Elm For Chair Seats

[custard]

Anyone know what's the going price for English Elm. big boards 2"+ thick, ideal for windsor chair seats?

 

[Racers]

Hi,

Wow, they sound very nice boards.

How about checking out some chair makers I am sure they would be interested.

Pete

 

[RogerS]

Air-dried ? Kiln dried? Waney edge? What's the figuring like? Colour? I have seen elm that was quite pale and didn't have the characteristic reddish - brown tone. Makes a difference.

Why not ring someone like Whitmores' and ask them how much a board would cost from them?

 

[Doug B]

Hi custard,


I bought this piece of Elm recently with a similar fate as yours in mind,

Don`t know if you can make it out, but it cost £10 & is air dried.

 

[custard]

Air-dried ? Kiln dried? Waney edge? What's the figuring like? Colour? I have seen elm that was quite pale and didn't have the characteristic reddish - brown tone. Makes a difference.
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Good points. It polishes to a deep red-brown with a good swirling figure. They're waney edged boards, but it's easy to get very large windsor chair seats from them, either completely clear or with only a smattering of tiny pin knots. I bought them air dried and have had them under cover for over twenty years.

 

[custard]

Thanks Doug, what's the dimensions of your Elm board?

 

[Doug B]

22" x 15" x 2" thought the 15" doesn`t include the damaged edge it`s closer to 18" wide.

HTH.

 

[big soft moose]

Many years ago I bought some English Elm boards (approx 4'-6' long, 36-40" wide, and over 2" thick) that I thought would be perfect if I ever got around to making windsor chairs. However, the chairmaking muse never seized me and now I need the space, so I'm thinking of putting them on Ebay. The problem is there are virtually no comparable boards to use as a price guide.

Anyone any idea what English Elm in these dimensions might be worth?

Thanks!

i'd definitely offer them on here before putting them on the bay once you have worked out a price - apart from chair making and such turners might well be interested for platter making.

i'd certainly be interested if the price works

 

[wizer]

i'd certainly be interested if the price works

x2

 

[woodsworth]

How many chairs can you make out of them?

 

[Owen Tosh Hughes]

Hello

I am a commercial Chairmaker and Furniture Maker. If the Elm is of the highest quality and I mean veneer quality then I have seen wide boards go for £50 - £75 per cube - I have indeed paid these prices for the 'perfect' seat even though I only pay £18 green from my Sawer. It has to be air dried though - wouldn't touch kiln dried stuff at any price not even for my furniture!

I'd be a fool to say I wasn't interested so I'd appreciate you letting me know of your intentions.

Many thanks
Kindest regards
Owen

 

[Racers]

Hi,

I am thinking George Nakashima type coffee table would be nice, can't wait the hear the price.


Pete

 

[Chris Knight]

PM sent.

 

[custard]

Thanks for the answers, so it seems I should price at up to £50 a cube. It'll be a couple of weeks before I'll be able to get all the boards out and clean them up. But I'll let interested parties know when I put them on Ebay, they're collection only from Woking in Surrey by the way

 

[wizer]

So you're not going to consider selling them individually to the forum? I see that you might get slightly more on Ebay, but that extra might be wiped out by the ebay costs.

Looks like there is enough of us here to take it all off your hands. I don't mind storing it here for people who are a distance away.