Bog oak treasure trove.

[galleywood]

Sale day preferred, but will go with the flow.

 

[Bm101]

I'm very interested in a few smaller boards Mike.
If I have a three hour round trip to pick some up I'd rather know I had something waiting for me. Just economy of scale. I'd gamble on a big load. Nice day out sounds great though! Lovely to meet folk. For me and for the board sizes I'm after ( most popular sizes) auction type sale sounds a better option. Sorry. Just my perspective. :| #boreon
Well done for doing this. Fair play.
Regards
Chris

 

[MikeG.]

I'm not against putting them up for sale on the forum, Chris. There'd be less work involved for me, I reckon. It's just that from what I can see these boards are going to have a few flaws, and I guess people are going to want to see them in real life before handing over any dosh. I certainly would if the positions were reversed. Besides, the thought of dealing with multiple couriers fills me with horror.

 

[Rorschach]

I would of course be happy to pick in person, but I would need to know there is going to be some (potentially) suitable material as my needs are so specific and I wouldn't want to be competing against others.
I probably sound like a right diva but I am used to knowing sizes and prices before I travel and then getting free reign on materials. I do pay a premium for that but it's worth it.
You have an awful lot of wood there. I would say go ahead with a sale day and then if anything is left that might be suitable for me maybe we could work something out.

 

[MikeG.]

I'm sure there's a plan to be made somewhere, Rorschach, that would work for you. I've got no set idea in mind, and I am waiting to hear back from the moderators about how I'm allowed to run this here. I mean, it could be something along the lines of committing to paying an extra fiver a board, say, to choose beforehand and then have them put on one side until a certain time on the day. If the buyer didn't turn up by then they could be offered up to everyone. If not that then I'm sure we could think of something else that would work.

 

[Deadeye]

My Christmas present from my wife was promise of purchasing some boards. Could I be down for one please?
Given that at the moment the only "gift quality" things I make are boxes, this looks ideal.

 

[memzey]

I’m in. Would be up for a sale day and chance to meet up with people but equally wouldn’t turn my nose up at online.

 

[Sawdust=manglitter]

Wow, what a find!! I’d love a couple of boards, but such a shame you’re so far away from me. I completely understand the difficulties with needing to post a load of large boards so don’t blame you for opting for a sale day type of thing

 

[profchris]

A suggestion (declaration of interest - I'm local (Stowmarket) and would like some bits for guitar and ukulele fingerboards, but that's a fraction of a plank!).

I'm not sure that enough people would make the drive for a sale day because they might go home empty handed. So:

1. The large, apparently shake-clear planks, are specialist stuff - maybe only 6 or 7 people really want those. Post pics, negotiate with sellers, and then offer on a 'biggest load first" basis. I'd guess that, for example, Custard might buy a pickup truck load if what you have works for him, same for others. All these buyers will want to see and pick through what you have, and can only travel that far if there is some certainty that they will go back with a decent haul.

2. What's left will be short or narrow pieces in usable terms, and quite a few of us want some of those. Run a sale day where those close enough can come over and pick what they want to buy.

3. The remainder you could sell via "job lots" here - e.g. 6 pieces at least 75 mm x 75 mm x 10 mm, postage £x; 10 pieces from 50 x 125 mm to 80 x 200 mm, all 10-15mm thick. This might cater for the small section/inlay people who'd not find the drive worthwhile.

Try point 1 first - if that nearly covers what you paid, you can do as much of 2 and 3 as you think worth the effort.

 

[MikeG.]

Nice idea Chris. I particularly like the idea of breaking a board or two up into smaller pieces for specialist use.

Could you expand on what you mean by "biggest load first". Are you suggesting that the person who bids the most in a normal online sale gets to come first and selects what he wants, alone? The downside of something like that (if that's what you're suggesting) is that I'd have multiple days selling the stuff, rather than it all happening at once.

Anyway, my first task in the next few hours is to pull out a board of the oak pile, and one of the bog ash, and plane them up. I know what bog oak normally looks like, and although I'm excited about seeing how this haul cleans up I'm even more excited about the prospect of seeing bog ash finished.

 

[HOJ]

Just a thought, the weird and wonderfull wood show is on 18th & 19th May which is not too far from Halstead www.weirdandwonderfulwood.co.uk/ there will be a mobile sawmill on site as well, perhaps a place to meet up.

 

[MikeG.]

That's a lovely idea, and I might go to the show anyway..........but there are well over two tons of wood in my pile, and the planks are longer than the load area of my transit van, so the logistics just wouldn't work for me.

 

[peter-harrison]

Count me in!
Pete

 

[profchris]

Nice idea Chris. I particularly like the idea of breaking a board or two up into smaller pieces for specialist use.

Could you expand on what you mean by "biggest load first". Are you suggesting that the person who bids the most in a normal online sale gets to come first and selects what he wants, alone? The downside of something like that (if that's what you're suggesting) is that I'd have multiple days selling the stuff, rather than it all happening at once.

Anyway, my first task in the next few hours is to pull out a board of the oak pile, and one of the bog ash, and plane them up. I know what bog oak normally looks like, and although I'm excited about seeing how this haul cleans up I'm even more excited about the prospect of seeing bog ash finished.

I think (wrote this late at night) that I was thinking you'd set a price, and then people would say how many boards they wanted. Highest number would arrive first on the day, pick their boards and go. Then second highest and so on. So you'd get rid of the bulk in a single day. I think all the buyers of large quantities would want to select, rather than you pick for them. With luck some will chip in to this thread.

Then you'd have to work out how to sell to small fry like me, much more complicated. Maybe a day of rummage sale, where we fill whatever box we bring along and you charge us by weight?

Two tons is a lot of wood!

 

[Bodgers]

I would definitely be in for buying by method 3, if you chose to do that.



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[Sam R]

PM sent re the 50mm boards.

Sam

 

[MikeG.]

I took the only off-cuts home last night, and planed them up. I would stress that this is out of one board, but not a board that's in my pile. It must be a left-over from the work the farmer did 15/ 20 years ago. It is wider than most of the boards I have bought, so the proportion of black to brown will be different (the black forms from the outside of the trunk). It had 2 massive shakes through it, one of which I just pulled apart with my hands, and the other I ripped through on a bandsaw. I have planed up the main board both sides, and measured it carefully, as well as recording the one shake in it. I'll now keep this inside and see how stable it is. Anyway, here are some piccies (it was very bright, so the colours are somewhat washed out):

The above are straight off a planer. I then wiped some white spirit on:

The light coloured shavings are ordinary English oak:

You can see that the colour is highly variable, from deep black, the colour of your keyboard, through to a gorgeous dark brown, with the medulliary rays sort-of colour reversed (they're now darker than the surrounding wood).

Unfortunately I couldn't pull out any of the bog ash, as it is at the bottom of the stack. I can't wait to see what that looks like.

 

[Rorschach]

looks lovely!

 

[woodbloke66]

looks lovely!

+1 - Rob

 

[custard]

That's the real deal alright!