During my recent trip to California and all the wood supply places I used to get my wood from I thought
I would take some pictures of one of my favorite places.
You can find them at:
http://www.anexotichardwood.com/
If you are ever in Carlsbad, California, it’s worth a look. He doesn’t give the stuff away, but his prices
are better then some.
Enjoy!
This is their sign with some massive slabs behide it.

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This is looking to the left from the above photos.
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and this is looking 180 degrees from above. Shows some of their small stock.
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A couple of random photos
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Here are some massive pieces of lumber. That shiny thing toward the right is my cell phone.
They are about 4 foot wide and 10 feet long.
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Along the back wall
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Some highly figured cocobolo. I bought a piece of this. ($30 a bf yikes!)
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Looking down one aisle. That’s the back wall at the end.
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Looking down the next aisle
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A room up front full of turning blocks
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A view 180 degrees from above.
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-- Gary - Never pass up the opportunity to make a mistake look like you planned it that way - Tyler, TX

















20 comments so far
FrankA
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#1 posted 1937 days ago
Thanks for sharing Gary, makes me wish I was about 3000 miles closer.
-- Frank Auge---Nichols NY----"My opinion is neither copyrighted nor trademarked, but it is price competitive."
Grumpy
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#2 posted 1936 days ago
Ah, if I only had a boat.
-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python
Brad
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#3 posted 1936 days ago
Woohoo I didn’t know this place is like 20miles from my house!!!! Thanks Gary!
-- Brad / www.bradfordwoodworking.blogspot.com
Tomcat1066
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#4 posted 1936 days ago
Beautiful woods they’ve got there, no doubt about it. I only wish I could find something like that here in my town ;)
-- "Give me your poor tools, your tired steel, your huddled masses of rust." Yep, I ripped off the Statue of Liberty. That's how I roll!
Scott Bryan
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#5 posted 1936 days ago
Wow. These are really gorgeous woods. I am surprised that you aren’t still there. I would have a hard time leaving a place like this.
-- Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful- Joshua Marine
rikkor
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#6 posted 1936 days ago
I think I am glad I DON’T live near it. I am not sure I could afford it.
Eric
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#7 posted 1936 days ago
Now why can’t I find a place like that in Malaysia?
-- Eric at http://adventuresinwoodworking.com
Blake
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#8 posted 1936 days ago
Mine, mine… MINE!!!
-- Happy woodworking! http://www.blakeweber.us
mrtrim
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#9 posted 1936 days ago
it looks to me like a launch pad to bankrupcy ! my plastic is smokin just looking at the pictures ! lol
jcees
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#10 posted 1936 days ago
They’ve been one of my favs for years. Beautiful stuff, great guys, fair pricing. What more can you ask for?
always,
J.C.
-- "Imagination is more important than knowledge" -- Albert Einstein
DocK16
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#11 posted 1936 days ago
No Blake mine mine, gimme gimme!
Gary, how did you keep from going broke in there?
-- DocK, WV
GaryK
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#12 posted 1936 days ago
Dock – What make you think I didn’t go broke? :-)
-- Gary - Never pass up the opportunity to make a mistake look like you planned it that way - Tyler, TX
GaryK
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#13 posted 1935 days ago
Here are a couple of pictures of a fantastically figured piece of cocobolo I mentioned above that I bought.
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-- Gary - Never pass up the opportunity to make a mistake look like you planned it that way - Tyler, TX
Dan'um Style
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#14 posted 1935 days ago
wild grain on the cocobolo . what does your imagination see for that wood ?
-- keeping myself entertained
GaryK
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#15 posted 1935 days ago
Dan – I can’t see anything yet, but I know that the light will turn on in my head soon enough.
I just can’t pass up a fantastic piece of wood when I see it. I know I will never see it again if I don’t
-- Gary - Never pass up the opportunity to make a mistake look like you planned it that way - Tyler, TX
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