I had last Friday off work, so I took a little road trip up to Wisconsin to buy some lumber for my nightstand project. The end result of my trip can be seen below. I bought some poplar for the internal webbing and drawer runners, hard maple for the drawer sides and backs, and cherry for the carcase. I bought 8/4 cherry for the legs and a few misc. pieces, and 4/4 stock for the panels, tops, and drawer fronts. It is all rough sawn lumber.
After I got home and stacked the lumber down in the shop I realized my mistake. When I was picking out my 4/4 cherry stock, I only purchased enough 4/4 material for one nightstand, not two. Grrrr! Oh, well… it’s not that big of a deal. I’ll take another trip to the lumber yard next weekend and buy the remainder that I need. While I’m there, I’ll probably pick up a sheet of 1/4″ baltic birch plywood for the drawer bottoms, as well.
Now that I have (the majority) of my lumber, it needs to acclimate to the shop for a couple of weeks. So, that leaves me with some free time to tune up my tools and sharpen my blades. I’ll probably be posting a few pictorials of that process over the next week or two.
To view the entire Nightstand Project series, please visit my project page.
Dave –
Where in Milwaukee did you get the wood, it looks pretty nice. Do they have a good selection? Like you I live in the NW suburbs of Chicago. Its a bit of a drive to the place in Sycamore IL that I usually go for wood also. They usually have a good inventory, but Milwaukee could be another alternative.
Thanks
Tom
Hi Tom,
I bought my lumber at Kettle Moraine Hardwoods. They have two locations: one on the north side of Milwaukee and one on the south side. I went to the southern location. It’s about 25 miles north of the state line on I-94.
Dave
So Dave, is that your shop floor? It looks like an unfinished basement wall. If you decide to finish the space out, let me know and I can give you some ideas how to make it as energy efficient as possible. That’s my day job.
Oh man… I just love cherry, the color, the smooth grain…
That is quite a teaser!! 🙂
For those of you looking for a good hardwood vendor in the Milwaukee area, I can vouch for Kettle Moraine Hardwoods. I worked there for 5 years before moving to Oregon.
The prices were always very reasonable – due to the very selective buying habits of the owners. Selection is usually pretty good. When I worked there we always tried to keep the bins full, but that wasn’t always possible during busy stretches when the aisles were full and we couldn’t safely roll units of lumber around on the carts.
Most all of the lumber was rough-sawn and was always full thickness: 4/4 meant just that. We used industry standard grading rules, and if a board was defective – case-hardening or internal honey-combing, for example – we gave full credit for what was returned.
If your’re in the neighborhood, stop in and look around.
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