Looking for help finding cedar for a outdoor project other than the obscenely overpriced boards at HD I saw yesterday, 1×4x8 for $16.00. Haven't used a lot of cedar in the past so if you folks can point me in the right direction I would appreciate it.,old barn wood would also work. Thanks, Rick
Looks like the only Menards is a ways North of Cincinnati. They do have much better prices than HD or Lowes, but the stuff is crazy soft. I bought it because I can't find a local sawmill that does any better and it was ok for what I needed.
Western red cedar is very soft. Eastern red cedar is much harder and is what you would find at a local sawmill. The two trees are not related. Western is a true cedar and eastern is a juniper.
Baghdad has some great lumber all kinds of cedar 4/4 6/4 8/4 you name it they have it and they have some real good maple ky coffeetree walnut beech pop oaks sassafrassasaasssfrass ash slabs shorts thick stock you name it they have the best domestic wood Ive seen its along drive but it would be well worth it they have a site on craigslist and a blog that has all of their inventory and what they have in the kiln drying and all wood in stock great place for woodworkers they cater to woodworkers on the website they have woodworkers with their projects and the kinds of wood they built them with have a good day
remember Baghdad lumber I think it's east of louisville about 10 to 20 miles you will love this place bring lots of money cause you will not want to leave they are open 7 days a week just call if you come on sunday there will be somebody there to show you around very good people
Rick,
I'm a new member here and saw this post while searching for fellow woodworkers in the area. A recent discovery and contact I made was with Marcus at Ohio Wood Connection. I purchased a couple hundred board feet of Quartersawn White Oak that was better than anything found at Woodcraft, Rockler or even Paxton Lumber. The price was unbelievable. He is not close to you, but just a bit farther than Rockler in West Chester.
I haven't bought and Red Cedar from him, but it seems to be one of his specialty areas. He has both Slabs and boards.
Looking for same stuff really, been meaning to check out bahgdad lumber for some time. Having money and time never seem to coincide though. I live 45 min se of cincy myself, been told to go to morehead, cant remember the places name but its north of I-64 on the main exit, cant miss it.
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