Buying Boat Building Materials????

[Winingar]

Hello All,

I was wondering if anyone knew where I could buy Mahogany and Teak planks and also frame material, either online or direct. I live in North East Oklahoma. I've looked online but haven't really found anything local.

Any suggestions on how to purchase these materials?

Thank You.

[alan white]

Best thing to do is to look for a wooden boatbuilder closeby. Teak is rarely used in any quantity now, costs $23 a foot locally here as of last week.
Mahogany a bit over half that (in smaller quantities for both).
White oak might be easiest to get if you were using that for framing stock.
Substitutions for mahogany include Spanish and African cedars and Phillipine mahogany (again a cedar), more easily found.
Good luck.

Alan

[Agewon]

Check out Jamestown Distributors @ www.jamestowndistributors.com. They have a decent selection of teak.

[mydauphin]

I use Brazilian IPE instead of teak, it is 3.50 afoot and looks just like once you oil it. It is hard to work with and harder but most cant tell difference when done

[SamSam]

There's a few wood places here. Click on 'contents' then 'classified advertising' then go to the last page. You could also go to the library or bookstore and look in the back of 'Wooden Boat' etc.

http://www.proboat-digital.com/proboat/20070809/

Nevermind. Go here and do the same steps...

http://www.woodenboat-digital.com/woodenboat/20060910/