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"Rich" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I am looking for sources of free or VERY cheap wood in the York PA area,
Any
> suggestions?
>
> Thanks
> Rich
>
>
I have never paid more than $1/bf for wood from downed trees. Look for
building sites and talk to the foreman. Ask if they can leave the logs in
8' lengths. Get to know a local sawyer. Got some poplar and some very
highly figured QS white oak.
Montyhp
"Rich" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I am looking for sources of free or VERY cheap wood in the York PA area,
Any
> suggestions?
>
> Thanks
> Rich
>
>
"Rich" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> I've thought about that theres a nice oak next door!!!
> \
Rich,
I live in Hershey but work in Lancaster. I don't know if you stop by
on your way to Konder's but, High Steel Service Center in Lancaster
has a bin out front that says free wood. I've never stopped myself,
although I've been tempted a few time, but I would imagine that it is
oak from pallets, since they sell steel coils and the such.
Chuck
Yep
Nick
"Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:hm%[email protected]...
>
> "Nick Bozovich" writes:
> > Rich -
> > What kind of wood are you looing for? Kondor Lumber is over near
> > Wrightsville, up by Accomac Inn -
> <snip>
>
> Is that the same Accomac Inn that is next to the river and back a narrow
> road off the main highway?
>
> Strictly a white linen service place or it was 20 years ago.
>
>
> --
> Lew
>
> S/A: Challenge, The Bullet Proof Boat, (Under Construction in the
Southland)
> Visit: <http://home.earthlink.net/~lewhodgett> for Pictures
>
>
In article <[email protected]>, [email protected]
says...
> Rich -
> What kind of wood are you looing for? Kondor Lumber is over near
> Wrightsville, up by Accomac Inn - but their stuff is green - you'll need to
> dry it. There's some hardwood dealers over in Lancaster - they're cheaper
> than HD or Lowes, but you'll still pay $2.50 + for red & white oak.
>
> Where are you at in York? Maybe we can connect -
>
> Nick B
>
>
> "Rich" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > I am looking for sources of free or VERY cheap wood in the York PA area,
> Any
> > suggestions?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Rich
> >
> >
>
>
>
Don't forget the cull bin at Home Depot. I made 3 quilting frames for
my wife at a cost of about $5.00. They were that whitewood stuff, but
they hold things off the ground.
Where are you at Lew??
Nick B
"Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:3V%[email protected]...
>
> "Nick Bozovich" writes:
>
> > Yep
>
> Small bloody world.
>
> Once again, just proves you can run, but you can't hide.
>
> Thanks for the memory.
>
> Lew
>
>
Hey Nick
I live in Wrightsville! I have a very small shop, right now kinda getting
back into my roots with the wood working. I am making bird feeders and
houses small things like that until I get really into it. Still trying to
aquire more power tools though. The router is next on my list but I need to
sell some of my things first!
Thanks for the reply and I will check into Konder.
Rich -
What kind of wood are you looing for? Kondor Lumber is over near
Wrightsville, up by Accomac Inn - but their stuff is green - you'll need to
dry it. There's some hardwood dealers over in Lancaster - they're cheaper
than HD or Lowes, but you'll still pay $2.50 + for red & white oak.
Where are you at in York? Maybe we can connect -
Nick B
"Rich" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I am looking for sources of free or VERY cheap wood in the York PA area,
Any
> suggestions?
>
> Thanks
> Rich
>
>
"Rich" <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
> I am looking for sources of free or VERY cheap wood in the York PA
> area, Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks
> Rich
>
>
>
A tree in your neighbors back yard while they are on vacation?
error - on the Mahogany - it was 12/4
Nick....
"Nick Bozovich" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Rich -
> If you're doing small stuff you might try Sandy Pond Hardwoods in
Lancaster
> County. They're actually in Buck on Hwy 272. Here's the link to their
web
> site:
>
> http://www.figuredhardwoods.com/
>
> Click on "Contact Us", and there's a map. Actually you're fairly close
> being in Wrightsville. The cool thing about Sandy Pond is they have a
> couple of scrap bins where they put their cutoffs. They sell them for
> $1.00/lb. You can get some really nice small stuff. I made a Mission
Style
> End Table, mostly from scrap cutoffs out of that pile. I got a really
nice
> pice of 12/5 Mahogany, about 12"x9" that I'm going to incorporate into my
> workbench, and a bunch of white and red oak. They usually have a lot of
> maple (at least the last time I was there). REALLY nice people - they'll
> spend time with you to find what you want, they'll cut up larger stuff,
and
> even give you 1 or 2 finished sides on it. They have a really cool saw
that
> has a laser guide on it. Great place.
