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Anyone have a favorite source for 1/8, 1/4" and 3/8" domestic and exotic
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"Marty" wrote in message Anyone have a favorite source for 1/8, 1/4" and 3/8" domestic and exotic hardwood? Unless you're planning on having it air shipped to you from halfway around the world, I suggest you indicate where approximately you live. |
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"Upscale" wrote in message ... "Marty" wrote in message Anyone have a favorite source for 1/8, 1/4" and 3/8" domestic and exotic hardwood? Unless you're planning on having it air shipped to you from halfway around the world, I suggest you indicate where approximately you live. Sorry, I'm in Texas... |
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Marty wrote:
Anyone have a favorite source for 1/8, 1/4" and 3/8" domestic and exotic hardwood? I think the usual course of action would be to buy it rough and resaw it. Chris |
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"Marty" wrote in message ... "Upscale" wrote in message ... "Marty" wrote in message Anyone have a favorite source for 1/8, 1/4" and 3/8" domestic and exotic hardwood? Unless you're planning on having it air shipped to you from halfway around the world, I suggest you indicate where approximately you live. Sorry, I'm in Texas... okay, big state. where in texas? |
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"Marty" wrote in message ... Sorry, I'm in Texas... If you were in or close to Houston I could name three places on the northwest side alone. Dave in Houston |
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"Marty" wrote in message
... "Upscale" wrote in message ... "Marty" wrote in message Anyone have a favorite source for 1/8, 1/4" and 3/8" domestic and exotic hardwood? Unless you're planning on having it air shipped to you from halfway around the world, I suggest you indicate where approximately you live. Sorry, I'm in Texas... sarcasm mode on If it's Texas, just wait for the next big flood. And pick your lumber out of the debris piles. sarcasm mode off |
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Hum - know anyone down at the ship channel ? Some cargo ships
use exotic (foreign) wood to block and brace with. Some big stuff we used to get years ago overseas. Just an idea. Martin Chris Friesen wrote: Marty wrote: Anyone have a favorite source for 1/8, 1/4" and 3/8" domestic and exotic hardwood? I think the usual course of action would be to buy it rough and resaw it. Chris |
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Martin H. Eastburn wrote:
Hum - know anyone down at the ship channel ? Some cargo ships use exotic (foreign) wood to block and brace with. Some big stuff we used to get years ago overseas. Some decades ago a pal of mine who is a fanatical woodworker went to Africa to teach for two years, Tanzania. When he was about to return he bought a whole bunch of real interesting wood, and had it carefully made into extra-heavy-duty shipping crates in which to return his household goods, and by carefully I mean he plotted out every screw and nail hole. Of course when he got back he dismantled the crates and stacked the wood on racks, he's still building stuff out of it all these years later. I hate to think what some of those slabs are worth today. |
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"Dave in Houston" wrote in message ... "Marty" wrote in message ... Sorry, I'm in Texas... If you were in or close to Houston I could name three places on the northwest side alone. Dave in Houston How about in El Paso? Max |
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On Feb 23, 2:40*pm, "Marty" wrote:
Anyone have a favorite source for 1/8, 1/4" and 3/8" domestic and exotic hardwood? I like Hardwood Lumber Company of Dallas. They're on the web. Ask for Tom (it's not me). Tom |
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"Dave Balderstone" wrote in message news:230220092251301502%dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderst one.ca... In article , DGDevin wrote: Martin H. Eastburn wrote: Hum - know anyone down at the ship channel ? Some cargo ships use exotic (foreign) wood to block and brace with. Some big stuff we used to get years ago overseas. Some decades ago a pal of mine who is a fanatical woodworker went to Africa to teach for two years, Tanzania. When he was about to return he bought a whole bunch of real interesting wood, and had it carefully made into extra-heavy-duty shipping crates in which to return his household goods, and by carefully I mean he plotted out every screw and nail hole. Of course when he got back he dismantled the crates and stacked the wood on racks, he's still building stuff out of it all these years later. I hate to think what some of those slabs are worth today. Brilliant! _ing Brilliant! There used to be a couple places up the street from me that put out pallets for people to take. Not any more. But I would cut them up for firewood. Then I noticed that some of them were unusually heavy and hard. The chainsaw had difficulty cutting through them. I began to cut the ends, nails, etc and save the good parts. I never knew what kind of wood it was. Just that they came from all over the world and some of the wood was wildly figured and unusally colored. I had a pretty good stack of this and was contemplating projects for this pile of mystery wood. Then one day a friend brought somebody by who examined the pile and got very excited. He apparently knew about some of this wood. Now this is the part where it gets surreal. He pulled some money out of his pocket and started waving it around. He wanted to buy all of it. I figured I would just get more of this up the street. In a moment of weakness, I took the cash. Then the folks up the street moved and my source was no longer available. Oh, well..... |
