I can endorse Specialized Balsa. I've ordered from them several times and
I've always been happy with what I received. They weigh every sheet and if
you want 5lb wood, that's what you get.
On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 7:55 AM, Steven Wrigley <stevenwrigley_at_rocketmail.com
> wrote:
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>
>
> Has anyone tried nationalbalsa.com? Theyre up in New England
> and have very fair prices. They have 2 grades of 4-6# contest wood. Ones
> cheaper because it has blemishes.
>
> --- On *Fri, 3/1/13, Randy Reynolds <carranrey_at_gmail.com>* wrote:
>
>
> From: Randy Reynolds <carranrey_at_gmail.com>
> Subject: [Indoor_Construction] Re: lone star balsa
> To: Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com
> Date: Friday, March 1, 2013, 3:00 PM
>
>
>
>
> Jake at Specialized Balsa will do a good job for you if you explain what
> you want. I'm not aware that he is doing indoor thicknesses. I went to them
> after Lone Star really botched a substantial order for me in 2010. Prior to
> their fire I had received good balsa from Lone Star.
>
> --- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com<http://mc/compose?to=Indoor_Construction%40yahoogroups.com>,
> "John Berryman" wrote:
> >
> > Has anyone tried these guys:
> >
> >
> >
> > http://www.specializedbalsa.com/
> >
> >
> >
> > "We specialize in selecting the exact balsa wood products tailored to our
> > customer's request"
> >
> > Run by Jake Zimmer
> >
> >
> >
> > As it happens, they're about a half hour away from me, and perhaps
> because I
> > was local, the person I spoke to a while back seemed willing to let me
> visit
> > and select.
> >
> >
> >
> > From: Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com<http://mc/compose?to=Indoor_Construction%40yahoogroups.com>
> > [mailto:Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com<http://mc/compose?to=Indoor_Construction%40yahoogroups.com>]
> On Behalf Of Neil Dennis
> > Sent: Friday, March 01, 2013 6:57 AM
> > To: Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com<http://mc/compose?to=Indoor_Construction%40yahoogroups.com>
> > Subject: [Indoor_Construction] lone star balsa
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Dunno about anyone else but they shafted me !!After I placed a $50 order
> > on Feb 12th, they posted they would be "temporarily closed as of Feb
> > 17th and couldn't fill order placed after that. BUT, I haven't seen
> > mine yet - and probably won't.
> >
> > I tried to call, get a recording that they temporarily can't answer the
> > phone, sent email that bounced so turned the problem over to Paypal,
> > haven't heard rom them as of yet.
> >
> > SO, looks like my cost of Dennydart kits will double when I buy from a
> > reputable supplier (hopefully) :-[ .
> >
> > wombat
> >
>
>
>
Received on Fri Mar 01 2013 - 08:56:10 CET