Wall Lumber Road Trip

[cpowell]

In my usual fashion (spur of the moment) I decided this afternoon that I need to make a road trip to Wall Lumber in Mayodan tomorrow morning. The weather is supposed to be perfect. Their prices look good... http://walllumber.com/premier.asp

Their 4/4 1C walnut is only 2.25 dollars/bd ft, which sounds VERY tempting. My next project is a free standing floor lamp in walnut. I want to build our dining table in walnut but LOML doesn't agree.

I'm thinking roughly 40 bd ft 1C walnut, 20 bd ft hard maple, 20 bd ft 1C cherry, 20 bd ft poplar (it's cheap and works easy and I'm out of it) and a sheet of 3/4 baltic birch ply. I'm gonna also look at cherry shorts while I'm there. Sometimes it's a good buy.

Did I leave anything out that you can think of? Guess I could look at exotics while I'm there, huh?

Let me know if you want me to check out anything for you while I'm there.

I'm driving a crew cab (very short bed) but would be more than willing to load a few extra sticks if anyone in the Rocky Mount area (or along the route back) is interested. Just let me know.

This is my first trip to Wall Lumber. I'll try to file a report upon my return.

Chuck

[McRabbet]

I made a side trip to Wall Lumber this afternoon (I was in Greensboro) and picked up a couple of sheets of 3/4" shop grade Maple plywood for $42/sheet -- Birch was $39 -- for my miter saw station project. Unlike the junk they sell at Lowe's or the BORG with a very thin face veneer, lots of patches and maybe five internal plies, this is true veneer core plywood and the defects that downgrade it to "shop" grade are minimal. They have an amazing selection of stock -- I even spied some wide 4/4 Purpleheart for $6.00/BF -- boards were 16" to 21" wide! Some of the exotics are astounding -- Kingwood, Cocobola and Tulipwood. Lots of bowl turning blocks, shorts, thin stock to choose from and endless racks of premium hardwoods, softwoods and plywoods. I was lucky to get out for less than $100!

Rob