Awesome lumber yards

[mrramsey]

So I went out today to buy the materials for my cabinets. Really disappointed in the quality of the materials from the big box stores. The good old days of lumber yards are few and far between.

Today I called on a lumber store that I though was primarily hardwood and millwork only. I asked if they had plywood and they said yes. I jumped in my truck and went down to their shop. I was like a kid in a candy store. It has been years since I saw lumber of this quality. Their prices are actually quite competitive and we're actually less than Lowe's. Top that with not having to pay anything in advance for the order. The only killer was the delivery fee of 8 bucks lol!

Any good lumber yards in your neck of the woods?

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[Garage Junkie]

Which one did you go to?

Have you ever tried Baird Brothers in Canfield?

 

[mrramsey]

Which one did you go to?

Have you ever tried Baird Brothers in Canfield?

Canfield is a bit of a drive. I went to Terry Lumber and Supply in Peninsula. Just about 5 minutes away.

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[engineer2]

Owl Hardwood Lumber Company.
3 stores in the Chicago area. I know the kid in a candy store feeling when I go there.

 

[Garage Junkie]

I went to Terry Lumber and Supply in Peninsula.

Looks like a pretty good place- I'll have to remember to check them out next time I'm through there.

 

[6768rogues]

There is one about a half hour away that has good plywood and hardwood, and they custom make stairs for not much more than what the materials would cost me.

 

[Richard Cranium]

none in my area. Used to have a great one but they sold out to a national chain, and you and guess the rest of the story

 

[RSr]

I haven't bought ply from Baird Brothers but everything else I've gotten there has been top notch. When I picked up my hardwood flooring I overheard and saw a guy loading up cherry veneer ply for cabinets and it looked primo.

 

[spudley]

Years back living in Milwaukee(1983) I stopped at a local big box store to pick up a few 2X4's. Had my checkbook (remember it was 1983) but no ID. They wouldn't accept my check w/o ID, (like I'm writing a bad check on a few 2x4's). After exchanging pleasantries with the store manager I walked out, went to a family lumber yard near where I was starting a house build, opened an account (with no ID) and walked out with $200 in lumber on my name.
Guess where I bought every stick for that house and two others?

 

[kbs2244]

Does anyone know where a hardwoods/cabinet grade wood yard gets their wood?

 

[carterbeauford]

Clicked to say Terry Lumber and you beat me to it. they are the only ones who would surface a pile of reclaimed oak I am trying to incorporate into my new house.

As soon as you say reclaimed everyone thinks it's barn wood with nails in it. I had 2x10s split in half on a bandsaw, they surfaced them to 7/8 and 3/4 and the result is wood character that can't be bought anywhere.

they're located in the middle of a national park. go hiking or biking while you're there.

 

[carterbeauford]

Does anyone know where a hardwoods/cabinet grade wood yard gets their wood?

Any big place with a kiln.

When I was a flatbedder I hauled a lot of cherry out of Marienville PA. hauled a load to Stickley Furniture in NC once.

 

[never enuf time]

I go to quite a few. Side note, the ones that are left are the better ones that survived the bad times.

I get all my domestic hardwoods from Pollum natural resources in Elba MI
Great prices, all common hardwoods, 3 miles from home.

Michigan lumber (Flint MI) is great lumber yard. Still has a raised loading dock.
Trim 1x barn has a wood floor, sliding door, massive beams holding up 2nd floor that has moldings. All 1x stock is stored horizontally with lengths marked on the ends of each board.
They have an extensive selection of different grades of pine. Have fir flooring in stock. Great selection of common ( a few older types ) mouldings.


Dillman & Upton ( Rochester MI ) has a great selection of mouldings that blow away anything that's at a big box store.

If those places don't have what I need , I take the 1 1/2 hr trek to
LL Johnson workbench ( Charlotte MI )
They have a large selection of hardwoods, plywood, & exotics.
It's built around the city water tower

 

[NUTTSGT]

Big box store usually depend on where they got their load of lumber. I picked some really 2x4s at Menard's and didn't even need any at the time. I just thought they were nice enough to grab them at the time. I've found some at HD and the whole bunk looked like **** so I went elsewhere.

 

[Slupie]

Owl Hardwood Lumber Company.
3 stores in the Chicago area. I know the kid in a candy store feeling when I go there.

I second Owl Hardwood.

 

[ard]

Wayside Lumber in Rancho Cordova, CA

Hardwoods, specialty plys, etc at Aura Hardwood and Hughes Hardwood, both also in Rancho Cordova

Commercial stuff from Taiga and Capital Plywood (wholesale only, full units, etc)

Near Sacramento CA, BTW

 

[carterbeauford]

Big box store usually depend on where they got their load of lumber.

Depends on the market but all the lumber I hauled to Lowes and Home Depot came from Canada.

 

[PAToyota]

Popular Woodworking has been compiling a list: https://www.popularwoodworking.com/local-lumberyard-map

 

[Fuelboat]

I have used Case Woodworking Supply in Savannah,GA for some of the wood I used in making wooden locks.

 

[fountain]

Schmeling Lumber Rockford,IL. Been around for 100 years and the only lumber yard in Rockford. They have the best service.

 

[johndeereman]

Calumet Harbor Lumber in chi-town south side.

 

[Mustang1167]

Another Baird brothers fan here. I just installed hardwood flooring and have a bunch of crown in the garage waiting to be installed. Great quality all around.

 

[turbowoodworker]

Hardwood store of NC in Gibsonville NC

 

[trainer]

I'm lucky to live in a town with a fairly large lumber mill and a specialty plywood mill.

