Thread: paulownia suppliers

I have a small plantation of Paulownia and mill my own timber. I live near Murwillumbah so are within the area you specified. I recently supplied a bundle of timber to a guy in Melbourne to build a strip canoe for a little over $300.00 excluding freight. He e-mailed me that he was very happy with the timber.

If you want to know more about me visit my web site (use your browser) at www.paulownia-timber-salesa.com.au. There are contact details and a price list. I can also mill specifically to your needs as long as you are prepared to wait a month or so for the timber to dry.

Hi whitewood I have tried using your webb page. Sorry couldn't get up an running.
Perhaps you may like to email me [email protected] I am after some of that Paulowina for a canoe project the same as Woodducks.
Cheers Campbell

Up date to this
Yes I did get through. Hopefully with be at your place (shall ring 1st)next week.

Well I still had trouble loading it. I'm interested as well.

Guys, there is a spelling error in the URL. Try:

http://www.paulownia-timber-sales.com.au/

Ron dont know whats happening but when I click that link it comes up with an error page... and looking in the address bar its showing with an added a after sales... as in "salesa"... yet in your link showing no a??? interesting eh!

sooo here we go I will try it and see what happens

http://www.paulownia-timber-salesa.com.au/

aaahh there it is! The link UNDER the shown link has an "a" at the end of "sales"

soooo if we do thus http://www.paulownia-timber-sales.com.au and it should now work

Cheers
Shane

duuhh dipstick too many "a"s in the damned paulownia word now... okay should work now? yep try the second link above

Sorry Forum Members. I am getting old or careless - probably both - definitely getting older. Yes the correct web site address is

www.paulownia-timber-sales.com.au

Thanks Ron for setting the record right.

Whitewood
John White

Sorry Forum members. Must be getting old or careless -probably both -as I am definitely getting older.

Yes Ron is correct (thanks you Ron) the web address is

www.paulownia-timber-sales.com.au

oooh yeah thats it give credit to the one that gets it wrong that would be right

No worries Im not really here... in fact Im feeling very like the invisible man just now

que music score to the twilight zone

Nah its okay mate no seriously no thanks needed shes right cheers ol son

Does anyone grow Paulownia in Victoria ? Seems hard to find down south. Much of it seems to be imported from QLD.

Originally Posted by LMagic007

Does anyone grow Paulownia in Victoria ? Seems hard to find down south. Much of it seems to be imported from QLD.

As a retired supplier I only know of one grower who persevered with his plantation to the point of actually purchasing a saw mill and producing Paulownia plank on a commercial basis. All the large plantations that had public investment that I knew about went into liquidation before they produced tress that were sufficiently large to mill.

There may be other small operations like mine but I don't know of any and haven't found any on Google.

As I have posted on the forum my business has now been taken over by a guy in Burleigh Heads QLD sourcing his timber from the same supplier that I did.

Whitewood

There's an old saying that relates to timber. It goes something like this, the quicker it grows the quicker it goes. If you want quality timber then you hunt for a timber like Tassie pines, if you're willing to settle for less then use hoop pine or pawlonia.

Originally Posted by HUON

There's an old saying that relates to timber. It goes something like this, the quicker it grows the quicker it goes. If you want quality timber then you hunt for a timber like Tassie pines, if you're willing to settle for less then use hoop pine or pawlonia.

Don't be 'rude' Huon. The saying is true when it is applied to water craft. (kayaks) Paulownia is used in kayaks and all types of boat building because it is light in weight and therefore requires less energy to get it through the water. Dense pines would be double the weight of Paulownia so this is good reason for using Paulownia if the craft is designed for construction using light weight timber.
I won't get into a debate on this issue, just wanted to make the point that light weight timber should not be deemed poor quality timber.

Whitewood

No offence intended,nor did I say that pawlonia or hoop pine was poor timber.

Originally Posted by HUON

There's an old saying that relates to timber. It goes something like this, the quicker it grows the quicker it goes. If you want quality timber then you hunt for a timber like Tassie pines, if you're willing to settle for less then use hoop pine or pawlonia.

Originally Posted by HUON

No offence intended,nor did I say that pawlonia or hoop pine was poor timber.

If you are intending to build a strip built kayak, then selecting Paulownia is not settling for a lesser timber. It has advantages over the Tassie pines.

Mind you, when I was in Tassie a few years ago, I made the effort to buy some King Billy Pine which I believe was perfect for the shafts of a couple of wooden kayak paddles that I made.