A garage full of wood to give away

[Jamesbird]

Hi everyone - my late father had amassed a garage full of wood - He was a keen (and gifted) furniture restorer, so I have a battleships worth of hardwood strips, mouldings, veneer etc. If you needed to re edge all the Georgian dressers in the world, I bet you could do it and still have enough fiddly bits left to, well do more fiddly edge things with. There is seriously a 'Luton box van' load of stuff which must go from Bournemouth.
We have so much to clear, we've not the time to do any more than hope someone'll take the whole lot of out hands in one lot. I'm afraid I've not got the bandwidth to start organising 6 1/2 " of this to there, and 12' 3" of that to somewhere else. It'll need some one or some club who can take it all and make use of even a fraction of it.
I'm there in a couple of weeks and try and photo to give you a view of what there is.
I cant bare to see it go to waste, but there is so much!! If anyone has an empty aircraft hanger and is wondering what they need to fill it, this could be your chance.
I will post pictures in a couple of weeks, but putting this out there to see if anyone is likely to be able to take advantage of it.
Yours in sawdust
James

 

[bourbon]

sorry to hear of your loss. Maybe contact the local men's shed?

 

[Jamesbird]

sorry to hear of your loss. Maybe contact the local men's shed?

Thank you - good idea. I'll do exactly that.

 

[Chubber]

Or... a local heritage railway?

During my time with the SDR we were always very grateful for wood, trims and mouldings especially.

 

[Blister]

Woops , just seen the location.

 

[kgill]

Hi,
So sorry to hear of your loss.

I'm not far from b'mouth and would be happy to take any actual timber. I'm not a restorer and don't really use mouldings, but anything I can turn on a lathe or use for box making etc I would be able to use. I've never really used veneers but would love to try. I guess we'll have a better idea once you have time to post pics.

K

 

[harrybo125]

Hi everyone - my late father had amassed a garage full of wood - He was a keen (and gifted) furniture restorer, so I have a battleships worth of hardwood strips, mouldings, veneer etc. If you needed to re edge all the Georgian dressers in the world, I bet you could do it and still have enough fiddly bits left to, well do more fiddly edge things with. There is seriously a 'Luton box van' load of stuff which must go from Bournemouth.
We have so much to clear, we've not the time to do any more than hope someone'll take the whole lot of out hands in one lot. I'm afraid I've not got the bandwidth to start organising 6 1/2 " of this to there, and 12' 3" of that to somewhere else. It'll need some one or some club who can take it all and make use of even a fraction of it.
I'm there in a couple of weeks and try and photo to give you a view of what there is.
I cant bare to see it go to waste, but there is so much!! If anyone has an empty aircraft hanger and is wondering what they need to fill it, this could be your chance.
I will post pictures in a couple of weeks, but putting this out there to see if anyone is likely to be able to take advantage of it.
Yours in sawdust
James

try these guys,https://www.midsussexwoodrecycling.com/ very helpful and comunity minded too. paul

 

[RichElfin]

Hi
As much as I would like to have some , these people are probably a bit closer.
They are a volunteer group so would likely find a good use for it.

 

[Jamesbird]

Thanks peeps, I've got calls out to Swanage Railway, Mens Sheds, MidSussex Recycling.
Fingers crossed.

 

[TheUnicorn]

you could try https://www.somersetwoodrecycling.co.uk/timber

 

[Roland]

Have you tried specialist timber suppliers such as David Dyke https://luthierssupplies.co.uk/?

 

[Jamesbird]

Hi peeps - sorry for the long gap - the Swanage Railway volunteers came up trumps. A marriage made in heaven - they came over with 4 cars and a van and took more hardwood than you'd need to restore all the vintage carriages in the world - Thank you Swanage, thank you wood working forum for your ideas.

 

[Chubber]

So pleased that idea had wings!

 

[Richard_C]

So pleased that idea had wings!

Chuffed, perhaps?

 

[Jameshow]

We can put this thread into the buffers I guess....

 

[Chubber]

Chuffed, perhaps?

Nice Cornish segue!

 

[Richard_C]

Nice Cornish segue!

Thinking more steam than Cornish.

I see you have a PL postcode. One of the Swanage Raolway locomotives is a Westcountry Class - Eddystone.

https://www.swanagerailway.co.uk/locomotives-stock/sr-4-6-2-west-country-class-no-34028-eddystone

Spooky coincidence.

(For Southern Railway Steam nerds, Westcountry Class and Batttle of Britain Class were just diifferent name series of the same thing. Merchant Navy Class looked very similar but was heavier. All 3 werre 'spam cans' - boxy streamlining fitted, and most were leter modified and the span can bits removed so they could be maintained more easily)

So far off topic now, time to stop. But it is great to hear of a perfect match of someone's lovingly accumulated collection and an organisation that will put it to good use. Best regards to Jamesbird in difficult times.

 

[RichElfin]

I'm old enough to remember seeing the last British Rail train pull out of Swanage so I'm pleased they can make use of it.