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   philip_r | Apr 03, 2009 07:53pm | #1

   I live in Denver and I don't know of any place, locally.  Have you tried http://cswoods.com/ ?  They are in Colorado and may be close.  They deliver to the Denver area... inexpensively!

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   hammer1 | Apr 03, 2009 11:22pm | #2

   First, you need to be able to identify the sample specifically. I cut down a dead American elm and had it sawn up. Those long, straight, towering trunks can be full of black knot holes that don't show on the log. Had some interesting spalting and colors but the wood is fairly soft and, in my case, rather knarly. You'll have a better chance of finding what the customer wants if you know what it is.

   http://www.hobbithouseinc.com/personal/woodpics/elm.htm

   Beat it to fit / Paint it to match

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   BG | Apr 05, 2009 12:44am | #3

   hammer,I thought Roy Underhill said elm's grain went all kinda ways, that is why it was chosen for yokes in wheel barrows and (I guess) wagons.

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   BoardmanWI | Apr 05, 2009 04:29pm | #4

   I'm thinking you may have American Elm there. I've seen it and it does have green in it. You have at best hit or miss chances of finding any aprreciable amounts since American Elms were almost wiped out by Dutch Elm disease. There are very few left in some cities, and the wood is not cinsidered to be very marketable except for "junk wood" uses like truck beds or pallets.

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   renwood | Apr 05, 2009 11:38pm | #5

   Thanks to all for your responses - I have a bit more information now. The sample I was shown does seem to be american elm, and, as is so often the case with such samples, is less than representative of the typical finished product. This sample was provided by a custom office furniture manufacturer in NC, and is a book-matched block aprox. 12"x12". I had a look at their website, and the samples pictured there appear more like ash in character, and are definitely not quartersawn. I'm guessing they have a unique source for this stuff, as I have yet to find a supplier that has even heard of elm lumber. Sounds like it'd be a PITA to work with anyway. Thanks again for your comments.

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   frenchy | Apr 06, 2009 01:43am | #6

   First with a greenish tint it is likely to be hackberry and not elm..

     Try Johnson Logging In Cannon Falls Minnesota for lengths up to 19 feet..

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   Ron01960 | Apr 08, 2009 02:26am | #7

   I was loking for some thing else and noticed that they had elm, large boards.http://www.berkshireproducts.com/prod1.htm

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   TreeHuggerinNY | Dec 08, 2020 05:14pm | #12

   updated link: https://www.berkshireproducts.com/

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   WillGeorge | Apr 08, 2009 01:43pm | #8

   Chicago here and ALL of the HUGE OLD Elms died LONG ago! As in many, many years ago!

   I sure hope you can find some..

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   Shoemaker1 | Apr 09, 2009 03:00am | #9

   I just cut down a dead American Elm it's laying on the lawn awaiting a chain saw. Debark it and take it away.

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   renwood | Apr 09, 2009 03:13am | #10

   A most generous offer - however, that's a little more than I'm set up for. Thanks anyway...Don't Panic!

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   sleepydad | Apr 09, 2009 05:30pm | #11

   I have sawn a couple elm logs.  I'm usually after what is know as red-elm.  A good log will have beautiful clear vertical grain and a nice red/brown color with sometimes mustard/yellow.  it's a softer wood and it does move quite a bit but it's really easy to machine.  takes finish nicely.

   red elm is available commercially.  you can find it all over. you can also find red elm veneer. 

   I did a floor in red elm a couple of years ago. see attached.