I've been meaning to do this for some time now, but the road to Harbor
Fright is paved with ...
I had occasion to order 100 bf of rift sawn oak from Hartzell Wood Stock
(http://www.hartzellwoodstock.bigstep.com/) of Lime River, Iowa. I
know, I had never heard of it either but their town is bigger than mine
is. I corresponded with Jana via email and talked with Jim on the
phone. Nice folks to do business with. Lumber ordered with a virtual
handshake and delivered a bit late due to the trucking company's
computer centered being flooded out in one of those pesky hurricanes.
The lumber was as advertised, 4/4 in varying widths from 4 to 8 inches
and lengths to 10 feet. The quality is excellent. If you value price
and service, here's a good place.
Put up a few pictures of Christmas gifts featuring the oak on abpw.
Will start on a modular computer desk and soon as I get the design out
of my head and on to paper.
mahalo,
jo4hn
p.s. Usual disclaimer about me not being affiliated etc....
Layne wrote:
> Hi John,
>
> I'm on their mailing list and have been meaning to order some lumber
> from them. Where are you located and how much was shipping to your
> area?
>
> I always try to do business with the smaller, more personable mom &
> pop stores when I can, whatever the purchase. Sometimes they're just
> one mom or one pop running the store.
>
> Layne
>
> On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 21:42:02 GMT, jo4hn <[email protected]> wrote:
[snip]
I live in a tiny mountain community in Southern California and the
shipping here was about $2 per bf. Ugly but worth it. Your shipping
will be much less assuming you don't live in boondockville too. Email
them, Jana responds pretty quickly.
mahalo,
jo4hn
Hi John,
I'm on their mailing list and have been meaning to order some lumber
from them. Where are you located and how much was shipping to your
area?
I always try to do business with the smaller, more personable mom &
pop stores when I can, whatever the purchase. Sometimes they're just
one mom or one pop running the store.
Layne
On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 21:42:02 GMT, jo4hn <[email protected]> wrote:
>I've been meaning to do this for some time now, but the road to Harbor
>Fright is paved with ...
>
>I had occasion to order 100 bf of rift sawn oak from Hartzell Wood Stock
>(http://www.hartzellwoodstock.bigstep.com/) of Lime River, Iowa. I
>know, I had never heard of it either but their town is bigger than mine
>is. I corresponded with Jana via email and talked with Jim on the
>phone. Nice folks to do business with. Lumber ordered with a virtual
>handshake and delivered a bit late due to the trucking company's
>computer centered being flooded out in one of those pesky hurricanes.
>
>The lumber was as advertised, 4/4 in varying widths from 4 to 8 inches
>and lengths to 10 feet. The quality is excellent. If you value price
>and service, here's a good place.
>
>Put up a few pictures of Christmas gifts featuring the oak on abpw.
>Will start on a modular computer desk and soon as I get the design out
>of my head and on to paper.
>
> mahalo,
> jo4hn
>
>p.s. Usual disclaimer about me not being affiliated etc....