woodchip
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Inpsired by Ted's post in Projects I've decided my next project (my 2nd!) will be a pair of Arts & Craft Morris chairs. I've bought some plans off the net and I'm now looking for the oak.
I've not got a planer thicknesser yet, so I've been looking at dimensioned timber. British Hardwoods will plane me a load of 3/4 stock to the 3/8 I require (for slats and to laminate the curved arms), but will obviously charge me for 3/4 which proves to be quite expensive (approx £220 per chair).
So, some other options for advice, please:
1) buy 1 inch stock and re-saw it on my table saw (5.75" width, so two cuts and a flip, without the guard :shock: )
2) buy 1 inch stock and a bandsaw to resaw (which bandsaw?)
3) buy somewhere else (where?)
4) buy sawn timber and a planer thicknesser (£200 - £400 + extractor say £150)
The re-saw saves me about £70, but the rough sawn seems to work about not a lot cheaper than PAR, am I calculating it wrong? (the cutting list is below if anyone can be bothered to go over it and price up sawn v PAR from the figures on British Hardwoods site I would be very grateful)
thanks for reading, here's the cutting list (in inches)
Part Thick Width Length QTY
E 3/8 4 ¼ 13 2
I 3/8 5 ¼ 36 6
G 3/8 5/8 1 ¼ 24
H 3/8 5/8 3 8
P 3/8 5/8 1 16
T 3/8 5/8 1 ½ 10
F 3/8 1 ¼ 13 12
O 3/8 1 ¾ 24 7
S 3/8 3 ¼ 20 4
K 1 ¼ 4 ¼ 29 2
L 1 ¼ 1 ¼ 24 2
J 1 ¼ 1 3/8 9 4
M 1 ¼ 1 ¾ 23 2
N 1 ¼ 1 ¾ 24 2
Q 1 ¼ 1 5/8 29 2
C 1 ¼ 3 ¾ 30 2
D 1 ¼ 3 ¾ 27 2
R 1 ¼ 3 ¾ 22 2
A 2 ¼ 2 ¼ 22 2
B 2 ¼ 2 ¼ 22 2
I've not got a planer thicknesser yet, so I've been looking at dimensioned timber. British Hardwoods will plane me a load of 3/4 stock to the 3/8 I require (for slats and to laminate the curved arms), but will obviously charge me for 3/4 which proves to be quite expensive (approx £220 per chair).
So, some other options for advice, please:
1) buy 1 inch stock and re-saw it on my table saw (5.75" width, so two cuts and a flip, without the guard :shock: )
2) buy 1 inch stock and a bandsaw to resaw (which bandsaw?)
3) buy somewhere else (where?)
4) buy sawn timber and a planer thicknesser (£200 - £400 + extractor say £150)
The re-saw saves me about £70, but the rough sawn seems to work about not a lot cheaper than PAR, am I calculating it wrong? (the cutting list is below if anyone can be bothered to go over it and price up sawn v PAR from the figures on British Hardwoods site I would be very grateful)
thanks for reading, here's the cutting list (in inches)
Part Thick Width Length QTY
E 3/8 4 ¼ 13 2
I 3/8 5 ¼ 36 6
G 3/8 5/8 1 ¼ 24
H 3/8 5/8 3 8
P 3/8 5/8 1 16
T 3/8 5/8 1 ½ 10
F 3/8 1 ¼ 13 12
O 3/8 1 ¾ 24 7
S 3/8 3 ¼ 20 4
K 1 ¼ 4 ¼ 29 2
L 1 ¼ 1 ¼ 24 2
J 1 ¼ 1 3/8 9 4
M 1 ¼ 1 ¾ 23 2
N 1 ¼ 1 ¾ 24 2
Q 1 ¼ 1 5/8 29 2
C 1 ¼ 3 ¾ 30 2
D 1 ¼ 3 ¾ 27 2
R 1 ¼ 3 ¾ 22 2
A 2 ¼ 2 ¼ 22 2
B 2 ¼ 2 ¼ 22 2
) I would say that now would be a good time to think of investing in some kit. Good kit. Not necessarily top-of-the-range (though if you can, do so, you won't regret it once the credit card bill has been paid) but decent stuff rather than entry-level. A planer-thicknesser and a saw (bandsaw or tablesaw) will repay you manifold in quite a short time.
