splinter99
Member
My local turning club just worked out a group buy from the nice folks at West Penn Hardwoods in Olean NY. The way it worked out is if we as a club would buy $4000.00 worth of turning stock, our price would be $2000.00 and they would pay the shipping
That sounds like a lot but if only 20 people would buy $100.00 each, you have enough for the discount. It was tough to go through the spread sheets and not order way too much..I wanted to stay arround $100.00 but the first time through it came to about $300.00 or $400.00. I kept taking stuff off untill I got it down to about $160.00. The quality of the wood is great..all the pieces are labled..I bought most of them in 1 1/2x1 1/2 sizes, the longest being 4 foot. Most are Rosewoods and other dense tropical exotics. If you are in a club you may want to talk to these folks and see if you can work out a similar deal
http://www.westpennhardwoods.com/index.php
Here is what I got
That sounds like a lot but if only 20 people would buy $100.00 each, you have enough for the discount. It was tough to go through the spread sheets and not order way too much..I wanted to stay arround $100.00 but the first time through it came to about $300.00 or $400.00. I kept taking stuff off untill I got it down to about $160.00. The quality of the wood is great..all the pieces are labled..I bought most of them in 1 1/2x1 1/2 sizes, the longest being 4 foot. Most are Rosewoods and other dense tropical exotics. If you are in a club you may want to talk to these folks and see if you can work out a similar deal
http://www.westpennhardwoods.com/index.php
Here is what I got
