9fingers
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I've just got back from a timber buying trip about 130 miles in total.
First stop was Tylers Hardwoods near Marlborough Wilts for some 2" AWO for my chair making project. As always, first class timber, friendly service and loads of staff. My purchase involved five people but prices to match
dead on 3 cuft came to £164.34 inc vat :shock:
I did not take a photo as 6-8" squared edge boards 6' long are not very exciting.
Then off to my new found supplier Timports. They are a new startup generally dealing in bulk but also appear on Ebay selling small quantities. They are not set up for retail but an email to their MD yielded encouraging results and they were prepared to sort through their wide boards or 27mm oak to find me about 3Cuft of quarter sawn kiln dried European oak. They only sell complete boards which at the moment are about 15-16" wide - one or both waney edge and around 9-10' long. So about 1 cu ft per board.
I needed to cut it to fit in the car and they took pity on my with my handsaw and produced a jigsaw to help.
some nice QS figuring,
and a few 'character features'
This is definitely a collection by arrangement vendor and they are not set up for customers to pick the stock over but I was free to examine what they had dug out for me and decide if I wanted it or not. The deal had taken a few days to arrange.
This might not suit everyone but I was OK with it by especially when the price was £100 inc vat for 3.1cuft.
Back home having stacked it all away, I'm knackered but very pleased with the results.
Now I need to turn it in to shavings and sawdust oh yes and a table and dining chairs for the kitchen.
Bob
First stop was Tylers Hardwoods near Marlborough Wilts for some 2" AWO for my chair making project. As always, first class timber, friendly service and loads of staff. My purchase involved five people but prices to match
dead on 3 cuft came to £164.34 inc vat :shock: I did not take a photo as 6-8" squared edge boards 6' long are not very exciting.
Then off to my new found supplier Timports. They are a new startup generally dealing in bulk but also appear on Ebay selling small quantities. They are not set up for retail but an email to their MD yielded encouraging results and they were prepared to sort through their wide boards or 27mm oak to find me about 3Cuft of quarter sawn kiln dried European oak. They only sell complete boards which at the moment are about 15-16" wide - one or both waney edge and around 9-10' long. So about 1 cu ft per board.
I needed to cut it to fit in the car and they took pity on my with my handsaw and produced a jigsaw to help.
some nice QS figuring,
and a few 'character features'
This is definitely a collection by arrangement vendor and they are not set up for customers to pick the stock over but I was free to examine what they had dug out for me and decide if I wanted it or not. The deal had taken a few days to arrange.
This might not suit everyone but I was OK with it by especially when the price was £100 inc vat for 3.1cuft.
Back home having stacked it all away, I'm knackered but very pleased with the results.
Now I need to turn it in to shavings and sawdust oh yes and a table and dining chairs for the kitchen.
Bob
