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| 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% |
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06-16-2008, 02:44 PM
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| Grumpy Old Moderator  Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Galaxy far, far away
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 |  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.
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06-16-2008, 02:49 PM
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| Seasoned WV Veteran  Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Virginia, Born/Raised WV
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| 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
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06-16-2008, 03:13 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Rancho Cucamonga, CA
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| Dang. No multiple choice?
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06-16-2008, 03:15 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: ARIZONA
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| I usually buy 6/4 and mill my own. Get the most bang for the buck that way. Tom
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06-16-2008, 03:39 PM
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| Grumpy Old Moderator Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Galaxy far, far away
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Kevin, I tried to modify the poll to allow multiple options but alas, I couldn't figure it out.  .
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06-16-2008, 04:54 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Bellport, LI New York
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| 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.
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06-16-2008, 05:08 PM
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| Pajaro Studio Dallas  Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: If it ain't Texas, it Just ain't livin.
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| 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.
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06-16-2008, 05:21 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: May 2008 Location: Vancouver Island, BC. Canada
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| 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. |
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06-16-2008, 06:52 PM
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| Grumpy Old Moderator Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Galaxy far, far away
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| 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.
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06-16-2008, 07:18 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: May 2007 Location: New Mexico (they renovated the old one)
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| I would prefer to own a bandsaw and resaw from 4/4 and thicker, but until then, thin woods as necessary.
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