timber in tassie

[mick61]

G`day woodies I am after some suggestions of where to buy timber in tassie preferably air dryed if possible (turning blanks and planks).

[dazzler]

Hi mick,

there are heaps in Tassie. Cockatoo timbers, Island specialty timbers, gondwana timber and the strahan crew.

Try a search of the forums as there is bucket loads.

If your after turning stuff perhaps a PM to RSSR as he has toured tassie and from memory bought a bit.

cheers

[reeves]

theres a recent list on this thread,

http://www.woodworkforums.com/showpost.php?p=530428&postcount=2

most of the suppliers stock boards and blanks

http://www.tasmaniantimbers.com.au/
http://www.tasmanianspecialtimbers.com.au/
http://www.aussieburls.com/

just search for the others, heaps of recent threads about Tassie Timbers

[rsser]

As PM'ed Mick, you need to be clear about what you want by way of species and dimensions. You can cut down some time by contacting suppliers first.

When I travelled around a couple of years ago there was heaps of the common stuff you can find on the mainland as well. To find the less common took a bit of digging and there's some species you rarely see this side of the ditch.

(Thanks for the list Reeves.)

[tashammer]

also, check out little out of the way saw mills - operating or not - as they frequently have little stacks of short stuff e.g. Pughie's Mill at Frankford, or Exter Mill - who look like they only do pallets, but every now and again they will run a bit of myrtle. blackwood, sassafrass etc (depends on where they are logging). Oh, try up around Diddleum Plains and similar places where there used to be lots of little saw mills

Oops, i thought you were local but you are furrin.