I found the following ad on Facebook Market place regarding wood scraps/cut offs available
I just went by there yesterday. This is in Carlsbad. Its a custom carpenter shop. They have a large planer/sander machine that they can’t put anything under around 18" in. So anything left over that small that isn’t used is put aside. He used to trash it all but now offers the cutoffs for a really good price. The wood species varies depending on his projects. I grabbed a bunch of maple and mahogany. He also had a bunch of white oak. Someone had already picked up most of the walnut he had
I grabbed about 22 pieces that all about 1.5" thick, .5"-3" wide, and 18"-36" long. All that cost me $10. What a deal. They also and a bunch of block pieces that looked to be around 3" by maybe 12x12" ball park but varying sizes.
I got the business card:
Tinder Wood Works
760-707-6421
Mike and Tammy Coffman
www.tinderwoodworks.com