Where to buy thin wood

[Woodmaster1]

Ray it is hard for us to realize your plight of driving anywhere. My farthest lumber source is 90 miles takes less than 90 minutes.The shortest trip is 12 miles and takes 15 minutes. Good luck on finding a decent place for your hardwood needs. A former student runs a cabinet shop and said I could get lumber from him it is 5 minutes away but he only has what he is using at the time.

[Bpardue]

There is a place that most people don't know about and I will let you in on the secret. There is a gentleman here in North Carolina his name is Richard Moore and he owns Richards Craft Woods. You can Google Richardscaftwoods.com and his site will pull up. Now I have an advantage sense he is about 15 minutes from the house. He does a ton of online & phone sales and ships all across the country. His Prices are very reasonable but I don't know about shipping. What I can tell you about him is the quality of his thin woods are better than I have every received from anyone else. If you have every order some widen (10-12") thin wood from Klingspor Woodworking shops than you may have received some of his wood sense he is one of their suppliers. The Local Scrolling group I belong to has been using him for a long time and he is our major supplier of Thin Woods. If you have ever been to the Klingspor Woodworking show in Hickory NC during October you have most likely seen him and bought Thin wood from him.

You can not go wrong with giving him a shot and let him Know the Brian Pardue referred you to him. FYI he likes to talk.

Brian

 

[Scrappile]

https://www.richardscraftwood.com/

Edited April 27, 2018 by Scrappile

[Brianr24]

I wouldn't worry about what the book calls for. Use what you like and what you can find or maybe already have. That a cool bowl. Personally I wouldn't even use oak on that . but I'm not a fan of oak at all. The grain is to obnoxious for me in most cases. I'm not sure why pine and poplar get a bad rap. Poplar especially can be beautiful. Maybe cuz soft . don't get me wrong I love the looks of cherry, maple, walnut and all the other usual suspects after a good oiling. I just love the look of wood my wife thinks I'm crazy when I show her a rough piece of cherry and talk about it's beauty. Lol. Sorry this post got long and may not be of any help. My point is don't get pigeon holed. 

[SCROLLSAW703]

I agree w/Brian, Ray. Ya can spend from now ta doomsday huntin' yer "thin wood," but ya don't necessarily have to use that. Use what ya like, & what ya have access to. Your troubles will be a lot easier to handle. And your park neighbors may have to learn to like the racket of Your planer. You are a wood worker, my friend. 

[OCtoolguy]

Thanks to all of you for your help and advice. I'm going to try Cherokee for now and I think I will try poplar and some other wood. Maybe pine but for now, I'll just see what comes up.

 

[Sparkey]

On 4/24/2018 at 8:21 PM, Scrappile said:

This is where I think Wayne was trying to send you.

http://www.ocoochhardwoods.com/

I wonder how that is pronounces.

That is where I buy from. Very good wood and service.

[SCROLLSAW703]

good choice, Ray! Sometimes with a project, if the final decision is fallin' on the wood species, it's better to look around you locally to see what's available to you. I've read it in this post several times about gentleman suggestionin' the same idea. You might be surprised what's around ya.;)                                                                                                                                                                      

[OCtoolguy]

16 hours ago, Sparkey said:

That is where I buy from. Very good wood and service.

Thanks Rusty, I have been going back and forth with Chris Reid and he has answered all my questions. Very good service on their chat line. I ordered some red oak and some poplar. With shipping, tax etc. it came to $31. $13 shipping. I couldn't drive up and back for that. 49 miles each way.

Ray

 

Edited April 28, 2018 by octoolguy

[munzieb]

Ray, I have used this company in the past with good results. When I built my Windsor lamp, I needed 1/8" Bubinga at least 8" wide and 10" long for the shade and he had it. I have also bought 1/8" and 1/4 BBPW. Shipping is pretty quick and prices are in line. They will also pick up the phone and talk to you if you have some special requests.

http://www.woodnshop.net/index.php?p=home

 

[OCtoolguy]

39 minutes ago, munzieb said:

Ray, I have used this company in the past with good results. When I built my Windsor lamp, I needed 1/8" Bubinga at least 8" wide and 10" long for the shade and he had it. I have also bought 1/8" and 1/4 BBPW. Shipping is pretty quick and prices are in line. They will also pick up the phone and talk to you if you have some special requests.

http://www.woodnshop.net/index.php?p=home

 

Ooops! I misunderstood your posting Munzieb. Thanks for the link.

 

Edited April 28, 2018 by octoolguy

[OCtoolguy]

I went ahead and ordered my wood from Cherokee. I'm going to use poplar and red oak. 1/4" thick. What blades would you all recommend I use? I have some FD, some Pegas and some Olson. I won't list all the different configurations I have but it would be interesting to see what all you suggest. Thanks for all your help, advice and patience. 

R

 

[Karl S]

The right blade is the ones you prefer to use and are the most satisfied with. Everybody is different .

[fredfret]

For 1/4 I use #1 or for high detail 2/0. I have both pegas and flying Dutchman I don't have a real favorite.Fred fret