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  • Registered Users Posts: 6 Varicosity


    Hi Rich,

    Thanks a million for the reply. That sounds good, can I be cheeky and ask if you would be able to thickness them for me as well. I'm happy to pay for the time taken.

    I'm looking for about 4 feet lengths of each about 5 inches wide.

    Thanks.


  • Registered Users Posts: 36 classic tiler


    Hi lads. I'm looking to buy a Table saw and need your advice as to the best place and price to purchase one. It's purely hobby based so even second hand would do. Appreciate any help you can give. Thanks.


  • Registered Users Posts: 57 ✭✭Xander_82


    I am looking for any felled apple, walnut, cherry, lime, pear or plum trees in south Dublin, Wicklow, Wexford or south Co Carlow. Anyone who can help please drop me a PM.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,202 ✭✭✭el dude


    Sick of looking at my big dreary concrete wall, so had the idea to put wooden slats/cladding/shiplap(are they all the same,lol?) on the inside. Think it could look nice and be pretty easy to do?

    Could anyone recommend some timber, want to keep cost as low as possible. Don't mind having to treat it every couple of years.

    I'd be curious about the actual method of installation too, so if anyone could link me to that info i'd be grateful, cheers.


  • Registered Users Posts: 2 christopher23


    does anyone know where I could get kiln dried lodge pole pine or any other kiln dried pine suitable for making pine furniture


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 624 ✭✭✭boatbuilder


    does anyone know where I could get kiln dried lodge pole pine or any other kiln dried pine suitable for making pine furniture
    Pine board in 8x4 sheets from strahan timber?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,204 ✭✭✭Recon


    Hi,

    I'm looking to get some timber to make a gaming table to add onto my regular dining table, like the one in this video.

    My table is 75x150 cm, I'd be looking to have the gaming add on be 105x180 cm, basically adding a 15 cm overlap all around the table. I won't be putting a frame on top of the surface around the edge.

    I gave a look in B&Q today for wood to see what's available

    Surface
    2440 x 1220 x 11 mm OSB board €19.70
    2440 x 1220 x 9 mm WBP exterior plywood €37.30
    2440 x 1220 x 6 mm WBP exterior plywood €27.60
    2440 x 1220 x 18 mm WBP spruce plywood €39.50

    Frame
    2400 x 44.5 x 15 mm pine stripwood €5.95
    2100 x 44 x 18 mm smooth planed 6 pack €16.40

    The plywood seemed a bit expensive for the surface, what do you think? Would the other wood be OK for a surface? I will be covering the surface with a thin foam mat and then felt for a rough wood surface shouldn't be very important I'm thinking.

    Is there somewhere else people could recommend for wood?

    Do you think the 44mm frame would be enough?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 174 ✭✭waterboy15


    Recon wrote: »
    Hi,

    I'm looking to get some timber to make a gaming table to add onto my regular dining table, like the one in this video.

    My table is 75x150 cm, I'd be looking to have the gaming add on be 105x180 cm, basically adding a 15 cm overlap all around the table. I won't be putting a frame on top of the surface around the edge.

    I gave a look in B&Q today for wood to see what's available

    Surface
    2440 x 1220 x 11 mm OSB board €19.70
    2440 x 1220 x 9 mm WBP exterior plywood €37.30
    2440 x 1220 x 6 mm WBP exterior plywood €27.60
    2440 x 1220 x 18 mm WBP spruce plywood €39.50

    Frame
    2400 x 44.5 x 15 mm pine stripwood €5.95
    2100 x 44 x 18 mm smooth planed 6 pack €16.40

    The plywood seemed a bit expensive for the surface, what do you think? Would the other wood be OK for a surface? I will be covering the surface with a thin foam mat and then felt for a rough wood surface shouldn't be very important I'm thinking.

    Is there somewhere else people could recommend for wood?

    Do you think the 44mm frame would be enough?

    18mm osb from local builders providers would be cheaper why use marine indoors? 70x40 planed from same place for frame.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 174 ✭✭waterboy15


    Black ash or flat black melamine faced chipboard
    I am trying to source 15 or 18 mm probably between 225-300 width in large quantity for shelving project.
    anyone know where to get have tried usual builders providers in Sligo and surrounds and nothing available apart from whites or light oak.
    Thanks.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 429 ✭✭IrlMonk


    @Waterboy
    If your looking for non standard sizes in black melamine I'm sure a local cabinet maker or furniture makers can order in 8'x4' sheets and then rip them to the widths you need.
    The only downside is the edges will need to be edged. You can buy roll of matching edging and iron it on.
    Dublin, the likes of Noyeks can supply sheets.
    They are suppliers of kitchens.
    Hope this helps ;)


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 174 ✭✭waterboy15


    With past experience of ironing on edging not going too well i would not be inclined to go that route, if it came to it i would use wood beading or reeal wood altogether and paint/stain.
    Any other advice welcome.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 429 ✭✭IrlMonk


