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Taking advice from another thread, I decided to get a quote from Baird Bros Lumber for some wood to make the sills for my Centerdoor project.

They don’t sell the correct sized wood in less than 50 board foot lots, but they do sell dimensional lumber the correct length and with that I can glue up and plane to finished size.

I got a quote and will order the lumber before I go to Luray. I’ll go to the big box and get some throwaway lumber to practice with for patterns.

I hope the drawings I’m working on actually work out.

Too bad you’re on the other end of the country from Ray Wells in El Cajon CA. Otherwise I’d just drop the centerdoor off with him and pick up a gorgeous finished rewooding job in a few months.

What dimension wood do you need?

Call Fred at Anderson Lumber

https://andersonlumberstpete.com/about-us/

when I lived in St. Petersburg, Fred and his family were bringing their family business back from the brink. He was absolutely wonderful to me, milling custom thicknesses from the greatest lumber I've ever worked with. I rewooded my runabout with wood which was ordered in 3 different batches.

At the time, much of their machinery was still belt driven and a marvel to see.

Humblej wrote: ↑

Sat Apr 16, 2022 5:27 pm

What dimension wood do you need?

I'm looking for a finished thickness of 1.25 or 5/4 Ash I want it at least 7 inches wide so I can creep up on the actual width and at least 8 feet long for a little overage.

yikes 50 board feet! Wood stores around here, don't have to buy that much. As I recall a board foot is 4/4 thick (1 inch un-planed) 12x12. If you need 1.25 (5/4) thick, I think you would need to get 1.50 (6/4) and surface it, but depends on finish of wood you were looking at.