Anchor Hardwoods
18 Covil Ave., Wilmington, NC 28403, phone 910-343-9000, anchorhardwoods.net
Anchor Hardwoods is a custom fabricator of high-end doors, countertops and more. They maintain a supply of some amazing live-edge stock and select quality hardwoods. They carry an expansive collection of flat stock, both 4/4 and 8/4 already planed and priced. Also stock and sell Waterlox finishes. They are friendly and very supportive of local woodworkers.
Woodies Woodshop
3307 Merchant Court, Wilmington, NC 28405, phone 910-350-3550, woodieswoodshop.com
Woody’s sells lumber, slabs, marine plywood, bowl and pen blanks in dozens of different species including sapele, afrormosia, wenge, bubinga, yellowheart, redheart, teak, iroko, pau rosa, pau amarillo, coco bolo, spalted tamarind, bocote, zircote, leopardwood, east Indian rosewood, chakte viga, Roman olivewood, chakte coc and others. Domestic species include a varying selection of walnut, red oak, white oak, hickory, ash, gum, hard maple, quilted maple, curly maple, spalted maple, birdseye maple, cypress, cedar and others. They also carry marine-grade okoume plywood. Call first as hours of operation sometime vary.
DCW Hardwoods
217 Exchange St., Little River, SC 29566, phone 843-231-6767, dcwhardwoods.com
DCW stocks more than 30 species of hardwoods, softwoods, exotics, reclaimed and specialty lumber. Homeowners, Hobbyists, Builders, Contractors, and Designers are welcome. They also have a full sawmill and do slab flattening. They have the expertise and equipment to handle needs ranging from lumber, live-edge slabs, millwork, kiln drying, custom furniture, countertops, accents, mantles and beams.
Fitzgerald Lumber
4022 Market St., Wilmington, NC 28403, phone 910-815-2900, fitzgeraldwood.com
They carry a large variety of exotic and domestic lumber and plywood. In addition to lumber, they sell siding, decking, flooring, etc. They say they can also locate hard-to-find species and rare widths and thickness. We specialize in Mahogany and keep vast inventory in stock.
Rugby Architectural Building Products
3002 Corporate Dr., Wilmington, NC 28405, phone 910-794-7225, www.rugbyabp.com
This wholesale lumberyard largely serving cabinetmakers will sell in small quantities at retail and stocks several varieties of hardwood and specialty plywood, along with Euro cabinet hardware. The Wilmington branch of this national company is located just inside I-140/I-40, northeast of Wilmington airport. The regional catalog states this branch carries alder, hickory, oak, maple, cherry, walnut, poplar, birch and basswood in 4/4 and 8/4 and numerous imported species including sapele, teak, lacewood, wenge and others. Also sells veneers and edge-banding.
SpecialWood
3927 Blue Clay Rd., Castle Hayne, NC 38429, phone 910-675-1000, www.specialwood.com
This massive lumber wholesaler and mill will in fact sell directly to hobbyists. They are not equipped to sell a single board as you have to write up a ticket, go to the appropriate warehouse, the forklift operator retrieves the appropriate pallet(s) of wood, you select, they write it up, you pay, then you pick up . . . so if you want to buy a goodly amount of rough cherry, hard or soft maple, African mahogany, and a few other hardwoods, the prices are good. They could also surface it down from rough with an advance order. It is not necessarily the finest grade quarter-sawn hardwood, but a superb regional resource run by friendly people. Also stock some rough timbers and slabs (which are easier to see/inspect).