Went to my local Rockler over the weekend, and I was looking to get some interesting wood that they carry. My store used to have a pretty good selection of burls and turning blanks for reasonable prices (especially with a 20% off coupon). However, all of the burls and misc wood chucks were gone! I asked about them, and they told me that they were told to stop using independent wood distributors, and they get all of their stock from a warehouse supplier.
So that sucks, IMO. There's few sources as it is for more exotic woods, especially that's not rediculously expensive. So now there's one less place to go. I haven't bought a whole lot of these pieces, but now I'm looking for them and they're not available.
Where does everyone get their wood? I'm not looking for mass amounts- I'm mainly looking for pieces I can cut up into pen blanks. (Found out a long time ago that buying boards and blocks and cutting them down is cheaper than buying individual pen blanks).
So that sucks, IMO. There's few sources as it is for more exotic woods, especially that's not rediculously expensive. So now there's one less place to go. I haven't bought a whole lot of these pieces, but now I'm looking for them and they're not available.
Where does everyone get their wood? I'm not looking for mass amounts- I'm mainly looking for pieces I can cut up into pen blanks. (Found out a long time ago that buying boards and blocks and cutting them down is cheaper than buying individual pen blanks).
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