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Practise Timber - What do you use and where do you get it

  • 28-01-2013 9:59pm
    #1
    Prizen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 44 ✭


    Just wondering what type of timber is recommended for practising joinery methods or making prototype pieces? I would guess White Deal?
    Anything else, possibly cheaper and where do you buy it from? PS, Im in Dublin

    Thanks


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  • #2
    slpower01
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 277 ✭✭slpower01


    Try and go down to your local small timber suppliers (avoiding the big commercial places if you can) and see if the owner or manager is available. A lot of places will have a skip of timber they cant sell (when its damaged or has defects that most people wont use) I have done this in the past and managed to make small tables etc just to practice my handskills, they dont mind as its going to a good use rather then firewood or a landfill site.


  • #3
    galwayrush
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,815 ✭✭✭✭galwayrush


    Don't use white deal, red deal is far superior , We give a lot of offcuts away in our Joinery but i am definitely too far away. Poplar is even nicer to work with. Look for some hardwoods as well, Sapele mahogony can be quite rewarding as well.


  • #4
    recipio
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,804 ✭✭✭recipio


    Prizen wrote: »
    Just wondering what type of timber is recommended for practising joinery methods or making prototype pieces? I would guess White Deal?
    Anything else, possibly cheaper and where do you buy it from? PS, Im in Dublin

    Thanks

    :rolleyes: Old pallets are a cheap source of timber if you don't mind the quality.Some have hardwood like oak but invest in a good nail puller !


  • #5
    1chippy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,716 ✭✭✭1chippy


    at the current price of redwood i reckon its cheaper to use nearly anything other than it. it might be a better option just to try making full products and you will gradually learn the techniques and have something at the end of it. most joineries run very little waste at the moment. Everything we run now is graded and stacked away for set products or items that are going out. anything under 10mm square goes into firelighters and even the shavings are being used for livestock bedding.


  • #6
    Noel Kinsella
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 407 ✭✭Noel Kinsella


    Is Yew not a good alternative ? There is usually a few people selling it cheap (ish) on donedeal etc

    PS: Not for spoons or bowls etc as it is poisonous.
    Good luck.


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  • #7
    recipio
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,804 ✭✭✭recipio


    Noel Kinsella wrote: »
    Is Yew not a good alternative ? There is usually a few people selling it cheap (ish) on donedeal etc

    PS: Not for spoons or bowls etc as it is poisonous.
    Good luck.

    Eh.............. the man said 'for practice pieces and prototypes' -I wouldn't use an expensive hardwood personally.
    Rough softwood ( spruce ) is as cheap as you are going to get assuming you are willing to plane it.


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