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   ctsjr | Jan 06, 2007 05:55am | #1

   I've never bought from them, but several Knots regulars have purchased from Groff and Groff Lumber in PA and speak very highly of them.  groffslumber.com is the website.  Tom

   "Notice that at no time do my fingers leave my hand"
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   frenchy | Jan 06, 2007 06:21am | #2

   James Cammack,

    Few sawmills I visit even have a computer!  Let alone be on line.. Oh sure the big ones who look down their noses at anyone not picking up a semi load are on line but the mom and pop places?  That's Grandpa Jones out back and he has a pencil with a sharp point he jus' made with his whittlin' knife and a order form he got from the stationary store..

     Prices at Grandpa Jones tend to be a few years back.. No need to rush, it took God "Awhile" to grow them trees. it's sure enough take me a while 'ta saw 'em.

    This is where you get in your truck and start to drive.. Ask around..  The ones with the great prices and good stuff tend to be well hidden.. They are more than a click away.. but it will be well worth the effort..

    I use Johnson Logging here In Minnesota and so far Nobody even comes close to the prices I buy wood for.. or the fabulous wood I get!  Good deals like Fiddleback maple for 10cents a bd.ft. or black walnut for 17 cents..

     Those were special one time deals,  regular price for white oak and many other hardwoods is 80 cents a bd.ft.   Cherry costs around $1.65 a bd.ft. 

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   user-115081 | Jan 06, 2007 11:17am | #3

   I appreciate you guys taking the time to respond. Local sawmills only have native wood, and, as I mentioned, we don't have any native hardwoods except Gambel oak which rarely grows more than 6" in diameter. It makes great firewood though.I was hoping to find something closer than Groffs in PA. Has anyone had any experience with Woodworker's Source in Phoenix?James

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   SteveSchoene | Jan 06, 2007 04:49pm | #4

   Check out http://www.woodfinder.com This site allows you to search by location as well as by kind of wood. 

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   fussy | Jan 09, 2007 09:53am | #10

   Wood worker's Source is good.  Great selection, good wood.  Their prices are a little high.  Some of the sources back east a bit are better priced, but you have to balance shipping cost.  Try http://www.westpennhardwoods.com .  They're first class, priced right, and if you buy 100 board feet, they'll ship free right now, I believe.  Also try http://www.hardwoodlumberagent.com .

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   Riverprof | Jan 06, 2007 04:58pm | #5

   Jeez, frenchy, you're breaking my heart with those price quotes. There are just some things you should keep to yourself, unless you LIKE ruining people's days.Rp

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   frenchy | Jan 06, 2007 07:42pm | #6

   Riverprof,

          I feel so guilty getting the wood for prices this low that I want to create a demand for it so they feel they can raise their prices.. <G>

    I've been posting here for years and almost never hear of anybody taking advantage of these prices..

    Johnson Logging mills about 2 million bd.ft. a year and have a wide variety of wood types.  When you visit them you'll see all sorts of interesting things They have burls and wood with all sorts of things growing in it, They have a shotgun that must have belonged to Paul Bunyun.

     While most of their wood is normal stuff,  they occasionaly get these oddball pieces, Ever see Birds eye red oak?

      Or fiddleback walnut?   How about tiger stripe white oak? 

    The sweetist thing I've gotten from them is burl wood..  White oak burls, boards 22 inches wide 10 feet long. all burl!

          (actaully I have 917 bd.ft of it, and 9 6x6 timbers 10 feet long..)

     I overpaid for it,  They were sawing it and noticed all the burl and were going to throw it out rather than waste their time sawing it since it clearly wouldn't make grade.  I could have gotten it for much less but I generously paid them 40 cents a bd ft..

         Hello my name is Frenchy and I'm a woodaholic, somebody please buy wood so I'm no longer tempted!

     

    

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   Riverprof | Jan 06, 2007 08:38pm | #7

   Wow, Frenchy.

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   fussy | Jan 09, 2007 09:45am | #9

   Would this be Johnson LOgging of Cannon Falls, Mn.?

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   frenchy | Jan 10, 2007 08:48pm | #11

   fussy,

    yes!

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   pzgren | Jan 09, 2007 03:22am | #8

     Try Albuquerque Hardwoods on 2nd Street. Walnut, Mahogany (Honduras), and Red Oak were all going for about $5.50/bd ft a couple of weeks ago; prices fluctuate somewhat with the market. Probably about as good as you're going to get in NM.

   Beste Wünschen auf ein glückliches und wohlbehaltenes Neues Jahr!

   Tschüß!

   Mit freundlichen holzbearbeitungischen Grüßen aus dem Land der Rio Grande!!

   James

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   JohnE | Jan 10, 2007 10:07pm | #12

   MacBeath Hardwood Co. in Salt Lake. They are a big outfit with a headquarters in Calif. and stores all over the western US. I would bet that they have a store in Denver. They also have a web site which gives all their locations and, I think, lists inventories at the various stores. You can place orders for UPS/freight delivery on the website. They have all kinds of rough cut hardwood, burls, and furniture grade veneer plywoods.

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   frenchy | Jan 10, 2007 10:20pm | #13

   JohnE

        That violates my rules.. Go find a sawmill that's owned by a mom and pop operation.. Big retail operations are designed to make a maximum profit per board, not sell at wholesale market prices..

     The differance is Major ..FAS Black walnut costs me $1.65 bd.ft. at the sawmill but if I buy it retail it can be $9.00 or more per bd,ft.

     The really great stuff is already selected out and a premium charged for it, whereas the Sawmill simply adds it to the pile and hopes that you won't bitch because that crotch flame really should degrade the wood..

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   Ralph4 | Jan 11, 2007 04:15am | #14

   Frenchy do you think that they would ship cherry to Cape Cod?

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   frenchy | Jan 11, 2007 10:03pm | #15

   Call them and ask. Johnson logging cannon Falls Minesota..