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   stantheman | Jan 24, 2006 11:39pm | #1

   I have gotten good stuff from Bell Forest PRoducts, I believe is in Michigan.  I don't have the web-stie address handy, but I know they have web-site.

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   Ricks503 | Feb 07, 2006 06:34pm | #2

   I have bought some off eBay and this guy has been reliable so far.

   http://stores.ebay.com/Fraser-Valley-Fine-Woods

   You might contact him and see if he has what you need. Can also search eBay for 1/4 curly maple and see what you get.  Persoanlly I margianlly prefer quilted to curly

   1 - measure the board twice, 2 - cut it once, 3 - measure the space where it is supposed to go        4 - get a new board and go back to step 1
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   JohnH | Feb 08, 2006 01:22am | #3

   Hello Ricks503,

   I'll check him out. Thanks for the response.

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   mudman | Feb 09, 2006 06:46am | #4

   Find a 8/4 by 6" piece and resaw it. Do you have a band saw? Or get a one or two long 3/4" boards that match and plane them down. It will waste a lot of lumber but will be easy, quick and cheep.

   Mike

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   JohnH | Feb 09, 2006 05:01pm | #5

   Hi Mike,

   Thanks for the advice. I had hoped to avoid tackling resawing and planing to thickness. Apparently in the vast world of the Internet, no one has gone into this service as a business.

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   highfigh | Feb 10, 2006 03:21am | #6

   If you get some nice boards, consider calling a cabinet shop to see if they'll resaw and plane or sand it to the thickness you want. It shouldn't be terribly expensive and if you aren't in a big hurry, they can do it when business is slow.
   "I cut this piece four times and it's still too short."

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   JohnH | Feb 10, 2006 03:25am | #7

   Good idea! I'll ask around at our Fine Woodworking Club.

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   forestgirl | Feb 12, 2006 06:59pm | #8

   Guitar makers use figured maple in their work, and there are quite a few businesses who specialize in providing it.  Here's a Google. as an example.  You might be able to find someone not too far from you.

   forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-) 
   

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   JohnH | Feb 12, 2006 07:43pm | #9

   Hello Forestgirl,

   Thanks for the lead. Some of those woods are really spectacular!