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Re: Material: Can't find wood
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 3/19/2008, 1:59 am
In Response To: Material: Can't find wood (Steve Hayhoe)

: I live in Florence, SC and have called all around and can't find a verity of
: cedar. Does anyone have any tips on where to find some or even any cedar
: they can sell me?

I've had pretty good luck at both Menards and Lowes, it is though kinda hit and miss, sometimes they have fair wood other times it's awful. And you have to search thru piles of junk wood to find the few nice pieces, then still have to cut around knots. Luckily the prices are good enough that it's not wildly expensive to have a fair amount of waste.

Just look for pieces that have knots only on one side so you can get decent lengths without knots.

Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

Material: Can't find wood
Steve Hayhoe -- 3/18/2008, 11:50 am
Check Menards if in you area. They had lots of it. *NM*
John Monroe -- 3/21/2008, 5:43 am
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Aaron H -- 3/20/2008, 1:10 pm
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Mark Rakestraw -- 3/20/2008, 6:05 am
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Pedro Almeida -- 3/20/2008, 2:07 am
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Doug Davis -- 5/1/2008, 2:44 pm
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Pedro Almeida -- 5/1/2008, 8:46 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 3/19/2008, 1:59 am
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Lloyd of Canandaigua------WebKitFormBoundarydD6K+p -- 3/19/2008, 7:59 am
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Bill Hamm -- 3/19/2008, 4:13 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 3/19/2008, 4:06 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 3/19/2008, 4:05 pm
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Lloyd of Canandaigua------WebKitFormBoundarydD6K+p -- 3/20/2008, 9:12 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 3/21/2008, 12:04 am
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 3/18/2008, 1:23 pm
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Cliff -- 3/18/2008, 12:31 pm