Swiss Steamed Pear/ Quarter sawn Cherry

[Mooeee]

Does anybody know where I can get some Steamed Swiss pear, also been
trying to find somewhere to purchase Quartersawn Cherry nobody sells anything that is out of the ordinary.
It seems if you live over in the States woodworkers can lay their hands on all sorts of wood species any cut, any size, any shape and a dam lot cheaper than we can.
Having to try and get it shipped over from the US.

Can anybody recommend any good timber merchants it does not matter where in the UK as I would travel to collect.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks :?

 

[bjm]

I haven't used them but Sykes timber have both listed in their yard in Warwickshire.


Brian

 

[Anonymous]

I haven't used them but Sykes timber have both listed in their yard in Warwickshire.


Brian

I used ot buy form Sykes in Warwickshire (localish) and they are OK but with small quantities, they won't let you choose the boards. If you want a few cubic feet, they will only pull some boards for you before you arrive - this is why I stopped using them.
They tend to sell by the lorry load

Give Yandles a call?

 

[bugbear]

It seems if you live over in the States woodworkers can lay their hands on all sorts of wood species any cut, any size, any shape and a dam lot cheaper than we can.

They struggle to get English Oak with good quarter sawn figure

American Oak, even the better "White Oak" variety just ain't in it.

BugBear

 

[Imperial]

Phone these guys and ask
http://www.goodtimber.com/good_timber_index.htm

 

[Benchwayze]

It seems if you live over in the States woodworkers can lay their hands on all sorts of wood species any cut, any size, any shape and a dam lot cheaper than we can.

They struggle to get English Oak with good quarter sawn figure

American Oak, even the better "White Oak" variety just ain't in it.

BugBear

Ahh.. The smell of tannin in the shop... Can't beat it!

 

[MIGNAL]

Craft supplies used to stock Swiss Pear - but only in small turning sections. You could try Timberline in Kent, they do list it on their website.

 

[Harbo]

I bought some steamed pear from Yandles but do not kow if it's Swiss?

Rod

 

[Mooeee]

Rod

What where the dimensions of the pear you got from yandles?

 

[Harbo]

Mooeee - I just wanted a smallish piece for some boxes - I had seen Robert Ingham use some at Art in Action.
They cut up a large plank for me at Yandle's Spring show. My piece is about 300x1000x50mm - now cut down to thinner bits and "resting".

Rod

 

[superunknown]

We have had a lot of steamed pear from a timber supplier in Tonbridge, Kent. I just can't remember their name just at the mo.

 

[Mr T]

Hi

John Boddy's at Boroughbridge, North Yorks, have steamed pear. But that is a long way from Hertfordshire.

Chris

 

[OPJ]

Last time I was at Yandles was back in October and, as Rod suggests, they did have some reasonable lengths of steamed pear in stock.

 

[MikeG.]

What's this "steaming" all about chaps? Is it a colour thing, like I believe is done with beech?

Mike

 

[Pete W]

What's this "steaming" all about chaps? Is it a colour thing, like I believe is done with beech?

Precisely like that, I believe. As to the Swiss-ness, I understand (from Styles & Bates who have it in turning blanks only) that there's nothing inherently better about it; it's just the Swiss seem to have a lot of it.

 

[MikeG.]

So what does it do to the colour? I've heard it makes beech pink (?), but what does it do for pear?

Mike

 

[Philly]

Yandles have some two inch pear at the moment.

Mike - steaming forces the sap out of the timber before kilning. Helps with the drying process I believe. In pear it evens out the colouring.

Hope this helps

Philly

 

[MikeG.]

Mike - steaming forces the sap out of the timber before kilning. Helps with the drying process I believe. In pear it evens out the colouring.
Philly

Thanks Philly....

I haven't seen much pear.......but the bits I have seen seemed quite even and bland. I wonder if this means that most pear is steamed?

Mike

 

[Philly]

Mike
Yeah, I think so. Its a timber that is a pain to dry and has a lot of wastage. Steaming helps this.
Cheers
Philly

 

[JeremyM]

I saw Willie Bullough at Whitney sawmill 01497831656 recommended in British Woodworking for Cherry I noted it down but haven't phoned him yet.
I think steaming kills the beetles and larvae chewing into the sweet sapwood.
Jeremy