re: Materials

Oldtool, I buy my lumber from Hobby Hardwood Alabama. It’s a small family-run mill. The lumber is skip planed and straight cut. Even though I whine about it, I don’t mind paying a little more than I’d like because it’s run by great people that I want to support. They also started selling exotics a year or two back. I haven’t used any of it, but it’s nice to have access to zebrawood, Purple Heart, bloodwood, etc. This project really hammered home how expensive everything has gotten: almost $50 for a quart of GF poly, $27 for a bottle of dye, etc.