Where is the best place to buy wood for a furniture project ?
I'm trying to build a crib for my sister but i want a dark wood like walnut or Madrone but i don't know where on earth to get it?
Answers:
Go to a wood working store, they'll have a better selection of wood than a home center close to Lowes or Home Depot. Most of them also will plane your wood to the required thickness, if you don't have a mass planer, or will re saw, if you don't have a band saw. Charges for have your wood resawn or planed will vary from location and how much you have done....usually the more you own machined, the lower the cost. I get almost all of my wood for furniture projects from a wood working store. I return with the rough sawn stock, and I can get pieces that match color and small piece. I joint and plane all of my wood, so I know that I enjoy flat stock and uniform thickness for my project(s). Good luck on your project, and have fun!
First question to ask yourself before starting this project is what is your skill even with woodworking? The materials that you are looking at are very expensive. Do you even possess the tools required to achieve the work yourself?
Your trying to be an apprentice but am not ? are you a "journeyman" this is where you start and, it take years plus experience.
The type of wood your looking for is expensive, from a specialty lumber yard and, you'll have to own a shop full of tools for the work.
I am a retired contractor/carpenter, 47 years, with a shop full of wood-working tools and, I still run short of something.
A crib is a pretty heavy item to start with. The plans should have told you what to expect, you do hold plans, don't you ?
If you go to Home Depot and look through their magazine section for something approaching this, you may find plans for a crib and what type of wood to use. Source(s): retired carpenter 47 years.
You might check a hardwood purveyor who buys large quantities of lumber to cut and flog. They may have scraps that you could receive & save you money.
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Answers:
Go to a wood working store, they'll have a better selection of wood than a home center close to Lowes or Home Depot. Most of them also will plane your wood to the required thickness, if you don't have a mass planer, or will re saw, if you don't have a band saw. Charges for have your wood resawn or planed will vary from location and how much you have done....usually the more you own machined, the lower the cost. I get almost all of my wood for furniture projects from a wood working store. I return with the rough sawn stock, and I can get pieces that match color and small piece. I joint and plane all of my wood, so I know that I enjoy flat stock and uniform thickness for my project(s). Good luck on your project, and have fun!
First question to ask yourself before starting this project is what is your skill even with woodworking? The materials that you are looking at are very expensive. Do you even possess the tools required to achieve the work yourself?
Your trying to be an apprentice but am not ? are you a "journeyman" this is where you start and, it take years plus experience.
The type of wood your looking for is expensive, from a specialty lumber yard and, you'll have to own a shop full of tools for the work.
I am a retired contractor/carpenter, 47 years, with a shop full of wood-working tools and, I still run short of something.
A crib is a pretty heavy item to start with. The plans should have told you what to expect, you do hold plans, don't you ?
If you go to Home Depot and look through their magazine section for something approaching this, you may find plans for a crib and what type of wood to use. Source(s): retired carpenter 47 years.
You might check a hardwood purveyor who buys large quantities of lumber to cut and flog. They may have scraps that you could receive & save you money.
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