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Current Inventory listed alphabetically by common name. Key: ad = air-dried; nd = now air drying, stickered, under roof; *kd, ad = solar dehumidification kiln; PS = Plain Sawn; QS = Quartersawn; r rescued from waste. Prices subject to change.
Please note :: As of March 2003 we no longer ship or sell wood by mail order. All lumber must be picked up in Renick.
| Ash (ad Fraxinus Americana)
White Ash is coarse textured and finishes to a high lustre. It is more stable than red oak. It is easy to work with hand tools and is a good choice for bending as can be seen in our ash dining table. Ash is fine cabinet, table musical instrument, boatbuilding and flooring material.
Fiddleback Ash We have various sized pairs of bookmatched fiddleback ash (Sold by the pair only).
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| Ash Desc. | av thickness | av width | av length | price/B.F. |
fiddleback pairs
bookmatched | 5/8 | 7" - 11" | 13" - 23" | $ 9.75 sq.ft. |
fiddleback pairs
bookmatched | 9/16 | 3.5" | 8" | $ 9.75 sq.ft. |
fiddleback pairs
bookmatched | 9/16 | 4.5" | 18" | $ 9.75 sq.ft. |
Butternut (ad)
Butternut is also called White Walnut. It is a medium gold color with fine grain and excellent working characteristics.
| Butternut Description | width | length | price/B.F. |
| Full 4/4 | 6-10" | 6-8' | $ 5.00 |
Catalpa: (Catalpa speciosa)
Catalpa crotches with beautiful straw/green/gold color. This medium density wood has yielded some nice slabs. Some have insect damage, and will be scaled accordingly. Seasoned in log 4 yrs.
Catalpa is stable and resistant to decay, aging naturally to a silvery gray. The heartwood may have brown or purple streaks. Excellent for turning and carving.
| Description | thickness | width | length | price/B.F. |
| flitch nd, r | 5/4 | 17" - 24" | 60" | $ 2.53 |
| flitch nd, r | 6/4 | 17" - 24" | 60" | $ 2.81 |
| flitch nd, r | 7/4 | 17" - 24" | 60" | $ 3.09 |
Cherry (Prunus Serotina)
We have some nice 4/4 Cherry. It is very popular because of its ease of use and character. Fine cabinet and flooring material, Cherry is a very popular and beautiful wood.
Shown right is Quartersawn Cherry, below is Flame Cherry
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| Cherry Desc. | av thickness | av width | av length | price/B.F. | | *kd, ad | 4/4 | 6" - 12" | 10-12' | $ 4.00 | | QS (none current) | - | - | - | - |
| Flame Cherry none current | - | - | - | $ 7.50 |
| Chestnut (ad Castanea dentata)
We have some unused chestnut as well as salvaged and wormy wood. The board shown here is from a barn built in 1910 when the American Chestnut was healthy. Quantity and short length (for frames or small projects) discount available. |  |
| Chestnut Desc. | thickness | av width | av length | price/B.F. |
| salvaged | 4/4 | random | 6' and longer | $ 5.90 |
| salvaged | 7/4 | random | 6' and longer | $ 5.90 |
| Slowgrowth QS bookmatched Chestnut, both wormy and clear. call |
| virgin | 4/4 | random | random | $ 14.00 |
Hemlock, Eastern
Salvaged 100+ yr old virgin growth eastern hemlock and pine with wonderful old color for early american reproductions. See picture below.
| Hemlock description | thickness | width | length | price |
| salvaged | 4/4 | random | random | $ 3.50 |
| salvaged | 8/4 | random | random | $ 4.50 |
 This spice cabinet combines the antique pine (panel doors) with hemlock framing. |
| Maple Desc. | av thickness | av width | av length | price/B.F. | | Hard, Sugsr Maple *kd, ad | 6/4 | random | random | $ 3.50 | Spalted Soft Maple
will be dry late summer 2001 | - | - | - | - |
| Oak, Red (Quercus Rubra)
Fine cabinet, furniture, or flooring material, open grain with strong attractive rays. Good for steam bending. The picture shows Quartersawn Red Oak |
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| Red Oak Desc. | av thickness | av width | av length | price/B.F. |
| Plain sawn *kd, ad | 4/4 | 6" - 12" | 8' | $ 3.50 |
| Oak, White (ad Quercus Alba)
Exceptional resistance to wear makes white oak useful as flooring as well as for fine furniture, boatbuilding and cabinetry. It has an open grain and long rays, and is good for turning, steam bending and working with hand tools.
