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27th November 2005, 09:17 PM #1
Is this a good buy
Was in the mite 10 today, and saw some redgum slabs approx. 1500x300x50 for $23 ea. Was thinking I might get some to make a new workbench out of including the top.
For the top I was thinking of cutting them into 50x50 and dowling and laminating them together.
Now these were pretty rough and I am not sure of the moisture content at the moment, how ever I plan to mill them up properly etc.
Do you think this is a good deal or will I be wasting my hard earned?
thanks in advance,
Jason.
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27th November 2005, 11:58 PM #2
Personally value is if you are happy with the price but my calculations indicate that is about $1022 cubic metre, which seems pretty good to me but I also dont know "normal" prices for redgum.
Good luck and standby for me to be corrected.It's only a mistake if you don't learn from it.
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28th November 2005, 08:47 AM #3
If you're in the city, thats a great price. Certainly in Sydney, decent, interesting timber is hard to come by, unless you're King Midas. Our colleagues in the bush have it much better.
Seems a shame to use it for a bench top tho, unless its to be one of these exhition benches. I'd use recycled bearers or joists and save the redgum for a bit of furniture.Bodgy
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28th November 2005, 08:01 PM #4Now these were pretty rough and I am not sure of the moisture content at the moment, how ever I plan to mill them up properly etc.
these sound like the things they use in garden beds etc... this will mean that they are not seasoned enough for furniture use, I'd buy a few and stack them to dry for a year or so (speaking from experience). I'm not trying to put you off as I think red gum is one of the nicer timbers in Aus. and I love useing it.
HimzoThere's no such thing as too many Routers
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28th November 2005, 08:35 PM #5Originally Posted by Blackers
That sounds like quite a good price - which M10 store are you referring to?
I recently bought a tad over 20m of 150x50 rough sawn, and the total was just over $200. Nice stuff though, and dried to the point where it's nicely usable.
Could always do with more though, as I have a big(ish) project coming up...
Cheers!
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28th November 2005, 08:59 PM #6Originally Posted by himzol
they need racking out for a couple of summers at least.
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29th November 2005, 12:11 PM #7Originally Posted by Auld Bassoon
But (windge like a little kid) I want my new workbench now.
Jason.
p.s. the M10 is at Hastings.
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