Where to buy bulk Spanish Cedar?

[Pablo]

I have a room I am trying to line with Spanish Cedar...anyone know where you can buy it bulk? Need at least 1/4" thick planks.

"No really honey, we can use it for wine storage as well!" So far she buys it.

[zemekone]

paul, i dont know if its cheap, but i got mine here... http://www.rockler.com/index.cfm?cookietest=1

[DETROITPHA357]

Ill check my loc lumber yards for ya tomorrow. Post here and hit u with a pm.

[RGD]

Since you are doing a whole room - buying from Rocklers or Wood Crafters, etc etc will cost you a fortune. Not that it's going to be cheap - look in the phone book for a local "hardwoods" or "exotic" woods dealer. If you can't find one then your local lumber yard (not Lowes or Home Depot) should know where one is.

As most of these dealers sell in rough stock - they normally always have a shop in-house where they can prep the wood to your specs.


Ron

[opus]

It goes for $3 a board foot around here in Florida, but it is rough sawn 4/4 and 8/4 stock.

[Ermo]

Like Gerry said rockler.com is my only source.

[SDmate]

how bout here
http://www.internetlumber.com/Produc...fo.aspx?id=181

100BF - 4/4 FAS Spanish Cedar

A single bundle automatically qualifies your order for Tier 1 pricing (-5% of list) this will be reflected once you add to your cart, it will also apply to all other items that are part of the same order.

100BF Bundles of FAS Graded Spanish Cedar

Kiln Dried

5" to 12" widths (6" avg)

8' to 10' lengths

Available in the rough, surfaced two sides, or surfaced three sides

[opus]

Originally Posted by SDmate

how bout here
http://www.internetlumber.com/Produc...fo.aspx?id=181

Not a bad deal on the superpak.

[wij]

You might want to consider just building racks, etc out of sp. Cedar.

Like most have said if you buy in bulk the lumber is going to be 4/4 or 8/4 rough, which is what I buy. Then it has to be resawn on a bandsaw and glued up. There are several other steps to milling the lumber flat that I won't go into in my already wordy post. It would be very time consuming to create a plank to go on your walls. Also, you should consider the methods that the planks will be joined together. Something along the lines of a ship-lap joint to allow for wood expansion and contraction during seasonal changes would be prudent.

I don't want to discourage you but just to give some information based on my experiences. If I can help in any way with your project just let me know.

[dunng]

This is going to sound odd, but I've seen some at eBay... I would however try local lumber yards first though...

[RGD]

Originally Posted by wij

You might want to consider just building racks, etc out of sp. Cedar.

Like most have said if you buy in bulk the lumber is going to be 4/4 or 8/4 rough, which is what I buy. Then it has to be resawn on a bandsaw and glued up. There are several other steps to milling the lumber flat that I won't go into in my already wordy post. It would be very time consuming to create a plank to go on your walls. Also, you should consider the methods that the planks will be joined together. Something along the lines of a ship-lap joint to allow for wood expansion and contraction during seasonal changes would be prudent.

I don't want to discourage you but just to give some information based on my experiences. If I can help in any way with your project just let me know.

Exactly! I would also consider using spanish cedar plywood on the walls and then trim it out and make the racks out of solid.


Ron

[audio1der]

I bought my sheet at Windsor Plywood; check the yellow pages for wood/materials.

[Pablo]

Thanks guys! I'm not to worried about cost. If I can get it under $5 a board foot, I should be able to come in under the budget I communicated to she who must be obeyed.

I am actually looking to have that rough look on the wall, and can sand them by hand to a finish that will work...if needed.

Thanks for all the help!

[n2advnture]

Paul,
If you are doing an entire room, I would go with the plywood with spanish cedar veneer on one said. It will look/smell just like you want but say you a ton of money. Not to mention, that solid spanish ply is impossible to find.

I contracted a company to make me double sided spanish cedar plywood for the blank cedar boxes that I carry. I couldn't find it anywhere after a month of looking.

An alternative would be a mahogany as spanish cedar is really a mahogany and not a cedar at all and then make your shelving out of cedar.

Hope this helps
~Mark

[Pablo]

Originally Posted by wij

You might want to consider just building racks, etc out of sp. Cedar.

Like most have said if you buy in bulk the lumber is going to be 4/4 or 8/4 rough, which is what I buy. Then it has to be resawn on a bandsaw and glued up. There are several other steps to milling the lumber flat that I won't go into in my already wordy post. It would be very time consuming to create a plank to go on your walls. Also, you should consider the methods that the planks will be joined together. Something along the lines of a ship-lap joint to allow for wood expansion and contraction during seasonal changes would be prudent.

I don't want to discourage you but just to give some information based on my experiences. If I can help in any way with your project just let me know.

Good thoughts, all that should be considered before I jump headlong into this.

I have no issues building the shelving from Spanish Cedar either. Would you have any other suggestions on what to panel the walls with if I don't use Spanish Cedar? The floor is already done in Walnut. (done well before I decided this room was going to be a walk in humidor)