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Dave Balderstone wrote in
news:230220092251301502%dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderst one.ca: In article , DGDevin wrote: Martin H. Eastburn wrote: Hum - know anyone down at the ship channel ? Some cargo ships use exotic (foreign) wood to block and brace with. Some big stuff we used to get years ago overseas. Some decades ago a pal of mine who is a fanatical woodworker went to Africa to teach for two years, Tanzania. When he was about to return he bought a whole bunch of real interesting wood, and had it carefully made into extra-heavy-duty shipping crates in which to return his household goods, and by carefully I mean he plotted out every screw and nail hole. Of course when he got back he dismantled the crates and stacked the wood on racks, he's still building stuff out of it all these years later. I hate to think what some of those slabs are worth today. Brilliant! _ing Brilliant! I still have some of the nice pine from the shipping crate some of our stuff was shipped in from Holland. Until a few months ago some of it served as the base of a window seat bench. Eventually I'll have used it all up. Of course, this was just a pine container, not exotic wood. -- Best regards Han email address is invalid |
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"Lee Michaels" wrote in message ... "Marty" wrote in message ... "Upscale" wrote in message ... "Marty" wrote in message Anyone have a favorite source for 1/8, 1/4" and 3/8" domestic and exotic hardwood? Unless you're planning on having it air shipped to you from halfway around the world, I suggest you indicate where approximately you live. Sorry, I'm in Texas... sarcasm mode on If it's Texas, just wait for the next big flood. And pick your lumber out of the debris piles. Yeah, unfortunately there are no exotic hardwoods floating around in those floods. |
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"Dave in Houston" wrote in message ... "Marty" wrote in message ... Sorry, I'm in Texas... If you were in or close to Houston I could name three places on the northwest side alone. Dave in Houston Go ahead and name them. ;~) woodcraft, Austin Hardwoods maybe, and..... |
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"Leon" wrote in message ... "Dave in Houston" wrote in message ... "Marty" wrote in message ... Sorry, I'm in Texas... If you were in or close to Houston I could name three places on the northwest side alone. Dave in Houston Go ahead and name them. ;~) woodcraft, Austin Hardwoods maybe, and..... Mason Mill & Lumber on Tanner (east of Beltway 8 and Gessner) Hardwoods of Houston (on W34 a couple of blocks north of Hwy. 290) Hardwood Products (on Westside of Beltway 8 just north of Bison) There's always the big place on 5th or 5-1/2 off Studewood Dave in Houston |
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"Dave in Houston" wrote in message ... Go ahead and name them. ;~) woodcraft, Austin Hardwoods maybe, and..... Mason Mill & Lumber on Tanner (east of Beltway 8 and Gessner) Hardwoods of Houston (on W34 a couple of blocks north of Hwy. 290) Hardwood Products (on Westside of Beltway 8 just north of Bison) There's always the big place on 5th or 5-1/2 off Studewood Dave in Houston Some of them offer 1/8" 1/4" and 3/8" stock? Anyway thanks, all these years and I have never been to Mason. Hardwood products does not have anything less than 4/4 unless that has happened in the last few months, same goes for Clarks in the Heights, that big place. ;~) |
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Some decades ago a pal of mine who is a fanatical woodworker went to Africa to teach for two years, Tanzania. When he was about to return he bought a whole bunch of real interesting wood, and had it carefully made into extra-heavy-duty shipping crates in which to return his household goods, and by carefully I mean he plotted out every screw and nail hole. Of course when he got back he dismantled the crates and stacked the wood on racks, he's still building stuff out of it all these years later. I hate to think what some of those slabs are worth today. Brilliant! _ing Brilliant! What surprised me is nobody in Customs thought to wonder why his crates were made of 2" and 3" slabs of wood. I'd have expected them to charge him import duty on hardwoods, but he got it all in under the radar just for the cost of shipping. He brought back a lot of cool furniture too, his seats-eight dining-room table is a slab of some African hardwood that must be 4" thick, all hand-carved. Clever *******. ;~) |
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Well, I have noticed that Wild Wood Designs is about half the cost of
Woodcraft. So I was wondering what other online sources you guys might favor more than the other. I can get tons of wood over 1/2", but unfortunately I don't have a planer and my re-sawing skills are weak. I guess now would be a good time to improve on that...and/or get a planer. Any tips? |
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Marty wrote:
Well, I have noticed that Wild Wood Designs is about half the cost of Woodcraft. So I was wondering what other online sources you guys might favor more than the other. I can get tons of wood over 1/2", but unfortunately I don't have a planer and my re-sawing skills are weak. I guess now would be a good time to improve on that...and/or get a planer. Any tips? Advantage Lumber in Buffalo, NY sells thin domestic and exotic lumber. Be advised that for shipping they have a minimum order requirement of $100 per item. http://www.advantagelumber.com/thinwood.htm -- Jack Novak Buffalo, NY - USA |
