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   WoodLess | Aug 20, 2009 09:27pm | #1

   Melissa -

   If you don't mind driving for about 1 1/2 hours, you could try the Connecticut Wood Group in Enfield, CT. There website is at: http://www.cwghardwoodoutlet.com/. They have a very large selection of both domestic and exotic woods.

   Chuck

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   RonK | Aug 20, 2009 11:48pm | #2

   Your best bet is just over the border in NH:

   http://www.highlandhardwoods.com/

   http://www.northlandforest.com/kingston.shtml

   Both of these are within a few miles of each other

    

   Just south of Boston in Stoughton:

   http://www.downesandreader.com/Site/index.html

   They appear to be having a big sale this saturday

    

    

   The Eastern Maqssachusetts Guild of Woodworkers has a number of lumber sites listed under links from the home page

   http://www.emgw.org/

    

    

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   Edited 8/20/2009 4:52 pm ET by RonK

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   mgmeyer | Aug 21, 2009 01:44am | #3

   Wow, just in time for a sale! I am going to buy about 50 bd ft of black walnut.Thanks everyone for your information!

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   nboucher | Aug 21, 2009 06:32pm | #5

   You'll like Downes & Reader, though their "sales" are pretty frequent. I live just a few miles away in the next town, so exercising restraint is tough. Last year, I stocked up at their day-after-Thanksgiving sale. I got there at 7 and had the place to myself. The guys are pretty friendly and knowledgeable, and you can poke around to your heart's content. If you go, make sure you walk all the way to the back of the warehouse, where the plywood bins are. Standing up on the left will the be the figured slabs. I can't afford them, but they're fun to look at. Norman

   Edited 8/21/2009 11:32 am ET by nboucher

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   ktkamm | Aug 21, 2009 03:31pm | #4

   A yooper, eh?

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   mgmeyer | Aug 21, 2009 09:06pm | #6

   Yeah, I used to live on the Keweenaw peninsula. :-)

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   ktkamm | Aug 21, 2009 09:40pm | #7

   I was stationed at  KI Sawyer (no longer exists) outside beautiful Gwyn,MI. 89-93. A friend was just up in the UP and sent me back some pasties. Still need a lot of ketchup!

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   Castlewerks | Aug 22, 2009 02:56am | #8

   Melissa,

   As someone else mentioned, Highland Hardwoods in Brentwood is a great yard, but what also makes it worth the trip is that Brentwood Machinery (http://www.brentwoodmachine.com) is just about a mile or two down the road...

   Cheers,

   Michael

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   MadisonRenovations | Aug 22, 2009 06:27am | #9

   Cambridge has Anderson & McQuaid http://www.andersonmcquaid.com and Somerville has Boulter Plywood http://www.boulterplywood.com/

   ---mike...

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   KiddervilleAcres | Aug 23, 2009 05:51am | #10

   mike,

   Isn't Anderson & McQuaid just off Fresh Pond circle?  I was racking my brain about the name but that was over 30 years ago when I went there.  Good folks.

   Thanks,Bob @ Kidderville Acres

   A Woodworkers mind should be the sharpest tool in the shop!

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   MadisonRenovations | Aug 23, 2009 10:01am | #11

   >Isn't Anderson & McQuaid just off Fresh Pond circle?'Round here we call 'em the Fresh Pond "Rotaries," including the one by the subway station that has been converted to a confusing intersection with a traffic light - a 1/4 mile from my house.Recently got some tiger stripe QSWO for a bathroom mirror project. And they very recently started stocking D2S red gum, though not very wide and not very much (I took half their stock :-). It's nice not having to pick through big-box stock looking for pieces that aren't twisted, cupped, or bowed. Unfortunately, they're only a mile away, so I've paid a lot (literally) for the convenience. ;-) (Meanwhile Rockler is a mile the other way...)---mike...

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   BG | Aug 23, 2009 12:38pm | #12

   MadisonRenovations,I'd love to see a write up on Anderson's dust collection system.

