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I was in the city today and just heading home and my wife said can we go to Widsor Plywood store and get some cupboard hinges to match the ones we got last year. I said sure and I am so glad that we did. Not only did we get a match on the hinges but they had a huge bin full of wood shorts that were selling for #1.99 lb.
The ones standing on edge are all cherry and the 4 pieces in the forground are beautifull pieces of clear and straight grained honduras mahogany. They came from a guitar manufacturing plant and they are what is left after cutting out solid wood guitar necks and heads and heels all in one piece.
I paid $86.00 for that little stash of wood and that included BC taxes of 14%. I know that some people because of their location will think that I paid a very high price .
But when comparing it with the price of those same woods around here if bought by the foot in a regular lumber yard , I feel that I got a real bargain.
As an example , 1 x 4 honduras mahogany which is actually only 3/4" x 3.5" is selling for $6.00 to $7.00 a lineal foot around here.
I needed some darker colored wood as a contrast to the mostly light colored ones that grow in BC where I live so these pieces will work great for segmented turning or anywhere else that contrasting colors make a nicer project than all one color.
W.Y.
The ones standing on edge are all cherry and the 4 pieces in the forground are beautifull pieces of clear and straight grained honduras mahogany. They came from a guitar manufacturing plant and they are what is left after cutting out solid wood guitar necks and heads and heels all in one piece.
I paid $86.00 for that little stash of wood and that included BC taxes of 14%. I know that some people because of their location will think that I paid a very high price .
But when comparing it with the price of those same woods around here if bought by the foot in a regular lumber yard , I feel that I got a real bargain.
As an example , 1 x 4 honduras mahogany which is actually only 3/4" x 3.5" is selling for $6.00 to $7.00 a lineal foot around here.
I needed some darker colored wood as a contrast to the mostly light colored ones that grow in BC where I live so these pieces will work great for segmented turning or anywhere else that contrasting colors make a nicer project than all one color.
W.Y.