They both have factory outlets that sell to the public. Red pine or White pine "planer outs" usually sell for around 50-75¢ a board foot for1x6 kiln dry up to 14', 1x12 for $1/ft
I bought some maple outs a while ago for $80 for 100 board ft lot.


There's some defects to work around, like loose knots, sap inclusions or splits, but nothing too major. It's often better than what you see for sale at the box stores as #1.

The plywood mill has similar deals on some really nice stuff. cherry, oak, maple.. usually about 1/3 the normal price, less for seconds.

 

[Hollywood D]

There’s a Paxton hardwoods in Denver that I always use. Plywood selection is pretty limited though. You can get pretty much anything else you want there though.

 

[1foxracing]

For you other Ohio guys if you're ever in Amish country check out Keim lumber in Charm,Ohio. They stock many exotics and are good to deal with.
http://www.keimlumber.com/

I worked for Schneider Lumber in Canton,Ohio for 17 years before they closed in 2008, they were in business for 97 years.

 

[ratdoggy]

Another Baird brothers fan here. I just installed hardwood flooring and have a bunch of crown in the garage waiting to be installed. Great quality all around.

For you other Ohio guys if you're ever in Amish country check out Keim lumber in Charm,Ohio. They stock many exotics and are good to deal with.
http://www.keimlumber.com/

I worked for Schneider Lumber in Canton,Ohio for 17 years before they closed in 2008, they were in business for 97 years.

Baird and Keim are both great....
Got my bar molding (part you rest your elbow on) stuff at Baird
Keim closes at noon on Saturday

 

[ratdoggy]

Canfield is a bit of a drive. I went to Terry Lumber and Supply in Peninsula. Just about 5 minutes away.

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I'll have to check it out. Maybe 15 minutes from me

 

[glider]

I go to quite a few. Side note, the ones that are left are the better ones that survived the bad times.

I get all my domestic hardwoods from Pollum natural resources in Elba MI
Great prices, all common hardwoods, 3 miles from home.

Michigan lumber (Flint MI) is great lumber yard. Still has a raised loading dock.
Trim 1x barn has a wood floor, sliding door, massive beams holding up 2nd floor that has moldings. All 1x stock is stored horizontally with lengths marked on the ends of each board.
They have an extensive selection of different grades of pine. Have fir flooring in stock. Great selection of common ( a few older types ) mouldings.


Dillman & Upton ( Rochester MI ) has a great selection of mouldings that blow away anything that's at a big box store.

If those places don't have what I need , I take the 1 1/2 hr trek to
LL Johnson workbench ( Charlotte MI )
They have a large selection of hardwoods, plywood, & exotics.
It's built around the city water tower

This is my backyard also. Called Michigan Lumber this week. Looking for T1-11, 4'x9' and 4'x10', in stock.

 

[matt_i]

I've been going to Fingerle Lumber in Ann Arbor since I was a kid with my Dad. They have so much stuff from framing lumber, some hardwoods, and a full service division for windows doors, etc. More or less anything you'd need to build a house, and can get whatever else you need. Old time place still printing the invoices on tractor feed dot matrix with little green CRT tubes the sales guys squint into.

Its been a few years since I've messed around with hardwoods, but Armstrong Millworks on M59 in Highland, MI had the most amazing selection of stuff I've ever seen in person.

 

[Chukster]

Capital City Lumber in Raleigh, NC. It's the kind of place that's been around unto forever. Retail area inside is crammed floor to low ceiling with all sorts of hardware, architectural detailing & such, and narrow aisles to fit it all in. Lumber barn after lumber barn, all sorts. Started in 1947. Good folks.

 

[tdcisco1]

A little ma &pa shop in Tionesta Pa, Forest county Wood Products. 3 or 4 buildings full of what ever you can think of

 

[P Dubya]

Harken Lumber - Aplington, Iowa. First time dealing with them was when I had a new shop built for my business. I was sold on the service. No big box store can compete. All family run and they get to know you on a first name basis. Have questions for one of them and he's not there? You'll get the personal cell # of who ever you're looking for. I had a new house built a few years ago, used them exclusively for all the structural lumber, shingles, cabinets, etc.... If I ever build again It would only be through them.... And they deliver whether it be an entire truckload or single sheet of plywood....

 

[Empty Pockets]

Like a kid in a candy store, every time I stop by. Exotic lumber, Mill work, Cabinet grade plywood and antique woodworking tools. My favourite is Pittsford Lumber in Pittsford, NY.

http://pittsfordlumber.com/Pittsford-Lumber/home-Pittsford-Lumber.html

 

[rburke65]

Ratdoggy.....Baird Bros. is just 2 minutes from TP Tools n the swap meet area.

 

[red61cj5]

Hartland Lumber in Clarksburg, WV. Pretty much any specialty wood you need, he has or can get. Also he had 1/4 inch drywall when I needed it. Couldn't find it anywhere else. For straight construction stuff, I go to New Martinsville Supply in Pennsboro, WV. Has everything from block to trusses to appliances and a good tool selection. People know what is what, too.

 

[ezover]

This is my backyard also. Called Michigan Lumber this week. Looking for T1-11, 4'x9' and 4'x10', in stock.

I use them also, the quality of wood compared to HD stock is amazing imho.

prices are about the same give or take. wish they were 5 miles closer then 5 miles farther then HD.

 

[DieselNut88]

Owl is too expensive. Try Woodstock Hardwood off RT 47.

 

[engineer2]

Owl is too expensive. Try Woodstock Hardwood off RT 47.

Thanks for the tip! Do they have a website?

 

[hchinaski]

Surprisingly good lumber yards in the Los Angeles area

Far West Plywood for sheet goods
Bohnhoff Lumber for hardwoods
Ganahl lumber, superior alternative to chain big box stores
Northridge Lumber Company a great general lumber yard