>
> If you go farther south on Hwy 272 from Buck - about a mile - on the left
> (east) side is Groff & Groff Lumber. He's got just about anything you can
> imagine. Not much in the way of smaller cutoffs like Sandy Pond, and not
> nearly as nice. But, you can get some cut pieces of oak, maple, and other
> stuff, 3' - 4' long that he just wants to get rid of, for a fairly decent
> price.
>
> Forgot to tell you before, Kondor is in the York phone book -
>
> I have another really good place over in Duncansville, PA, toward
> Pittsburgh. It's about a two hour drive, and it really helps to have a
> pickup (due to the long drive, to make it worth the trip. I usually use
my
> car, but I can't get a lot in it.).
>
> Nick B
>
> nnospambozovichatverizonnospamnet >To get my real email address, take out
> the "no spam" - if you want to email me direct
>
>
>
>
>
> "Rich" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:Rn%[email protected]...
> > Hey Nick
> > I live in Wrightsville! I have a very small shop, right now kinda
getting
> > back into my roots with the wood working. I am making bird feeders and
> > houses small things like that until I get really into it. Still trying
to
> > aquire more power tools though. The router is next on my list but I need
> to
> > sell some of my things first!
> > Thanks for the reply and I will check into Konder.
> >
> >
>
>
Heavy machine movers (riggers) are quite frequently taking large machine
crates and good lumber to the dumps. They usually let the crate sections
pile up in their warehouse or yard until they have a full truckload and then
haul it away.
The local rigger that I know gets crates made out of all kinds of wood that
are sometimes as large as about 8' x 8' x 30'. Quite often last year he
seemed to have extremely large crates that were made from whole sheets of
3/4 AC plywood (real nice stuff). The last one that I got from him had been
assembled with drywall screws (lucky me). After about an hour with my
reversible drill I had 12 near perfect whole sheets of 3/4 AC plywood and a
couple of half sheets, about 200 lineal ft of 1x4 pine, 23 - 2x4's 8-12
foot long, about 5 lbs of drywall screws in assorted lengths, and some
broken stuff. (I left all the broken stuff in his pile). The skid under this
crate had been made from three 6 x 10 pine runners with 3 x 10 rough sawn
pine decking, but he said he was keeping the it to move another machine.
He also quite frequently has heavy timber 6 X 12's about 6' long which are
usually pine, but sometimes red oak and hickory. Anytime I ask him for wood
he gladly gives me all that I want, and then some. He tried to give me about
1/2 semi load of the stuff the last time that I asked him for some. If I
don't take it, he says he has to pay the dump to take it and he has to haul
it to them, so he's very cooperative and eager for me to take as much as I'm
willing to. He told me that another guy had been taking wood from him back
in 2001, but when he finished building a 2 car garage from it, he stopped
coming by.
Look in the yellow pages for these guys. I'm sure that most of them would
gladly give you all of the wood that you can use. Make good friends with
them, respect their property while you are getting the wood, and ALWAYS
clean up the mess before you leave and you may never have to buy another
piece of common lumber.
Charley
"Anthony Diodati" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Sometimes Lowes has some stuff out back,that is twisted, and you can cut
> into smaller legenths, they will sell cheap.
> Tony D.
> "Nick Bozovich" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:oY%[email protected]...
> > Rich -
> > If you're doing small stuff you might try Sandy Pond Hardwoods in
> Lancaster
> > County. They're actually in Buck on Hwy 272. Here's the link to their
> web
> > site:
> >
> > http://www.figuredhardwoods.com/
> >
> > Click on "Contact Us", and there's a map. Actually you're fairly close
> > being in Wrightsville. The cool thing about Sandy Pond is they have a
> > couple of scrap bins where they put their cutoffs. They sell them for
> > $1.00/lb. You can get some really nice small stuff. I made a Mission
> Style
> > End Table, mostly from scrap cutoffs out of that pile. I got a really
> nice
> > pice of 12/5 Mahogany, about 12"x9" that I'm going to incorporate into
my
> > workbench, and a bunch of white and red oak. They usually have a lot of
> > maple (at least the last time I was there). REALLY nice people -
they'll
> > spend time with you to find what you want, they'll cut up larger stuff,
> and
> > even give you 1 or 2 finished sides on it. They have a really cool saw
> that
> > has a laser guide on it. Great place.
