embo5
One of the best spots I have found is eBay BUT you must take a hard look at shipping cost, it can be high some times.
And with in a week or so it will be on your door step and now that gas is not cheap that can be big saving on the bottom end price.
I have found out that most of the hard wood will be done that's to say it's dry and planed on all 4 sides that can save you big bucks.
You can also get great deals on plank lumber (but you need to rework the lumber b/4 you can used it. (plank=A piece of lumber cut thicker than a standard board)
You can also find a good deal or two at Rocklers when they run a wood sale.
You can also look in the Yellow Pages ,under Used lumber, you can find some great deals, when they demo a building they will some times find some neat wood that they resale.
I got a pickup load of 2" x 10" x some 6'/8' long boards of Oak for 100.oo bucks they had green paint on them and a bolt hole or two but under the green paint ,WOW nice Oak.
Just a note about used lumber, when you plane it or remove the old paint you must take care because of the old paint type (Lead Base) most of the time.
I old fart at the used lumber yard gave me this tip and he was coved from head to toe with green paint at the time from planing a stack of the used lumber down to 5/4 stock that looked just like the same stuff I just put in my truck.
Good Luck
Bj
One of the best spots I have found is eBay BUT you must take a hard look at shipping cost, it can be high some times.
And with in a week or so it will be on your door step and now that gas is not cheap that can be big saving on the bottom end price.
I have found out that most of the hard wood will be done that's to say it's dry and planed on all 4 sides that can save you big bucks.
You can also get great deals on plank lumber (but you need to rework the lumber b/4 you can used it. (plank=A piece of lumber cut thicker than a standard board)
You can also find a good deal or two at Rocklers when they run a wood sale.
You can also look in the Yellow Pages ,under Used lumber, you can find some great deals, when they demo a building they will some times find some neat wood that they resale.
I got a pickup load of 2" x 10" x some 6'/8' long boards of Oak for 100.oo bucks they had green paint on them and a bolt hole or two but under the green paint ,WOW nice Oak.
Just a note about used lumber, when you plane it or remove the old paint you must take care because of the old paint type (Lead Base) most of the time.
I old fart at the used lumber yard gave me this tip and he was coved from head to toe with green paint at the time from planing a stack of the used lumber down to 5/4 stock that looked just like the same stuff I just put in my truck.
Good Luck
Bj
