I’ve purchased cedar from Ozark Mini on several occasions.
All of my trestle, bridges and most of my buildings were built with NWPL cedar. Jim and Karin even dropped by once to see the layout.
Im a saw my own guy…i am sure the savings has paid for all three (large, small and micro) saws i have many times over, not to mention all the other stuff i do with them.
When I was building my passenger cars, the cost of stripwood was really starting to add up. I bought the saw on sale, mine is the Proxxon version, and some sheets of basswood and cut my own stripwood. I have been making my own scale lumber ever since. With a 0 clearance plate, and being real careful, I can make stripwood as small as 1/32 inch square.
Karen gave me some scrap ceder she got for free from a fence company. So scale ceder only costs me some time, and the occasional new blade.
SPJRR’s retirement notice is here.
http://www.spjrr.com/retire.html
They say that they’ll continue to cut & process orders till stock runs out, which may take a year.
Yes I also cut my own, but I have to say Michael’s cedar far surpassed the quality of the typical cedar fence boards I find locally and the harder clear cedar at the lumberyard is very expensive
And he cuts and planes to precision, so pays yer money and takes yer choice
Jerry
Yes I also cut my own, but I have to say Michael’s cedar far surpassed the quality of the typical cedar fence boards I find locally and the harder clear cedar at the lumberyard is very expensive
And he cuts and planes to precision, so pays yer money and takes yer choice
Jerry
Thanks for all the thoughts & ideas guys.
Should have put the mini table saw on my wish list!
I’d be curious to know though what kind of saw(s) NWPL and SPJRR use(d) to cut theirs. Might write them…
And yeah, the shipping. Craig, I’m wondering the same thing.
My tertiary question got lost in all my own blather. I’ll ask again: What was that company that sells / sold wood building kits for garden layouts, like engine sheds, mines, stores, etc.? Can’t find it now.
They were really neat kits, all kinds of outdoor-purposed structures. I thought it was Garden Greenhouse, but after looking there, I guess not. Dang.
They say the gray cells go first…
Jerry Bohlander said:
Yes I also cut my own, but I have to say Michael’s cedar far surpassed the quality of the typical cedar fence boards I find locally and the harder clear cedar at the lumberyard is very expensive
And he cuts and planes to precision, so pays yer money and takes yer choice
Jerry
Wow, he actually planes the pieces to final surfaces. Can’t beat that, Jer.
John Caughey said:
Craig Townsend said:
Cliff,
If your serious about cutting your own wood, buy a mini table saw. I use mine for just about everything.
I wonder how much it would be to ship you a dozen or so 6’ long redwood from out here on the west coast.
Hmmm that scales out to about;
Finally got your joke John, haha!
I had to use a calculator though… and take one shoe off. But I got it!!
However, I don’t think I’d be able to mail order 5.33’ long boards. (https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-foot-in-mouth.gif)
Cliff:
Are you thinking about Garden Texture? Given what I see on this site they do not appear to be quite the business that I remember from a couple of years ago.
Mark
Yes!! Thanks Mark, I thought I was going nuts. Yes, that’s the company.
I was wondering if they sell miniature lumber, have to check it out.
Thanks again!
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Just shot him some questions, I’ll post on any answers. His buildings look like he may be using cypress, which would be fine (if it’s the species they sell in FL). He’s in GA. We’ll see.
Cliff Jennings said:
SPJRR’s retirement notice is here.
http://www.spjrr.com/retire.html
They say that they’ll continue to cut & process orders till stock runs out, which may take a year.
As of 9/1/2016, we have decided to retire once existing raw material is gone. This may take over a year.
We are past the 1 year point now…
Oh crud!!! I just got around to checking this section of the forum and saw the bad news about NWPL. I’ve used them for all my scale lumber projects – trestles, ore bins and head frames. I don’t know of any other source for large scale, western red cedar.
I just purchased a good bit of lumber from Northeastern. Some sizes are hard for me to produce with the table saw I have. They have been a good source to rely on for scale lumber.
Ray Dunakin said:
Oh crud!!! I just got around to checking this section of the forum and saw the bad news about NWPL. I’ve used them for all my scale lumber projects – trestles, ore bins and head frames. I don’t know of any other source for large scale, western red cedar.
Ray,
Ozark Miniatures has a fair selection of 1:24 and 1:20.3 western red cedar. Here is the link to their 1:20.3 page:
http://www.ozarkminiatures.com/scripts/prodList.asp?idCategory=1238
Bob
Basswood doesn’t do quite as well outside as ceder does.
If you are looking for 1:20.3 scale lumber I have a lot of Mt Albert scale lumber which I can sell at 30% off retail.
Stan
David Maynard said:
Basswood doesn’t do quite as well outside as ceder does.
Very true.
My outdoor structures are cedar and redwood.
I use basswood for rolling stock builds.