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It's inexpensive for several reasons:
- Pines are plentiful
- Pines are fast-growing and quickly-available
- Pine wood is a softer wood than many other woods
- Pine wood requires less working to create planks because the trees are relatively straight with fewer large branches
I've got to give a qualified "it depends." Steve Wall Lumber (http://www.walllumber.com) sells inch-thick furniture-grade white pine for $1.25 per board foot and inch-thick yellow pine for $2.20 per board foot. He has #1 Common red oak for $2.10 per board foot and #1 Common poplar for $1.30 per board foot. So...in that range, hardwood is about the same price as pine.
Now if you REALLY want to get outrageous...he's also got inch-thick bocote or wenge for $14, inch-thick kingwood or tulipwood for $25, a couple of things that cost $16, some zebrawood for $12...so I would say hardwood is usually more expensive than pine but not always.
At the very top of the scale is Lignum Vitae, the heaviest wood there is. A piece 3 inches square by 18 inches long is $31.70, and it's very rare because it's a threatened species. Before it was threatened, it was THE most popular wood for making policemen's batons probably because you only have to conk someone in the head with a lignum vitae baton once to get your point across.
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Is pine wood cheap?
Cheap normally
What advantages does pine have over other species of wood?
There are many advantages associated with choosing pine wood over other types of wood. The most notable reasons are that pine is cheap. Pine is also considered to be a soft wood so it's easy to use.
What kind of plants provides most of the soft wood lumber used for construction?
The pine tree provides most of the soft wood lumber for construction. This wood is cheap and plentiful and the trees grow back quite quickly.
Is pine wood hard or soft wood?
Soft wood...
Is pine a type of wood?
Yes, pine is a type of wood. It is mainly called pine wood.
What wood is stronger bulsa or pine?
pine wood is the answer
Is solid wood bookcase expensive?
Not necessarily, as it all depends on the type of wood you are interested in purchasing. Most "pine furniture" is very inexpensive, especially if the wood is unfinished on the surface.
Why are plates made out of clay?
Because it is cheap and plentiful. The alternatives historical were wood or metal, wood is not durable and metal was expensive.
Is pine wood a hard or soft wood?
Pine is a soft wood.
What type of wood is pine wood?
it is a soft wood
Is pine one of the most expensive trees?
No..Probably the cheapest, because of its rapid growth rate, and soft wood.
How much pine wood could a pine chuck chuck if a pine chuck could chuck wood?
a pine chuck would chuck wood all day if a pine chuck could chuck wood