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   KiddervilleAcres | Aug 23, 2009 03:12pm | #13

   including the one by the subway station that has been converted to a confusing intersection

   Oh gawd not the infamous Rt. 2 Traffic Circle (as it was called)!?  I'll never forget (prolly B4 your time) Nov. 9,1965.  I was driving back to W. Medford from Fresh Pond Circle entering the Rt. 2 traffic circle and all the lights went out; it was about 5:30 PM - height of the rush hour(s) :-).

   To this day I sometimes wonder if everyone made it out of that damn circle.

   Regards,  Bob @ Kidderville Acres

   A Woodworkers mind should be the sharpest tool in the shop!

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   johnjingles | Aug 23, 2009 04:41pm | #14

   Sorry to hijack the original post but I think the original poster got the information.Folks, I am going to this place within the month:Somerville has Boulter Plywood http://www.boulterplywood.com/If I recall correctly, the web site made it sound to me like they seem very helpful. But that is the web site talking. How are these guys? Will they take time to talk to a newbie? I cannot stand going into a lumber yard and the guys there not having a second for me once they know I don't know what I am looking for/looking at/talking about.Well let me restate that - I really don't care - I have thick skin. It would just make the experience a little nicer.So how are these guys?

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   MadisonRenovations | Aug 23, 2009 07:10pm | #15

   I mentioned Boulter along with A&M - both great places.Boulter is one of the most helpful places around. I was just there yesterday looking for a substrate for my veneer panels. Spent a while going back and forth with a few options, starting with MDF, but I didn't want the off-gassing of MDF glue. They suggested containment methods, but I wanted marine grade glue. Showed me some sheets on clearance, but I only needed a half sheet. They showed me some pre-cut half-sheets and directed me to the one that looked flatter. They also do cuts on their *huge* table saw, can rip or cross a full sheet.They have great flat ply, even their 1/4" lauan doesn't warp.Oh, don't be afraid to ask questions. If they are in the A/C booth, they won't necessarily come out on their own, but if you ask questions, they will come out and even pull sheets to show you.One time I ordered a stack of teak, and a couple panels were really different in color, so I took them back for a better match. Unfortunately, one got dinged by one of the workers stepping on it. I pointed out the problem, but they didn't charge for the exchange.---mike...

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   johnjingles | Aug 23, 2009 08:53pm | #16

   Fantastic - good info - thanks

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   BG | Aug 24, 2009 11:51am | #18

   johnjingles,I'd second all that Madison said, great guys. Although, you may be surprised at the facilities...three adjacent store fronts cobbled together with wood on several levels, I love it.If you wander over to the Rockler on upper Mass Ave. your quite likely to be served by a NBSS student working there part time....unbelievable enthusiasm and very knowledgeable. A little less enthusiasm but more indepth knowledge can be found at Woodcraft in Woburn.

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   MadisonRenovations | Aug 24, 2009 08:21pm | #19

   Oh, yeah. Boulter is a bit hard to find; it doesn't stand out as a warehouse for sheet goods. I don't know that they have their own parking lot, but worth the trip. I'm willing to support them.If you go to Rockler on Mass Ave. and have questions, talk to Giles or Woody (as in wooden leg Woody) for experience. Woody's more talkative and is their power tool guru. If I have to ask a question that doesn't start "where are your..", I go to them. They have a limited stock of wood, mainly small supplies of unusual stuff, such as live edge. If I want S4S boards I go to A&M.I haven't been able to get too much advice from Woodcraft for some reason, but I like their stuff and go there if I know what I want.---mike...
   Cambridge, Mass.

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   rshelly | Aug 23, 2009 09:25pm | #17

   Try the Woodery Lumber Co. in Lunenburg. Website is wooderylumber.com. Large selection and good prices.

   Randy.

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   whamptons | Jun 18, 2013 07:24am | #20

   Hardwoods

   This is white oak farm and sawmill .I have a nice supply of local timber.   See Whiteoakfarmandsawmill.com.