Providing information so you can make better choices
When purchasing lumber, I go directly from a local sawmill, so I can cut out as many middle men as possible, and provide the best price to you. I am in the process of setting up my own kiln and have several logs at various stages of the drying process.
Below are a few of woods available from the sawmill. The only “exotic” or imported wood is Sepele, which is in the Mahogany family, but comes in at a better price point than either Honduran Mahogany, or African Mahogany. At the bottom is the entire list of woods commonly found at the saw mill.
Janka Hardness:
The Janka scale is used to determine the relative hardness of particular domestic or exotic wood species. The Janka test measures the amount of force required to embed a 0.444" steel ball into the wood to half of its diameter. Woods with a higher rating are harder than woods with a lower rating.
*Also available at the mill*
Domestic Woods:
Alder
White Ash
Basswood
Beech
Birch
Red Birch
Sap Birch
Butternut
Aromatic Red Cedar
Cherry
Cypress
Hickory
Kentucky Coffee Tree
Soft Maple
Hard Maple
Red Oak
White Oak
Sassafras
Yellow Poplar
Walnut
Birdseye Maple
Curly Birch 4/4 Subject to availability
Curly Hard Maple 4/4 Subject to availability
Curly Soft Maple 4/4 Subject to availability
Curly Cherry 4/4 Subject to availability
Curly Red Oak Subject to availability
Curly Hickory Subject to availability
Red Oak Rift
White Oak Qtr Sawn
White Oak Rift
Exotic Woods:
Benge 4/4
Black Limba 4/4
Bloodwood 4/4
Brazilian Cherry 4/4 5/4 8/4
Bubinga 4/4 8/4
Canary Wood 4/4
European Beech 4/4
Goncalo Alves 4/4
Iroko 4/4 8/4
Lacewood 4/4 8/4
Leopardwood/Brazilian 4/4
African Mahogany 4/4 5/4 8/4 12/4
Genuine Mahogany 4/4 6/4 8/4 12/4 16/4
Sapele 4/4 8/4
Padauk 4/4 8/4
Pau Amarella 4/4
Purple Heart 4/4 8/4
Bolivian Rosewood 4/4
Spanish Cedar 4/4
Teak 4/4 8/4
Wenge 4/4 8/4
Zebrawood 4/4 8/4