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25 January 2017 at 12:33 am #308673
Here in the states a number of large cities have specialists producing lumber from trees which fall or must be taken down. They call it urban forestry. Naturally, species under large-scale bio-attack figure prominently. So, for example, Ash is widely available. If no one is doing this in the U.K. You may have a business opportunity.
Good luck with your search.
Rick G.
6 March 2017 at 11:50 am #309828Living just south of York I’m having the same problem but I have been to the Humber wood recycling center on several occasions but there choice of hardwood is very limited and usually smaller pieces as it depends on what they get in.
I’ve also bought off Ebay (Northeast Timber) who do only offcuts but depending on how much, I have found it cheaper to actually go and collect it as they are based in Hartlepool not too far away. I’ve got some lovely oak planks off them.
8 April 2017 at 9:57 pm #310952A few years ago I needed a small quantity of maple and was able to obtain it from a lumber yard located in the centre of Doncaster. The staff were helpful, but unfortunately I can’t remember the name of the business.
EDIT: A Google search jogged my memory – Allen & Orr Ltd
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6 June 2017 at 6:38 am #312612I use Allen and Orr in Chesterfield, not been to the Donny branch. Great company, good stocks of joinery grade red wood, maple, sapele, white oak, beech and more besides.
I purchased some Sapele there for the tool cabinet project and saw a lovely 12″ wide board at the bottom of the stack. I asked the staff there if would be ok to have that one expecting a ‘Can’t you have the one off the top?’ sort of response but it was no trouble at all to them, really helpful staff.N.E Timber on Ebay have been good, got some nice Black Walnut from them. It’s just a shame the postage can be as much as the cost of the timber.
5 July 2017 at 2:53 pm #313536For those of you in the North Yorkshire area and a little beyond, I’ve discovered a very good timber supplier. ‘Duffield Timber Joinery and Woodwork Center’ just off the A1 near Melmerby.
I guess this may be too far from Hull (84 miles – 1hr 24mins drive according to AA Rout Planner) but from where I am 12 miles south of York its only 47 miles. In fact, I’ve just got back and for me it was wood heaven and exactly what I’ve been looking for. The range of hardwoods was fantastic, from Europe, America and Africa, all well set out on labeled racks which you could walk around at your leisure taking as long as you liked, with no pressure from staff who when I did ask for advice were very friendly and helpful.
Having been practicing a while using pine, for the next stage in my development I wanted to get some small hardwood pieces that wouldn’t cost me the earth. I don’t know if prices are expensive as I have nothing to compare them with. I bought a nice piece of cherry (1550x165x24) £12, two strips of walnut (1215x76x15 each) £12, 5 strips of thin maple (1580x50x10 each) £1 and a small block of utile (180x100x26) 47pence, which including VAT came to £30.56. These will be perfect for me to practice on making boxes etc before tackling my clock case using either walnut or oak which will cost considerably more.
As well as the racks, they also had a large clearance section (where I got my cherry) an off-cut area (where I got my walnut, maple and utile) and a sale area. The off-cuts were sold by the kilo.
I Hope some of you find this useful.
31 July 2017 at 10:12 pm #314206Hello everyone. Your help would be much appreciated. I have just “acquired” a piece of furniture which started life as a “Plan-Cabinet” It consists (now) of 6 drawers approx.. 4ftx 2ft x 5ins. Inside each drawer is a massive chunk of mahogany which was inserted to keep the plans (mainly wooden boat draught plans) flat and protected. Like a big paperweight. The amount of flat, thick, stable mahogany is truly unusual even for this region (I live in the land of Waring and Gillow) I wouldn’t normally attack such a venerable piece but it’s already been partially dismantled (I was told there is a glass fronted cabinet which the drawer unit used to support, and which has been sold off separately) I wonder if anyone has any tips on dismantling? The drawers themselves have the most delightful hand cut dovetails, with around 1/16″ laps. The drawer bottoms are fine panels which “float” inside grooves. If anyone has tackled a piece like this and has any advice on dismantling I would be most grateful,as I feel like a diamond cutter who has just been asked to re-cut the Cullinan!
Thanks. Mark
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