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    Default Very Cheap Large Section Pine

    I have for sale (but virtually free) quite a lot of pine scrap. The section size is approximately 185mm x 66mm. The timber has a narrow groove down the centre of the length. The timber come in two lengths. The two I picked out of my own supply were 935mm and 1175mm and are typical, but they do vary as I have cut off mitres and heavily nailed pieces. Some pieces have three or four half inch bolt holes. All timber will be free of bolts or nails in principle. (Unless I have missed something .)

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    I anticipate that it is ideal for such things as saw horses, trestles, shaving/carving horse and perhaps a work bench (I will post something on that later) etc. I have already got my own supply of this timber, but it occurred that others may be interested in this too.

    The timber comes from work where we have just had a major overhaul and this is the discarded material from the packing crates. The pic below is just a section of the pile. The short timber in the foreground is typical of the timber I would be retrieving.

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    The pine (I think it is radiata) is dressed and I believe kiln dried, but I will test it for moisture content providing the batteries in my moisture meter have not gone flat again. When I said at the start that it was virtually free, I will be looking to cover my cost only. I pay $20 for a ute load and this money is donated to the Care Flight helicopter service (actually I think it has changed it's name, but it is the same thing). So at this stage I will be asking for 50c per piece. I may vary this depending on how much material I can load, but not more than 50c. Also I might decide that after de-nailing (fortunately most nails are at the ends and I just cut them off) and removing bolts 50c is a fair price.

    I live in Millmerran and most of you will say where the hell is that? Well it is 80Km West of Toowoomba. Anybody who wants to call in and pick up is welcome and with the proliferation of Sat Nav and other such devices you may even be able to find you way back home again too, but I appreciate that for the majority this is not appealing. What I propose is that, depending if there is sufficient interest, I will by arrangement bring timber to Toowoomba and Brisbane. I don't propose to make a charge for this, but it would have to be when I am am travelling there anyway.

    In other words it would have to suit me and you would have to fit in and meet at a central point (assuming there were multiple persons interested.)

    If you are interested, please indicate that here and possibly the sort of quantity in which you may be interested. To give some idea a very soild pair of saw horses could be made from five pieces ($2.50 worth).

    My apologies to all those who might have been interested, but live outside of the zones above.

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    If you are interested in a low cost workbench, this is a suggestion as to how it could be made up with a top about 90mm deep:

    A Cheap Workbench

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    I would be interested in some Paul. I want to make a shave horse and a couple of other things for which the section size would be appropriate.

    I’m in Clontarf on the Redcliffe Peninsula and have room to be a “drop off point” if that suits others. I would generally be able to meet you somewhere mutually acceptable..

    cheers
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    Quite the large sections, naturally interested. Maybe I can convince the Mrs to go for a drive out Toowoomba way
    I'll let you know

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    Quote Originally Posted by Enfield Guy View Post
    I would be interested in some Paul. I want to make a shave horse and a couple of other things for which the section size would be appropriate.

    I’m in Clontarf on the Redcliffe Peninsula and have room to be a “drop off point” if that suits others. I would generally be able to meet you somewhere mutually acceptable..

    cheers
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    Bevan

    Let me know what you you may be interested in either here or PM. Thanks for the offer of a drop off point.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Emit View Post
    Quite the large sections, naturally interested. Maybe I can convince the Mrs to go for a drive out Toowoomba way
    I'll let you know
    Emit

    Millmerran is in fact another 80Km West of Toowoomba but only another hour. Depending on what your vehicle/trailer availability is, it may be that you could transport a small quantity to Brisbane. If you did that, I am sure we could waive any charge for your timber.

    Just a suggestion with me thinking out loud. No obligation there at all.

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    I should just explain that one Forum member has expressed an interest in taking a sizeable quantity of this pine although he is not in the QLD region. He is prepared to make his own transport arrangements.

    I should also explain that although the pile of timber I posted is large, much of it is inferior quality plywood with what looks like Meranti type battens. There is also rough sawn pine. The pine I am suggesting could be recycled for various woodworking projects is more limited.

    I am offering it on a first come first served basis. At this stage I don't know exactly how much is there as it is scattered all over the pile. I am hoping to pick it up tomorrow or Sunday and I will then know exactly what I've got: Much will depend on the weather as today there is light rain and access is only through dirt tracks. The irony here is that we have had less than 75mm of rain in the last six months. Now access is starting to become a problem. I blame it on the Camp Oven festival, which is in progress here in Millmerran!



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    Paul I would be interested. There is slight chance I could be heading your way around March?

    All good if others get there first.


