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Materials Sources

You can quite often buy timber directly from construction companies when they complete their construction phases and clear their site compounds.  This can be a reasonable source for clean treated and untreated timber – typically softwoods – and sheet goods.

Care boot sales and second hand furniture outlets can prove to be good resources for hard and soft wood furniture that’s seen better days and can be stripped for timber or restored.

Skips are another potential source, but always ask permission.

Farms building can prove excellent locations for large timbers (Often Oak, Elm, Beech and Walnut which can be re-sawn) when they re-site/build new barns & out buildings and demolish the old.  Beware hidden metalwork such as nails and bolts that have disappeared neath years of grime, but this is where a roughing/scrub plane set up can come in handy.

Watch Fleabay and keep your eyes peeled for British Made #2 hand planes.  They make excellent short based scrub planes which are useful when cleaning old timber or reducing it to size at a good pace. 😉