Thread: Grays Auction - exotic wood

Got that email too, wish it was closer

I'm close; but I just wish I had some spare cash.

Ken

Where the hell is it????
(I'm such a metro boy )

damn them all to hell....................holding is a week after the biggest drain on finances for the year!!! :eek: Cant face going after spending soooooo much on wood at the show

Thanks for the headsup Trav.

Dave,

Travel to the end of the tram tracks in Sydney Road, keep going north along the Hume Highway for about 1.5 hrs to Euroa & turn right. Strathbogie is about 30kms.
Ken

Looking at the catalogue, doe's anyone have an idea of what the going rate would be? I'm new to this ,so an indication would be appreciated.

Tony.

In my case probably as much as I can afford plus 50%

I went up on Saturday and now am a lot poorer. The auction prices were not cheap but this was the only opportunity for buying African mahogany in slab form that I know of.
There are a couple of places around Melbourne where Soul of the Tree have shown their finished products, their mahogany tables are something to see to believe. For a year I was in serious lust with this timber and now I have enough to satisfy even my deepest desires for mahogany. Normally this is the sort of timber I cannot buy, it comes from the destructive logging of forests in Africa. However this particular lot came from streetscape trees in Darwin planted after World War 2 and were going to be chipped and burnt by the council till it was salvaged by Soul of the tree.
Sigh, I can't wait for my new workshop to be built, in the meantime it is in storage in a farm shed.
Suresh

Originally Posted by Suresh

Normally this is the sort of timber I cannot buy, it comes from the destructive logging of forests in Africa. However this particular lot came from streetscape trees in Darwin planted after World War 2 and were going to be chipped and burnt by the council till it was salvaged by Soul of the tree.
Suresh

African Mahogany is a pretty common tree in Darwin - I had one in my garden. It is fast growing too. Bit of a risk in cyclones due to their shallow root system.

I understand that the they are looking at establishing plantations for timber in the NT.

Cheers

I know this is the $64, $640, $6400, $64000 dollar question but.... Has any one got a line on how much for African Mahogany slabs in Melbourne. I have an offer from a kiln dried supplier from Darwin for as many as I can sell and I said I would sound out a few people - this board included.

I can buy this timber in Melbourne for $64 per cubic Metre.


Al

Well thats $64,000 too little.

Pretty cheap is it? that would put a 3000 by 1000 by 50 at about $10? Is that rough cut, dry, dressed?

Cheers

So if you have a price in mind why are you fooling around instead of quoting the price you want???