+1 - and Victorian furniture can yield the sort of wood you cannot go out and buy from a timber yard. I made a (not bad) jewellery box from pine drawer sides - 1/4" thick and ten inches wide, clean, clear wood. Worlds away from anything available now.Jacob":2i46jjsx said:Auctions often good for recyclable furniture e.g. I got three massive hardwood Victorian/Edwardian wardrobes for £5. End of auction they may even give stuff away.
Otherwise skip diving, freecycle, small ad in local shops etc etc.
It's also one of the best possible exercises in furniture design and construction as you pull stuff apart and see what works well, what fails, how things were done.
There's a lot of waste with recycling - bits are already small, have nails etc, so a woodburner is essential and you get free heat as a bonus.
kingchristo":1jgt24ot said:The main thing to look out for is the new chipboard rubish that alot of stuff is made out of now.
I've been saving a table with the plan to recycle it into a drum table like this one by Gasman....paultnl":1jgt24ot said:Recycled tabletop
If I so much as looked at a piece of wood at our tip they would call the police and have me shot.Digit":3t350c5d said:At auctions take a look at the high number lots.
You may well be surprised how often the stuff is given away rather than remove it. Often people spend more on the article of their choice than they intended and leave early. DAMHIK!
My local tip has a notice saying 'Help yourself!' in front of all sorts of timber.
In 21 years I have purchased only one piece of hardwood. (Who said tight?)
The pile also keeps my wood burner running!
Roy.
Can't do that, the only thing that will get me out of the shop is rugby. My son has just been selected for England under 18 trials RESULT!mark aspin":3ive4dfk said:3 - wait for the rugby to be on the tv and while the jobsworths are huddled in their portacabin grab the swag