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    Quote Originally Posted by MidwayBlonde4
    Hoping that you can give me some help.:confused:

    I have been thinking of buying a Recycled Timber dinning suit and was wondering if there is any down sides to having recycled timber furnitre? (apart form the price tag that comes with it):eek:

    New furniture using recycled wood - asthetics aside as they are personal, there is no down side, and an obviouse warm fuzzy feeling for not killing a tree. You would also assume that this timber is well seasoned and not going to do any significant contortions.

    Recycled furniture, second hand wood furniture - potential downside with joint strength due to previouse 'fixes', new finish to hide old problems etc ... be careful.
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    I always look at machining and de-nailing recycled timber as part of the fun. Recycled timber is stable and it gives your work characters. The satisfaction of turning a piece of dirty old wood into something beautiful is priceless.

    Go for it and be prepared to get dirty.

    For me recycled timber is always my first choice. If I don’t have enough to do a job then I will mix different species together. For example Jarrah and blackbutt make a great combination.

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    Silent, I think you're getting to the nub of the matter. What probably offends most of us is seeing poorly conceived and executed pieces given rough treatment and passed off as heirloom stuff, when the most cursory examination reveals shoddy joints and poor construction methods that ensure the piece will fail catastrophically in short order. Whether it's first or second-use wood, it's a pity to see such waste, and sad to see people are so gullible.

    My own opinion is that if I build a reproduction, sound construction is the first essential. I'm happy to let that be the start-point, and hope the piece will live long enough to acquire its own history which will be recorded in the inevitable dings. But if someone wants a piece to match an existing set, and doesn't want it to stick out like a sore thumb, then I can also see the logic in speeding up the ageing process a little.

    If done artfully, the result can be very harmonious, but it sure ain't easy to do convincingly - I know cos I've tried it and not been at all happy with the results!
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    They said that it was from Oregon timer and was from over seas
    Being imported acclimatisation could be an issue. And while I'm at it, though I admit to being a paid Distresser, I assure you that glitter and chains are not my style. During working hours, at any rate.

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    I say go for the recycled timber stuff because if you choose carefully you can get some great solid furniture for a lot less than its 'new timber' faux stressed equivalents. Add to this the fact that you didn't have to cut yet another tree down and you're onto a winner !

    We've just bought a great dining suite from a local mob here in Brisbane who specialise in recycled solid timber furniture. I delved into it a little further and found that the timber in their furniture comes from old European buildings (at least that's what their story was anyway) which is then sent to Malaysia where it's 'crafted' (hmmm?) into furniture sold all over the world. Now, I'm a huge supporter of buying Australian made & produced goods (our beautiful Jensen Jarrah outdoor setting is testament to that) and I don't mind forking out the extra to get it either but this setting was just too good to pass up. All up a massive 8'x4' table with 8 chairs (but with room for two more along the sides) came to only $1400.

    Sure, it isn't what I'd call amazing quality as the 6"x6" table legs are just bolted onto the table top with 3 coach screws each and although the chairs seem solid enough on closer inspection they do tend to 'move' around a bit under a very heavy load but after searching around for three months for anything equivalent it just proved too good to be true. I'm planning on giving the chairs some kind of 'going over' to see if I can strengthen them up a bit (before the kids come along) but I really don't think it's neccessary.

    As an added bonus the natural 'stressed' finish helped when we were struggling to get the thing up the back stairs and into the dining room. The 2" thick solid table top weighed close to 100Kg's by itself and suffered a few minor dings & scratches on its way into its final resting place but because of its 'rustic' style these wounds blended in perfectly and after applying a bit of furniture wax the table was perfect.

    If you've got a brand new swanky place without any 'character' as such I can understand why you wouldn't want to 'rustic' it up with furniture like this but anything else and it'll fit right in. I just can't understand why we can't build furniture like this on a large scale in our own country rather than buying it all from slave labour in Malaysia and other places. I'm sure others out there would be willing to pay that little bit extra ... right ?!

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    G'day Steve,

    Sounds like you've found a good source for furniture. At $1400 for the suite sounds great value and I agree with your sentiments about making a place feel homely.

    Mind you I don't think I'd be too comfortable with the idea that my rather large mate and his missus might be coming round for dinner and after the 3rd bottle of wine decided to go to the watering hole. He attempts to lurch off the chair - it moves a bit to the point of disassembly and you wind up pulling the splinters out of his nether regions. Well at least you'll be able to put that 12yo malt to good use for the anesthetic :eek:

    Oh and when it's time to think about the conception of first child - I'm not sure I'd recommend the dining room table - bit too much vigour and one of those 6X6's might come adrift and ruin the whole process. Pulling splinters then will not put gonads back in order :eek: :eek:

    Guess what I'm saying through my perverted little mind is that the furniture I have or have made will withstand the uses/abuses that are not unusually to be found in 2nd rate craftsmanship. To each their own but I'd be doing the chairs and the table pretty soon if it were me.

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    You have all given me heaps to think about

    Maybe what i should do it look at others aswell
    Does any of you know where there are some
    Recycled Timber shops here in Sydney?
    thank you all.

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    Barnsey,

    Yeah, don't get me wrong, the set is VERY strong however I never have faith in 'assembled' stuff if you know what I mean.

    Gimme a chair that you can't take apart without destroying any day

    Steve.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MidwayBlonde4[font=Arial
    Recycled Timber shops here in Sydney?[/font]
    Ironwood is expensive as they de-nail and machine the timber for you.
    Ironwood
    88- 90 Lilyfield Rd Rozelle NSW 2039
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    Aussie hard wood - $0.5 p/m
    Oregon - $0.75 p/m

    Kimbriki Recycling & waste disposal centre
    Kimbriki Rd Terrey Hills NSW
    9486 35132

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    To me the reason for using recycled timber is that it has aged naturally to a different colour that when new and that it has done all the moving it is likely to.
    The demand for timber is so great that very little has been left long enough to season properly giving rise to loads of warping.
    I have very little timber left from the lot that the builder left lying around when the house was built 40 years ago.
    Instead of letting it get buried in the ground or burned like so much timber around the site I put it in the attic, for safety, then forgot about it.
    Dewy

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