> >
> > If you go farther south on Hwy 272 from Buck - about a mile - on the
left
> > (east) side is Groff & Groff Lumber. He's got just about anything you
can
> > imagine. Not much in the way of smaller cutoffs like Sandy Pond, and
not
> > nearly as nice. But, you can get some cut pieces of oak, maple, and
other
> > stuff, 3' - 4' long that he just wants to get rid of, for a fairly
decent
> > price.
> >
> > Forgot to tell you before, Kondor is in the York phone book -
> >
> > I have another really good place over in Duncansville, PA, toward
> > Pittsburgh. It's about a two hour drive, and it really helps to have a
> > pickup (due to the long drive, to make it worth the trip. I usually use
> my
> > car, but I can't get a lot in it.).
> >
> > Nick B
> >
> > nnospambozovichatverizonnospamnet >To get my real email address, take
out
> > the "no spam" - if you want to email me direct
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "Rich" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:Rn%[email protected]...
> > > Hey Nick
> > > I live in Wrightsville! I have a very small shop, right now kinda
> getting
> > > back into my roots with the wood working. I am making bird feeders and
> > > houses small things like that until I get really into it. Still trying
> to
> > > aquire more power tools though. The router is next on my list but I
need
> > to
> > > sell some of my things first!
> > > Thanks for the reply and I will check into Konder.
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
Sometimes Lowes has some stuff out back,that is twisted, and you can cut
into smaller legenths, they will sell cheap.
Tony D.
"Nick Bozovich" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:oY%[email protected]...
> Rich -
> If you're doing small stuff you might try Sandy Pond Hardwoods in
Lancaster
> County. They're actually in Buck on Hwy 272. Here's the link to their
web
> site:
>
> http://www.figuredhardwoods.com/
>
> Click on "Contact Us", and there's a map. Actually you're fairly close
> being in Wrightsville. The cool thing about Sandy Pond is they have a
> couple of scrap bins where they put their cutoffs. They sell them for
> $1.00/lb. You can get some really nice small stuff. I made a Mission
Style
> End Table, mostly from scrap cutoffs out of that pile. I got a really
nice
> pice of 12/5 Mahogany, about 12"x9" that I'm going to incorporate into my
> workbench, and a bunch of white and red oak. They usually have a lot of
> maple (at least the last time I was there). REALLY nice people - they'll
> spend time with you to find what you want, they'll cut up larger stuff,
and
> even give you 1 or 2 finished sides on it. They have a really cool saw
that
> has a laser guide on it. Great place.
>
> If you go farther south on Hwy 272 from Buck - about a mile - on the left
> (east) side is Groff & Groff Lumber. He's got just about anything you can
> imagine. Not much in the way of smaller cutoffs like Sandy Pond, and not
> nearly as nice. But, you can get some cut pieces of oak, maple, and other
> stuff, 3' - 4' long that he just wants to get rid of, for a fairly decent
> price.
>
> Forgot to tell you before, Kondor is in the York phone book -
>
> I have another really good place over in Duncansville, PA, toward
> Pittsburgh. It's about a two hour drive, and it really helps to have a
> pickup (due to the long drive, to make it worth the trip. I usually use
my
> car, but I can't get a lot in it.).
>
> Nick B
>
> nnospambozovichatverizonnospamnet >To get my real email address, take out
> the "no spam" - if you want to email me direct
>
>
>
>
>
> "Rich" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:Rn%[email protected]...
> > Hey Nick
> > I live in Wrightsville! I have a very small shop, right now kinda
getting
> > back into my roots with the wood working. I am making bird feeders and
> > houses small things like that until I get really into it. Still trying
to
> > aquire more power tools though. The router is next on my list but I need
> to
> > sell some of my things first!
> > Thanks for the reply and I will check into Konder.
> >
> >
>
>
Just do It!
