Does anyone have a good source for Cedar or Cypress, within an hour or
so drive of Hartford, CT? Downes and Reader, outside of Boston, seems a
tad far.
Woodfinder pops up the usual bunch of Woodcraft stores, CWG, and Harris,
none of which currently stock what I need. The Wood Rack dosen't stock
either wood.
Thanks!
On 6 May 2006 11:45:34 -0700, "henry" <[email protected]> wrote:
> did you try Rex http://www.rexlumber.com/ also
> 1 hour drive is www.copperbeech.com
Thanks, Henry!!
Copper Beech has exactly what I need, and Northhampton is an easy
trip. I've never heard of them, so I appreciate your tip on a new
source.
Do you know if Rex does retail? I always thought they were a
wholesaler, and I only need about 100 bf.
B A R R Y wrote:
> Does anyone have a good source for Cedar or Cypress, within an hour or
> so drive of Hartford, CT? Downes and Reader, outside of Boston, seems a
> tad far.
>
> Woodfinder pops up the usual bunch of Woodcraft stores, CWG, and Harris,
> none of which currently stock what I need. The Wood Rack dosen't stock
> either wood.
>
Not within an hour's drive, but.............
Specialty Woods in Ottsville, PA has a warehouse FULL of cypress,
cedar, and just about everything else.
Good prices and worth the trip.
Here's their site:
http://www.wehrungsspecialtywoods.com/
Good Luck
On Fri, 05 May 2006 10:57:05 GMT, B A R R Y <[email protected]>
wrote:
>Does anyone have a good source for Cedar or Cypress, within an hour or
>so drive of Hartford, CT? Downes and Reader, outside of Boston, seems a
>tad far.
>
>Woodfinder pops up the usual bunch of Woodcraft stores, CWG, and Harris,
>none of which currently stock what I need. The Wood Rack dosen't stock
>either wood.
Woodfinder blows it a lot. Heck, when I look for things, it only
finds places 50+ miles from my house, but ignores the 3 places that
are closer than 20 miles away.
On Fri, 05 May 2006 10:57:05 GMT, B A R R Y <[email protected]>
wrote:
>
>Does anyone have a good source for Cedar or Cypress, within an hour or
>so drive of Hartford, CT? Downes and Reader, outside of Boston, seems a
>tad far.
>
>Woodfinder pops up the usual bunch of Woodcraft stores, CWG, and Harris,
>none of which currently stock what I need. The Wood Rack dosen't stock
>either wood.
Are you aware that Woodfinder is much like the Yellow Pages? The
vendors that are listed paid to be there. That one doesn't show up is
the fault of the vendor who elected not to pay to be listed, not
Woodfinder. It's not fair to blame Woodfinder if you can't find a
source when it's the source that didn't use all the advertising
resources available to them who "blew it."
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If you can't figure out how to use it, I probably wouldn't
care to correspond with you anyway.
On 5 May 2006 15:04:54 -0700, "henry" <[email protected]> wrote:
>Enfield Ct
>
He doesn't have what I need. I mentioned that in the original post.
I'm there on a regular basis, and have purchased much wood there. I
even know Dennis from when he worked at Harris. <G>
Thanks!
B A R R Y wrote:
>
> Does anyone have a good source for Cedar or Cypress, within an hour or
> so drive of Hartford, CT? Downes and Reader, outside of Boston, seems a
> tad far.
>
> Woodfinder pops up the usual bunch of Woodcraft stores, CWG, and Harris,
> none of which currently stock what I need. The Wood Rack dosen't stock
> either wood.
>
> Thanks!
Around my area none of the hardwood dealers have cedar but the non-Borg
building supply/lumber places do carry it as its often used for fencing.
A quick "Google" search turns up a number of possibilities. See:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%2Bcedar+%2Blumber+%2B%22Hartford%2C+CT%22&btnG=Google+Search
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no(SPAM)vasys wrote:
>
> A quick "Google" search turns up a number of possibilities. See:
>
> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%2Bcedar+%2Blumber+%2B%22Hartford%2C+CT%22&btnG=Google+Search
>
Thanks, I know who a lot of those guys are. They just don't actually
*have* what they list. <G> Any awful lot of them only list cedar
because they can get pre-fab cedar fences and siding. You'd swear
unprepared cedar lumber was unobtanium lately. Ipe, PVC, etc... seem to
be everywhere.
If Kellogg dosen't work out, my usual furniture wood guy has offered to
get me what I need on his next wholesale load, or I'll head up to D&R in
Stoughton.
I don't know if it is close to what you're looking for but the CWS website
says they have Spanish cedar.
And both Sanford & Hawley and Kelly-Fradet's websites say they have western
red cedar.
Lee
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On Fri, 05 May 2006 17:40:48 GMT, Brian Henderson
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Woodfinder blows it a lot.
See my recent response to BARRY for the proper perspective. It's your
supplier who "blows it."
--
LRod
Master Woodbutcher and seasoned termite
Shamelessly whoring my website since 1999
http://www.woodbutcher.net
Proud participant of rec.woodworking since February, 1997
email addy de-spam-ified due to 1,000 spams per month.
If you can't figure out how to use it, I probably wouldn't
care to correspond with you anyway.
On 6 May 2006 11:45:34 -0700, "henry" <[email protected]> wrote:
> did you try Rex http://www.rexlumber.com/
On Sat, 06 May 2006 17:24:41 +0100, LRod <[email protected]>
wrote:
>
>Are you aware that Woodfinder is much like the Yellow Pages? The
>vendors that are listed paid to be there. That one doesn't show up is
>the fault of the vendor who elected not to pay to be listed, not
>Woodfinder. It's not fair to blame Woodfinder if you can't find a
>source when it's the source that didn't use all the advertising
>resources available to them who "blew it."
Good point.
Let me rephase my subject as "Woodfinder stinks at convincing the
vendors in my area to use it." <G>
I usually have no problems finding wood via the ads in the back of
"Woodshop News", but in this case, I thought I'd see if Woodfinder had
gotten better than the last time I tried it, and possibly get me a
better source for a specific product.
Barry,
Try Kellogg Hardwoods in Bethel CT. (203) 797-1992. Good wood and good
prices.
Bruce
B A R R Y wrote:
>
> Does anyone have a good source for Cedar or Cypress, within an hour or
> so drive of Hartford, CT? Downes and Reader, outside of Boston, seems a
> tad far.
>
> Woodfinder pops up the usual bunch of Woodcraft stores, CWG, and Harris,
> none of which currently stock what I need. The Wood Rack dosen't stock
> either wood.
>
> Thanks!
On Sat, 06 May 2006 17:26:43 +0100, LRod <[email protected]>
wrote:
>See my recent response to BARRY for the proper perspective. It's your
>supplier who "blows it."
I don't think my suppliers are "blowing it" considering most of them
are vastly larger and better stocked than anything listed on
Woodfinder.
"B A R R Y" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> Does anyone have a good source for Cedar or Cypress, within an hour or so
> drive of Hartford, CT? Downes and Reader, outside of Boston, seems a tad
> far.
>
> Woodfinder pops up the usual bunch of Woodcraft stores, CWG, and Harris,
> none of which currently stock what I need. The Wood Rack dosen't stock
> either wood.
Last year when I looked in our area, D & R was the only place that had any
cypress. Two years ago I got some from CWG, but they were never able to
re-stock. They said it was difficult to get cypress for various reasons
from poor conditions for harvesting to flat out high prices for mediocre
quality. I ended up using Spanish Cedar from CWG though.