Thread: Where do I get it?

At my old work we got it here for a few jobs American Hardwoods | Australia-wide | Global Hardwoods No idea what he charges though.

Here's a NSW place with prices WESTERN RED CEDAR: D.A.R have to ask them about freight

I just googled western red cedar and found plenty of places in Oz that sell it, so if you're willing to go through the list I'm sure you'll find someone convenient.

I got sucked into woodworking by an american website that was showing stuff out of walnut and maple. It was always walnut and maple, and everything looked like a chessboard, nearly white and nearly black. I loved the look. And it was saying things like "every home centre carries walnut and maple".

Yeah right. A million years later and I have concluded that in Australia it's next to impossible to get the same look. Walnut and maple over here is a cake recipe.
Happy to be proven wrong though

Originally Posted by Spyro

.... It was always walnut and maple, and everything looked like a chessboard, nearly white and nearly black. I loved the look......

Easy, peasy:

• Vic ash and jarrah,
• Huon pine and blackwood.

Incidentally, Brittton Timbers currently list both American Black Walnut and American Hard Maple - but I do not know what the prices are like.
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| Britton Timbers

Originally Posted by GraemeCook

Easy, peasy:

• Vic ash and jarrah,
• Huon pine and blackwood.

Incidentally, Brittton Timbers currently list both American Black Walnut and American Hard Maple - but I do not know what the prices are like.
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| Britton Timbers

I have a lot of huon pine, it's clearly yellow, and turns a lot more yellow if I put anything on it.
I've used a fair bit of blackwood as well, and it was all light brown? Maybe there's more varieties, I don't know. I actually have some in the shed right now.
And the jarrah that I've bought was red. VIC ash I'm not sure, never had the pleasure. From the photos that I can see it looks fairly darker than american maple though.
The closest thing I've found locally to american walnut colour is actually gidgee, but I'm not too sure I want to work with that thing, everybody says it's extremely hard.

Britton Timbers seems to me like the kind of business that sells volume. I just want to make a box here and there, maybe some small furniture for the house etc.

Sounds like you need to round up some Jacaranda.

I suspect that WRC is slowly coming off the readily available preferred timber list for the OP's project. Another issue that you might face with it in Vic that the Americans don't is that cockatoos regard it as a fixed menu three course meal. I have known of them eating most of a WRC vertical cladding board and a lot of the adjoining WRC window frame. Similarly they are slowly attacking painted cypress veranda posts on our new home. They are like rodents, their beaks grow continuously and they need to find something firmer than their regular diet to chew on to help control the growth, because if they don't, they get to the point where they can't fully close their beak to crush nuts etc to get to the seeds inside.

Originally Posted by malb

I suspect that WRC is slowly coming off the readily available preferred timber list for the OP's project.

Oh it came off the list real quick. I've read that Cypress is resistant to rot and borers, so I was leaning towards that. Trying to figure the right timber for this is difficult. I don't want it to cost a fortune, weigh a tonne or be made out of treated pine. Trying to find that balance is proving nigh on impossible.

Originally Posted by soundwave

I've read that Cypress is resistant to rot and borers, so I was leaning towards that.
Trying to figure the right timber for this is difficult. I don't want it to cost a fortune, weigh a tonne or be made out of treated pine.
Trying to find that balance is proving nigh on impossible.

Cypress (Callitris columellaris (= C. glaucophylla)) should be a good choice.
Just be aware that you may have to buy significantly more than you think you need (or what the plans call for) to ensure you obtain enough clear straight stock. After factoring this additional purchase quantity, WRC may not look that expensive.

Originally Posted by soundwave

... I've read that Cypress is resistant to rot and borers, so I was leaning towards that. Trying to figure the right timber for this is difficult. I don't want it to cost a fortune, weigh a tonne or be made out of treated pine. Trying to find that balance is proving nigh on impossible.

Trying again to recommend a good local cypress.. Cupressus macrocarpa (it meets ALL your needs above.. easy to work, affordable, lightweight not briittle, few knots, med weight, fine texture glues and paints easily. Please consider it again. It not a native but grows well in Vic and is milled for many uses.)

The Mill and outlet is at MILLGROVE or WESBURN (near Warburton) ... here is a link to info.

Bowerbird Timbers

Eugene

NB: Contact ACCO by PM for more info as he lives nearby

Originally Posted by GraemeCook

...Incidentally, Brittton Timbers currently list both American Black Walnut and American Hard Maple - but I do not know what the prices are like.
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Originally Posted by Spyro

....
Britton Timbers seems to me like the kind of business that sells volume. I just want to make a box here and there, maybe some small furniture for the house etc.

For the timbers that they log and mill, Britton Bros will sell you any quantity up to a ship load (literally).

For all timbers, they will sell you whatever you require - a house-build quantity, a truck load, a container, a pallet, a stick ..... The choice is yours. Its just common sense not to arrive there early in the morning when builder's truckloads are being dispatched.

Originally Posted by GraemeCook

For the timbers that they log and mill, Britton Bros will sell you any quantity up to a ship load (literally).

For all timbers, they will sell you whatever you require - a house-build quantity, a truck load, a container, a pallet, a stick ..... The choice is yours. Its just common sense not to arrive there early in the morning when builder's truckloads are being dispatched.

I'll make sure to check them out too. I have to admit, I'm not familiar with them.