Purchasing Hardwood Lumber

[Lexington]

Does anyone have any recommendations for where to buy hardwood lumber? I live in Midland, and I travel to Austin monthly. I'd like to make a table, and I was thinking I'd either use oak, pecan, or walnut.

[PeePaw on Fork]

Find a cabinet builder and buy from them

[Bisch]

https://www.finelumber.com/

Bisch


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[TN_boy]

Berdoll Sawmill in Cedar Creek
Fine Lumber in Austin
Dakota Hardwood in Austin

[Cactus rancher]

Check out West Texas Wood Shop on Industrial Street in Midland. Great people and they will try their best to help you out.

[ThisLadyHunts]

Years ago, I worked with a sawyer out of Cedar Creek (between Austin and Bastrop) whose name was Berdoll. At the time, I was in possession of some heritage trees with a special provenance that I used to produce furniture, decorative arts and accessories, personal items, and various “statement” pieces.

When I went out to look at his saw mill, he showed me some of his other work through the inventory he carries. What I’ll tell you is this, Mr. Berdoll is a genius at sourcing highly unusual trees and is able to tease out the unique character of each block, trunk, root ball, or gall in order to produce milled wood that contains unique features and stunning character.

He charges well for his work but he has a gift when it comes to working with wood.

Berdoll Saw Mill (or something akin to that)
Cedar Creek, Tx

[Lexington]

Find a cabinet builder and buy from them

Why do you say that?

[Lexington]

Check out West Texas Wood Shop on Industrial Street in Midland. Great people and they will try their best to help you out.

I'll check them out this week. Thanks!

[Lexington]

Anyone know if hardwood costs have come down any?

[SNKETR]

I talked to Berdoll Sawmill yesterday for about 15min. They seem like great people to work with. I'm specifically looking for Walnut lumber which they said won't be ready for 8 months so i'm on their waitlist. Give them a shout. They were more than happy to answer all my questions over the phone. Gonna make a trip out there soon to see their showroom.

[Canoe1]

I typically will use Dakota Lumber
But there are quite a few good mills around the hill country
But most mill local, so not too much walnut.

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[adam_p]

Anyone know if hardwood costs have come down any?

Not really.

[Draco]

You may also consider regular cedar. I cut down a few trees on our place and had a local guy plank them out and dowel them together so I could make a dining room table and it came out great. I also had him cut me out a beam and I made a light fixture out of it.

[Zmaxhunter]

How much are you looking for.. i have some Ks walnut and a very large stack of Ks Oak.. all rough cut.. stored indoors..
The walnut is 39yrs old.. the oak about 8, cut it down myself, let the logs dry 5yrs before sawing.

[Zmaxhunter]

You may also consider regular cedar. I cut down a few trees on our place and had a local guy plank them out and dowel them together so I could make a dining room table and it came out great. I also had him cut me out a beam and I made a light fixture out of it.

Really like your table and light.. very nice!