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Blog entry by GaryK posted 1937 days ago 1864 reads 1 time favorited 20 comments Add to Favorites Watch

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

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FrankA

139 posts in 1951 days


#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."

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Grumpy

17849 posts in 2023 days


#2 posted 1936 days ago

Ah, if I only had a boat.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

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Brad

120 posts in 1945 days


#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

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Tomcat1066

942 posts in 1968 days


#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!

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Scott Bryan

27262 posts in 1994 days


#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

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rikkor

11296 posts in 2046 days


#6 posted 1936 days ago

I think I am glad I DON’T live near it. I am not sure I could afford it.

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Eric

873 posts in 1955 days


#7 posted 1936 days ago

Now why can’t I find a place like that in Malaysia?

-- Eric at http://adventuresinwoodworking.com

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Blake

3421 posts in 2046 days


#8 posted 1936 days ago

Mine, mine… MINE!!!

-- Happy woodworking! http://www.blakeweber.us

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mrtrim

1696 posts in 2052 days


#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

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jcees

911 posts in 1971 days


#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

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DocK16

1124 posts in 2259 days


#11 posted 1936 days ago

No Blake mine mine, gimme gimme!
Gary, how did you keep from going broke in there?

-- DocK, WV

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GaryK

10263 posts in 2160 days


#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

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GaryK

10263 posts in 2160 days


#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

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Dan'um Style

10806 posts in 2155 days


#14 posted 1935 days ago

wild grain on the cocobolo . what does your imagination see for that wood ?

-- keeping myself entertained

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GaryK

10263 posts in 2160 days


#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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