Sad new for San Jose, CA

[guitar_ed]

Hi Folks,

If you live in the San Jose area, Southern Lumber will be closing in about a month or so.  So they are having a sale. 

Everything EXCEPT Festool.  Naturally.

Most everything else is 25% off, including lumber, tools, etc.  Plumbing & electrical is 50% off.

Except Festool.   

I've been twice so far, gotten lots of clamps & finish.

Later,

edg

 

[jacko9]

Hi Folks,

If you live in the San Jose area, Southern Lumber will be closing in about a month or so.  So they are having a sale. 

Everything EXCEPT Festool.  Naturally.

Most everything else is 25% off, including lumber, tools, etc.  Plumbing & electrical is 50% off.

Except Festool.   

I've been twice so far, gotten lots of clamps & finish.

Later,

edg

Thanks for the notice and yes it is sad.  Another Bay Area lumber outlet "White Brothers" is now concentrating on selling milled goods and are not offering rough sawn lumber.

I need to get over to Southern Lumber on Tuesday to see if they still have any stock of Quartered Sawn White Oak.

Jack

 

[sae]

I thought this was going to be another "California's falling in the ocean" post. [blink]

 

[vkumar]

Sad news indeed.  This was the place to go when you had to get some hard to find lumber or service.  They could fit new doors, offered high quality lumber (not cheap) plus a myriad of other services.
As a south bay resident I will definitely miss this place.  Definitely the sign of our current times with the big box stores and internet.

Vijay

 

[typeshige]

It's very sad.  I've been going there since I was probably 3 or 4.

I recently got into woodworking and that was my go-to place.

If they're closed, what's the next best place to go? Too soon? 

 

[jacko9]

Another business where the children don't want to take over and the owner wants to retire.  The same kind of thing happened to Japan Woodworker in Alameda where Fred finally closed the retail operation after he couldn't find anybody to run it.  He sold his business to Woodcraft too operate the name as an online business.

We had out local Woodcraft store close recently and the closest Rockler store manager tells me that the business is slowly going to hobbiest who don't want to spend money on tools and machines but would like to tinker around making pens and small boxes.

Ikea and the like are catering to the next generation that would rather have that new fancy smart phone than a slick Domino Joiner!