Source of thin wide boards - Walnut

[Jason Wheeler]

I am going to be making a couple of cabinets and as they are going to be fiddly and use a lot of wood.

I wondered if anybody has a good UK source for thin (10mm or under) cut walnut (doesn’t have to be walnut, could be something else).

I can resaw larger pieces and have a thicknesser and drum sander but I would prefer to spend time on the making rather than the wood prep - trouble is the few places I have found online are way more expensive than I want to spend!

 

[peter-harrison]

Hi Jason, could you buy the thickest construction veneer and glue it back together in a vacuum press? Not sure how it would work out pricewise.
Pete

 

[Jason Wheeler]

Hi Jason, could you buy the thickest construction veneer and glue it back together in a vacuum press? Not sure how it would work out pricewise.
Pete

 

[J-G]

I am going to be making a couple of cabinets and as they are going to be fiddly and use a lot golf wood, I wondered if anybody has a good UK source for thin (10mm or under) cut walnut (doesn’t have to be walnut, could be something else) - I can resaw larger pieces and have a thicknesser and drum sander but I would prefer to spend time on the making rather than the wood prep - trouble is the few places I have found online are way more expensive than I want to spend!

I assume that you want ABW - in which case, it is (relatively) expensive. I buy from Whitmore's in Claybrook Magna, Leicestershire. but you don't indicate (in your profile) where you are located so I have no idea whether that is a viable place for you to visit. You could no doubt 'buy blind' - ie. let them select a board (or two) for you. They do have vast stocks.

The last I bought was a 3m length of 1¼" x ~4" which cost me £38 collected, which may give you an idea.

 

[J-G]

Hi Jason, could you buy the thickest construction veneer and glue it back together in a vacuum press? Not sure how it would work out pricewise.
Pete

That would double/tripple the price I would have thought.

 

[Jason Wheeler]

That’s a really interesting thought, thank you - I have vacuum pressed veneer before although admittedly only small pieces and never thought about making a veneer ply - not sure how it would look on exposed joints though..

 

[Jason Wheeler]

That would double/tripple the price I would have thought.

Just had a quick squint on t’internet and it’s definitely a much cheaper option - I had no idea that 2.5mm veneer existed!!

 

[Jason Wheeler]

I assume that you want ABW - in which case, it is (relatively) expensive. I buy from Whitmore's in Claybrook Magna, Leicestershire. but you don't indicate (in your profile) where you are located so I have no idea whether that is a viable place for you to visit. You could no doubt 'buy blind' - ie. let them select a board (or two) for you. They do have vast stocks.

The last I bought was a 3m length of 1¼" x ~4" which cost me £38 collected, which may give you an idea.

Am in Northants so not too far - that’s a better board price than I have been seeing, thank you, although the it’s a lot of resawing if I go that route

 

[Jason Wheeler]

Just had a quick squint on t’internet and it’s definitely a much cheaper option - I had no idea that 2.5mm veneer existed!!

Scrub that - just did the maths again and although it’s cheaper it’s only about 10% less!

 

[Sachakins]

Try these https://www.pbhardwoods.co.uk/
The are Liverpool based but do deliver last I heard. But don't know if there's a min cost though.
They have a lot of various hardwood and will machine cut/plane to your requirements.
Email on [email protected] to ask.