DaveL
Established Member
Today I made a visit to to Atkins and Crippsin Bishop's Stortford, to buy some Iroko.
I am pleased to report that they are indeed very helpful .
The lady in the office rang the yard foreman and he directed me to see one of the workers in the yard. He opened a new pallet of Iroko and without prompting sorted out the straightest boards of the size I wanted
I still work in feet and inches for most woodworking stuff, and find it very odd how somethings are done :!: The boards are 1 inch thick and the pallet was 8 feet long, but all of the markings and costing is now done in m3 :shock:
My bill shows I bought 0.130 m3 at a total cost of £129.93. This works out to 4.5 ft3 at £28.87 per cube, (I would like to know where Ian Dalzaiel in Good Woodworking bought his 7 ft3 for £130 :twisted: )
I am also pleased that the new company car has proved its self:-
Here it is stacked on the Performance Pro saw, on its rolling trolly (note the dust port):-
The widest board is 12.75 inches the narrowest 5.75.
I am not sure that the chairs will be ready for Christmas, but then I don't think anyone will want to sit on the patio after lunch :wink:
I am pleased to report that they are indeed very helpful .
The lady in the office rang the yard foreman and he directed me to see one of the workers in the yard. He opened a new pallet of Iroko and without prompting sorted out the straightest boards of the size I wanted
I still work in feet and inches for most woodworking stuff, and find it very odd how somethings are done :!: The boards are 1 inch thick and the pallet was 8 feet long, but all of the markings and costing is now done in m3 :shock:
My bill shows I bought 0.130 m3 at a total cost of £129.93. This works out to 4.5 ft3 at £28.87 per cube, (I would like to know where Ian Dalzaiel in Good Woodworking bought his 7 ft3 for £130 :twisted: )
I am also pleased that the new company car has proved its self:-
Here it is stacked on the Performance Pro saw, on its rolling trolly (note the dust port):-
The widest board is 12.75 inches the narrowest 5.75.
I am not sure that the chairs will be ready for Christmas, but then I don't think anyone will want to sit on the patio after lunch :wink: