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   desertmaster | Oct 04, 2004 03:15am | #1

   Janet,

    If you are referring to hardwood, milled to thickness (not in the rough),         1 1/4" would be 6/4.   Most lumberyards that supply construction lumber probably would not have this (depending on what species of wood you are referring to) but a hardwoopd supplier would. What species of wood are you looking for?

                                                    Dsrtmstr 

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   jyang949 | Oct 04, 2004 03:56am | #2

   1-1/4" is the nominal thickness. It's for the rails and brace of a garden gate that is about 5 feet high and 3-1/2 feet wide. Doesn't have to be hardwood, as it will be painted.

   Janet

   Edited 10/3/2004 10:21 pm ET by jyang949

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   nikkiwood | Oct 04, 2004 05:21am | #3

   Since this is an outdoor application, you could use what is termed 5/4 "decking" -- its nominal dimensions are 1 1/4" X 6", but it actually measures 1" X 5 1/2". Further this material always has a radiused edge, so if you want straight edged stock, you will have to rip the rounded over portion from the board -- further reducing your width.

   This stuff is commonly available in cedar and treated stock, but some yards carry more exotic species, such as Ipe, Canbarra, etc. For a selection of the latter, you will have to find a real lumber yard that caters to house and deck builders.

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   BarryR | Oct 04, 2004 09:46pm | #4

   The suggestion to go for decking is a good one.  My supplier mills his 5/4 decking to 1-1/16.  They'll also mill 5/4 in whatever spieces they stock to any thickness I want.  Get out your phone book & find a local lumberyard that can mill to order on site, while you wait.  I don't know where you live, but you might be able to find a local sawmill that can sell you what you need.

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   JohnWW | Oct 04, 2004 10:10pm | #5

   Janet,

   Planed white pine is regularly available at any lumber yard or Home Depot in a nominal 5/4 thickness and an actual thickness of 1 1/16 inch.  In the northeast it is called 5/4 and I have never been in a lumber yard that didn't stock it.  5/4 is available in 4, 6, 8, 10, and 12 inch widths. 

   Hardwoods are often cut to a 5/4 thickness and planed to around an inch thick.  As mentioned, most lumber yards don't stock 5/4 except in woods used for decking and usually only in 4 and 6 inch widths.  In addition to the naturally weather resistant woods, 5/4 decking is also available in pressure treated yellow pine.

   To find 5/4 hardwood in furniture woods you will need to go to a wood dealer that supplies to the cabinet making trade.  Some hardwood suppliers will rough plane the wood for you, but you will probably need to do the final planing in your shop if you want a cleanly planed board.

   John W.