off the show floor they are not cheap. I like to buy rough cut, but if you have a 300lb board 15" wide I can't plane it they can so its worth paying them to do that. I've yet to buy one. cost too much. I looked on that webpage seems retail. I don't pay retail prices for wood, and if your selling projects you should not either.

[@jonathansturgisjs]

Your fortunate you can drive 5-15 miles to get your wood. Not everyone is so lucky.

[@tmise50]

That wood had to have cost a fortune

[@CurtisMassey]

@@NewtonMakes I was really hoping you'd tell us the price.

[@chdinct6792]

In the video description, he states $9 per BF, so $189 for 20 BF.

[@chevyvega6622]

except bell forest and many others are a complete rip off