Green Undiseased Elm for sale

[skyhuck]

i think the point youve missed is that its the turner who produces the finished product that then sells for xx amount of pounds, why should the supplier of the wood profit any more or less from a piece of wood based on what that piece of wood will be used for. if you had one length of wood and 2 people came wanting to buy it, 1 a turner and the other wanting to chop it up into fire wood, is it fair to change the value of that piece of timber depending on who is going to have it?

 

put in another light.... some painters sell their work for hundreds but does that mean they should pay more fore their materials?

 

I hear what your saying Dave, but a wood turner will only buy a few bits of wood, were as the log customer will buy a load, so the return for the small amount of wood for the turner needs to be enough to be worth the hassle, other wise it may as well just get spit and sold with the rest.

[bob]

Ive bought wood for blanks

yep true honest but it was proper dry sealed nice quality prepared to go straight on the lathe.

I have the choice of many many tons of tree wood but tbh by the time you have cut it dried it thrown most away as it,s split or got a fault in then waited 3 yrs for the damn stuff to dry

maybe buying sawn kiln dried stuff aint too bad:confused1:

but been slabbing some lovely spalted beech and ash in the last few weeks

[Marko]

i think the point youve missed is that its the turner who produces the finished product that then sells for xx amount of pounds, why should the supplier of the wood profit any more or less from a piece of wood based on what that piece of wood will be used for. if you had one length of wood and 2 people came wanting to buy it, 1 a turner and the other wanting to chop it up into fire wood, is it fair to change the value of that piece of timber depending on who is going to have it?

 

put in another light.... some painters sell their work for hundreds but does that mean they should pay more fore their materials?

 

Dave, I hope I haven't missed the point - I fully understand that the real value is in the craft. What I am on about is the (great name) "pile kickers" who expect my time, equipment and materials for nothing. The example in the auction was that an exceptional piece of wood that would make 2-3 nets of firewood is not worth £2.50....

 

As I said before we need to help each other. It's not a problem at all but it still does seem a waste!