2" or 2-1/4" Dowels

[Stephen Musial]

Hi,

Does anyone have a source for 2 or 2-1/4" dowels....oak, ash,etc? Lowe's has poplar ones that are fine for the prototype but I need a nice hardwood for the finished product (and of course at a decent price - 2 or 3 dollars a l.f. :))

Thanks,

Steve
St. Louis

[Steve Jenkins]

I don't have the website handy but give Baird Brothers a try.

[Keith Pleas]

My local (Seattle) Blackstock has something like that - ipe as I recall. I was going to make a couple of heavy duty poles to support a sunshade on my boat last summer but never got around to it. Think it was in the $5/ft range.

[Jerry Miner]

Baird Brothers (http://www.bairdbrothers.com/searchresults.aspx?cx=005517046416791950571:oykzxk kptwk&cof=FORID:11&ie=UTF-8&q=2%22+dowel&sa=Search)