> Jim Weaver wrote:
>
> Beech is very sturdy also.  The subcontractors who make the standard
> furniture for McDonald's, Taco Bell and other hi traffic restaurants use a
> great deal of beech in the furniture.  It's relatively cheap and very durable
.

I've found several lumberyards that carry 4/4 beech, but for the life of me
I can't find thick stock (for making hand planes).  I've got a guy with
a Woodmizer that's keeping his eye out for a tree for me, but in the mean
time I'd like to pick up a few plane-sized pieces of 12/4 or 16/4 beech.

Anyone know of a source?