Makes you wish you owned Gilmer, dun't it?
- Thread starter JoeyInCali
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You have to troll their website more intently than this one if you want to find something you can actually buy. Sometimes I think they post pictures of their wood even though it's already sold. I've tried buying stuff from them before and they always tell me that I can only buy what's posted on the website...which I've never even had a prayer of doing.
I was there yesterday buying some Ebony and Purpleheart. I am lucky enough to live about 20 minutes away. They have a pretty detailed part numbering system and cataloging system now compared to a few years ago. This and shellac have grown there internet sales to more than there local sales. The only problem is they track everything in 2 large (very large 6") binders. So when you get some wood off the shelf you have to go find it in the binder and see if it is spoken for and cost. When something is purchased your name is written down in the book for each item and a list is made to later input into the website to mark sold. I have shown up with lists to buy that were available on the website and were just not marked sold yet. I don't know exactly the length of the delay but would assume from order, to shipping, to updated website, at least a few days. On the other hand I have shown up the day they prepped for pictures and had the pick of the litter before they even made it up on there site They also have a ton of wood that is not numbered that have been there for at least the last 6 years I have been going there. As far as their prices, I have found most pretty fair relative to other suppliers. Also, they occasionally get some damn fantastic wood like, curly pink ivory, curly purple heart, and some beautiful burls.
Troy
Troy
Troy Mckune said:
Yeah. The good stuff. But like I said. You never know when they're going to update their website with new stuff...and it's always "SOLD" like...instantaneously. I have never seen a primo piece of wood listed on their site, that I was able to get my hands on. It's pictured, but always spoken for or sold. :-(
I too only live about 20-25 min. away fron Gilmer. I've been buying wood from them for at least the last ten years and they have gone up in price above some of my other sources. But, it is really nice to beable to hand pick the wood instead of taking the wood supliers word for it. I have found some of the nicest wood on the rack and only to have them tell me that it has already been sold. Very frustrating. I dont think they have any employee's that actually run their web site. I think someone outside the company updates the site.
JoeyInCali said:
Arnott has a signature line that he often uses that says something like "a cue maker cannot have enough figured wood in his shop and once piece of mediocre wood is to much". This is with out a doubt the best advice a cue maker can follow.
My problem, at present, is that I've got enough hard woods in stock to make literally hundreds of cues but for the most part it is not unique enough and I'm now to old to be purchasing great pieces of figured wood to build cues as by the time they will be aged and dry enough to construct a great cue I no longer will be around to do the building!!!
Around 15 years ago there was a small cue maker who lived up around northern Ohio named Wilson. He got a job at Berea Exotic Hard Woods for no other reason other than to get the first pick of any exquisite wood that would happen to come in the door.
Dick
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Ah the river of woods as DD calls em.rhncue said:Arnott has a signature line that he often uses that says something like "a cue maker cannot have enough figured wood in his shop and once piece of mediocre wood is to much". This is with out a doubt the best advice a cue maker can follow.
My problem, at present, is that I've got enough hard woods in stock to make literally hundreds of cues but for the most part it is not unique enough and I'm now to old to be purchasing great pieces of figured wood to build cues as by the time they will be aged and dry enough to construct a great cue I no longer will be around to do the building!!!
Just build cues out of those mediocre cues and have a gimmick for them like zero squirt-100% action custom copy of Moochi taper or something built in accordance to Feng Shui .
i have gotten a few,but i am always checking and for several nights straight,i went through every item at the entire websit and found some good stuff that was not spoken for.
sometimes the wil post a batch of figured wood and all the highly figured looking stuff is instantly gone,but there will be a piece or two left in the batch that is off the same board or log and the figure just didn't show up in the photo very well,but it's there.
they have some really nice Ceylon Satinwood right now in boards by the way.
The newest unique boards pages is where most of the action takes place. I think if you look at the other pages on turning squares, etc that have been up for a while you have a better chance that the wood is in stock. The site map works pretty well. They also told me that they have waiting lists setup for some of the most sought after and rare woods. Also, I have seen many pieces with stock numbers there that I have tried to find on there site with no luck.
Troy
Troy
I wonder why Gilmer can't get anymore of that brilliantly colored Bolivian purpleheart they had a little better than a year ago? Incredibly beautiful for pool cues. I just doesn't make sense that wood like that and Amazon rosewood from Brazil are so scarce in the USA.
Martin
Martin
Troy Mckune said:
Gilmers sells bad wood.................stay away from them!
<~~~suggests going somewhere else to buy your wood............
<~~~suggests going somewhere else to buy your wood............
I have business in North San Diego County tomorrow morning. I'll be passing Tropical Hardwoods of Latin America on my way back and naturally, I'll have to stop and look around. Looking around can cost anywhere from a few hundred to a thousand or so
They are a tremendous SoCal resource for exotic woods.
Martin
They are a tremendous SoCal resource for exotic woods.Martin
BarenbruggeCues said:
dave sutton
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i live about 20 mins from here. anyone ever use them. i hear they have good wood but they seem expensive.
http://www.exoticwoods.com/home.php?cat=29
http://www.exoticwoods.com/home.php?cat=29
i had a bad experience with them over the internet,but i can see where actually going there would be nice.they do have lots of stuff.i bought a big block of Camatillo that was rotten on the inside and the guy send,"send it back,i'll take care of it".i sent it back for like $20 and 2-3 weeks later i get the stuff come back to me after they put some gue in the cracks and rot and ran it through a planer to make the cracks and rot look dark .the wood is useless to me for cues and the guy knew it.i tried to contact them again and they never replied to me.
i am not say that the place is bad,but i had a bad experience,i am sure going there in person would be fine,but in Nashville,there is nowhere like that except Woodcrafters and their inventory of wood is smaller than mine now.