Furniture board

[Gavlar]

hi all

Does anybody have experience of furniture board like this? The price seems reasonable and I need thick, wide boards for a bench project. Any comments on quality would be most helpful.

thanks

 

[Jacob]

hi all

Does anybody have experience of furniture board like this? The price seems reasonable and I need thick, wide boards for a bench project. Any comments on quality would be most helpful.

thanks

It's ordinary redwood available from every timber merchant in the land. Much cheaper if you glue it together yourself.

 

[Droogs]

Unusual in that they are 17mm thick but seem to be pretty OK if you are after a quick ready to use board. Appear to be made in the same way OFL and kitchen worktops are, so may be cheaper if sourced from suppliers to other uses

 

[novocaine]

Meeting at woodtowers
foreman: I've got all these Cumquats offcuts of pine from making structural grade timber, I wonder what I should do with it........
Accountant : how much does glue cost again?
Boss : do it, I'll find a good PR agency to come up with a name for it.

and scene.

 

[Ollie78]

For the price of the 32mm you could probably get 44mm beech worktop. Try worktop express, also gumtree, otherwise as mentioned above just buy redwood from anywhere.

Ollie

 

[Gavlar]

Thanks all, a useful sense check before I commit - I have found some free timber, albeit a bit knarly and in need of processing, but might need to top up with new stuff. Will go for the redwood instead.

 

[ol_london]

Unless you have the right set up of clamps, thicknesser etc. or real skill with a hand plane, gluing together to make a wide board isn’t always easy if you want the end result to be really flat. That’s why I think furniture boards/panels can be great.