On Tue, 11 Apr 2006 15:38:00 -0500, tdstr
wrote:

Lew Hodgett wrote:
tdstr wrote:


Ok, this makes a lot of sense. However, how would I look up 'suppliers
of furniture grade timber' in the phone book?

Get up off your lazy hind end and open the phone book.

Lew

Just did and called 4 outfits under 'timber'. All of them had zero
interest in the tree and quite honestly, they gave me the impression I
was bothering them. That tells me that timber company's are not
interested in whole trees.

The reason I was being specific on 'suppliers of furniture grade timber'
is that I now know that with woodworking they are other terms used that
I'm not familiar with. Like 'sawyer'. I just want to make certain to
look in the right place.


Timber guys are looking for whole fields to clear cut, usually not
interested in a single tree.

local guy in my area who mills, dries and planes wood in small lots
for people will often take a single tree and offer the owner a "share"
of the yield, either in the wood itself or in what he gets for it.

Find a woodworking club or ask at the cabinet shops. If there are
people who do that in your area, they will know.

Frank