Thread: 200 X 100mm out door furniture timber

Hi Have callophyllum 200x75 in 3-5m lengths and 100mm thick hardwood slabs that could be sawn to 200mm wide
Call Mal at Boutique Timbers on 0416097827 to discuss
Regards
Greg

What are you building that requires 200x100mm timber?

Building outdoor sofa. Simply following this guy DIY project. Is it worth? HomeMade Modern EP70 Outdoor Sofa

Thanks Greg I will call Mal

Thinking of building an outdoor sofa DIY project. Watched on youtube

Originally Posted by mano123

Thinking of building an outdoor sofa DIY project. Watched on youtube

100mm deep is a pretty big board ..... ever thought about laminating 2x50mm boards .... or having a hollow construction arrangement?

Regards

Rob

round corner landscaping supplies at dural might have timber in that size other than railway sleepers

I'm just going to throw this here Mano123 for your consideration - I've taken a look at the design of the piece, and it certainly does use a good few pieces of quite large timber, which is no problem, as I'm sure Mal & Greg @ Boutique Timber (above) can certainly sort you out.

I am by far from an expert, as I am learning a lot about woodworking myself, but a few things struck me on this build and design.

It seems like the original builder may have used a softwood, something like pine... I am not sure how long this would last in an outdoor environment, but I suspect not terribly long if it's exposed to the weather. The advantage to this is the fact that it's cheaper than a hardwood, and lighter - so it will come down to how "outdoor" your definition of "outdoor" is perhaps.

The other thing I thought (before I noticed they had used a softwood) was that making something like this out of a hardwood would make it heavy as sin (it'll be heavy enough, I think out of a softwood!). I bought some timber a couple months back to make a workbench or two, and got some Blackbutt, 50mm x 300mm x 2m long (your timber would be heavier than this, as it's twice the thickness even though 2/3rd width), and one of those single boards is about enough for me to lift by myself. Yes I'm not terribly fit, but that aside, you'd be looking at using potentially 3m length by the time you took in both sides and the back (if not more), and then using 3 boards, so a word of caution - consider the weight factor (which again depends on what you want to do with the piece).

Originally Posted by mano123

Thinking of building an outdoor sofa DIY project. Watched on youtube

Haven't watched your YouTube "how to" but noticed the builder sourced his wood from Home Depot. That means the lumber is SPF (stands for a mix of Spruce, Pine and Fir), or less likely "cedar". The sizes quoted are common building material sizes in North America. Good luck finding equivalent sizes in Australia, as the Oz market has little need for the timber beam sizes common in NA.

As already cautioned, in hardwood, your lounger will be as heavy as all bet out.

You can achieve the look you are after by laminating smaller sections together -- though I would suggest you make the 200 x 100 sections hollow to reduce weight.

Hi Mano

In the video the timber being cut looks like it might be oregon - aka douglas fir in north america. But it might be another pine.

This is consistent with what Ian says, above.

Even in a medium weight timber like oregon with density of 0.52 your sofa will still be seriously heavy. But I love the concept and its lines !

Quick googling indicates that this mob might be of interest:
Oregon Cut to Size Delivered Australia Wide


Cheers

Graeme