Thread: Advice With Tassie Oak.......

From what I have found, Blue Gum is a waste to call "Tas Oak". Blue gum has some nice properties that Tassie Oak doesn't. I would think about separating all that out first.

I have looked around for Blue Gum for a while and couldn't find any. If you are interested in selling a few 1800mm planks to a hobbiest I would be keen. The one caveat to that is that the grain needs to be DEAD straight. I want to try it out for bow building (as in bow and arrows).

Let me know - maybe by PM?

Cam

Thankyou for all your replies,it sounds like the larger sizes are in short supply so might concentrate on 4"x2"...6"x2"........8"x2" by 3 meters long for bench tops and furniture also may do some flooring as well.
There seems to be a glut of oak around at the moment but more in the buliding industry and not the cabinet industry......if you think i am looking in the right direction please add your comments......
We are also concentreting on Myrtle boards as well when the logs become available as it is a nice timber and finishes well.In the milling game we soom to have a bit of every thing but not enough of one....seems you are dammed if you do and dammed if you don't...........

Reguards Tasman

Originally Posted by

When I was making tables and cabinets, the hardest thing to get was good quality Tassie Oak in 150x50 for the tops and 100x50 for laminating the legs.

It may be worthwhile checking with bench top manufactureres on what sizes they use and what they are paying.

I used to work at Risby Bros many years ago. They were renowned for what was marketed internationally as Risby Straightline Tasmanian Oak. Most of the premium quality timber ended up in Brussels. It was a sad day for timber users when they shut down. The stuff Gunns sells may as well be chipped for all the good it is. I spend hours at Bunnings and other outlets searching for good straight stabilised furniture garde Tas Oak.. Most is supplied by Mackay Timber, Torenius or Gunns as far as I'm aware and could only be classed as utility or framing grade at best. And most of it is unsuitable for fine cabinet making unless you want to sell it as recycled timber (cos' that's what it looks like). I reckon if you have to stuff around redressing the overpriced rubbish you may as well buy roughsawn minor species and get it dressed at a joinery shop (unless you can afford a jointer/thicknesser)

Well it seems like there is very little good quality timber on the main land,it is the same here in Tas when you go to the big suppliers the quality is just about fire wood which is why we are selecting the best timber from our jobs.
We have just started the blue gum and most of it is furniture grade but the owner is keeping most of it to recoup some costs of clearing his block but we are putting in extra time which we are taking out in timber so there will be some available....also early next year we have some good veneer grade logs of stringy bark to mill as well so if interested we can do a good price off saw.

Reguards Tasman

I might be interested in getting a bit, maybe not the volumes that you need to get rid of though I am in WA could you give us an idea of the cube price including shipping to Perth, WA? If the price is good I may be able to take some off you hands.
Just out of curiosity, what's that big wood chip company charging for Jarrah over there?
regards

Originally Posted by scottyk

I might be interested in getting a bit, maybe not the volumes that you need to get rid of though I am in WA could you give us an idea of the cube price including shipping to Perth, WA? If the price is good I may be able to take some off you hands.
Just out of curiosity, what's that big wood chip company charging for Jarrah over there?
regards

Gunns charged me 36 bucks a lineal metre for "rough" dressed 150 x 25 last month.

As I was reading down the page, my first thought was for you to run it into wide boards, there is a large demand for those currently, many people are wanting the wide boards and to stain them to dark colors. You will get a much better price for them as there are not a lot of mills running them. 180 x 21 seems to be the prefered size. . Good luck with it I hope it all works out for you. PS If you do end up running them into wide boards please feel free to contact me as I may be able to help you move some of them.
Cheers
Craig
www.connollys.com.au

If the material is good stuff and you are able to mill and dry it properly.
I would be selling it as spicies specific timber rather that generic.
I would also be pitching quality volume timber users direct, like furniture companies, who want matched timber preferably from the same log.

It will be a lot more work marketing, but I would expect you should get a better return.
All you have to do is find a couple of half decent users who value your sort of product and you are well away.

cheers

Shedhand,
I could have posted you Jarrah cheaper than that. The Hide of them...
I'm serious.

Steve

Originally Posted by Lumber Bunker

Shedhand,
I could have posted you Jarrah cheaper than that. The Hide of them...
I'm serious.

Steve

Huh? Ah. Just scrolled up. This is a really old thread. As it turns out I used the last piece today as breadboard ends. Gunns sell Jarrah for more than Blackwood which is only good for firewood. Work THAT out.

Originally Posted by Shedhand

Blackwood which is only good for firewood. .

Sheddie can you send me a few cubes of that crappy fire wood