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Offline Mad Max

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hickory backing (LUMBER ? )
« on: October 17, 2013, 09:44:34 pm »
Where can i get hickory lumber so i can resaw my own backings?? 8)
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Offline okie64

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Re: hickory backing (LUMBER ? )
« Reply #1 on: October 17, 2013, 10:04:49 pm »
Check at your local lumberyards, not the big box stores, but the real lumberyards that sell wood to cabinetmakers and such. Thats where I get mine at. :)

Offline Pat B

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Re: hickory backing (LUMBER ? )
« Reply #2 on: October 17, 2013, 11:29:47 pm »
I bought a 8/4"x6"x10' hickory board from a specialty lumber company in a nearby town. I think I paid $30 or so for it. I cut it into a 6' and 4' pieces. The 6" pieces was cut into 1/8"x2"(8/4") strips for backing strips and a few staves.
Check the yellow pages for specialty lumber companies near you. If you are nice they might let you pick through the stacks.
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Offline Mad Max

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Re: hickory backing (LUMBER ? )
« Reply #3 on: October 18, 2013, 12:29:53 am »
thanks guys
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