Air-Dried Hard Wood Slabs for Sale

Since 2005, I have been stockpiling local hardwoods. These are full flitches (entire logs) milled to my specifications for furniture making and stacked on pallets. Most slabs have two live edges.

This material is fully air-dried – a process that is not widely used commercially due to the time requirement, but the quality of the material is so much better than kiln-dried. All wood is kept in a covered and insulated space.

These are some of the primary benefits of air-dried wood.

• Can be bent in tighter curves and with higher success rates.
• The material feels less brittle and works easier.
• Less tendency to warp as it is being worked.
• Some say that the colours of air-dried material are more vibrant.

For the first time, I am offering the wood from my private woodshed to the general public. Cataloguing everything takes time, and I will continue to add more as time permits. A price list is at the bottom of this page. Subscribe to my blog to be notified when I post more pictures of wood available.

In case you are unfamiliar with the woods, some of which are not commercially harvested, I have provided some working information below.

Black Locust (Robinia pseudoacacia)

One of the hardest, heaviest and stiffest domestic timbers, black locust bends well and tends to machine cleanly. A slicing cut with a sharp plane or chisel can yield a polished, reflective surface. Black locust has exceptional rot resistance and glues and finishes well.

Its physical properties and attractive colour and grain pattern make it a good choice for furniture, veneer, flooring, decking, turnings and carvings.

Butternut (Juglans cinerea)

A relative to the highly sought-after black walnut, butternut shares the same grain patterns but the colour is lighter – similar to the shades of bigleaf maple (Acer macrophyllum).

Butternut is also lighter in weight and softer than black walnut, making it an ideal wood for working with hand tools and is popular for carvings. Other common uses include furniture and boxes. It is an ideal material to use for a sculpted/carved panel, contrasting with a comparatively simple frame. It is also ideal for chair seats for the same reasons pine is the traditional seat material in a windsor chair.

It works well with both hand and power tools and glues and finishes well. Butternut is a great wood to work with – especially for beginners.

Elm (Ulmus americana)

A medium-density wood with pale sapwood and warm brown heartwood, elm often exhibits a coarser grain pattern.

Most elm trees do not grow very large and consequently it is rare to find elm mature enough to exhibit a substantial amount of darker heartwood. Pockets of in-grown bark is typical of this species, lending to the unique look of elm.

Elm works well, and common uses include furniture, boxes and veneer.

 

Understanding the Pictures

Front and back of each slab is shown, and average size is listed in the description.

Click an image, then choose “View Full Size”. Sizes of each face are written on the wood.

PLEASE REFER TO THE CHART AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE FOR AVAILABILITY.

All prices in Canadian dollars. Buyer is responsible for shipping costs.

Contact me for more information, or to purchase. Cell phone: 778-318-4664 / E-mail: Chris@FlairWoodworks.com

