Wood source / advice

[email protected] wrote:
> I've had good luck with Homey's birch and oak, some of it in the
> mid-$40s/sheet. No mdf encountered. I just cut it with a sharp blade in
> a a carefully-guided saw, and ripped real-wood trim strips for the
> edges on the table saw. Sugar maple, in fact.
>
> Scrape, seal, stain, couple coats urethane- very handsome indeed.
>
> You'll likely find better material for less at some real lumber yards.
>
> Enjoy,
> J
>


So you will put a Maple strip on the end of Birch plywood? How deep of
a strip?

And I think Ill grab wood from the local lumberyard. I been there
before when i built the Jungle Gym. They are sharp folks and usually
ask what your doing and offer tips too.

--
Thank you,



"Then said I, Wisdom [is] better than strength: nevertheless the poor
man's wisdom [is] despised, and his words are not heard." Ecclesiastes 9:16

I've had good luck with Homey's birch and oak, some of it in the
mid-$40s/sheet. No mdf encountered. I just cut it with a sharp blade in
a a carefully-guided saw, and ripped real-wood trim strips for the
edges on the table saw. Sugar maple, in fact.

Scrape, seal, stain, couple coats urethane- very handsome indeed.

You'll likely find better material for less at some real lumber yards.

Enjoy,
J

dnoyeB wrote:

> Still planing out my in-wall stereo cabinet. Was in HomeDepot today
> buying items. Just bought 4x jorgensen 2' bar clamps. Not the heavy
> duty ones because they seemed too beefy. A 2 foot level and a corner
> triangle thing, both made in USA.
>
> I didn't buy the wood though. The best looking wood I saw was some
> sanded 3/4" pine (21 C01 S04) had 5 layers with 2 seemed to be MDF.
> Price $32 for 4x8. Anyone know what those numbers mean?
>
> Also saw some 'cabinet' grade oak and birch which was hard to really see
> since the stuff on top was so dirty and I didn't want to move all of it.
> But it seemed to be 11 layers? I kept counting and found that hard to
> believe but thats what it seemed. some mdf or somesuch in there too.
> The veneers seemed ultra thin. They looked good I suppose. I was kinda
> concerned about the edges and the mdf chipping out. The oak and birch
> was about $40 a sheet.
>
> Am I barking up the wrong tree here? Perhaps I should hit the local
> lumber yard for better stuff? Or is this stuff good and I just need to
> work with it a bit?
>
> I'm in Detroit, MI.
>
>
>
>
Don't buy wood from Home Depot! Get thee to a reputable lumberyard
where you just might find decent wood. :)

Dave

The only wood I buy from Home Depot is 2x4s, PT stock or culls. Most
of the wood is inferior and/or overpriced.

On Wed, 01 Feb 2006 13:34:45 -0500, dnoyeB <[email protected]>
wrote:

>Still planing out my in-wall stereo cabinet. Was in HomeDepot today
>buying items. Just bought 4x jorgensen 2' bar clamps. Not the heavy
>duty ones because they seemed too beefy. A 2 foot level and a corner
>triangle thing, both made in USA.
>
>I didn't buy the wood though. The best looking wood I saw was some
>sanded 3/4" pine (21 C01 S04) had 5 layers with 2 seemed to be MDF.
>Price $32 for 4x8. Anyone know what those numbers mean?
>
>Also saw some 'cabinet' grade oak and birch which was hard to really see
>since the stuff on top was so dirty and I didn't want to move all of it.
> But it seemed to be 11 layers? I kept counting and found that hard to
>believe but thats what it seemed. some mdf or somesuch in there too.
>The veneers seemed ultra thin. They looked good I suppose. I was kinda
>concerned about the edges and the mdf chipping out. The oak and birch
>was about $40 a sheet.
>
>Am I barking up the wrong tree here? Perhaps I should hit the local
>lumber yard for better stuff? Or is this stuff good and I just need to
>work with it a bit?
>
>I'm in Detroit, MI.