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I just found an AWESOME lumber yard....almost in my own backyard.
Now, I don't own a planer because I always thought that buying roughsawn lumber meant either driving 100 miles to find a decent lumber yard and then paying too much or, finding a small community yard and having to special order, then getting the wrong stock and then paying WAY too much.
So...I had been limiting myself to what dimensional stuff I could get at HD or Woodcraft ($$$) or special ordering some small pieces, having it dimensioned by the source and praying for decent stock to be delivered to me.
Anyway, I work in a small town, and live in a smaller town about 10 miles away. Every day I pass this lumber yard on my way to lunch, but always assumed it was an over-priced, under-stocked yard like so many small communities have. Yesterday it was fairly hot outside, and I didn't feel much like eating so I decided to stop in and look around the place.....
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.............EUREKA!!!!!............
check this out: www.walllumber.com
This place is like 2 miles from work, about 10 miles from home and not too far out of my way home!!!!
Wall's got about any kind of wood you want, in just about any size, and will dimension it for a very reasonable charge. He's also got a free-pickins scrap bin out back!!!!! Plus its the kind of yard you can just enjoy shopping in weekly. There's a group of cool old guys that hang around BSing and driking coffee, and you never know what's going to come into stock. Someone at work had told me the owner had just sold some amazing stock: 2 black walnut slabs - 8" + thick, 12' long X 6 ft wide ($1200 each).
How did I neglect to go in this place before??!?!? Needless to say I'm now shopping for a planer.
Now, I don't own a planer because I always thought that buying roughsawn lumber meant either driving 100 miles to find a decent lumber yard and then paying too much or, finding a small community yard and having to special order, then getting the wrong stock and then paying WAY too much.
So...I had been limiting myself to what dimensional stuff I could get at HD or Woodcraft ($$$) or special ordering some small pieces, having it dimensioned by the source and praying for decent stock to be delivered to me.
Anyway, I work in a small town, and live in a smaller town about 10 miles away. Every day I pass this lumber yard on my way to lunch, but always assumed it was an over-priced, under-stocked yard like so many small communities have. Yesterday it was fairly hot outside, and I didn't feel much like eating so I decided to stop in and look around the place.....
.......
.......
.............EUREKA!!!!!............
check this out: www.walllumber.com
This place is like 2 miles from work, about 10 miles from home and not too far out of my way home!!!!
Wall's got about any kind of wood you want, in just about any size, and will dimension it for a very reasonable charge. He's also got a free-pickins scrap bin out back!!!!! Plus its the kind of yard you can just enjoy shopping in weekly. There's a group of cool old guys that hang around BSing and driking coffee, and you never know what's going to come into stock. Someone at work had told me the owner had just sold some amazing stock: 2 black walnut slabs - 8" + thick, 12' long X 6 ft wide ($1200 each).
How did I neglect to go in this place before??!?!? Needless to say I'm now shopping for a planer.
Loring in Katy, TX USA
I thought a guy lived there cause I'd seen somebody working in the yard a few times. I originally went over to complain that her dog was waking me up. When I saw her for the first time, I thought she was real cute. She thought I was very polite for the reason I was there.
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