On Jun 13, 9:43 pm, "James \"Cubby\" Culbertson"
wrote:
"Patriarch" wrote in message

. 136...

I can't imagine that ipe is unavailable in most of North America. It's
certainly for sale at most lumber dealers near San Francisco.

Doesn't the Internet go everywhere? ;-)

Save the mahogany for the Goddard repro...

Patriarch

Well I haven't been able to find it anywhere in the state of New Mexico. I
could order online but jaysus, shipping and all on a couple of hundred bf of
Ipe would probably be unreasonable (although when compared with getting the
mahogany locally, it might be in line). I could ask a dealer to order it
in but their minimum is 5000 bf. No thanks.
Cheers,
cc


After calling a number of lumber yards this is where I'm at. I can
get white oak easily but I would have to mill all my own dimensional
lumber. Not a real problem, I've got the tools, but I don't know if
I want to spend all that time. Forget Cypress, it's a lot more costly
than the oak is here. I can get dimensional mahogany (2x4x8&10,
2x6x8&10) for a good price at a local yard.. I've purchased Mahogany
from here before to do a deck railing and that is the quality of it.
So, I think it will be either Cedar or Mahogany. I have to go to the
yard and check on the quality of the Mahogany.

George