Thread: Wide & thin timber for boxes??

Unfortunately, it's difficult to buy decent timber that thin, although I did see some from Tasmania at the Sydney TWWW show. Mostly, you'll have to buy 25mm and resaw it. If you don't have a bandsaw, it's probably best to join a Mens Shed or woodworking club that does have the machinery you need.

at the end of the day your choices come down to what tools and machinery you have available and your level of skill

200 x 10 finished would normally require you to start with 250 x 25 nominal (or possibly 250 x 50) and then use a band saw to slice into thinner boards.
my expectation is that you would struggle to recover two 200 x 10 flat boards starting with one 250 x 25 board

starting with flat boards and adopting careful stock preparation, you should be able to glue up a 200 wide board from 12mm stock, which you could then finish to 10mm.

making wide 10mm boards is one of the good reasons to own a drum sander

You might try J&C Thin Timbers

Hi,

I also think you are going to start with 25mm, or maybe even 32mm depth then use a band saw or drum sander to get 10mm boards. You may have better luck, too, if you buy 100-150mm widths and trim them to allow you to join two boards together to get 200mm width. For many timbers, wider boards are getting harder to find and are also increasing in price.

You could try some of the recycled timber places, like Delta Recovery in Plummer Street Port Melbourne, or you could try Mathews Timber, now in Knoxfield. They have wide American Oak and some wide Jarrah.

I'd like to say also that for a 200mm tall box, even with finger joints, I think 10mm is too narrow. Proportions will not look right. I prefer 14-16mm.

Regards,

Rob

Thanks for all the advice, ive explored the resawing idea & it'd be necessary to get quartersawn timber to eliminate the likelihood of warping, which is theoretically posssible & for sure it is easier to find 200 wide boards that are 40/50/65mm thick but, if i can i'd just prefer to find a supply already available..
Definitely gluing two boards together is to time consuming for my liking & i dont have space for a drum sander..

I'll try some of the suppliers mentioned, definitely think someone somewhere will have american oak in that sizing... just gotta keep trying..

I can certainly recomend J C Thin Timbers. I have used them in the past they have a good range of quality timber and sizes. My only connection with them is as a customer.
Cheers Frank.

Thanks Frank, will check in with them

Some of the other suppliers of specialist timbers for musical instruments may be able to help, and they usually have very nice looking timbers.

I was at our local timber supplier the other day, and they said they don't sell thin boards because they cup and do not sell off the shelf