Hi,
This is a bit of a rant, and also a question
I'm looking to purchase some boards to make some basic furniture. We have an acacia bookcase and I recently made a coffee table from mora. I have some mora left over and to compliment the other two I'd like to make a TV stand with Mora sides and whatever timer shelves and another set of shelves of the same style. I'm looking for some timber that will be strong enough to be a 100cm long for the main TV stand shelf and be able to carry the weight of a heavy TV. I'd like the timber I choose to be interesting in appearance, the acacia bookcase is a mix of sap and heartwood as is the Mora, and once finished makes them very nice to look at.
Why am I writing all this? Well I'm not sure if people think I'm a time waster, perhaps I come across that way as I'm not familiar with the timber trade? I'm not a carpenter, or a cabinet maker ... just someone trying to do something they enjoy to make something different to the boring Ikea/Argos/etc. laminated beech coloured crud. I've emailed a couple of different companies and seem to get quite blunt and unhelpful answers despite giving plenty of info and being very polite emailing them for a second or third time, which is a little upsetting to say the least, hasn’t been the best beginning to my new interest really.
So rant over and long story short, where does everyone else buy small amounts (five or less boards) of exotic timber? I'd like acacia, but have been told it has got so many sub species that it will be hard to find one with a similar grain/pattern. I really like the look of wamara ... but seems no one has any, which is fair enough.
Are there any other readily available timbers which have cuts that include both sapwood and heart wood?
Also I love the look of bubinga - now I wouldn’t use it for shelves, but I plan on making some speakers next year and it would be beautiful to use as the front baffle.
Oh also, one thing I keep wondering, if you know the dimensions of a piece of wood, and know the price per ft3 or m3, how can you workout the cost per board?
Thanks in advance!
G
This is a bit of a rant, and also a question
I'm looking to purchase some boards to make some basic furniture. We have an acacia bookcase and I recently made a coffee table from mora. I have some mora left over and to compliment the other two I'd like to make a TV stand with Mora sides and whatever timer shelves and another set of shelves of the same style. I'm looking for some timber that will be strong enough to be a 100cm long for the main TV stand shelf and be able to carry the weight of a heavy TV. I'd like the timber I choose to be interesting in appearance, the acacia bookcase is a mix of sap and heartwood as is the Mora, and once finished makes them very nice to look at.
Why am I writing all this? Well I'm not sure if people think I'm a time waster, perhaps I come across that way as I'm not familiar with the timber trade? I'm not a carpenter, or a cabinet maker ... just someone trying to do something they enjoy to make something different to the boring Ikea/Argos/etc. laminated beech coloured crud. I've emailed a couple of different companies and seem to get quite blunt and unhelpful answers despite giving plenty of info and being very polite emailing them for a second or third time, which is a little upsetting to say the least, hasn’t been the best beginning to my new interest really.
So rant over and long story short, where does everyone else buy small amounts (five or less boards) of exotic timber? I'd like acacia, but have been told it has got so many sub species that it will be hard to find one with a similar grain/pattern. I really like the look of wamara ... but seems no one has any, which is fair enough.
Are there any other readily available timbers which have cuts that include both sapwood and heart wood?
Also I love the look of bubinga - now I wouldn’t use it for shelves, but I plan on making some speakers next year and it would be beautiful to use as the front baffle.
Oh also, one thing I keep wondering, if you know the dimensions of a piece of wood, and know the price per ft3 or m3, how can you workout the cost per board?
Thanks in advance!
G