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General Category => Ask Steve a question. => Topic started by: lpoandl on January 10, 2014, 07:39:28 pm
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Can anyone give me some websites where I can purchase wood. I have used my local Lowe's and I am so tired of getting warped wood that bounces around on my scroll saw table. For simple patterns it is ok but for the delicate ones it just does not work. I know Steve mentioned one in one of his videos and I for the life of me can not find the one I was watching and misplaced the paper :( Thank you for any help you can offer.
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I purchase from two online vendors: Sloan's Woodshop and Ocooch Hardwoods. Both offer a wide variety and offer great service.
Tony,aka,Toneman
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Thank you Tony! I will check them out.
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I bought from Ocooch last year at a scrollsaw meet in Iowa. OK but it was like a lumberyard, you had to do some sorting to find pieces you wanted to buy.
Have been buying from Sloans http://www.sloanswoodshop.com/default.htm However, last fall I ordered 1/8" Baltic birch. Their site at the time (it changes) showed a plywood core. They shipped a MDF core. I called them that they had an error on their site. The gal got slightly snippy and said they only had plywood core. It's possible that it was a 1 time hiccup.
Will order from them again Monday, but will visit with them first, It looks like if I order in mm instead of fractions, I SHOULD be OK. Delivery to your door is very prompt.
jerry
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There is a local Woodcraft store here in town as well as their online presence. Has anyone used them? I noticed this week they have 1/2" x 12" x 12" BB (http://www.woodcraft.com/Product/2004113/7914/Baltic-Birch-Plywood-12-mm-12-x-12-x-12.aspx) for $1.99. Their 1/8" x 12" x 12" is $1.59 a piece.
Anyone out there have an opinion of Woodcraft (http://www.woodcraft.com/)?
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My local Woodcraft no longer has any sort of decent selection of thin wood. I have been buying from Ocooch over the past year and have been very pleased with them. I've only had one bad board from them and when I called, they replaced it. I have spent a lot of money there since! Even when the Woodcraft did have thin wood, you never knew what you might find when you got there (and it's a 20 mile drive for me). It is nice to be able to just go online and specify a width, thickness and species and find it on your porch a few days later. I do try to buy in bulk to save on shipping.
This post refers to hardwood, not ply. I don't use much plywood generally.