Originally Posted by
Pete Taran
Most mills don't deal with American Beech anymore. My brother runs a lumber business and I recently asked him to get me some 5/4 for a restoration project I've been wanting to get started. Unfortunately, none of his his feeder mills dry it. They all state it's too hard to dry and not worth the effort. Most cut it up for center skids for pallets and use it wet. He did score me some nice European Red Beech though, even has a fair amount of figure in it. Just another data point.