We have some extremely nice slow growth QS white oak, some is rescued (r). kd means dried in our solar kiln which does not degrade wood quality. We kiln dried a selection of this Oak and also have air dried wood. Select is 45 - 80o , the Clear Vertical Grain is 80 - 90o.
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| Description | thickness | width | av. length | price/B.F. |
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| Select, 45-80o White Oak |
| QS select r, kd, ad | 4/4 | 4-6" | 8' - 11' | $ 3.55 |
| QS select r, kd, ad | 4/4 | 7-9" | 8' - 11' | $ 4.80 |
| Description | thickness | width | av. length | price/B.F. |
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| Clear Vertical Grain 80-90o White Oak |
| QS CVG r, kd, ad | 4/4 | 4-6" | 8' - 11' | $ 5.60 |
| QS CVG r, kd, ad | 4/4 | 7-9" | 8' - 11' | $ 7.50 |
| QS CVG r, kd, ad | 4/4 | 10-12" | 8' - 11' | $9.50 |
| QS CVG r, kd, ad | 4/4 | 13+" | 8' - 11' | $ 11.25 |
| Old Growth Quartersawn Salvaged, excellent color/texture |
| Run of Mill, has defects r, kd, ad | 15/16" | 4-8" | 6-8' | $ 4.00 |
| Select r, kd, ad | 15/16" | 4-8" | 6-8' | $ 7.50 |
| Flat Sawn White Oak |
| FAS ad r, kd, ad | 1 1/16 - 1 1/8 | 4-10" | 6-16' | $ 3.50 |
Pearwood (green Pyrus Communis)
Turning Stock. This close grained fruitwood has uniform texture and is excellent for turning and carving. It takes stain well, and has been substituted for ebony. The natural color of pearwood is light cream to tan, some of these blanks have reddish heart streaks. In marquetry and intarsia, pearwood is used for caucasian skin.
Definitely a rescued stash! These turning blanks were created from recently split FIREWOOD, from one of the largest pear trees we have ever seen, 20" in diameter. As the yard tree began to die and drop big limbs on the driveway, the owner decided to cut it down. The trunk was rescued by a neighboring woodworker, who said the last crop of pears from this magnificent tree was "abundant, but tasted terrible."
| Pearwood description | thickness | width | length | price per cubic inch. |
| R green | 1/2 - 6" | 2" - 6" | 4" - 17" | $ .10 |
| Flitch Sawn | 4/4 & 5/4 | 6" - 10" | 6' | $ 11.00 BF |
| Pine, Eastern White (ad )
See Hemlock also. |
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| Eastern White Pine Desc. | thickness | width | length | price/B.F. | | 100 yr. old virgin growth r | 4/4 | 12+" | 8-12' | $ 5.00 |
| 100 yr. old virgin growth r | 8/4 | 12+" | 8-12' | $ 6.00 |
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Sycamore, American ( Platanus occidentalis)
Sycamore has interlocking grain with dense clusters of brown rays in whitish wood, and is very attractive. It can be turned and works well with hand tools. Sycamore is resistant to wear and marring.
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| Sycamore Desc. | thickness | width | length | price B/F |
| no current stock | - | - | - | - |
Walnut, Black: (Juglans nigra)
We have a stash of lumber cut from a forgotten pile of logs in the "south forty" cleared for a right of way over 14 years ago. This neglect has produced some beautiful walnut. All sapwood has decayed leaving sound, richly colored heartwood with browns, reds and straw color. The wood was excavated (really) from a covering of moss and weeds and marked cant sawn, stickered and covered. Excellent coloring in this wood, and slip or bookmatch ready. Key: r |
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| Black Walnut Desc. | thickness | width | length | price/B.F. |
| PS nice color r | 4/4 | 6"-10" | random | $ 4.25 |
| PS nice color r | 6/4 | 12-22" | random | $ 5.31 |
| medium figure flitch | 8/4 | 12-30" | random | $ 6.38 |
| cant r | 12/4 | 3" | random | $ 8.50 |
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