In Connecticut we have a lot of choices when shopping for wood:
The Home Depot in Orange, the Home Depot in North Haven, the Home Depot in Wallingford, the Home Depot in Bridgeport, the Home Depot in Fairfield\u2026. They basically drove out every single lumberyard and mom & pop operation in the state.
Then there\u2019s a very different kind of store we can also visit: the Lowe\u2019s in East Haven, the Lowe\u2019s in West Haven\u2026 you get the idea.
And they both carry a wide range of quality woods:
Pine, crappy pine, REALLY crappy pine, junk pine unfit for making skids, lousy expensive maple, and red oak. Lots of red oak. So I\u2019m thinking red oak, myself. I\u2019ll stain it, you know?
Someone on this list last year sent me a link to a pretty cool web site that sells \u201cmail-order wood.\u201d I kept it but I don\u2019t have it on hand. Still\u2026 the idea of mail-ordering wood is a bit foreign to me. Nice site, though.
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I wood (scuse the pun) stay away from the Home Depot's etc and go to someone who specializes in hardwood. We have 'Hardwoods for Hobbiest' and 'Wood Source' here in GR.