What Hardwood Thicknesses do you buy the most of?

[f250]

I always buy 4/4 and do the re-sawing myself. I harvest what I can from my few trees, neighbors trees and anywhere I can pick up a log

I didn't pick a pole answer because I don't buy that thin stuff, it costs just way too much.

Tom

[greatdane2]

I am down to looking for free wood, which I have been aiming to do for the last couple of years. I have spent every penny I get my hands on to buy tools and am finaly there. So now its time to get to work. Probably have another week geting the shop set up with the new stuff. Then back to the fun part of this hobby.
Never thought I would see the day when I could say I have all the tools I want!

[minowevie]

Kevin, in my aria close to home, the only hard wood I can buy is red oak already milled and planed to 1/4 ", so I do get it sometimes, but lots of $$ . I do get 1/4 BB or oak plywood in sheets of 4x8 and other sizes, at a lumber comp , I also mill my own wood. my son cuts trees for La. calif. and I cut them to 1" or 1an1/2 " and sticker them to dry. some times thinker. but that takes along time. and would love to get some nice hard woods closer to home. I like to look at the wood, and chose it right now today. so for now, I am stuck with oak, and plywood. I can buy pine, and oak in 1" and mill them . but then they always warp. probley cutter misstakes. I can get nicer wood at Peaterson lumber, but thats about 40 miles from me. and very costly. I also. rummadg dumpsters at cabnet shops. and get some nice pieces. but always small. and my projects get pretty big sometimes. I also, buy old furniture to make nice pieces of wood from. just sand or mill the finishs off. and cut it to thickness I like.
I could only chose one size in your list. but I do use 1/8" and 1/16" and 1/4" and 1/2" and 3/4" and rairly but sometimes 1" .
Ps. what is your websignt? thanks your friend Evie

[Jediscroller]

Wow, after reading the replies, maybe the demand isn't there. I thought more folks bought the thin woods at the exhorbitant prices due to the number of places selling them.
Chalk this one up to it seemed like a good idea at the time, hehehehe.

Evie, my website is in my signature (scrollsawpatternsonline).

[ragiarn]

For Intarsia I usually get 3/4" but lately have been getting 2-3" for carving. At one time purchased wood from Lowes ( they sell wood as thin as 1/4") however recently I have been getting wood from milners and cabinet makers- They throw away shorts (less than 2 feet in length). Can generally get even exotic wood at bargain basement prices. Recently a patient of mine came in with a bagful of mahogany, black walnut and Jatoba- Pieces that they normal burn. He is a cabinet maker and these pieces are useless to him. If you can find a cabinet maker who does high end cabinets you would be surprised at what they throw away. You might even do them a favor by helping clean up the clutter of unwanted shorts.

Doc

[Plaquerd]

I get rough cut wood, usually 5/4 at saw mills, distributors, bartering, from friends who also cut their own and from trees we cut down and all the off cuts I want from where I work (the thickness varies from 3/4" to 16/4). Resaw it then plane it to the thickness needed. I voted 3/4" because that is what I use most of the time for my work.

[JimSawyer]

I use primarily 1/4" wood. I need to be able to buy my wood in large panels and the best place I've been able to do that is mail-order. I suppose if you can offer 12" and 16" widths, I'd be glad to order from you, provided the selection of different species is wide enough.

[USMC1126]

Hey Kevin,

I don't have anyway of milling my own, I have a little craftsman 9" bandsaw but it doesn't do the job, also I have no planer or drum sander. Around my area there are a few lumber yards the offer a very good variety of domestic and exotic woods, but only in larger thicknesses. I found a place on ebay, deer56hunter, that sells all kinds of thin stuff and you can buy it directly from them you don't have to bid on everything, the prices don't seem to bad but I have nothing to compare it to. Anyway if you were selling it I would definitely buy some.

King

[greatdane2]

A 10 or 12" disc sander is fairly cheap and with a coarse pad can take a piece of wood down pretty fast. I make a lot of Eagles and on the feathers taper end to end and front to back. Some of them are 14" long for those I use a 6 x 48 belt sander. Either tool will let you thin down wood fast if you can not cut it.

[Janette]

Most of what I buy is 3/4" to 15/16" - rough on one side is generally cheaper - or all you can find for some species.

BBply is a good idea. I've seen it at woodcraft for ridiculous amounts of $$ and I go through quite a bit for my intarsia backers.