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MattS wrote:The example doesn’t seem to have any visible finger hole to lift the top out of the frame? Solid or veneered MDF it’ll be a fair weight so not something you want to pry with finger nails!
AndyT wrote:When I bought the ash for the bed I am building, Wentwood Timber were charging £25 ex VAT (£30 inc VAT) per cubic foot, for air dried boards. They are still selling at that price, unaffected by international trade
http://www.wentwoodtimbercentre.co.uk/
I also bought some ash from Yandles. I can't remember their price at the moment but it wasn't much higher and there was less waste as it was square edged boards.
AndyT wrote:When I asked, the guy at Wentwood said their stock is air dried to around 12%. I've left my boards acclimatising for quite a bit and not noticed much difference on the 32mm boards. The 75mm board shrank noticeably so may have been higher.
A couple of points about Wentwood:
It's a commendable enterprise and you can take as long as you need to decide what to buy.
They did have some 12mm and 25mm as well as the 32mm I bought.
The big disadvantage is that their retail stock is very small, so you could arrive after someone else has cleared out the bits you would have bought.
It's all slab sawn boards with bark on so there's quite a lot of wastage.
It's not very far and there's no bridge toll now;)
Have you looked at Vastern? They're not far from you in the other direction.
And presumably you have tried your local yard with the memorable name, Oscar Windebank?
AndyT wrote:
I also bought some ash from Yandles. I can't remember their price at the moment but it wasn't much higher and there was less waste as it was square edged boards.
Woodbloke wrote:AndyT wrote:
I also bought some ash from Yandles. I can't remember their price at the moment but it wasn't much higher and there was less waste as it was square edged boards.
The stuff from Yandles is good, pretty economical (even better when you get 15% off on sale days; the next one is in Feb!) and as Andy mentioned, it's all square edged stuff and all usable being white and clear with very few defects.
It's kilned dried and planes well BUT it's truly appalling for any hand cut, precision joinery as the early wood annual rings seem to be made from cast iron, so if the project calls for machine cut construction it would be ideal.
Stay well away if you intend to do anything fancy. Air dried (olive) ash is a whole different kettle of worms - Rob
Craig Salisbury wrote:
I have bought Oak from Yandles a few times but i never see much over 20mm thick boards. the rails for this are going to be 40mm thick and 80mm thick legs (tapered, but i could probably make them a bit thinner)
Woodbloke wrote:Craig Salisbury wrote:
I have bought Oak from Yandles a few times but i never see much over 20mm thick boards. the rails for this are going to be 40mm thick and 80mm thick legs (tapered, but i could probably make them a bit thinner)
You may have been looking in the wrong place; I constantly buy boards 50-60mm thick and sometimes 250mm wide, depending on whether or not it's quarter sawn. It takes a long time to pick through what's on offer, but I can usually come away with a few decent boards of quarter sawn Euro Oak. The long, thick boards are leaning up against the wall right beside the main open air entrance; the Ash is right at the back near the Wadkin cross cut saw - Rob
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