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Posted on 01-12-2008 at 01:02pm
Where to find wood?
Filed Under (Home & Garden) by badbadivy on 01-12-2008

Amy from Lavender *Sparkles* wrote in to ask:

My husband is looking for a local place where he can get scraps of hardwood. Not a huge retail store that happens to sell standard planks of hardwood (like Lowe’s) but a sawmill/wood mill where they would have little leftover throwaway pieces he could buy. He doesn’t need big planks of wood; he just needs little scraps of various kinds of hardwoods (to make toys for our little guy). He’s done some googling but hasn’t been able to come up with anything…I thought maybe someone at MCB would know of a place or know someone who knows something :)

That’s a good question. I have no idea, but I know some of y’all are handy and probably have the answer, so let us know!

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Comments

Mack on 12 January, 2008 at 2:05 pm #

i have all you need. Or, I know a good mill round here. There is no need to pay for it if you only need a small amount.


loonytick on 12 January, 2008 at 3:21 pm #

There’s a mill at the corner of 42nd and Charlotte, west of Downtown. They leave a pile of scraps for the taking just outside their gate on 42nd Ave.


Slartibartfast on 12 January, 2008 at 3:37 pm #

loonytick - OMG, what a small world. My grandfather, who lived on Kentucky Ave, used to go there for scrap wood to make things for us grandkids.


amy on 12 January, 2008 at 3:53 pm #

awesome! thanks everyone! Mack, if I go to your blog, would I find an email address where my husband could get in touch with you for details?


amy on 12 January, 2008 at 3:56 pm #

oh, and does anyone know the name of the place on 42nd and Charlotte?


Meredith from Merchant Ships on 12 January, 2008 at 4:03 pm #

Ooh, ooh! I do!

And I even have a photo of the giant woodpile. Note that the scraps aren’t just wood but already kiln-dried, too.

Just click on the link to go directly to my article.

Madison Mill


Jeffraham Prestonian on 12 January, 2008 at 4:07 pm #

amy — guessing:

Madison Mill Inc
4101 Charlotte Ave
Nashville, Tennessee, 37209
Phone: 6152698969
.


Jay on 12 January, 2008 at 6:53 pm #

Thanks for the tip!


Southern Beale on 13 January, 2008 at 9:58 am #

Oh.

THAT kind of wood.

Never mind.