I have the opportunity to purchase some maple boards and some soft maple boards.
The regular maple boards are 12 feet long by 12" wide by 1-1/2" and cost $3 a board foot. They are some over stock by a local lumber yard that has no use for it, The soft maple is about 3" wide by 3/4(?) by about 12' and going for a bout $3 a linear foot.
my questions are, is this a good deal and what is the difference between maple and soft maple (besides the obvious of course)?
Both lumber are very clean. The maple is rough sawn I think, the soft is dressed.