My wood comes from quite a variety of places. When I first got started, I stumbled into nearly 200 BF of free cherry from a friend who was moving. That whetted the apetite for more free wood, which prompted some successful road side salvaging, which I'll still do when the opportunity presents itself. I was also fortunate enough to get quite a bit of maple from work when they were renovating, but they now farm out any salvage to an outside company. I've also bought some salvaged wood from garage sale finds…waterbeds, dressers, tables, etc. A few years back I won 120 Bf of QSWO from that was salvaged from the wine vats from the Widmer Wineries. About two years ago, another friend in his late 70's decided to give up woodworking and gave me some nice cherry, oak, and black walnut boards.
When the freebies run low, I resort to buying mainly rough sawn from local suppliers, but have made roadtrips to the NY/Penn border area for some too. I've also bought a few choice boards from Woodcraft and Pittsford Lumber locally, but it's really pretty expensive that way…guess I've been spoiled by all the free stuff.
When the freebies run low, I resort to buying mainly rough sawn from local suppliers, but have made roadtrips to the NY/Penn border area for some too. I've also bought a few choice boards from Woodcraft and Pittsford Lumber locally, but it's really pretty expensive that way…guess I've been spoiled by all the free stuff.