"Rich" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Is that legal?
> /
>
>
Well of all the wood stashed in my barn, the cheapest came from
auctions. And to further qualify that, the cheapest of the cheapest
came from auctions on cold/rainy days when the wood was back behind a
barn or something which of course, requires a little extra work. My
non-scientific observation is that if it's cold and rainy, you'll pay
a lot less than if it's a nice cool, dry fall day.
I once bought a pile of what looked like crap-wood but the bottom 15
boards were birdseye like I had never seen. Paid a whopping $3 for the
pile and turned around and gave the crapwood to a guy for helping me
load the other stuff. Laughed all the way home<G>.
I've got a lot of nice wood by hooking up with people who burn wood. I
help a guy once a year. He burns about 10 cords a year. I help him
split and stack. In return I take a pickup load for my meager needs
and get to scrounge for burls and crotches. Got a lot of fiddle-back
maple one year from it and many burls. Again - work required.
Pallets are a good source but getting rid of the nails and such can be
a pain. It's near impossible to pull nails from most pallets since
their driven into the wood green (around here it's oak). By the time
you get them the wood has a pretty good hold on'em. Plus if I were
going to use this as a source, I'd sure invest in a metal detector.
That's my .02 worth, ymmv. Remember, nothing's "Free".
jb
On Wed, 04 Feb 2004 03:32:28 GMT, "Rich" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>I am looking for sources of free or VERY cheap wood in the York PA area, Any
>suggestions?
>
>Thanks
>Rich
>
"Rich" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I am looking for sources of free or VERY cheap wood in the York PA area,
Any
> suggestions?
>
> Thanks
> Rich
Pallets, crates, town dump, building demolition sites.
"Nick Bozovich" writes:
> Rich -
> What kind of wood are you looing for? Kondor Lumber is over near
> Wrightsville, up by Accomac Inn -
<snip>
Is that the same Accomac Inn that is next to the river and back a narrow
road off the main highway?
Strictly a white linen service place or it was 20 years ago.
--
Lew
S/A: Challenge, The Bullet Proof Boat, (Under Construction in the Southland)
Visit: <http://home.earthlink.net/~lewhodgett> for Pictures
Rich -
If you're doing small stuff you might try Sandy Pond Hardwoods in Lancaster
County. They're actually in Buck on Hwy 272. Here's the link to their web
site:
http://www.figuredhardwoods.com/
Click on "Contact Us", and there's a map. Actually you're fairly close
being in Wrightsville. The cool thing about Sandy Pond is they have a
couple of scrap bins where they put their cutoffs. They sell them for
$1.00/lb. You can get some really nice small stuff. I made a Mission Style
End Table, mostly from scrap cutoffs out of that pile. I got a really nice
pice of 12/5 Mahogany, about 12"x9" that I'm going to incorporate into my
workbench, and a bunch of white and red oak. They usually have a lot of
maple (at least the last time I was there). REALLY nice people - they'll
spend time with you to find what you want, they'll cut up larger stuff, and
even give you 1 or 2 finished sides on it. They have a really cool saw that
has a laser guide on it. Great place.
If you go farther south on Hwy 272 from Buck - about a mile - on the left
(east) side is Groff & Groff Lumber. He's got just about anything you can
imagine. Not much in the way of smaller cutoffs like Sandy Pond, and not
nearly as nice. But, you can get some cut pieces of oak, maple, and other
stuff, 3' - 4' long that he just wants to get rid of, for a fairly decent
price.
Forgot to tell you before, Kondor is in the York phone book -
I have another really good place over in Duncansville, PA, toward
Pittsburgh. It's about a two hour drive, and it really helps to have a
pickup (due to the long drive, to make it worth the trip. I usually use my
car, but I can't get a lot in it.).
Nick B
nnospambozovichatverizonnospamnet >To get my real email address, take out
the "no spam" - if you want to email me direct
"Rich" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:Rn%[email protected]...
> Hey Nick
> I live in Wrightsville! I have a very small shop, right now kinda getting
> back into my roots with the wood working. I am making bird feeders and
> houses small things like that until I get really into it. Still trying to
> aquire more power tools though. The router is next on my list but I need
to
> sell some of my things first!
> Thanks for the reply and I will check into Konder.
>
>