'Reward: Information leading to the securing of a local oak mill

[grousehunter]

My regular sawyer does not forsee anytime soon, being able to supply me with a white oak plank large enough for my current project. So I am hoping to locate someone within a few hours drive (or who might ship to a business near me so I can leverage cheaper shipping costs) who can help (Yellow pages and two months of "asking around" all of the local businesses has produced an endless number of additional dead ends.). It is both a problem of capacity (most Saw Mizers without extended beds can only go 16 feet) and availability of good, quartersawn oak at this length (I can't use plain sawn so my six inch wide plank plus half of the unused heart box is going to require quite a tree). I have scrapped three keels now which were plain sawn and the grain in this orientation will check to no end and tear up the plank as you all know, regardless what preventative measures one uses. I need a keel who's rough dimensions before I plane it, should be 2 in. x 6 in. x 17 feet.
So I have taken to offering rewards now. To the tip that eventually leads to a successful business contact within driving distance or who's freight is fairly reasonable, I'd like to extend my gratitude with a complete set of Arno Day's lofting series videos. I have no further use of them and someone else might as well get the benefit of Arno's wisdome.
Ed

[Brian Palmer]

Where are you located?

Brian

[Peter Malcolm Jardine]

It would be helpful to know where you are.

[Draketail]

As above, I don't know where you are, but...

Try:

Blue Ridge Lumber
183 Mule Academy Rd
Fishersville, VA
(540) 885-5055

They have routinely sawn 8' x 10" x 24' white oak timbers for me for timber framing, and this past spring produced some beautiful 8" x 10" x 32' timbers for the lower chords in 4 timber trusses.

Good Luck

[Mrleft8]

Peter Marlowe Forest Products.
North Guilford, Ct.
(203) 457-0304
I got the White Oak for MattJ's "RARUS" from them, and it all looked good to me. (Of course that was a few years ago, and Matt refuses to post pictures of what he's done with them since....;) )

[Thorne]

Go to the USER CP link upper left, update your location.

[kc8pql]

http://www.homesteadhardwoods.com/random.html
May be worth giving them a call, depending on where you are.

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[ron ll]

If you are near the Northwest U.S., try Blackstock lumber in Seattle or Edensaw in Port Townsend.

[Bill Perkins]

Use Woodfinder.com

[George Roberts]

My regular sawyer does not forsee anytime soon, being able to supply me with a white oak plank large enough for my current project. So I am hoping to locate someone within a few hours drive (or who might ship to a business near me so I can leverage cheaper shipping costs) who can help (Yellow pages and two months of "asking around" all of the local businesses has produced an endless number of additional dead ends.). It is both a problem of capacity (most Saw Mizers without extended beds can only go 16 feet) and availability of good, quartersawn oak at this length (I can't use plain sawn so my six inch wide plank plus half of the unused heart box is going to require quite a tree). I have scrapped three keels now which were plain sawn and the grain in this orientation will check to no end and tear up the plank as you all know, regardless what preventative measures one uses. I need a keel who's rough dimensions before I plane it, should be 2 in. x 6 in. x 17 feet.
So I have taken to offering rewards now. To the tip that eventually leads to a successful business contact within driving distance or who's freight is fairly reasonable, I'd like to extend my gratitude with a complete set of Arno Day's lofting series videos. I have no further use of them and someone else might as well get the benefit of Arno's wisdom.
Ed

Sawyers frequently saw lumber longer than the length of their bed. There are lots of people with such lumber in stock. Certainly, others who have access to trees large enough.

I guess the questions is: What do you want to pay for the wood? (17bdft is less than $35 many places.)

[grousehunter]

Upstate New York, very close to Corning, NY.
Sorry guys,
Ed

[woodpile]

There's a mill in West Bath Me. called Higmo's, their sign reads "we cut everything except your hair" :D . I beleive they cut oak for Dick Pulsifer, builder of the Pulsifer Hamptons.

[veets]

You might give these guys a look:

http://www.clc1.com/clc/home.html

I can't vouch for them, but I've passed by their store a few times and they seem to be in your neck of the woods. ;)

[riveter]

So I have taken to offering rewards now. To the tip that eventually leads to a successful business contact within driving distance or who's freight is fairly reasonable, I'd like to extend my gratitude with a complete set of Arno Day's lofting series videos. I have no further use of them and someone else might as well get the benefit of Arno's wisdome.
Ed

Do you guys in the US still have VHS? :confused: Does the reward come with a VHS machine?;)
Good luck w/your quest

[George Roberts]

I used woodfinder and found these:

Bristol Valley Hardwoods of Rochester (http://www.woodfinder.com/listings/001641.php) Canandaigua NY (49 miles)
Niagara Lumber and Wood Products, Inc. (http://www.woodfinder.com/listings/001881.php) East Aurora NY (89 miles)
Alderfer Lumber Co. (http://www.woodfinder.com/listings/010041.php) Mt. Pleasant Mills PA (96 miles)
Suburban Mills Sawmill - PA (http://www.woodfinder.com/listings/014186.php) Tyler Hill PA (97 miles)
Polley Woodworking & Lumber (http://www.woodfinder.com/listings/013916.php) Lake Ariel PA (100 miles)

(http://www.woodfinder.com/listings/003121.php)
Advantage Trim & Lumber Co (http://www.woodfinder.com/listings/003061.php) Buffalo NY (106 miles)
Lakeshore Hardwoods (http://www.woodfinder.com/listings/004121.php) Pulaski NY (109 miles)
Bailey Wood Products, Inc. (http://www.woodfinder.com/listings/004342.php) Kempton PA (119 miles)
Irvin's Sawmill & Gallery Of Wood (http://www.woodfinder.com/listings/008301.php) Shirleysburg PA (128 miles)