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Users Comments for: Interesting Timbers |
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CHJ |
20 06 05 | Visited this supplier on the basis that the web site
indicates a range of turning blank availability but a preceding phone call
to check 'yard open' asserted that they only had limited blanks although
off-cuts were readily available suitable for turning. Reality was that there were only a very few (less than a dozen) turning blanks prepared lying around the shed and those mostly of what I would call suspect quality, it being the policy it would seem to cut blanks to order if required but not while you wait. The number of off-cuts was not extensive and required a search of the shed to locate. The wood shed has large stacks of English hardwoods mostly air dried and I would think all of respectable age, a few thicker examples I think are kiln dried, the whole not laid out in any manner that would enable easy access for selection, three & four metre high stacks of up to 75mm+ thick waney edged tree sections suggest to me a prior request for the sorting of material that might be relevant is in order before you turn up for inspection prior to purchase. Wood shed in general seemed chaotic to me and machinery IMHO might interest a Galoot, if you are allergic to dust more than a couple of mm thick on your wood then beware. If the above seems all negative then I am sorry but it is the impressions I got as a wood turning novice but one who knows what a workplace should look like. There was quite a lot of timber in the outside yard that I would class as very low yield stock. On a positive note there were some nice pieces of burred timber and walnut to be seen and I would think that a cabinet maker looking for a one-off piece or someone looking for structural timbers in oak or elm for renovation or refurbishment may well do good. Someone must as the phone was busy with clients while I was there and lets face it they are in business and I have no doubt that any order placed by someone in the trade with quantity 'buying power' would be met in a satisfactory manner I came away with some sawn cherry, sycamore and birch billets 60-1500 mm long (waney edged off-cuts) in the 60-80 mm thick range that were not over priced, but did need the shakes and waste potential pointing out at the pricing stage. All in all I can say that although I was treated with courtesy and a willingness to supply what I needed, as a hobbyist and small quantity buyer I will not bother to call here again as Yandles would be a far easier, safer and pleasanter bet for me next time I venture that way. |
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druster |
26 10 07 |
with regards to arsy timber yards there is one near me which is very helpful and deals with hobby just as good as trade buyers, they are called interesting timbers, specialising in english hardwoods they do turning blanks too. periodically auction off old stock too! here is their website if anyones interested,
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Bean |
26 10 07 | I bought some lovely Beech from them, unseen as they posted it to me, flawless it was. |
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