Beware the cheats!

[Woodmatt]

Great post thank you Custard.As I was reading through you list of places to buy I was waiting for you to tell us of the great little yard in West Wales but I was sadly disappointed, oh well more trips over the Seven Bridge by the sounds of it but again thanks.

 

[MrTeroo]

You are very generous with your knowledge Custard. Thank you.

 

[bugbear]

North Heigham Sawmill used to be a Norwich (gone for a decade at least) - a treasure trove of small volume exotics and tonewoods.

BugBear

 

[Mr T]

I was actually being a little facetious when I asked you to divulge your sources. That was very generous Custard. Of course touring round swamills will put your costs up, but if you enjoy it!

Chris

 

[AndyT]

Specially for Woodmatt, looking for hardwood boards in South Wales.

I've not been there myself yet, but this place is on the right/wrong side of the Severn Bridge. It sells UK timber and has a showroom of individually priced boards. It's also had some good comments on here from people who have used it.

Wentwood Timber Centre, Caldicot

http://www.wentwoodtimbercentre.co.uk/

 

[gmgmgm]

I got to the workshop this morning to be confronted by a disgruntled colleague.

He was all like - "what's the point in us breaking our backs to make good stuff when there's people importing furniture from Indonesia and making out its made in this country".

So of course I asked him what he was on about and he said he'd seen an advert on facebook for "uniquesolidwoodfurniturebystan"

Seems like he's changed his site name to "furniturebystan" on facebook. I'd be fascinated to see inside his new one-man "showroom" in Bracknell.

 

[Sawdust=manglitter]

Great post thank you Custard.As I was reading through you list of places to buy I was waiting for you to tell us of the great little yard in West Wales but I was sadly disappointed, oh well more trips over the Seven Bridge by the sounds of it but again thanks.

Hi Woodmatt,

I live near Cross Hands and have tried a number of local sources for timber. There are various places you could try. I often visit the Timberman shop in Bronwydd, they are knowledgeable and helpful and they stock a variety of timber, oak, ash, cherry, sycamore, some walnut and many others. They arent the cheapest, but what they have is decent, and if you're after something specific they can try to get hold of it for you. And they are also great for a variety of turning blanks (if you also have that bug!).

Apart from that I recently visited a guy who lives in Upper Brynaman and he has a fair bit of chunky slabs of oak, ash and redwood and also has some yew...
https://www.gumtree.com/p/wood-timber/v ... 1204825271

And in terms of Andy T's suggestion, Wentwood Timber Centre is well worth a spin to see their showroom.

Also, i havent tried there myself, but you could also try Dickmans Sawmill which isnt far from you...
http://dickmans-timber.co.uk/

Again I havent tried there myself, but there's also Nottage Timber Merchants in Bridgend.
http://www.nottagetimber.co.uk/

And also Swansea Timber & Plywood stock various timbers...
https://www.swanseatimber.co.uk/

 

[Woodmatt]

Thanks AndyT I do know of the place you are suggesting and I do plan to visit shortly, unfortunately they will not deliver so I am limited to what I can get in my car,wish I'd kept my pickup.
Sawdust=Manglitter I do go to Timberman regularly myself but they never seem to have what I want when I want it.I know George Dickman very well and he is a lovely guy,his very disorganized yard is not 10mins from me he is great for oak but most other stuff,which he has lots of is always way out of reach for him on that day or he cannot find it and it often feel like you are imposing on him when you visit,more like a nuisance than a customer as for the others you mention they seem to charge a fortune for delivery,maybe I just need to get used to paying the price for living in the back of beyond rather than the south east as I did before where just about everything was on my doorstep.

 

[MikeJhn]

Get a trailer, most of my work is carried out in France, I don't know anyone who does not have a trailer, its essential to have one here.

Mike

 

[Phil Pascoe]

Try hanging on to them here - I had two nicked inside nine months, chains, hitch locks, wheel locks the lot. The police know who nicks them and also know it's fruitless chasing them.

 

[MikeJhn]

Scrowts like that do not like being filmed, get a surveillance camera, even a dummy will deter them as long as its not obviously one, you can get them with a battery powered LED, very convincing.

Mike

 

[Nelsun]

Furniture by Stan just popped up on my Facebook feed again going on about how high demand will be putting up his prices. Fair enough! So I posted a comment asking if the stuff was imported as the prices were so cheap...

Within 15 minutes it was deleted and I was blocked from posting anything further to their company. It was a pointless exercise I know!

 

[Alexfn]

I called him out on a cabinet he said it would take him 2 months to make. Same deleted and banned

He does seem to have cut back on publicity stating he makes the stuff himself though

I wonder where he is shipping it in from

 

[Nelsun]

Thought I'd post an update to what "Stan" (Vance Miller) has been up to when he's not flat out making his "future heirloom" pieces. He's been getting busted for scamming countless folk over a number of years but fled the country to Indonesia to avoid having his collar felt. Turns out he's been ripping people off for kitchens prior to turning his talents to ripping people of for furniture. He sounds like quite a character / control freak / delusional bellend!

There's a Facebook group with the gory details here: https://www.facebook.com/Handmade-Furni ... 237751494/