Michigan hardwoods
Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2012 2:25 pm
For any luthiers within driving distance to Dryden Michigan.
http://www.hardwoodmichigan.com/index.php
I just got back from there with a carload of wood for $100. enough hopefully for several guitars and lutes. I got a 6x8x10' beam of maple with some nice figure, a 1x6x9' plank of butternut, a 1x10x10' plank of beech, and a 2x18x2' or better hunk of osage orange. The beech is for pegboxes, the butternut will hopefully make a couple necks and maybe some lute ribs, the osage will hopefully end up as lute ribs and maybe a few bridges, maybe a fingerboard or two, and the maple should make some back/side sets and lute ribs.
The guy is straight up fair, and negotiable on prices. The wood is stored in a polebarn and is not totally organized so you can expect to spend some time sifting through, but I think it was worth it. I'm happier giving my money to a local guy for locally harvested wood that otherwise would have either been burned or ended up in a landfill. I hope to build with nothing but local woods eventually once my stock is there.
I don't know if I can get anything put together in time for the local materials challenge, but this stuff is definitely local.
I just wanted to pass this along in case anyone close enough can make use of the information. If not, check your local Craig's list for hardwood. That's how I found this guy.
http://www.hardwoodmichigan.com/index.php
I just got back from there with a carload of wood for $100. enough hopefully for several guitars and lutes. I got a 6x8x10' beam of maple with some nice figure, a 1x6x9' plank of butternut, a 1x10x10' plank of beech, and a 2x18x2' or better hunk of osage orange. The beech is for pegboxes, the butternut will hopefully make a couple necks and maybe some lute ribs, the osage will hopefully end up as lute ribs and maybe a few bridges, maybe a fingerboard or two, and the maple should make some back/side sets and lute ribs.
The guy is straight up fair, and negotiable on prices. The wood is stored in a polebarn and is not totally organized so you can expect to spend some time sifting through, but I think it was worth it. I'm happier giving my money to a local guy for locally harvested wood that otherwise would have either been burned or ended up in a landfill. I hope to build with nothing but local woods eventually once my stock is there.
I don't know if I can get anything put together in time for the local materials challenge, but this stuff is definitely local.
I just wanted to pass this along in case anyone close enough can make use of the information. If not, check your local Craig's list for hardwood. That's how I found this guy.