    Yea I know what you mean about applying the edging!
    There is a knack to it using a fine file but it sounds like you will be avoiding this route.
    Another option is to get a black plastic breading with a"u shape" profile that will clip snugly on, or you could glue it on.
    Done it years ago and it worked pretty well.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 429 ✭✭IrlMonk


    http://www.abbeykitchens.co.uk/carcase-support-systems/levellers/Plinth-edging-strip-2500mm-for-18mm-plinth-transparent-plastic/prod_6263.html

    lt's actually known as plinth edging see link.
    It's also a bit pricey on that site, I know the clear edging is only about 3 or 4 quid


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 474 ✭✭Umekichi


    Hi there,
    looking for some logs or branches to do a bit of carving but I don't want planks.
    Any wood will do.
    I'm based in Tralee.
    Thanks


  • Registered Users Posts: 11 AJZein


    Hi guys,

    I was wondering if anybody could recommend a source for veneered plywood. I was hoping to make a corner desktop around 2100mm by 1400mm from it so thickness is important.

    Thanks


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 533 ✭✭✭S.L.F


    Will the unit be free standing or will it be attached to a wall?


  • Registered Users Posts: 11 AJZein


    Free standing


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 533 ✭✭✭S.L.F


    AJZein wrote: »
    Free standing

    How will it be supported?

    Do you have a design for the unit yet?

    1,400 is wider than the size of an 8' x 4' (2,440 x 1,220) sheet so I assume you plan to have a joint somewhere in the middle of the unit


  • Registered Users Posts: 11 AJZein


    I was planning on buying IKEA legs and attaching them on either side, I'll post a design when I can, in around an hour.

    It would work as 2100mm by 1200mm if the biggest plywood sheet available is 8' by 4'.


  • Registered Users Posts: 11 AJZein


    The basic design for the desk


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  • Registered Users Posts: 11 AJZein


    Would Strahan Timber be a good place to buy, can anyone recommend them? Also I was wondering when they say 3.5mm is that the thickness of the entire sheet of veneered plywood?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 533 ✭✭✭S.L.F


    AJZein wrote: »
    Would Strahan Timber be a good place to buy, can anyone recommend them? Also I was wondering when they say 3.5mm is that the thickness of the entire sheet of veneered plywood?

    I do not know this bunch Strahan Timber so cannot say about them.

    I made a corner unit before and I was requested to make it at least 50 mm thick.

    I constructed it by using 2 sheets of 18mm veneered MDF with a 14mm spacer and used 60mm iron edging.

    I have some pics of a similar job I did some time ago which I could post when I find them.


  • Registered Users Posts: 11 AJZein


    Thanks, that would help.
    I was looking to make it around 18mm thick depending on what sizes are available just because my current desk is 18mm and is made of particle board which I've read is weaker than plywood.

    Is there any particular issues I might come across using plywood?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 533 ✭✭✭S.L.F


    AJZein wrote: »
    Thanks, that would help.
    I was looking to make it around 18mm thick depending on what sizes are available just because my current desk is 18mm and is made of particle board which I've read is weaker than plywood.

    Is there any particular issues I might come across using plywood?

    Plywood is very strong but my view is veneered MDF is the way to go.

    I know it is possible to get veneered plywood but the question is, is the same range of veneers there with plywood as with MDF.

    At the end of the day it depends on what veneer you've chosen.


  • Registered Users Posts: 11 AJZein


    Thanks for all the help :) I think I'll look around and see what's available for both.

    One last question, is there anywhere in particular you've bought from before or would recommend?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 533 ✭✭✭S.L.F


    AJZein wrote: »
    Thanks for all the help :) I think I'll look around and see what's available for both.

    One last question, is there anywhere in particular you've bought from before or would recommend?

    Depending on what you want there are different places.

    I've bought in the Panelling Center in Sallynoggin and I've bought in Woodworkers and in Morgans Timbers.

    The cheapest was definitely Morgans Timbers.


  • Registered Users Posts: 11 AJZein


    Would they also sell some sort of wood trim so I could cover the edges after cutting the desktop to size?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 533 ✭✭✭S.L.F


    AJZein wrote: »
    Would they also sell some sort of wood trim so I could cover the edges after cutting the desktop to size?

    Personally I'd use iron on edging.

    However if you wish to choose solid wood you'd have some fun matching the grain and colour of the wood unless it is a wood for example like ash.


  • Registered Users Posts: 11 AJZein


    I have the final design now and was wondering would 4 legs (2 on either side) be enough to support it? Here's a picture of the design


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,182 ✭✭✭alexlyons


    Hey folks

    I generally use KDH to get my hardwood, except it is extremely thick. Neil can thickness it for me except there's obviously a lot of waste going from 1 inch to under half an inch.

    Where do people go for hardwood (not plywood or other composite) boards than are thin.
    I'd love sheets ranging from a few mm in thickness up to half an inch say. Not fusy on species.

    Ideally large sheets, any length is fine (a few feet say) but nothing narrower than 10inchs.

    Not against online purchases if needs be.

    Thanks folks and happy Christmas!


