Mail Order Curly MMaple?

[Duncan Potter]

Newbie here....

Does anyone mail order hardwood stock. I'm halfway through a project and ran short of 5/4 curly maple. My local suppliers are out.

I'm located in Maine. Can anyone recommend reliable suppliers?

[mike wacker]

Duncan,

Where are you in Maine?

[Duncan Potter]

Cape Elizabeth.

By the way, I need Maple, not MMaple. Fat fingers!

[NICK BARBOZA]

Im in Bangor and may be able to help you out. what do you need?

[Duncan Potter]

I need to finish out 2 boards 20" x 4" x 1". So I need about 4000 board feet!

Seriously what size(s) do you have? Strong figure?

[NICK BARBOZA]

I have all kinds... i bought about 1000 bf of it for $230 at an auction in machias (two loads in my GMC) i practically spent more in gas to get it than i did on the wood... it is all at least 6/4 some up to 12/4.

but also another source to check is www.premiumspecialtyhardwoods.com they are in Rumford, lots of birdseye and they do have some curly too. i go there about twice a year to stock up.

[NICK BARBOZA]

oh yea. alot of the figure i've looked at has been pretty heavy but its all rough sawn and i havent used any of it yet... so i cant say for sure

[Quinn McCarthy]

Duncan

I got some nice curly maple from west penn hardwoods in New York

http://www.westpennhardwoods.com/static/index.htm

Hope that helps.

Quinn

[Jim Becker]

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[Bill Wyko]

Jim, where's that place you got your Maple from for your end tables? That was some very nice stuff.

[Jim Becker]

Bill, the figured maple came from Wherungs Specialty Woods (http://www.wehrungsspecialtywoods.com/index.html) in Ottsville, PA. I don't know if they ship, however. Honestly, however, the OP lives literally in the heart of figured maple country! I can't imagine that all of the more local sources are "out"...

[Nick Clayton]

Duncan,

I have found great looking maple here http://www.goosebaylumber.com/, although it is a bit of a drive from Bangor.

[Alex Berkovsky]

Here's another place online: http://www.curlymaple.com/