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   RyanC | Oct 23, 2005 07:01am | #1

   I would try the website http://www.woodfinder.com you can type in your area code and get the ten closest mills in your area.

   
   

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   Edited 10/23/2005 12:02 am ET by RyanC

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   Quartersawn | Oct 24, 2005 03:23am | #3

   I can help if you're in the Midwest.  I use several good sources within 100 miles of Chicago.

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   WillGeorge | Oct 24, 2005 06:02pm | #4

   Please post.. Not sure my old truck can make a 100 mile round trip but... would like your sources.. Thanks...

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   Quartersawn | Oct 25, 2005 06:20am | #5

   Ok Q-sawn oak in Chicago area:

   Owl Hardwood Lumber Co.  Lombard and Palatine locations.

   Kirkland Saw Mill  Kirkland IL (north of Dekalb)

   Hardwood Connection (in Dekalb)

   Carstens Millworks   Warrenville   630-393-6341 (small, will mill at your site)

   Google: Frank Miller Lumber in Indiana  - that's where Stickley buys theirs.

   Let me know if you need more detail on these.  They all have websites

    

    

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   WillGeorge | Oct 26, 2005 04:10am | #8

   Thank You....

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   AndyE | Oct 24, 2005 01:34am | #2

   How much of what size are you looking for?

   I have some and would be willing to sell.

   Andy

   "It seemed like a good idea at the time"

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   GHR | Oct 25, 2005 08:03am | #6

   How much do you want and how much do you want to pay?

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   Thomas01 | Oct 26, 2005 03:24am | #7

   Thanks for everyones feedback!  I am not looking for a specific "large" amount right now rather a location to access various amounts for my ongoing projects - I am launching into building my own bookcases and furniture and have problems finding a location in Connecticut to purchase the 1/4 sawn oak. The websites pointed out direct me to a few locations that i will try. 

   Have any of you had any luck with your local saw mills or is the cutting process to tedious to warrant their time?

   Another strange question...if i resaw my own oak from a fallen tree how log will it take to air dry?