Where everybody get their wood from for hobbists, to start I want small amounts of hardwood. I can practice with softwood but will want hardwood in the future. Are there timber merchants with small quantities.
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Where everybody get their wood from for hobbists, to start I want small amounts of hardwood. I can practice with softwood but will want hardwood in the future. Are there timber merchants with small quantities.
Just google hardwood UK suppliersQuote:
Originally Posted by Andrew C
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Local knowledge is key here. If you look up hardwood suppliers on t'interweb, all you get is flooring or logs for burning. I am lucky, in Nottingham there is a timber merchant, Brooks Bros, that has a good supply of exotic hardwoods and the man on the desk is happy to let you go and choose from the warehouse.
These people sound interesting and when this covid thing is over I would like to pay them a visit.
https://exotichardwoodsukltd.com/ they are in Staffordshire.
Hope this helps,
Rob
Have bought from them often, wonderfull place to visit if you like wood, bit like being in a sweet shop:beer:
I prefer to actually visit the supplier and look at the wood on offer since it isn't like metal or plastic and utterly uniform.Which in practical terms means ideally no more than 70 miles away.It might help to know the OP's location as somebody in Dundee might not be too keen on a trip to Falmouth for instance.
If you are on a PC, you just need to hover over the flag - that gives me Caerphilly.Quote:
Originally Posted by routerdriver
I don't know what the equivalent is on an iPhone or Android.
Im in South Wales area, the exotic hardwood place mentioned above is about 3 hours awayQuote:
Originally Posted by routerdriver
Hi Andrew, have you had any luck?
Most good timber merchants provide machining services for their bigger clients and often have end cuts off boards.
They usually sell these off by the pallet, its handy for wood turning blanks etc.
Most boards are short, only a few feet maximum normally, but can be very thick, up to 3 inch boards.
Hope that helps?
WoodKnot