#	Material	L	W	T	BDFT	Cost	Price	Disc.	Adj. Price	Sold?
2	Black locust	84	10	2.5	14.6	$14	$204.17		$204.17	SOLD
3	Black locust	84	12	2.5	17.5	$14	$245.00	10%	$220.50	SOLD
4	Black locust	68	12.5	2.5	14.8	$14	$206.60	5%	$196.27	SOLD
5	Black locust	65.5	10.5	2.25	10.7	$14	$150.45	5%	$142.92
7	Black locust	76	13.5	2.5	17.8	$14	$249.38		$249.38
8	Black locust	72.5	12.5	2.5	15.7	$14	$220.27		$220.27
9	Black locust	77	9.5	2.5	12.7	$14	$177.80	25%	$133.35
11	Black locust	79.5	11.5	2.5	15.9	$14	$222.21		$222.21
13	Black locust	77	12	2.5	16.0	$14	$224.58	30%	$157.21	SOLD
15	Black locust	78	15	2.5	20.3	$14	$284.38	10%	$255.94
16	Black locust	80	15.5	2.5	21.5	$14	$301.39	5%	$286.32	SOLD
17	Black locust	77.5	14	2.5	18.8	$14	$263.72	10%	$237.34	SOLD
18	Black locust	79	12.5	2.375	16.3	$14	$228.02		$228.02
19	Black locust	76.5	12.5	2.375	15.8	$14	$220.80	5%	$209.76
20	Black locust	82.5	12.5	2.5	17.9	$14	$250.65	15%	$213.05	SOLD
21	Black locust	90	8	2.5	12.5	$14	$175.00		$175.00
23	Black locust	81	12.5	2.375	16.7	$14	$233.79	20%	$187.03	SOLD
24	Black locust	88	9.5	2.375	13.8	$14	$193.03		$193.03
25	Black locust	90	10.5	2.375	15.6	$14	$218.20		$218.20
26	Black locust	82	10	2.375	13.5	$14	$189.34		$189.34
27	Black locust	87	9.5	2.25	12.9	$14	$180.80		$180.80
28	Black locust	89.5	10.5	2.375	15.5	$14	$216.99	5%	$206.14
29	Butternut	48	22.5	2	15.0	$12	$180.00		$180.00
30	Butternut	48.5	24.5	2	16.5	$12	$198.04		$198.04
31	Butternut	48.5	26.25	2	17.7	$12	$212.19		$212.19
32	Butternut	43	21.75	2.5	16.2	$12	$194.84		$194.84
33	Butternut	31	13.5	2	5.8	$12	$69.75		$69.75
34	Butternut	32.5	16.75	2	7.6	$12	$90.73		$90.73
35	Butternut	36	16	2	8.0	$12	$96.00		$96.00
36	Butternut	44	25.5	2	15.6	$12	$187.00		$187.00
37	Butternut	48	19	2	12.7	$12	$152.00		$152.00	SOLD
39	Elm	93	31.5	2.25	45.8	$13	$595.05	-10%	$654.56
40	Elm	93	31.5	2.25	45.8	$13	$595.05	-10%	$654.56	SOLD
41	Elm	90.5	24.5	2.25	34.6	$13	$450.38	-10%	$495.42
42	Elm	90.5	16.5	1.75	18.1	$13	$235.91		$235.91	SOLD
43	Elm	89.5	22	1.875	25.6	$13	$333.29		$333.29	SOLD
44	Elm	90.5	21	2	26.4	$13	$343.15		$343.15	SOLD
45	Elm	90	22	1.875	25.8	$13	$335.16		$335.16	SOLD
46	Elm	90	19	1.875	22.3	$13	$289.45		$289.45	SOLD
47	Elm	82.5	16	1.875	17.2	$13	$223.44	10%	$201.09	SOLD
48	Elm	95.5	15	3.25	32.3	$13	$420.30	10%	$378.27
49	Cherry? – almost separated	31	15	2.25	7.3	$12	$87.19	30%	$61.03
51	Maple – twisted	51	21	3	22.3	$8	$178.50	15%	$151.73	SOLD
52	Maple	53	19.25	3	21.3	$8	$170.04		$170.04
53	Maple	71	20.15	3	29.8	$8	$238.44	-25%	$298.05	SOLD
54	Maple	85.5	19.5	2.875	33.3	$8	$266.30	10%	$239.67	SOLD
55	Maple	44.5	26	2.875	23.1	$8	$184.80	5%	$175.56	SOLD
56	Maple	44	25.5	2.875	22.4	$8	$179.21	40%	$107.53	SOLD
57	Maple	44	26	3.25	25.8	$8	$206.56	5%	$196.23
58	Maple	48	15.25	1.75	8.9	$8	$71.17	20%	$56.93	SOLD
59	Maple	47.75	14.75	1.875	9.2	$8	$73.37	10%	$66.03	SOLD
60	Maple	48	13	2	8.7	$8	$69.33		$69.33
62	Maple	47.75	10.75	1.875	6.7	$8	$53.47		$53.47
64	Maple	60	22	1.75	16.0	$8	$128.33	5%	$121.92	SOLD
65	Maple	55	14	2.5	13.4	$8	$106.94		$106.94
66	Maple	57	24	1.75	16.6	$8	$133.00	10%	$119.70	SOLD
67	Maple	61	15	2	12.7	$8	$101.67		$101.67	SOLD
68	Maple	47	13.5	2.25	9.9	$8	$79.31		$79.31	SOLD
69	Maple	46	17.75	2.25	12.8	$8	$102.06	10%	$91.86	SOLD
70	Black Walnut	63	17	1.75	13.0	$12	$156.19		$156.19
71	Black Walnut	63	19	3.75	31.2	$12	$374.06		$374.06
72	Maple	48	17	1.75	9.9	$8	$79.33	10%	$71.40	SOLD
73	Spalted Maple	35	19	2.75	12.7	$10	$127.00	10%	$114.30	SOLD
74	Spalted Maple	46	21	2.75	18.4	$10	$184.48	15%	$156.81	SOLD
75	Maple	47	11	2	7.2	$8	$57.44		$57.44	SOLD
76	Maple	62	9	2	7.8	$8	$62.00	10%	$55.80	SOLD
77	Butternut	43	32	1.75	16.7	$12	$200.67	10%	$180.60
78	Cherry	87	14	2.75	23.3	$12	$279.13		$279.13	SOLD
79	Cherry	80	13	2.25	16.3	$12	$195.00		$195.00
80	Cherry	32	16	2.75	9.8	$12	$117.33		$117.33	SOLD
81	Cherry	80	6	2.25	7.5	$12	$90.00		$90.00
82	Vertical Grain Fir (not live-edge)	102	13	5.5	50.6	$12	$607.75	15%	$516.59
83	Vertical Grain Fir (not live-edge)	97	14	5.5	51.9	$12	$622.42	15%	$529.05
84	Vertical Grain Fir (not live-edge)	80	15	5.5	45.8	$12	$550.00	10%	$495.00
85	Maple?	56	7	1.5	4.1	$8	$32.67		$32.67
86	Apple	35	7	1.25	2.1	$10	$21.27		$21.27	SOLD
87	Apple	35	6	1.25	1.8	$10	$18.23		$18.23
88	Apple	38	5.5	1.25	1.8	$10	$18.14	10%	$16.33
89	Apple	45	11	2	6.9	$8	$55.00		$55.00	SOLD
90	Cherry	57	17	2.75	18.5	$12	$222.06	15%	$188.75
91	Cherry (bowed)	52	14	2.25	11.4	$12	$136.50	30%	$95.55