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This past Saturday, four of us from the Harrisburg Women's Woodworking Club visited Hearne Hardwoods in Oxford, PA.
The new sho
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The current showroom houses samples of exotic and domestic lumber, including some jaw-dropping flitches leaning against the wall.
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Two amiable labs who like to pretend your legs are a bridge under which they should travel halfway and then stop, and a fluffy puffball masquerading as a cat greet you upon entry.
The people are friendly and helpful and let you wander throughout the warehouse at your leisure.
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The women were choosing lumber for jewellry boxes they plan to build at our next meeting and I was looking for wood for handplanes and whatever else caught my eye.
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We came away with Curly Cherry, European Plum, Bocote, and a thoroughly enjoyable experience.