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I’m looking for some apple wood lumber. If anyone has any sources, please reach out and let me know. #woodworking
Discussion
Apple wood lumber is a tall order. What are you going to make? I’m probably not in your neck of the woods, so I couldn’t help. I took down an old pear tree with fire blight last spring.
A butcher block countertop for the kitchen island. 7’x3’. I may mix some other wood species with it, so wouldn’t need the whole amount.
Given these dimensions, you'd have a considerably easier time finding much smaller lengths and doing it end grain up--end grain butcher block has superior longevity. Lengths could be a little longer than however thick you want it and reduced post glue up for flattening. Would just take longer for glue up.
*I'm ASSuMEing your planning to glue face grain to face grain along the 7' length given your request for 7' boards.
I don’t want to do end grain for this. It totally changes the look and I wouldn’t be cutting on the countertop, I’d be using a cutting board. (Maybe with the scraps I could make an end grain cutting board.) 7’ lengths would get me the whole length, but could do smaller lengths butted together if I had to. I’d be gluing face grain to face grain or edge grain to edge grain. Depends what I can get. If the grain runs diagonally it’s kind of half face and half edge.
I got half the apple wood needed roughly cut up for a butcherblock countertop. #woodworking 