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   mapleman | Jan 27, 2009 06:18am | #1

   I am needing about 100 bdft for a cabinet

   HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!

   Better do a little research. Biggest pieces of desert ironwood I see are bowl blanks and small (under 18" long) boards with wane, cracks, defects, etc. I don't believe it's legal to harvest the live trees so as dead trees are found they are usually cut up into smallish pieces to drag out of the desert. Not to mention it's one of the hardest and heaviest woods I have ever worked (well, snakewood is a little harder).

   If you buy it by the pound I hope you get it for $.25. Oh, and I'm not absolutely positive but I think the full grown adult trees are still pretty small and completely gnarled and twisted, preventing anything even remotely close to what's considered a "board" from being able to be produced from the trunk.

   Good luck,

   Lee

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   mapleman | Jan 27, 2009 06:21am | #2

   You don't have your profile filled out so we have no way of knowing where you are located in the country (or the world) but you can try Gilmer wood products:

   http://www.gilmerwood.com

   they usually have some in stock or may be able to point you in the right direction

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   RonInOttawa | Jan 27, 2009 11:40pm | #3

   Would you possibly be thinking of mesquite instead of ironwood? I'm not aware of ever seeing ironwood in planks.

   Ron

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   PheasantHunter | Feb 04, 2009 07:47am | #4

   CHS

   In case you are looking for mesquite (sometimes called ironwood), I was just at two mills in Arizona.  Tumacacori Mesquite has a lot of stock on hand.   http://www.mesquitedesign.com.    there are several other sawmills in Texas if you google mesquite sawmills.  

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   chs | Feb 04, 2009 08:39am | #5

   Thanks for the info. I have a couple samples coming.