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13th September 2009, 02:14 AM #1
Wanted - seasoned logs and weathered timber, please
Hi all,
does anyone know where I can get seasoned logs approx between 200mm - 300mm diameter (any wood type such as birch etc.), which can be put through a bandsaw to create 1 - 2 inch thick rounds/slices – hopefully with bark still intact. And they don’t need to be perfectly round – elliptical or odd shapes make it interesting too.
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Also, if anyone can possibly help me with finding old recycled/weathered timber such as fence posts, palings or weathered off-cuts they might have lying around to create interesting shaped slices for my artwork.
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I’d prefer to keep within a 50km radius from <st1:city w:st="on"><st1>Melbourne</st1></st1:city> if at all possible please.
I would very much appreciate any advice. Thank you so much.
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13th September 2009, 02:31 AM #2
Welcome to the world of scrounging.
It's very unlikely that rounds of that size will dry intact, they'll all crack in the middle as they dry - a problem we woodturners know all to well.
So we split the heart out of the log as soon as possible, to limit this cracking... but it sounds like you don't want to do this? So that eliminates any offcuts from us turners.
To get rounds such as you describe, you'll probably have to start gathering your own green logs and drying them yourself. Then either putting up with the checking or start using epoxy fillers...
- Andy Mc
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13th September 2009, 02:38 AM #3
Yeah, I thought it may be tricky. Worth a try.
In the meantime, I'd still like to scrounge around for any weathered posts etc. that might be interesting. Although, I know I'm not the only one looking for the elusive "characteristic piece". Nothing ventured, yada yada .
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13th September 2009, 06:08 AM #4Senior Member
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Plus getting anything to dry with the bark on is going to be tricky. As the trunk dries it shrinks. While the bark will shrink as well it does not shrink as much as the trunk so the bark does not so much as fall off as get forced off a round section of a trunk or branch.
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13th September 2009, 09:03 AM #5
Good advice, noted. I guess I will need to source rounds or slices (sans bark) which are interesting to the eye.
I am looking for pieces that have an interesting edge to them I guess. Not unlike the large burls slabs used for tables etc. but in a smaller diam.
Not asking for much am I? That'll teach me for having creative brainstorms.
Still, I'm open to suggestions that might lead me to a happy medium of interesting wood pieces to create with .
Ya never know unless ya ask, is my motto (well one of them anyway).
Cheers.
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13th September 2009, 10:53 AM #6Neil____________________________________________Every day presents an opportunity to learn something new
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13th September 2009, 12:01 PM #7Skwair2rownd
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Plenty of that sort of stuphph over here. Postage is a bit steep.
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13th September 2009, 12:21 PM #8
Oh my!! Dai Sensei, they are lovely pieces and just what I am looking for.
Do you know of anyone in Victoria that I could contact?
Anyone?....
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13th September 2009, 02:49 PM #9
DJ of this forum is the only miller down your way I know, not sure if he has any burls.
Anyone else know any millers down there with small burls?Neil____________________________________________Every day presents an opportunity to learn something new
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13th September 2009, 03:53 PM #10
The Woodsmith in Lusher Rd, Croydon had burls for sale the last time I was there. Red & Brown Mallee, from memory.
That was a while ago, though...
- Andy Mc
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13th September 2009, 07:41 PM #11
There is a bit on ebay.
This guy has a lot of stuff.Last edited by tea lady; 13th September 2009 at 07:50 PM. Reason: added link.
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13th September 2009, 11:39 PM #12
scrounged timber
U might try your local tip for old weathered stuff, it will depend on their policy but here in Rocky they let u pick up from the wood pile...there is all manner of stuff, lot of it is pine pallets and the like but u can find some good stuff
House demolition people might be worth a look as well
Or keep an eye out for someone pulling a fence down...rock on up and say ...err can I have yuor old palings?
Peter
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14th September 2009, 01:43 PM #13
Thanks for all your suggestions guys - much appreciated.
Tried three tips on the weekend - very cagey about letting us out to check the piles of wood. Not alot of selection at the time, I guess its all being burned for fuel.
I'll check out ebay too, thanks TL.
I will definitely visit The Woodsmith, thanks for the lead Skew.
Thanks again.
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14th September 2009, 03:57 PM #14
Our local tip charges a small fortune for recycled wood.
Sign of the times, I guess. So now I head 'em off at the pass and go direct to the source: dumpster diving & kerbside cruising on hard-garbage days.
The things we'll do for our hobbies...
- Andy Mc
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14th September 2009, 04:05 PM #15
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