Oak prices

[jeffinfrance]

wow, all air dried too.

i'm in the south gers, could be worth borrowing a decent truck to load up, i can only get two trunks in my van at a time.....still probably worth it at that.

where in the limousin?

i've got to chip now,

message you later for the details.

cheers froggy,

jeff

 

[kasandrich]

Thanks for all the responses, I told him it wouldn't be cheap, and 2 or three narrower boards edge jointed with biscuits should do the trick.

Reason he wants it so chunky is to tie in with existing mantle piece.

 

[wizer]

Rich, you could save a bunch of money making it out of veneered MDF. With the added benefit of it being much lighter. I can guarantee that, with the right design, it will look every bit as real as solid wood.

 

[Ironballs]

Tom's right, our window sills are veneered MDF with an oak lipping to give the illusion of greater thickness. Look like big slabs of oak

 

[Froggy]

PM sent Jeff

 

[Richard Findley]

Hi,

I bought some 2 1/2" AWO not too long ago (3" would be a bit more though!). As others have said, width will most likely be a problem but edge jointing is easy and perfectly acceptable. I paid £2600 ish incl VAT per m3. You are asking for about 0.061 m3 so it would cost around £160. You generally need to allow about 50% wastage (we're now at £240) + any profit you want to make.

HTH

Richard

I guess your supplier must have big windows to see you coming :shock: I pay about £25 ft³ for American White Oak which is approx £1000 m³. You will however only get one edge and one face free of sap wood - not a problem if you are edge jointing 2 pieces but worth bearing in mind.

Steve

Hi Steve,

£1000 for 1" AWO is about right but prices seem to sour on anything thicker. I use James Latham, if you are only paying £1000m3 for 3" AWO I'd love to know your supplier!!

Richard

 

[NicNic]

I stumbled across this site after looking for someone who could supply some waney edge oak, and this looks like a pretty good site.

I cant help you out with prices but i made something similar in 2008. The customer wanted a T.V stand 1.2 meters long by about 0.4 Meters high , around 0.5 meters deep and as heavy as possible. I made it out of 3 inch Oak sourced from Thorogoods, Ardleigh in Essex.

This lead to them wanting a storage "wall" in the same style. Basically it was 3 oak shelves with solid supports in between. I managed to joint up 3 shelves 10 feet long by 27 inch in 3 inch oak. Planned them by hand with a jointer then did a double row of biscuits.

If you're going to go for 3" Oak I would recommend not trying to joint anything wider than 9" and to use kiln dried oak that is well seasoned. T.V's, set top boxes and audio equipment all knock out a surprising amount of heat that will encourage that Oak to move.

Oh and it wasn't cheap.

 

[Offcut]

I pay £2300 for kiln dried oak for making windows. Usually marked as 75mm but it comes over 80 most of the time and I machine down to 79mm
0.064m3 gives about £150
I'm not one for wasting as much as 50% but you really need a good amount of excess.
Boards easily come up to 500mm wide so 18" is no problem. I purchase my stock from Flemings Build base in Aberdeen and as they are not getting any special stock, I see no problem getting these widths elsewhere.

Here is their number – 01224 258200 you could just ask them where they get it from.

£1000/m3 – now I would be interested to find out where you get it from.

Andy

 

[promhandicam]

These are the current prices from WL West and Son in Petworth for American White Oak FAS KD SE boards:
50mm £1362m³
63mm £1820m³
75mm £2180m³

HTH,

Steve

 

[Richard Findley]

These are the current prices from WL West and Son in Petworth for American White Oak FAS KD SE boards:
50mm £1362m³
63mm £1820m³
75mm £2180m³

HTH,

Steve

Plus VAT or including?

Richard

 

[promhandicam]

plus

 

[jeffinfrance]

wow,

finally found something cheaper in france.

45mm 950
65mm 1060
100mm 1150

best joinery quality

extra 10% for best furniture quality

euros ex vat

but i do have to buy the whole trunk (2.5m to 3.5m passage per trunk at 45mm thickness)

single board prices around 20-40% dearer depending on thickness.

jeff

 

[Richard Findley]

Hi,

I bought some 2 1/2" AWO not too long ago (3" would be a bit more though!). As others have said, width will most likely be a problem but edge jointing is easy and perfectly acceptable. I paid £2600 ish incl VAT per m3. You are asking for about 0.061 m3 so it would cost around £160. You generally need to allow about 50% wastage (we're now at £240) + any profit you want to make.

HTH

Richard

I guess your supplier must have big windows to see you coming :shock: I pay about £25 ft³ for American White Oak which is approx £1000 m³. You will however only get one edge and one face free of sap wood - not a problem if you are edge jointing 2 pieces but worth bearing in mind.

Steve

So dispite you're sarcy comment you pay about the same as me for Oak At least I know I'm not being ripped off (or at least it's not just me if I am !! :wink: )

Richard

 

[promhandicam]

Yes Richard I stand corrected - West's are only about 20% cheaper for the 2.5" compared to your supplier. I don't buy the thicker sizes and so had not appreciated how much more expensive they are per m³.

Steve

 

[flounder]

we have a Timber Depot just opened in Milton Keynes and went along yesterday with the intention of buying some AWO. I picked out two sawn boards each 38mmx250x2900 and was quoted £230 inc.! Either my maths has gone wrong or that equates to £115 a ft3! Needless to say I walked away!