Looking for 4/4 and 5/4 Rough Pine in the Triangle Area

[Joe F]

Does anyone know a good source for rough pine in the Triangle area? I've caught the hand tool bug and I am planning on doing the 3 "apprentice" projects from The Joiner and Cabinet Maker. I've tried Capitol City Lumber so far and they only had Sugar Pine at about $7/bf. Ideally I'd like to find local Easter White Pine.

Thank you,

Joe

 

[zapdafish]

there is saw4you, here is his craigslist ad http://raleigh.craigslist.org/mat/3157050819.html

these guys are really close to cap city lumber and have plenty of rough sawn stuff http://www.americanwoodyards.com/

 

[bluedawg76]

+1 for Jack (saw4you). dunno about white pine but i have bought lumber from him in the past (walnut, cherry, maple, etc) and he's a stand up guy. my other suggestion would be the hardwood store of nc, though i don't know if the stock would be local.

Sam

 

[b4man]

If you look to your right at the Ad bar you will find Anchor Hardwood there in Raleigh and Hardwood Store of NC in Gibsonville.
Give them a call and see if they have or can get it for you:icon_thum

 

[Jeff]

Does anyone know a good source for rough pine in the Triangle area? I've caught the hand tool bug and I am planning on doing the 3 "apprentice" projects from The Joiner and Cabinet Maker. I've tried Capitol City Lumber so far and they only had Sugar Pine at about $7/bf. Ideally I'd like to find local Easter White Pine.

Thank you,

Joe

Interesting question. The Eastern White Pine is scarce in the central Piedmont area of NC because the climate and terrain is generally not suited for it. However, it is found in the western Piedmont and mountains because of the more favorable climate. It's much more abundant in the northern and northeastern portions of the US. What a wonderful fragrance it has and it is really full of sap to the point that small branches literally ooze it out when cut.

http://www.duke.edu/~cwcook/trees/pist.html

http://ncforestservice.gov/nursery/tip_easternwhitepine.htm

So I'm guessing that you'll have trouble readily finding it from a local sawyer, but it won't hurt to make a few calls. You're probably looking for EWP that's pretty clear (Select) and not "knotty" white pine. Correct? How many bf are you looking for?

Here's a place in Boone without a price list. They have 1" x 12" shiplap siding that your could trim on the table saw. They also have some hefty S4S timbers listed in the "products" section.

http://wataugawoodproducts.com/index.php?p=contactus

http://wataugawoodproducts.com/index.php?p=ourproducts

 

[Bryan S]

The Hardwood Store does show they carry knotty white pine. Here is the link to their lumber page, just scroll down.

http://hardwoodstore.com/lumber-prices

If the sources closer do not work out they are only about an hour drive

 

[Jeff]

No help locally, but here's Hancock Lumber in Maine that produces about 70 million bf/year of EWP.

This is quite an operation.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZJZEtEnq3g

 

[Joe F]

Thank you for all of the suggestions. I will check back in when I have gotten what I need and made some progress on my projects.

- Joe

Does anyone know a good source for rough pine in the Triangle area? I've caught the hand tool bug and I am planning on doing the 3 "apprentice" projects from The Joiner and Cabinet Maker. I've tried Capitol City Lumber so far and they only had Sugar Pine at about $7/bf. Ideally I'd like to find local Easter White Pine.

Thank you,

Joe