Wood Picnic

How much would it cost to purchase wood to build a wooden picnic table?

For a class project i'm building a picnic table and i just wanted to know an estimated cost for all the wood needed. If you could help that would be GREAT! Thanks!

Certainly others who answer offer some valid thoughts.

There are issues to consider related to cost in the design and construction, although treated lumber is fine, no offense, given that this might be out doors and no one should eat food directly off the table surface anyway.

Then there is the issue, even in a normal sense of 8 ft long and the table could be as narrow as 36 inches and that might create a sense of pricing 2 x 6/ 8 /10 as opposed to just 2 x 4.

I suspect that Redwood or Cypress is relatively ludicrous for a class project. obviously you could build one out of Mahogany, Teak, Maple, Walnut, Brazillian Fruitwood, etc. but why would anyone do that? My thinking is you might be judged on design, construction, and budget.

In a very general sense, I'll say you might build one for under $100, which would have to include lumber and attachment hardware, IE: Nails, Screws, Carriage bolts, etc.

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