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"Leon" wrote in message ... "Dave in Houston" wrote in message ... Go ahead and name them. ;~) woodcraft, Austin Hardwoods maybe, and..... Mason Mill & Lumber on Tanner (east of Beltway 8 and Gessner) Hardwoods of Houston (on W34 a couple of blocks north of Hwy. 290) Hardwood Products (on Westside of Beltway 8 just north of Bison) There's always the big place on 5th or 5-1/2 off Studewood Dave in Houston Some of them offer 1/8" 1/4" and 3/8" stock? Not to my knowledge. I thought that's why joiners and thickness planers were invented. Anyway thanks, all these years and I have never been to Mason. I've just about quit Mason's and started taking my bidness to Hardwoods of Houston on W 34th. I tend to use baltic birch for drawer material and they do have 1/4, 3/8 and 1/2 plus I believe they have 1/2 in 4X8 sheets but I may misremember that. Hardwood products does not have anything less than 4/4 unless that has happened in the last few months, same goes for Clarks in the Heights, that big place. ;~) Dave in Houston |
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I can help you with some domestic wood types
I have black walnut, butternut, cherry, basswood, red elm, grey elm, hackberry. green ash, blackash, white oak, red oak, white ceder, white pine, red pine, aspen, white birch, maple some spalted maple. black ash burl. just let me know I'll do what I can for ya. Need a little advance notice on it as most is just air dry and I'd need to put it in the kiln to finish it up. you can contact me thru. www.highislandexport.com p.s. I'm not a big company, just a little guy doing what I do. |
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"Dave in Houston" wrote in message news "Leon" wrote in message ... Some of them offer 1/8" 1/4" and 3/8" stock? Not to my knowledge. I thought that's why joiners and thickness planers were invented. Yeah but the OP was looking for a source for those thicknesses. Anyway thanks, all these years and I have never been to Mason. I've just about quit Mason's and started taking my bidness to Hardwoods of Houston on W 34th. I tend to use baltic birch for drawer material and they do have 1/4, 3/8 and 1/2 plus I believe they have 1/2 in 4X8 sheets but I may misremember that. What kind of hardwood selection and or depth of inventory does Mason's have? Occasionally Hardwood Products stocks 4x8 1/2" Baltic Like Birch, I suspect it is actually Appleply. From what I understand "ture" Baltic Birch only comes in 5x5 sheets. Hardwood products does not have anything less than 4/4 unless that has happened in the last few months, same goes for Clarks in the Heights, that big place. ;~) Dave in Houston |
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"Leon" wrote in message ... Some of them offer 1/8" 1/4" and 3/8" stock? Not to my knowledge. I thought that's why joiners and thickness planers were invented. Yeah but the OP was looking for a source for those thicknesses. Missed that. Anyway thanks, all these years and I have never been to Mason. I've just about quit Mason's and started taking my bidness to Hardwoods of Houston on W 34th. I tend to use baltic birch for drawer material and they do have 1/4, 3/8 and 1/2 plus I believe they have 1/2 in 4X8 sheets but I may misremember that. What kind of hardwood selection and or depth of inventory does Mason's have? Considerable, from rough blanks 8/4 and such to S4S 1X and 2X. They also have an in-house molding operation and a catalog of knives plus stock some standard profiles (crown, chair, cove and such) in a handful of species. But then, I believe Hardwoods of Houston does that, too. Dave in Houston |
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"Dave in Houston" wrote in message ... Considerable, from rough blanks 8/4 and such to S4S 1X and 2X. They also have an in-house molding operation and a catalog of knives plus stock some standard profiles (crown, chair, cove and such) in a handful of species. But then, I believe Hardwoods of Houston does that, too. Dave in Houston Thanks for the input. |
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On Wed, 25 Feb 2009 09:54:55 -0600, "Dave in Houston" wrote:
"Leon" wrote in message . .. Some of them offer 1/8" 1/4" and 3/8" stock? Not to my knowledge. I thought that's why joiners and thickness planers were invented. Yeah but the OP was looking for a source for those thicknesses. Missed that. Anyway thanks, all these years and I have never been to Mason. I've just about quit Mason's and started taking my bidness to Hardwoods of Houston on W 34th. I tend to use baltic birch for drawer material and they do have 1/4, 3/8 and 1/2 plus I believe they have 1/2 in 4X8 sheets but I may misremember that. What kind of hardwood selection and or depth of inventory does Mason's have? Considerable, from rough blanks 8/4 and such to S4S 1X and 2X. They also have an in-house molding operation and a catalog of knives plus stock some standard profiles (crown, chair, cove and such) in a handful of species. But then, I believe Hardwoods of Houston does that, too. HofH used to stock profiles. Haven't been there in a couple of years. Leon, here's Mason's URL. They also have a place in Austin apparently. http://www.masonsmillandlumber.com/default.asp Regards, Roy |
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"Roy" wrote in message ... On Wed, 25 Feb 2009 09:54:55 -0600, "Dave in Houston" wrote: HofH used to stock profiles. Haven't been there in a couple of years. Leon, here's Mason's URL. They also have a place in Austin apparently. http://www.masonsmillandlumber.com/default.asp Regards, Roy Thanks Roy, |
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