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   Seth_Frankel | Mar 29, 2002 09:02pm | #1

   Jonathan,

   Have you tried Smoot Lumber?

   Best,

   Seth

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   fourquarter | Mar 29, 2002 09:02pm | #2

   look in the yellow pages under hardwood or lumber . You certainly have a local supplier that other furniture makers and cabinet makers would use.

   Try Yahoo yellow pages or the like.

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   DrCollier | Mar 29, 2002 11:48pm | #3

   I live in DC also and drive out to Manassas to buy wood at National Forest Products. They have a good selection of domestic wood and the people there are very helpful.

   http://www.northlandforest.com/retailmanassas.html

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   sschefer | Mar 30, 2002 12:15am | #4

   Woodcraft usually has a fairly good supply of wood products in stock. You might try them if you have one nearby. I get mine from mount storm. The prices are a bit high sometimes but they have full milling capabilities when you need them.

   http://www.mountstorm.comSteve - in Northern California

   If the doctor says you have Attention Deficit Disorder, do you pay attention to him?

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   jacosin | Mar 30, 2002 03:55am | #5

   Thanks, I'll try them.

   Jonathan

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   bobhallsr | Mar 31, 2002 08:36am | #6

   Jon, I'm in the area also. Over the years I've gotten cherry, walnut, hickory, beech, gum, white and red oak, poplar, and black locust lumber from Goad's Mill in Aquasco. I also buy from the Amish mills in St. Marys county. One has to plan ahead if buying fresh from the mill. It takes well stickerd lumber months to dry, even in a heated basement and some of the species I mentioned need to be weighted down as well as stickered to prevent warpage while drying.

   BJ

   Gardening, cooking and woodworking in Southern Maryland

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   SCFrankland | Mar 31, 2002 02:14pm | #7

   BJ are you sure that the lumber you are drying is down to a low enough moister level in just one month. The rule of thumb is one year per inch.Scott C. Frankland

   Newfoundland Wood Worker

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   bobhallsr | Apr 01, 2002 09:14am | #8

   Scott, I use a meter to check my lumber and a month is not long enough. I thought I had said 'months' in my previous post. I agree with the 'year per inch' rule of thumb although a dry, heated, winter basement does seem to work a bit faster. It also goes faster if it has been planed down before drying but if it warps you don't have anything left to mill away. Besides, I seldom thickness to less than 7/8 in. I don't like the flimsy look of 3/4 in stock.

   BJGardening, cooking and woodworking in Southern Maryland

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   bobbylonghare | Apr 01, 2002 06:41pm | #9

   There are a lot of places in and around DC to get hardwood. Besides the ones already mentioned there is the woodworkers club in Rockville

   http://woodworkersclub.com/

   There is a place whose name I forget close the Baltimore airport as well as one in Frederick and Leesburg and Hagerstown. Around Lancaster PA (about 2 hours drive) there are 4 very good places. The best thing to do is go to

   http://www.wdfinder.com/

   and do some searches and then pick up the phone to check prices and availablity.

   Have fun with new wood.

   Bobby

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   MikeS | Apr 02, 2002 06:19am | #10

   Try http://www.woodfinder.com , retail sales, If the location District of Columbia does'nt show any results try Maryland or Virginia

   Just South of BWI airport is the World of Hardwoods, sells just wood, retail and wholesale

   One route 1 south of Savage but North of Laurel is Custom Woodworks acutally a cabinet shop that sells wood, plywood, finishing materials, hardware retail. They'll also do shop work for you at 1/4 hour rates. Nice folks http://www.customwoodworksmd.com/

   If you're going to the beach, over on the Eastern Shore in Hurlock there's Chesapeake Woodworker sales, similar to custom woodworks. Keep you eyes open though because if you blink you might miss them. Nice guys 

   If you want to check out new and used shop equipment you might try Skaries on Howard street in Baltimore.  

   Mike

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