: I am up against the same thing here. I can get hardwoods but not much else.
: The "Traditional" places as you called them are useless, here at
: least. But the old school building suppliers are not much better either. I
: have one I have free run of and and I can hand pick, but there isn't much
: to hand pick from!

: My best bet is redwood and cypress. I can find redwood at some of the
: building supplies. Cypress is carried by most of the hardwood dealers. The
: Hardwood guys cater to cabinet makers and a few furniture makers
: generally. So you and I are out of their area of expertise.

: Best bet is call and see if they have any of the wood(s) you want and then go
: look.

: I have settled on buying the best I can find and then resawing it and
: scarfing it into longer lengths. There just isn't much other choice
: frankly. I am going to build an improved scarfing jig for the table saw. I
: will post some photos once I get it done.

Check the link in the previous post

Bill H.