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    Coffin Plane

    I am working on restoring a coffin plane of some sort after reading Bob's posting. I am at the point I need to glue a piece of beech to the sole. The problem is I don't have any beech and in my area I can't buy any beech. It is a beech of a problem. I only need a small amount but don't know of any place I can get it. Any suggestions I know I could use something else but then it would not match which I want

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    Quote Originally Posted by George Bledsoe
    I am working on restoring a coffin plane of some sort after reading Bob's posting. I am at the point I need to glue a piece of beech to the sole. The problem is I don't have any beech and in my area I can't buy any beech. It is a beech of a problem. I only need a small amount but don't know of any place I can get it. Any suggestions I know I could use something else but then it would not match which I want
    George, you could try these guys: http://advantagelumber.com/domestic.htm

    I've never done business with them, so I don't vouch...
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    James Krenov says that "the craftsman lives in a
    condition where the size of his public is almost in
    inverse proportion to the quality of his work."
    (James Krenov, A Cabinetmaker's Notebook, 1976.)

    I guess my public must be pretty huge then.

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    If you can't find any beech, I suggest IPE would be a better replacment and maybe easier to find. Much tuffer stuff, wears like iron, smooths up very nice.... that is what Steve Knight uses on a lot of his stuff by default.
    Mike-in-Michigan (Richland that is) <br> "We never lack opportunity, the trouble is many don't recognize an opportunity when they see it, mostly because it usually comes dressed in work clothes...."

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    George,

    Have you tried <a href="http://www.woodfinder.com" target="_blank">Wood Finder</a>?

    I haven't had much occasion to venture into the midwest so identifying Iowa, let allow narrowing down a single town as a point of reference is difficult for me. I did a quick search and found only one place that "served Iowa and Illinois"...which may be too far away from SW Iowa for a Sunday drive.

    There are quite a few lumberyards that will ship, but the cost may be prohibitive...Hearne Hardwoods gets good remarks from folks, though I've not used them.
    ~Dan

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    If it's Beech or Bust, I'll vouch for Hearne Hardwoods

    Personally, I'd try to find a suitably hard wood locally, but barring that...

    I'll vouch for Hearne Hardwoods. My dad & I have bought from them several times and been completely satisfied every time.

    -Mike

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