When your project calls for specialty or hardwoods not usually found in an outside lumber yard, we stock beautiful boards that will greatly enhance your fine wood working projects.
- NOT ALL WOODS AND SIZES CAN BE FOUND AT BOTH LOCATIONS.
- Please call ahead to verify stock, sizes and quantity on hand.
- Hardwoods are only stocked at Hartnagel Building Supply.
Black Walnut
- Heartwood can range from a lighter pale brown to a dark chocolate brown with darker brown streaks. Sapwood is pale yellow-gray to nearly white.
- Used in furniture, cabinetry, gunstocks, interior paneling, veneer, turned items, and novelties.
Eastern Maple
- Sapwood is most commonly used & ranges from nearly white, to an off-white cream color, sometimes with a reddish or golden hue.
- Used in flooring, veneer, musical instruments, cutting boards, workbenches, turned objects and specialty wood items.
Purpleheart
- Freshly cut the heartwood is a dull grayish/purplish brown. Upon exposure the wood becomes a deeper eggplant purple.
- Used in inlays/accent pieces, flooring, furniture, boatbuilding, heavy construction, and specialty wood items.
Red Alder
- Tends to be a light tan to reddish brown; color darkens and reddens with age. The grain pattern is like Birch though redder.
- Used in veneer, plywood, furniture, cabinetry, millwork & musical instruments.
Red Oak
- Has a light to medium reddish-brown color, though there can be a fair amount of variation in color.
- Used in cabinetry, furniture, interior trim, flooring, and veneer.
