In 8 years of woodcraft activity I have rarely purchases a piece of wood: dumpsters, woodyard scrap, home building sites, friends and even a swap have filled my needs and then some. I just bought Lowndes" Noah's Ark Puzzle patterns and want to make some ark puzzles for great grandchildren. Lowndes recommends pine or birch for the projects and I have nothing to fit the bill. Does anyone know of a source in the Columbia area for the wood I need? I actually think 1" by 6" will work for the medium sized ark. I could also get by with short pieces as nothing in the pattern is more than 7". A lumber yard in Lugoff used to let me pick the scrap bin (dump truck) but will no longer do so because of safety/liability concerns.