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What should I charge to plane and T&G

Started by levans, June 14, 2012, 01:29:14 PM

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levans

Does anyone in My area, Eastern TN do any further processing of lumber such as drying, planing and molding. I'm asking because I have a sawing job and the customer may want me to dry and plane the lumber and then run the boards through the shaper to make a v-grove paneling. I haven't done any sawing or other type of work for others for 5 or 6 years and am out of touch on pricing. Thanks for any help.

rambo

In my area the local mill charges 50 cents per board foot for planing. Don't know what the fee is for T&G.

jimparamedic

All you can get. I like chargng by the hour. I get $45 hr takes care of all the unforseen problens. I did one job the person wanted 4" T&G and he brought random width boards some were unedged and no two were the same thickness. All that said a one day job turned into three.Good thing I used an hourly rate

BBTom

I charge $1/sqft to turn dry lumber into t&g flooring.  Waste due to dropoffs, straight lining and tongues is normally about 25-30% on a 3",4" and 5" mixed width floor. 

I like to skip plane first, then straight line and rip to width with a final run trough a 6 head moulder to make the flooring.  The customer is charged by the square foot of final product.

I charge $350/thousand to kiln dry lumber that I have to stick after it comes in.
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levans

Is it .50 a foot per side? as in if they plane a 12 foot board you pay for 24 feet?

ATLGA

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woodmills1

I charge hourly for every job on mill or machine

that way the narrow and the crooked never pays less than the straight and the wide
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