finding different wood

[rljohn56]

ok, being extremely new to scroll sawing and such, where do you guys and gals find the different kinds of wood to use?  Lowes or Home Depot only carry very limited types. 

[Scrappile]

I have bought quite a bit off the internet.  From suppliers on Ebay, cherry, walnut, maple, and basswood.  Other internet sites for different species of plywood.  I by Baltic Birch from local lumberyards.  We have a Winsor Plywood which has all kinds f hardwoods also.  The only thing I buy for scroll from the big box stores is a pretty piece of popular is I see one.

[Scrolling Steve]

Ray , Steve Goods , site " scroll saw workshop" just happen to have a video on the subject today !...Check it out !........There is also a heading at the top of our forum called wood finders !

[NC Scroller]

Tallahasse is a fairly big city. I would look for real lumber yards and mills. I did a quick web search and found a few in Tallahasse. For example:
J H Dowling Inc
Tallahassee Molding Co
Gulf Coast Lumber & Supply

 

I would also visit some local cabinet shops.  Often they will give or sell you scraps and they can provide you with sources to purchase wood.

[Denny Knappen]

I buy thin wood online from Ocooch Hardwoods.  Good products and great service.

[jerry1939]

Here is a link to the video mentioned above

http://scrollsawworkshop.blogspot.com/2016/05/i-got-mail.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ScrollsawWorkshop+%28Scrollsaw+Workshop%29

 

I use a quite a bit of 1/4" solid oak. Don't like Lowes boards & we don't have a Home Depot. Menards is "fair." Nearly impossible to find thin boards that aren't cupped. To solve that, I rip the board into strips, turn ever other one over and glue it back together.

 

Here is a place that ships flat lumber, but some of theirs is of a quality that you would not pick up at a store. Therefore, I only guess at how much extra to order. http://www.ocoochhardwoods.com/

 

For baltic birch, I have always been happy with this supplier. For complex pieces, I order "good both sides." That way if one side isn't perfect you have the option of flipping it over. http://www.sloanswoodshop.com/default.htm

 

Hope this helps Friend.

 

jerry

[john shankel]

google your area for hardwood suppliers , maybe craftsman's or something like that i know its hard at first because you don't want to spend all the money the internet boys want to charge , just take your time surf the web i am sure you will find a supplier in your neck of the woods

[rljohn56]

thanks guys!  it's to the stores i go!!

[WayneMahler]

Sometimes a search on craigslist will turn up some free wood. Just depends on what your looking for. I have a full shop and so I can resaw or thickness found wood to the specs I need. 

[amazingkevin]

I don't have that problem ,Thank god .i've and abundance of free hard wood and plywood and aromatic red cedar ,oak,teak,little maple mahagany etc all free from friends and the dumpsters in select areas.I just don't know what is worth my time to make and sit on .I've ended up with a 5'z9' ware house full of projects finished and no home .i have the need to scroll and scroll i must.Consignment store all have lost everybit of what i brought them????

[Dan]

Also, our own Travis has put together a list of suppliers here: http://www.scrollsawvillage.com/woodfinder/index.html

Edited May 10, 2016 by Dan

[Alexander Helbich]

I recently found a local shop that sells all hardwoods and softwoods. Lumber yard type of store.

Just google whats around you, and ask around if anything.

 

I found it EXPENSIVE if you want ship wood over the internet, but that might just be me, (To bring usa wood to Canada)!

[rjR]

Especially starting out; look for free REAL wood furniture, dis-assemble and you will find a lot of usable plywood and even some hardwood framing on some.

 

I get a bunch of smaller cedar shorts etc. FREE from a local fencing company. 

[Bill WIlson]

I'm fortunate to live in Western PA where domestic hardwoods are plentiful.  I can get anything from exotics to veneered plywood to Baltic birch to all of the domestic species of lumber I want within about a 40 minute drive from home.  I also have a stash of roughsawn lumber, mostly cherry & maple, cut from trees on my father-in-laws farm.  It's been air drying in the barn for about 10 years now.  I'll probably never use it all.  Having a bandsaw and planer really provides for maximum flexibility.  I can use just about anything I come across and that includes scavenged lumber that someone else was going to burn.

[Lucky2]

Ray, there's not many places around where I live, that you can get descent lumber at. To get nice and sometimes exotic wood, I buy it on the internet.

Len

[125 CSL]

For practice wood, look around at local business that have pallets sitting outside. Some have to send the pallets back, but with a little looking you will have as many as you need to work your skill level up.

Other practice wood, look around for some one taking down a house, barn or fence.

 

 

 

For other hard wood, look up saw mills. Have a local I bought wood from that lets me go through his scrap and off cuts for free. That is if you have room to let it dry out before use.

[zimmerstutzen]

Off and on for years, I have cut my own small thin planks on my band saw and then run  them through a buddy's thickness planer  The pieces may not be very wide, but I have made some up to 7 inches wide and 30 inches long. Normally about 5 x 20.   Cut slow with a good blade. I normally cut to  3/4 or 5/8 and plan on losing an 1/8 to a 1/4 inch in planing and sanding.  I get walnut, cherry, maple, cedar, etc from what would otherwise be firewood.    I do the same for stock for the wood lathe.     Perhaps a bit more labor intensive, but I can make a gift and say, this is from a tree that was on my back forty.   .Recently made a bowl for  neighbors from stock cut from a tree that was in their back yard and was knocked over by a storm.   When we lost our house to a fire, I saved a few of the old charred beams from the 1860's farm house and made a bowl for each of the kids.  

 

Adds a sentimental attachment to the piece. .  

Edited May 11, 2016 by zimmerstutzen

[woodknots]

ok, being extremely new to scroll sawing and such, where do you guys and gals find the different kinds of wood to use?  Lowes or Home Depot only carry very limited types. 

Here is tome one you can get your woods from he's about 1/2 hr or so from you. I'm from panama city and i have used him a few times Redwood Bay lumber (850)674-8464 Richard Pittman 20756 NE Clark st Blountstown Fl. Hope this helps