Ravenfarm.com--Great Lumber-Cheap

Thanks for the tip. If I had some extra cash I’d take a trip to michigan, but I am trying to prepare for a slow winter, so lumber purchases will be small until next year.

-- Julian, Park Forest, IL

Thanks Mike

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop, custom furniture ,maker, woodworking school, heirloomwoodshop.com

Thank you Mike for posting this info I’ll give him a call , although I think shipping to Ca would make a great deal a so so deal .

-- Rj's Woodworks,San Jose & Weed Ca,

Mike You should have posted pictures. a picture is worth a thousand words. (Or at least that’s what I’ve been told)

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

Thank you Mike. Tips such as yours are so valuable and one of the great things about this community of ours. You just won an unofficial LJ gold medal!

-- And on the eighth day God was back in His woodworking shop!

I’m going to check this out. Thanks for the info.

-- Jerry--A man can never have enough tools or clamps

http://www.ravenfarm.com/index.htm
That’s the place, just got through checking it out. Good things going on there, Mike, thanks!

-- Mike in Manchester, NH---Unpleasant tasks are simply worthy challenges to improve skills.

Hey Mike I would be willing to go in on some wood with ya. I just need to clear out sme stock as I have no room for more wood. The spalted maple looked really nice.

-- There is no such thing as a mistake. Its called a design modification Rick Kruse, Grand Rapids, MI

Boy I wish he was closer, thanks Mike.

-- Whether You Think You Can or You Think You Can't, YOU ARE RIGHT!!!

I believe he told me he could ship for about a buck a bf. Thanks Mike for putting the link in here.

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

They should make some sort of directory site that helps you find little shops like this wherever you live in the US. If it’s happening in Michigan, I’ll bet there are hundreds more we don’t know about.

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I was just there yesterday morning and bought a bunk of air dried red oak at a buck a board foot. It is roughly 260 board feet and there are only three boards in the bunk had more than two knots in it and some of the boards are quarter sawn. The boards are all about 11 feet in length and the there are four boards from the same tree that are almost 20 inches wide. Their operation is excellent and promotes reuse of lumber instead of turning it into firewood or chipping it up for mulch. It is well worth the visit. He really knows what he is doing and air dries his lumber correctly. I drove an hour to look at his operation and was not disappointed. If you live anywhere near him you should check it out.