mail order lumber and plywood

I'd look into local cabinet/millwork shops first -- often they will sell small lots from stock or, if nothing else, either order from their suppliers or tell you who they use.

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I've had good luck with Wall Lumber:

I'm looking for some figured cherry and am thinking about trying advantage lumber -- anybody had any recent experiences with them?

I use to buy all my lumber there. They would give me s*it sometimes over what they call 'picking' (no, not my nose!) The crap usually ends up on the top and they didn't like you to take from the bottom of a stack. This was because most people don't clean-up after themselves and ruin it for everyone else.

I shop at "the hardwood store" now. The only thing that is a little odd about their store is that they skim plane ALL of their lumber (so you can see the grain, I guess). I still haven't figured out if I like that or not. They also ship.

dpb wrote in news:g2fcip$6r8$ snipped-for-privacy@aioe.org:

Should've said that in the original post. After local retailer retired I went to several millwork shops but they've sold and the new owners won't sell raw stock.

Haven't had any experience in person, only by shipped order. I was a little concerned when first ordering that I might get the leavings such as you see on the tops of the stacks. Their shipped lumber was not at all like that -- that's made me a happy customer.

I'll keep them in mind in the future as a backup.

Hey! Something we agree on :-).

Yep, Wall Lumber is good folks. I haven't bought from them in a while, but when I did the lumber was even better quality than they had promised.

I've used two mentioned by others: Steve Wall and The Hardwood Store. NP with either, I prefer the latter. Both are in North Carolina.

Mostly, I wanted to point out that wood of a given species from North Carolina will differ from the same species obtained from, say, Wisconsin. Colder growing conditions affect the growth rings and that affects appearance and milling.

HI,

I too have used Wall lumber and have nothing but good things to say about them. I have also use badger hardwoods, they are in Wisconson. They also do a good job. On some types of wood they are cheaper than Wall Lunber and some times they are more, I have the links to both on my website under links.

Randy

I stay away from West Penn Hardwoods. Purchased QS white oak from them on two occasions. Every piece showed the ill effects of case hardening when cut. Of course, yours and others mileage may vary.

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