Hi all:
I've recently bought a few unfinished furniture pieces that were made
of parawood (rubberwood from Paraguay, South America). One of the
pieces needs repair, and I am having trouble finding a source for the
wood. I've done a number of internet searches with no luck. My local
hardwood dealer didn't even know what it was. Anybody found a dealer
for the stuff in the US?
The stuff is reasonably attractive, hard, flexible and cheap. I can't
believe there aren't any dealers for this wood.
Thanks in advance,
John.
On Friday, July 8, 2016 at 9:42:16 AM UTC-4, [email protected] wrote:
> DerbyDad03 <[email protected]> wrote in
> news:[email protected]:
>
> > On Friday, July 8, 2016 at 7:44:04 AM UTC-4, James Owens wrote:
> >> replying to the_tool_man, James Owens wrote:
> >> Google a company called parawood of the Americas a vase out of
> >> Florida get their wood directly from Guatemala
> >>
> >
> > Finally! After 13 years the OP can fix his furniture. I'm sure he is
> > very relieved.
> >
>
> You know... I've got some projects that have languished for that long...
>
> Just waiting for a part or inspiration...
>
> Puckdropper
I've been working on a particular project for over 30 years: Trying to
convince SWMBO to see it my way.
I just can't seem to make much progress.
On Friday, July 8, 2016 at 7:44:04 AM UTC-4, James Owens wrote:
> replying to the_tool_man, James Owens wrote:
> Google a company called parawood of the Americas a vase out of Florida get
> their wood directly from Guatemala
>
Finally! After 13 years the OP can fix his furniture. I'm sure he is
very relieved.
On Friday, July 8, 2016 at 10:33:51 AM UTC-4, John McCoy wrote:
> DerbyDad03 <[email protected]> wrote in
> news:[email protected]:
>
> > On Friday, July 8, 2016 at 7:44:04 AM UTC-4, James Owens wrote:
> >> replying to the_tool_man, James Owens wrote:
> >> Google a company called parawood of the Americas a vase out of
> >> Florida get their wood directly from Guatemala
> >>
> >
> > Finally! After 13 years the OP can fix his furniture. I'm sure he is
> > very relieved.
>
> Well, maybe, maybe not. The address for "Parawood of the
> Americas" is just down the road from me. It's a UPS Store.
> I tend to be sceptical of businesses that work from a UPS
> Store address.
Well, they do have a website, for whatever that's worth...
parawoodamerica.com
parawoodamerica.com/gallery
>
> (I wonder what "a vase out of Florida" was intended to mean)
>
> John
Very Artistic Specialty Enterprise ;-)
DerbyDad03 <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
> On Friday, July 8, 2016 at 7:44:04 AM UTC-4, James Owens wrote:
>> replying to the_tool_man, James Owens wrote:
>> Google a company called parawood of the Americas a vase out of
>> Florida get their wood directly from Guatemala
>>
>
> Finally! After 13 years the OP can fix his furniture. I'm sure he is
> very relieved.
>
You know... I've got some projects that have languished for that long...
Just waiting for a part or inspiration...
Puckdropper
In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] says...
> Update:
>
> I've contacted a number of stores that sell the furniture, but they
> were no help. So far, the only thing I've come up with is to find a
> badly damaged piece in the back of one of these stores and buy it for
> the wood. None of them have anything like that, though.
>
http://www.aitwood.com/
John, Anderson International will ship their stock. . .Take a look at
their online catalog.
Kim
DerbyDad03 <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
> On Friday, July 8, 2016 at 7:44:04 AM UTC-4, James Owens wrote:
>> replying to the_tool_man, James Owens wrote:
>> Google a company called parawood of the Americas a vase out of
>> Florida get their wood directly from Guatemala
>>
>
> Finally! After 13 years the OP can fix his furniture. I'm sure he is
> very relieved.
Well, maybe, maybe not. The address for "Parawood of the
Americas" is just down the road from me. It's a UPS Store.
I tend to be sceptical of businesses that work from a UPS
Store address.
(I wonder what "a vase out of Florida" was intended to mean)
John
On Fri, 8 Jul 2016 06:59:22 -0700 (PDT), DerbyDad03
<[email protected]> wrote:
>On Friday, July 8, 2016 at 9:42:16 AM UTC-4, [email protected] wrote:
>> DerbyDad03 <[email protected]> wrote in
>> news:[email protected]:
>>
>> > On Friday, July 8, 2016 at 7:44:04 AM UTC-4, James Owens wrote:
>> >> replying to the_tool_man, James Owens wrote:
>> >> Google a company called parawood of the Americas a vase out of
>> >> Florida get their wood directly from Guatemala
>> >>
>> >
>> > Finally! After 13 years the OP can fix his furniture. I'm sure he is
>> > very relieved.
>> >
>>
>> You know... I've got some projects that have languished for that long...
>>
>> Just waiting for a part or inspiration...
>>
>> Puckdropper
>
>I've been working on a particular project for over 30 years: Trying to
>convince SWMBO to see it my way.
Fair enough. I'm sure she's been working at least that long to make
you see things her way. My bet is that she's winning. ;-)
>
>I just can't seem to make much progress.
I probably gave up 30 years ago (45 years as of a couple of weeks
ago).