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"GB"

18/10/2006 11:04 AM

looking for places to purchase wood

I'm trying to find the best places in the Denver metro area to purchase
wood stock for my projects.
I am aware of Rockler and Woodcraft - does anyone know of other good
places that carry a variety of species including turning blanks and raw
or machined board feet?


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Steve

in reply to "GB" on 18/10/2006 11:04 AM

18/10/2006 12:17 PM

GB wrote:
> I'm trying to find the best places in the Denver metro area to purchase
> wood stock for my projects.
> I am aware of Rockler and Woodcraft - does anyone know of other good
> places that carry a variety of species including turning blanks and raw
> or machined board feet?
>
Ebay. I've gotten a lot of the wood (especially exotics) that I use in
my guitar-building business from Ebay auctions as well as from people
with whom I made contact thru Ebay.

--Steve

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[email protected] (Doug Miller)

in reply to "GB" on 18/10/2006 11:04 AM

18/10/2006 7:11 PM

In article <[email protected]>, "GB" <[email protected]> wrote:
>I'm trying to find the best places in the Denver metro area to purchase
>wood stock for my projects.
>I am aware of Rockler and Woodcraft - does anyone know of other good
>places that carry a variety of species including turning blanks and raw
>or machined board feet?
>
This is a very common question here on this ng -- "I'm in the xxxx area, where
can I buy hardwood lumber?"

The general answer is to look in the Yellow Pages under "Lumber" for dealers
that advertise that they sell hardwoods.

Check the Google archives for this group; there was a post a couple months ago
(by Swingman, IIRC) that gave outstanding advice on how to select a good
lumberyard.

You could also try www.woodfinder.com, but be aware that it fails to list many
yards. The Yellow Pages would be a better bet IMHO.

--
Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.


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