good -- and trustworthy -- online source of curly hard maple?

He may have beautiful stuff but his 'Continent of Origin' information is wrong in several cases which leads me to wonder.

Bill

Just wondering, but did you look at Wood Finder?

's a good source for finding stuff in your area, or via mail order,or whatever. I'm not associated with them, haven't used them, caveatemptor, YMMV, look both ways before crossing the street, i before eexcept after c... (C: Jim

Jim -- I did. It was a bust (didn't turn up anything I didn't already know about).

It's mighty discouraging sometimes to live in CA when most of the best and most interesting woods have to be trucked in at great expense from elsewhere.

Grant -- thanks.

Abe:

There is a place in Rancho Cordova, not too far from Naturewood that carries lots of hardwoods. I think it is called Hughes Hardwoods, 11441 Sunrise Gold Circle, Rancho Cordova Ph 916-638-8658 Last time I was there 4-6 weeks ago they had lots of oak & walnut, both sheet and solid goods. I think I remember that they also carried some maple.

Good luck & safe turning

Galban snipped-for-privacy@aol.com

Galban -- thanks. I know Hughes from their outlet in Stockton; will have to check out their joint in Cordova. In Stockton they are hit or miss, with some decent deals (by CA standards) on occasion. Unfortunately, they've never had any figured maple when I've looked.

Cheers, Abe

Abe, I thought you were that Abe that is involved in SAW(Sacramento Area Woodworkers) and that you would aware Of Hughes Hardwood, Higgins Hardwoods, & Gallery Hargwoods that are all in Sacramento Phone Directory. I guess there are two Abes in Sacramento. Who would guess.

Nick

Heh. You're right -- there must be two of us... I've visited Higgins and talked to the people in their office. They didn't *appear* to do a great deal of business in figured wood, though they had a few boards of birdseye maple on hand. Acres of plain hardwoods, of course. I didn't consider them as a possible source for this project because I need more than a few boards (of curly maple). Did I miss something? Is there somebody on their staff who specializes in figured wood?

Cheers, Abe

Abe, Gallery deals in figured hardwood. Call before you drive over there.

Nick

Aha. Thanks!

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