What Hardwood Thicknesses do you buy the most of? - Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts Message Board

Jediscroller · 06-16-2008, 03:44 PM

Hi All,
After seeing the rather exhorbitant prices folks are getting for thin hardwoods I'm toying with the idea of adding these to my site. It's still a couple of months off but I'd like to get an idea of what thicknesses people are purchasing their woods in. Wood would likely be S2S sanded to 150 or 180 Grit.

Chase · 06-16-2008, 03:49 PM

Kevin, good idea. I'll buy from you. You might consider adding BB to your mix.
Wood is getting expensive. I may have to quit scrolling. Yeah, right when the pry my 788 out of my cold....you know the rest. LOL

Chase

Fremmed · 06-16-2008, 04:13 PM

Dang. No multiple choice?

knothead · 06-16-2008, 04:15 PM

I usually buy 6/4 and mill my own. Get the most bang for the buck that way.

Tom

Jediscroller · 06-16-2008, 04:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by knothead

I usually buy 6/4 and mill my own. Get the most bang for the buck that way.

Tom

That's pretty much what I do as well Tom but a lot of folks don't have that capability.

Kevin,
I tried to modify the poll to allow multiple options but alas, I couldn't figure it out.

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Rolf · 06-16-2008, 05:54 PM

Although most of my Hardwood has been free, scraps from local cabinet shops and carpenters rescuing wood from the dumpsters.
When I do buy Get rough sawn and do my own re-sawing and planing.

Pajaro · 06-16-2008, 06:08 PM

Keven I marked 1/4" but I use as much 1/2". I use to buy most of my wood on EBay. But it a hassle to have to sit there and try to out bid some else without over paying for it. And I have been guilty of overpaying a couple of times.

I've got an 18" planer, no band saw (I am afraid of them). But 6/4 rough swan is next to impossible to get here in Dallas. All we have are the big box stores. They don't carry it. And if you want to order it. It must be in 100bf amounts. Can't afford that or even have room to store it.

greatdane2 · 06-16-2008, 06:21 PM

I buy the thicker wood. But I have a 18" and 14" bandsaws and a planer, we pay through the nose for wood here. My next major job is going out in the bush and bringing home some logs to play with.

Jediscroller · 06-16-2008, 07:52 PM

Alan and Pete,
You might want to check Steve Wall Lumber and Niagara Lumber. At least you could price the stuff to see if it's worth it for you. IIRC, neither has a minimum order requirement. I guess I'm lucky in that I have 3 very good lumberyards to choose from locally to get virtually any kind of wood in any rough thickness I want. I didn't figure on offering 3/4" or thicker lumber as I had assumed at that thickness folks could just get it at a lumberyard.

NMScroller · 06-16-2008, 08:18 PM

I would prefer to own a bandsaw and resaw from 4/4 and thicker, but until then, thin woods as necessary.

View Poll Results: What Hardwood Thickness do you buy the most of?
1/8"	1	2.63%
1/4"	12	31.58%
1/2"	7	18.42%
3/4"	18	47.37%
Voters: 38. You may not vote on this poll

06-16-2008, 03:44 PM	#1
Jediscroller American Crafstman Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Galaxy far, far away Posts: 3,174 Blog Entries: 5	What Hardwood Thicknesses do you buy the most of? Hi All, After seeing the rather exhorbitant prices folks are getting for thin hardwoods I'm toying with the idea of adding these to my site. It's still a couple of months off but I'd like to get an idea of what thicknesses people are purchasing their woods in. Wood would likely be S2S sanded to 150 or 180 Grit. __________________ Kevin Scrollsaw Patterns Online Making holes in wood with an EX-30, Craftsman 16" VS, Dremel 1680 and 1671

06-16-2008, 03:49 PM	#2
Chase Seasoned WV Veteran Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Virginia, Born/Raised WV Posts: 730	Kevin, good idea. I'll buy from you. You might consider adding BB to your mix. Wood is getting expensive. I may have to quit scrolling. Yeah, right when the pry my 788 out of my cold....you know the rest. LOL Chase __________________ Chase---Cleverly Disguised As A Responsible Adult. Visit my album @ http://home.comcast.net/~chasesmeeks...-by-Chase.html and click on the album link.

06-16-2008, 04:13 PM	#3
Fremmed Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Rancho Cucamonga, CA Posts: 840	Dang. No multiple choice? __________________ The Journey is the Reward Kevin

06-16-2008, 04:15 PM	#4
knothead Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: ARIZONA Posts: 720	I usually buy 6/4 and mill my own. Get the most bang for the buck that way. Tom __________________ Tom ___________________ America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves. Abraham Lincoln

06-16-2008, 05:54 PM	#6
Rolf Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Bellport, LI New York Posts: 2,808	Although most of my Hardwood has been free, scraps from local cabinet shops and carpenters rescuing wood from the dumpsters. When I do buy Get rough sawn and do my own re-sawing and planing. __________________ Rolf RBI G4 Hawk, Delta SS350 Philosophy "I don't know that I can't, therefore I can"

06-16-2008, 06:08 PM	#7
Pajaro Forever is a long time Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: If it ain't Texas, it Just ain't livin. Posts: 2,047 Blog Entries: 1	Keven I marked 1/4" but I use as much 1/2". I use to buy most of my wood on EBay. But it a hassle to have to sit there and try to out bid some else without over paying for it. And I have been guilty of overpaying a couple of times. I've got an 18" planer, no band saw (I am afraid of them). But 6/4 rough swan is next to impossible to get here in Dallas. All we have are the big box stores. They don't carry it. And if you want to order it. It must be in 100bf amounts. Can't afford that or even have room to store it. __________________ Pájaro Pete Hombre del pájaro www.pajarostudiowns.com Member " Scrollsaw Association of the world " Excalibur EX-21 fanatic One of the Chosen few "Never try to teach a pig to sing It is a waste of time and it annoys the pig. " Last edited by Pajaro; 06-16-2008 at 06:30 PM.

06-16-2008, 06:21 PM	#8
greatdane2 Dumb Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Vancouver Island, BC. Canada Posts: 2,225	I buy the thicker wood. But I have a 18" and 14" bandsaws and a planer, we pay through the nose for wood here. My next major job is going out in the bush and bringing home some logs to play with. __________________ Alan and Rafi. In our house, if you have to bend over to pet a dog it ain't a real dog! UNLESS its a puppy. And the puppy is getting huge. 8 months old and 32" at the shoulders.

06-16-2008, 07:52 PM	#9
Jediscroller American Crafstman Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Galaxy far, far away Posts: 3,174 Blog Entries: 5	Alan and Pete, You might want to check Steve Wall Lumber and Niagara Lumber. At least you could price the stuff to see if it's worth it for you. IIRC, neither has a minimum order requirement. I guess I'm lucky in that I have 3 very good lumberyards to choose from locally to get virtually any kind of wood in any rough thickness I want. I didn't figure on offering 3/4" or thicker lumber as I had assumed at that thickness folks could just get it at a lumberyard. __________________ Kevin Scrollsaw Patterns Online Making holes in wood with an EX-30, Craftsman 16" VS, Dremel 1680 and 1671

06-16-2008, 08:18 PM	#10
NMScroller Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Columbia, SC Posts: 338	I would prefer to own a bandsaw and resaw from 4/4 and thicker, but until then, thin woods as necessary. __________________ ---Support bacteria - they're the only culture some people have.

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