Our Goosebay Blog
Prefinished Flooring
Goosebay is now selling Patriot flooring products. We sell high end engineered exotic woods that are good for radiant heat floors. Also, solid wood domestics and exotics. We sell the industries most durable product called Forever Tuff, made by Johnson. It is virtually unscratchable. Come check out our samples. We carry Maine Traditions, Johnson, Bruce, Ashawa Bay and more. Go to patriothardwoodfloors.com to see all the different kinds of flooring we are able to offer. Call 603-798-5135 or email goosebay@comcast.net for more information or a quote.
hardwood flooring display
New Birdseye Maple
Just in!
4/4 Birdseye Maple RW x 6-9′ lengths , skim planed to show figure.
All medium to heavy figure. All white 1 face and better. There’s about 400 bf of new stock.
Pricing from $8 – $15 bf depending on figure and quantity.
"New Stock" exceptional figured birdseye maple
Oregon Myrtlewood in stock
We’ve just purchased about 80 bf of Oregon Myrtlewood mostly in 8/4 thickness. While most of it is knotty, there are a few nice clear pieces with burl figure. Myrtlewood is only found in Southwestern Oregon and Northern California. It is a strong, dense hardwood. Myrtle is known for turnings, but the pieces we have are mostly live edge and would make nice small table tops or benches as well. Pricing starts at $6 bf.
Myrtlewood slabs
Also we have some nice 4/4 and 8/4 Cocobolo lumber 6″ – 8″ wide ($33bf ) and 4/4 Bocote lumber ($26 bf )
Cocobolo Rosewood from Mexico
Ted West Woodworking
Ted West w/ his Linenfold Armoire in Russian Black Oak
Ted West runs a woodworking shop out of Canterbury NH. We use Ted for some of our millwork because we never doubt the quality of his craftsmanship. One look at his work and you’ll know why he is highly regarded as one of the top woodworkers in the area. His knowledge and passion for woodworking make him very easy to work with. We are very fortunate to have him as one of our contacts. If you are looking for a master craftsman then check out his website twestwoodworking.com and see for yourself. There will also be contact info if you are interested in talking to him about a project that you have in mind. If you are interested in picking out your own lumber for a project, you are more than welcome to come into Goosebay and do so. Sometimes we are able to come across some rare finds. In the picture to left, you’ll see some Russian Black Oak that was found in a Russian peet bog after sitting more than 1500 years. Ted turned it into a beautiful armoire.
Spiral Staircase made by Ted West
Just In!
New Rough Cherry
Just in from Pennsylvania : 4/4 Rough Cherry , 5″-12″ x 6′ lengths. Because we bought it in as short lumber, we got a good deal on it. Pricing will be $5.50 bf. It is almost all 100% red 1 face and free of defects.
Some very nice 8/4 Cherry came with it. Also some beautiful Tiger Maple.
New load of Tiger Maple
NEW ITEMS
- Just In : Sitka Spruce and Western Red Cedar Bookmatched Guitar Soundboards
Sitka Spruce bookmatched guitar top - $65 a set
8/4 White Birch Live Edge Slabs $5.00 bf
Wide Cherry
Just in! We have just received some nice 12″ and wider cherry lumber finished to 3/4″. There is only a limited amount available and only a few boards are figured. So if you are interested then stop by or give us a call to see what is still available.
12" + Curly Cherry
Gary Wood “Creating Distinctive Finishes” – Demonstration
On Saturday October 1st Goosebay will be hosting a finishing demonstration with Guild of NH Woodworkers member and finishing expert Gary Wood.
Gary Wood
The Demonstration will be held from 9:30 – 11:00 am. Join Gary Wood to see and discuss custom finished panels, cut from the special woods at Goosebay. This will be a continuation of the presentation Gary gave at the annual Guild of NH woodworkers meeting in September. Talk and demonstration will be from 9:30 – 10:30 and with a question and answer session to follow.
Gary is a professional furniture maker and finisher. He is also our supplier for Fiddes products and other fine finishes. If you are interested in seeing what he has to offer then check out his website at garyrwood.com
If you wish to register and participate in the demonstration, there will be a discount of 10% off any of our finishes. Anyone interested please email us at goosebay@comcast.net .
finishing different species
“Artisan of Wood” – Jeff Balaschack
- Jeff’s Birdseye Maple Clock
The nice part about working at Goosebay is that I get to meet very talented people that I wouldn’t normally have met. I started seeing Jeff coming into Goosebay on a regular basis , but I hadn’t known what kind of a woodworker he was. He used to pick out these odd shaped slabs of wood and pieces that had lots of “character” to them. One day he stopped by just after he was at a show so he had some of his work with him and I got to see some of our lumber as a finished product and it was pretty impressive. I checked out his website and in my opinion he is truly unique. Check it out at here www.artisanofwood.com .
Western Red Cedar Guitar Tops
tight grained western red cedar
Western Red Cedar has been used for guitar soundboards for a number of years now. Mostly known for being used for classical guitars, western red cedar has a warm ” mellow” tone. It also has a short break in period so you don’t have to wait to get the ”open” sound. Some of the bookmatched sets we have are extremely tight grained and some are not as tight. The sets range from 40 – $60 depending on the set.