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08-08-2021, 01:41 PM
Building a dining room table for my middle daughter and SIL. They've picked sapele for the top so I need to find a supplier for 8/4 x 96" stock.
Anyplace you'd recommend? Thanks Cliff
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08-08-2021, 02:59 PM
(08-08-2021, 01:41 PM)cpolubin Wrote: Building a dining room table for my middle daughter and SIL. They've picked sapele for the top so I need to find a supplier for 8/4 x 96" stock. last time i bought 8/4 sapele, i got it from mcilvain in MD. granted, it was 1800 bdft, but they had a lot of it. very nice stuff.
08-08-2021, 06:55 PM
Call Rare Woods in Mexico, Maine. 207-364-1520 Bob usually answers the phone but anyone there can help you. They're not showing a lot of sapele online but I doubt they have 1% of their inventory cataloged for online orders. We were there 2 weeks ago, they are well stocked.
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08-10-2021, 09:06 AM
It's my favorite wood, and my local supplier (CP Johnson Lumber) keeps a better stock of that that any other exotic and even some domestics. 8/4 is usually available, and I don't think I've ever seen a length shorter than 9'.
I have never had a problem with wane, straightness, figure, or anything like that. It's good wood. It's not close to you, but they do have a good selection and I'm sure freight could be arranged.
08-10-2021, 09:09 AM
Check L.L.Johnson Lumber, Charlotte, MI.
http://www.theworkbench.com -_-_-_-_-_- They're just under 2 hours north, which is doable. I called and they've got 8/4 16' in stock at 8.28 bf. Cliff
‘The problem with the world is that intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence
Charles Bukowski
08-17-2021, 11:10 AM
Drove up to L. L. Johnson yesterday. Thanks for the recommendation. They were easy to deal with and had a roomful of stock. Came back with 8/4 sapele, 1 - 17'x16", 1 - 17'x15" and 1 - 16'x7". Just over 100 bf which dropped the price from 8.28/bf to 6.35/bf. They cut them in half for me so I could get them into the back of the truck.
My SIL is taking 60 bf for his table top and I took the rest to have some stock.
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