Spalted Beech

[devon TWiG]

Arb waste can produce some fabulous and beautiful woods , but trying to sell them is a very hit and miss affair !! Getting the wood and milling it is the easy bit ... marketing is far more difficult !! I buy all sorts from local contacts but it is rarely the pieces that they had considered as having any value at all , yet the nice big clean butts are so often logged or left to rot ... very frustrating really !!!

[dervishcarving]

If you can make contacts with somebody who buys logs for veneer or with a furniture maker you might have an easier time sellign it for what it is worth. Timber like that, its surely sufficiently unusual it has decent value?

[se7enthdevil]

So just out of curiosity whats it worth? I ask as I get allsorts of interesting flamed burred figured curled etc bits coming through and dont really know what they are worth or were to market them so they end up as logs!! I dont expect Im alone either!!

 

it's worth as much as some one is willing to pay. as its still wet it will only be £15ft3 but if you had a whole tree of sawn boards then you could sell it for £45ft3.

 

that would make a 12x12x3 blank £5 but as turners we have to worry about if that bit will split or not. £15 is a perfectly reasonable price for a dry blank that size whether it be spalted or just nicely figured as this bit is.

[arniecardigan]

Hmm I've heard that marketing boards, beams etc is the hardest part time and time again which is probably why so much beautiful timber ends up as logs! is there not a market for an online market place for decent timber??

[devon TWiG]

I personally would not buy wood without seeing and feeling it , I prefer to cut it from log form myself , also the cost of postage tends to make it a bit expensive , most craftsmen source their wood locally and there is plenty of it about , decent butts can be valuable but try getting a merchant to send out a lorry ( with hiab ) for one butt , it is a sad but long standing situation. Anything more than firewood value , without having to cut split and deliver it is a bonus surely !

[Blaisey]

I milled this Beech today it looked better than the shed it landed on. I haven't sold any wood ye but been stockpiling for a couple of years now and am about to start making garden benches tables. Best grain Ive milled so far I hope u like it.

[bellringer]

That is stunning i bet them boards weigh a bit

[Blaisey]

Ah yes too much they were a 4 man lift though a 2'6" side gate when milled at 1"5/8. I cut the centre at 4"1/4 and slid it off, wow that was a slab then ripped free hand into 3 pieces (for the table legs).

[Big J]

Stunning stuff. I like beech and reckon it's underused.

[Rob D]

Great pics - nice to see the winch in operation too