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Where can I find maple, birch, cherry woodetc. I am limited to Lowes
and HD's oak and poplar. I live about 50 miles north of Sacramento
towards Chico

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bdeditch wrote:

Where can I find maple, birch, cherry woodetc. I am limited to Lowes
and HD's oak and poplar. I live about 50 miles north of Sacramento
towards Chico



Google Claro Walnut California - there's an outfit up that
way, could be grass valley, that specializes in claro but
have other woods as well.

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bdeditch wrote:
Where can I find maple, birch, cherry woodetc. I am limited to Lowes
and HD's oak and poplar. I live about 50 miles north of Sacramento
towards Chico


And the stuff that HD and Lowes carry is expensive, too.

Here are two that I've gotten good stuff from, located in the Sacramento
area (I live in Roseville):

1) Auburn Hardwoods in Auburn CA

2) Hughes Hardwoods in Rancho Cordova

Two more in the Santa Rosa area:

1) Mount Storm in Windsor, Ca

2) Evan Shively in Marshall CA

And if you want to go a little farther to the Bay Area, there are these:

1) Global Wood Source in San Jose CA

2) Exotic Hardwoods and Veneers in Oakland CA

Another possibility: Try a search for "hard maple lumber" or "Cherry
Lumber" on Ebay--I've bought a LOT of wood on Ebay over the last four
years--sometimes you can get some real bargains, and some really unusual
stuff too.

Does that help?

--Steve
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Where can I find maple, birch, cherry woodetc. I am limited to Lowes
and HD's oak and poplar. I live about 50 miles north of Sacramento
towards Chico


Meeks in YC quit carrying hardwood? Compared to the bay area, cheap.

Place up north of YC on the route to Corning (and the Olive Pit) where they
had a bunch of the local woods. Think it might have been Gridley.

Dad used to drive to Beale or Mather to pick up his hardwood. Sometimes the
crews who flew it in would even deliver for the price of a few cherry
boards.


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George wrote:
"bdeditch" wrote in message
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Where can I find maple, birch, cherry woodetc. I am limited to Lowes
and HD's oak and poplar. I live about 50 miles north of Sacramento
towards Chico



Meeks in YC quit carrying hardwood? Compared to the bay area, cheap.

Place up north of YC on the route to Corning (and the Olive Pit) where they
had a bunch of the local woods. Think it might have been Gridley.

Dad used to drive to Beale or Mather to pick up his hardwood. Sometimes the
crews who flew it in would even deliver for the price of a few cherry
boards.


I live about 10 minutes from Gridley, I will have to check it out. About
the only thing I have seen there was the Ace Hardware.


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Steve wrote in news:123mktqn6j3gk63
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Here are two that I've gotten good stuff from, located in the Sacramento
area (I live in Roseville):

1) Auburn Hardwoods in Auburn CA

2) Hughes Hardwoods in Rancho Cordova


Isn't Aura Hardwoods still down in RC too? Hmm... web turns up as 2477
Mercantile in Rancho Cordova.

Kurt
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Carlin wrote:
Steve wrote in news:123mktqn6j3gk63
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Here are two that I've gotten good stuff from, located in the Sacramento
area (I live in Roseville):

1) Auburn Hardwoods in Auburn CA

2) Hughes Hardwoods in Rancho Cordova



Isn't Aura Hardwoods still down in RC too? Hmm... web turns up as 2477
Mercantile in Rancho Cordova.

Kurt


Yes, they're still there, but I went there last month, and their
selection of useful hardwoods was really poor. I went to the Aura in
Stockton (or is is Modesto?) in November and that store had some nice
Genuine Mahogany. But neither one had anywhere near the variety &
quantity that Hughes and Auburn have.

--Steve
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I stopped at Meaks today and say nothing inside the store, I was in a
bit of a rush, but I will check back there and see if there is anything
outside. Found a guy fdrom Marysville that has a nice selection on
Ebay.
George wrote:
"bdeditch" wrote in message
ups.com...
Where can I find maple, birch, cherry woodetc. I am limited to Lowes
and HD's oak and poplar. I live about 50 miles north of Sacramento
towards Chico


Meeks in YC quit carrying hardwood? Compared to the bay area, cheap.

Place up north of YC on the route to Corning (and the Olive Pit) where they
had a bunch of the local woods. Think it might have been Gridley.

Dad used to drive to Beale or Mather to pick up his hardwood. Sometimes the
crews who flew it in would even deliver for the price of a few cherry
boards.


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There's a Hugh's (sp?) Hardwood and Aura Hardwoods about 1/2 mile
from each other on Ranch Cordova. I think there a Hugh's in Chico
too. Go to Western Tools out by the fair grounds and ask for Kevin.
He'll know. There is a guy in town that cuts and sells Walnut, too.

Chris

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