where to buy very small amounts of exotic wood?

Woodcraft or ebay perhaps.

-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov

Woodcraft definately

-- Pat - Worker of Wood, Collector of Tools, Father of one

Maybe I’m going blind or senile, but I couldn’t find anything on Woodcraft in those dimensions. I’ll look again, though.

Thanks.

EDIT: I just realized that I left out a vital bit of information: I need a true 1” thick. 3/4” probably won’t do it.

I’m willing to buy 2”x6”x12” or even a little bigger, if necessary.

-- M. Zimmers, central CA

Any idea what kind of wood your looking for?

-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov

It will help you if you have a species in mind…. Lots of wood on ebay.

http://crafts.shop.ebay.com/Lumber-/84011/i.html?_catref=1&_frs=1&_trksid=p3286.c0.m359

-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov

Wayne –

I’m making an ashtray holder. I want to stress that it’s NOT an ashtray; it doesn’t have to be burn-proof or anything. I’d like to make it out of a very dark wood, like African blackwood, since I think it’d make a nice contrast with the crystal ashtray I’m putting it in.

Maybe I could get away with 3/4” deep. I’ll have to rout out about 1/2” to hold the ashtray, so that will only leave 1/4” underneath, but that’s probably OK, right?

-- M. Zimmers, central CA

on the west side
try here

http://www.cookwoods.com/LumberPageMain.htm

-- david - only thru kindness can this world be whole . If we don't succeed we run the risk of failure. Dan Quayle

I would guess it would be ok. Most of the blackwood I saw on the net was either knife scales or pen blanks.

-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov

The only piece that WoodCraft might have would be in the Turning Blanks (12×12x3-ish).

-- Backer boards, stop blocks, build oversized, and never buy a hand plane--

This also sounds like the sort of project where you could easily get away with laminating the wood, especially if you go for something really dark and rich.

-- Lis - Michigan - http://www.missmooseart.com - https://www.etsy.com/people/lisbokt

Lis -

Not a bad idea, but lamination is out of my pay grade. I really just need a nice piece of 1×6x12…I’ll keep looking online, I guess. Thanks…

-- M. Zimmers, central CA

sago90 on e-bay. great seller and great products, just what you want.

-- honing my craft one mistake at a time.

Woodklutz: are you sure you spelled that correctly? I couldn’t find a seller with that handle, except someone who was last active years ago.

-- M. Zimmers, central CA

In that case, you may have luck here: http://www.woodworkerssource.com/lumber.html

I’ve ordered from them a handful of times and was happy. It’s not going to be the cheapest deal around, but I thought I got a fair deal. I’m sure if you called you’d have better luck getting the particular width you want. The stuff I ordered previously from them was a true 4/4, which should be what you need.

-- Lis - Michigan - http://www.missmooseart.com - https://www.etsy.com/people/lisbokt

Yes i second woodworkerssource. They also sell something they call sample size. Go on their website under hardwood. Its a standard size 1/2’’ X 3’’ X 6’’ because people use that to collect samples for wood identification. It is also pretty good for making little boxes when you want to try some totally exotic wood without buying it by the board food.

-- Yves