On Tue, 31 May 2005 14:46:29 +0100, doozer
wrote:

I feel like such a dip stick asking but where is the best place to buy
wood?

Back of Furniture and Cabinet Making mag - read the ads. Pay attention
to finding the right supplier - it's the biggest single difference you
can make to price, choice and quality. You shouldn't have any trouble
finding somewhere, but you're completely stuffed if you try to do real
cabinetry with carpentry timber.

Buy UK-grown hardwoods; ash or beech are attractive, cheap and easily
worked. French oak is OK, not as good looking as UK, but the US stuff
is generally either expensive or rough (their maple's OK, oak needs to
know what you're about).

Avoid tropicals. They're either a bad idea conservation-wise, or they're
strictly for outdoor / esoteric use and will be difficult to work with.

I use these people:
http://www.interestingtimbers.co.uk (good on-line prices)
http://www.bendreybrothers.co.uk