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Another one I have used a lot is firwood paints. google it!

A mate of mine built a cedar strip canoe a couple of years ago, very nice it is too, he got all of his materials from robbins timber in bristol I think they have a recommended book for ideas too. they sell cedar strip wood for this purpose but you could make your own with the right machinery...

thanks for that guys, we are currently trying out different heights and seat back height and pitches! customer is very particular, one thing that is proving annoying is that the upholsterer is on holiday and can't get any questions answered such as length of seat pads and thickness of foam to...

I am in the middle of a [pub refit and they were scrapping all of the old cigarette smoke filter units I have managed to grab three all 5 speed kleenair remote controlled units, seem to be exactly the same as the workshop ones just a nice mahogany veneer! what a result, check to see if your...

I have a job to do as part of a fit out of a pub. I have an idea of how I am going to construct it, keen on of site manufacture before site fitting, I need to get it to a stage where there is ply for the upholsterer to take away and make nice! Just wanted to see if anyone has any great ideas...

There is the fine woodworking course at the building crafts college in stratford east london. I did it and it covered everything you are after, It is full time for two years and costs 5 grand. there are bursarys available for certain groups and they do help with getting funding. It is owned by...

Anyone have any experience of these, I have spoken to my local metal shop and he has asked for a bit more info on grades and welding/soldering etc. I came across these http://www.zinccounters.co.uk/html/about/about.htm but would rather see the business go to a local. Cheers. Dru

The old structure isn't there any more, just some old photos from the 80s, the old flashing and painted wall is in place so I don't think they could prove the material used in any way. I have used douglas fir from windebanks in box, that is where I usually get timber from or use interesting...

I think utile is probably what I will end up going for, I looked at western red cedar and am finding it more expensive, the client has stated he wants it to be hardwood and you know how people are unwilling to accept that some softwoods are as durable if not more so than some hardwoods, I was...

Well thats what I thought too, he must be making a mistake because they are usually quite good on price for me, I have had a lot of european oak from there in the past and always got a good deal, just not so up to date with the other hardwood prices

I also just spoke to someone at oscar windebank in box, He gave me a price on iroko at £900 per cubic foot for inch and a half, wouldn't give a metre cubed price, This can't be right can it?

Mostly 2" and some 1.5" I found a site stewarts timber based in scotland saying around the £1200 mark but I'm sure delivery to somerset would be quite high

Hi there, trying to price up a job for a greenhouse/summer room. need approx a cubic metre of timber, needs to be hardwood so looking at meranti sapele utile idigbo. Does anyone have access to the current pricing on these per cube by any chance? cheers, Dru

where abouts did you buy yours from?

I would always go with an oil finish on something like this. There was a grand designs where the guy was a cabinetmaker and he built his house clad in cedar and put 7 coats of linseed oil on it and that looked good, go for raw cold pressed and go for that number of coats and it should look good...