Buying wood in Gwynedd?
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11 April 2022 at 8:50 am #755661
Hello my name is Steve from Anglesey. Completely new at all this. I’m only interested in learning to use handtools and general woodworking.
The only wood I can get at the moment is from the local builders centre and it’s taking me many hours to get flat as the wood arrives in the shape of a U. It’s all good practice I know, but will soon get fed up with it, especially when you proceed to make your box and your joint making is way off.
Does anybody on here have any experience of buying wood in North Wales please where I can visit and pick out a nice piece of hardwood and something that will fit in my small van?Shwmae, Steve, croeso.
I’m not sure what there is in Gwynedd or the North-Wales A55 strip in the way of hard-wood suppliers, but builders merchants and the various DIY sheds are to be avoided – the offerings are usually expensive, poorly sorted and unsuited to quality work.
Your nearest best-bet, I suppose is to make an occasional trip into England, the Chester or Liverpool areas to stock up where you may find more specialised suppliers, but it will need some research and ringing around to see what stock is available from time to time.
There are some suppliers of hardwood on line, but when you factor in delivery charges, it can get very expensive and can never compare with selecting your own.
I’m in Ceredigion and I have an informal arrangement with a local maker who buys hardwoods wholesale and adds my occasional stock to his orders….. you may try to seek a similar arrangement on Ynys Mon.Good Luck.
11 April 2022 at 12:00 pm #755675I know this is not exactly what you are after, but maybe contact local fire brigade, arborists and tree surgeons, in case there are any logs left from the trees that blew over in the last few storms. Or they may at least be able to tell you where those logs went. Maybe put a want ad in a local newspaper offering to remove logs etc, stressing that you will be using them for woodwork, not firewood. You won’t necessarily be able to use it straight away, and it may not be the right size for a particular project, but it will be good to practice on.
11 April 2022 at 5:53 pm #755736[postquote quote=755672]
Yr hen saer thanks for the reply. I will keep on the hunt and broaden my outlook a bit further afield.
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Thanks Colin. I wouldn’t know what to do with a log at the moment. But something to keep in mind for when I do in the future.
20 April 2022 at 12:43 pm #756885I posted a few pics of splitting logs on the cheap in a different thread (From tree to planks) in case you are interested. Shorter logs would be better to start, and you could probably get away without the wedges if they were firewood sort of size.
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