  • Registered Users Posts: 27 mlekelly


    I'm going to make a book case which will be free standing and will be eventually painted. Can anyone give me an idea if I'm better off using birch plywood for the shelves and outer or if pine board would be sufficient? As the wood is being painted I'm wondering which will be easier to paint in terms of priming etc and which will show the wood grain through the paint best.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 141 ✭✭Reader1937


    Pine, so long as it's an inch board supported every 3 feet. Specially if you are easing the edges.


  • Registered Users Posts: 310 ✭✭stoeger


    No f all about timber but a mate is into it he says that anything he is going to paint he uses popular


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 429 ✭✭IrlMonk


    if you want the grain showing i would use the birch hardwood, but it is a shame to paint it.
    a very light paint job with a clear laquer finish might look better.
    otherwise i would go with pine, but then you dont have the nice grain your looking for.


  • Registered Users Posts: 27 mlekelly


    Thanks folks, I should say I know very little about timber either and this is one of my first carpentry experiments which will probably take an age as the planning I'm doing is excessive due to lack of knowledge.
    I'll probably go with pine, I had heard about poplar being the best timber for painting so I will check that out further, cost wise etc.
    Any more input appreciated


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 429 ✭✭IrlMonk


    if your going to paint it why go with solid timber?
    as you said maybe go with some 18mm veneer ply and then finish the edges off with some solid strips.
    this guy is good if yea wanna check him out on youtube

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HEABEQAOKQ


  • Registered Users Posts: 27 mlekelly


    Thanks monk, I had watched that exact video last week , very good. My reasons for thinking about going with pine is that from looking at prices it doesn't look much dearer than the ply but also the painting might be more straight forward. Am I wrong in these assumptions?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 429 ✭✭IrlMonk


    the ply can be easier to work on and not as hard on the tools as its mdf with a thin ply covering. plus you get a nice grain in the finished bookcase.
    i find pine very cheap, full of knots where you dont want them.
    do you have all the tools? table saw etc?
    i remeber years ago when i started doing bookcases from solid pine, i done it all with hand tools, ripped skirting down and planed the edges to create the cornices etc.
    what have you got to work with? what equipment do you have at hand?
    have you got a workshop?


  • Registered Users Posts: 27 mlekelly


    I didnt buy a table saw, to get one good enough i would have had to spend too much money for what i want to do, I'm going to use a woodcutting service in Galway, (woodcut). Ive half drawn the bookcase up so that i should have very little measurement errors in terms of having thie cuts done by someone else (hopefully). i have a skilsaw and will clamp a straight edge to anything im cutting but im hopeful this will only be for short cuts.
    I have a decent router and a manual mitre jig and then some hand tools. I do have a garage to carry out the work.
    I might just get a piece of ply and paint it anyway to see how it looks.


  • Registered Users Posts: 188 ✭✭sbkenn


    Does anyone know where I might get a small amount of lignum vitae ? I need to make a segmented bearing of about 15" length and 5" diameter.
    Thanks


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  • Registered Users Posts: 188 ✭✭sbkenn


    I tried them about a year ago. No dice, but there is another place 100m further down that road on opposite side. Generally, they only sell veneer in bales though
    kadman wrote: »
    Try here, I used to buy veneer from them , a few years ago


    http://www.abbeywoods.ie/

    kadman :)


  • Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 5,124 Mod ✭✭✭✭kadman


    Anyone know where I might get some woodcarvers lime.

    I,ve tried my usual sources, but no joy at the moment

    thanks


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 879 ✭✭✭woodturner


    kadman wrote: »
    Anyone know where I might get some woodcarvers lime.

    I,ve tried my usual sources, but no joy at the moment

    thanks

    How much do you need ?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 879 ✭✭✭woodturner


    kadman wrote: »
    Anyone know where I might get some woodcarvers lime.

    I,ve tried my usual sources, but no joy at the moment

    thanks

    How much do you need ?


  • Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 5,124 Mod ✭✭✭✭kadman


    woodturner wrote: »
    How much do you need ?

    Probably 3" thick minimum, and about 12" wide , and about 24" long, would get me sorted for now.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 879 ✭✭✭woodturner


    kadman wrote: »
    Probably 3" thick minimum, and about 12" wide , and about 24" long, would get me sorted for now.

    Leave it with me.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 879 ✭✭✭woodturner


    kadman wrote: »
    Probably 3" thick minimum, and about 12" wide , and about 24" long, would get me sorted for now.

    Leave it with me.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1 Kal_23


    Hi all, I am looking to buy a section of (I don't know how to put this) raw tree trunk. Bout a foot, or bigger in diameter of pine for use as a target. Hoping that it would be about 2 - 2.5 inches deep. Anybody know where I can get something like it for cheaps?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 879 ✭✭✭woodturner


    Anyone know where I'd get some quartersawn timber, Oak, Sycamore, Elm and more figured wood such as rippled Ash or Sycamore.


  • Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 5,124 Mod ✭✭✭✭kadman


    woodturner wrote: »
    Anyone know where I'd get some quartersawn timber, Oak, Sycamore, Elm and more figured wood such as rippled Ash or Sycamore.

    Try Lisnavagh Timber, Rathvilly , if my memory serves me well


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