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    Dave

    Let me know what you are interested in and I will put some aside. I am heading out to the timber pile this morning after I have had a late breakfast and by this afternoon I should know what quantities I have.

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    Interesting day. I arrived at the "contractor's yard," which in truth is just a paddock with a few dirt tracks around it. The weather was overcast but not raining. it had rained overnight and the ground was wet on top. a few areas had noticeably wet patches. I drove in carefully not daring to stop and gradually got to the pile with the wheels spinning a few times. Traction on a ute type vehicle is pretty poor, but I reasoned that once I had a load on an weight over the driving wheels I would probably be able to drive out providing it didn't rain again.

    So I started to load up de-nailing and removing bolts as I went so that the timber would sit better and would be able to put more on board. After a while the sun came out, but I kept going and then I realised I was getting too large a dose of the sun, but I hadn't brought a hat with me. Except that being an industrial site I had a hard hat which I wore as the only thing available. Useless b****y thing that is! I was going pretty well as long as I didn't mind that I was sunburnt and then it became overcast with a few spots of rain

    I hurried along a bit, but the rain came down and I was in trouble. I threw the last twenty of so pieces on any way they would go and strapped them down. I found another track out as the one I came in on was not going to work. At one point I had to stop and do a reconnaissance. I was at at Tee junction and neither way was going to work. There was nothing for it but to go through the scrubby grass. I felt that if I could get up enough speed I would be able to carry myself through until I hit hard ground.

    Well, it worked. I am telling you all this because I felt you would like to see some pix and I needed to explain why the ute is loaded so poorly.

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    A rough count is that there are about 125 pieces. All these pieces will be trimmed off if there are nails at the ends and where nails are in the middle I remove them. This is not really to make it more appealing, but more because it is really difficult to stack otherwise.

    As I said before, it is first come first served. Let me know what you would like either here or in a PM. I suspect that even at this stage much of it is spoken for and if nobody else puts up their hand each piece will still have a home.

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    Every time I see that poor old ute it is loaded to the gunnels.
    I'd love some of that timber Paul, but it's a bit far to drive. I've got a few pieces of shed furniture made from 4"x 4" pallet timber.
    Mine came from machinery that was delivered to the mines. We even had some equipment come in from the US and I'm pretty sure the pallets were cherry.
    Excellent scrounging
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    Paul

    i would be in a dozen sticks of that.if someone wants to take the lot and arrange shipping etc then so be it. I’ll make may shave yourself regardless.

    my suggestion would be to take the easy option. If it isn’t convenient then let it go.

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    Huge effort Paul.

    I’ll have to bring up a hat for your next sojourn. Hope the sunburn is not too bad.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Enfield Guy View Post
    Paul

    i would be in a dozen sticks of that.if someone wants to take the lot and arrange shipping etc then so be it. I’ll make may shave yourself regardless.

    my suggestion would be to take the easy option. If it isn’t convenient then let it go.

    cheers
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    Bevan

    I have you down for a dozen lengths (perhaps that should be shorts .

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    My hope in offering up this timber was that a number of people would put theirs hands up for varying quantities and to some extent that has already happened. At the moment There are firm orders for 62 lengths with one other member still to let me know. In other words about half is spoken for.

    I secretly hoped that somebody would see an opportunity to make a workbench from this timber. Now I have to say that it would not be my preferred timber purely because I like something that can be nudged by the pet elephant and not move a single inch. However, if your woodworking is primarily dictated by a budget, and realistically whose situation is not in this category, I believe a very passable bench could be made up for a modest cost.

    Just developing that theme for a moment and as a suggestion concentrating on a split top Roubo style, this would be the parts list for a bench 2000mm x 650mm x 90mm deep. The actual length could be a little longer as I could select the longer lengths for the top if required (maybe up to 2400mm):


    Top 10 lengths
    Legs 8 lengths (makes four substantial legs about 150mm square and contributes to some weight)
    End rails 2 lengths
    Side rails )
    Lock rail & ) 2 long pieces (may only need one length if no side rails used)
    Loose centre rail )

    Timber cost would be $12, but naturally you would have to make your own arrangements for vices. At this stage there is enough material to make up two benches in this way. Just on the long lengths there is no need to join timber (as I previously suggested) as in the pile yesterday I found five lengths at around 3000mm. These are more expensive. $1.00 each. Sorry. It's a commercial operation.

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    I see this as ideal for somebody just starting out or even if a second purpose built bench was needed. Ummm. A Roubo for $12. Worth consideration? Ask questions if you wish to know more either here or by PM, but don't take too long. As I said, it is first come first served.

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