I too, think that lumber prices have retreated a bit.
I have a meat barometer- the price of a box of Bubba frozen hamburger patties- they are almost 2x what they cost when I retired in 2008.
Thank you all for your kind support on the last build I will ever do ( haha, we all lie) - Bob that ripper saw works better that my bench saw did for making 2x2 stud material. Who would have figured?
- and, Bob you have been an inspiration to all of us who see the value in doing it the economical way. The American pioneer spirit still lives on in us.
I finally found all the hardware I lost for this project- around 11am today, I was trying to retrace my steps back on April 6th as cleared out the garage - in a rush, getting ready to go up north to work an OT job in the NE, then it hit me, I could see myself raking all the stuff off the work table into an empty 5 gallon bucket. I'm back on track now. I got a call for this job at 4pm on the 5th and was on the road by 12 noon the following day for a 1500 mile trip in less than 30 hrs. Here I am on the last day I worked (5 weeks worth) - 6 days a week, 12 hrs a day. I left for home the next day after that pipeline got shut down. In 1971 I started my career as an electrician apprentice- yeah, I'm a dinosaur on the jobs now. When I tell guys, "Stop, don't do it that way", they listen to me.