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cabby
Starting Member
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 30 April 2006 : 14:50:06
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Can anyone help me source this in the uk please
Thank you
All the best
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Gill
New Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 30 April 2006 : 21:28:35
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It's available from Hobbies of Dereham ( http://www.alwayshobbies.com/products.asp?sid=146 ) - at a price  !
I've recently been told that you can buy sheets cut to size from:
ST Nixon & Sons Ltd
North End
Wisbech
Cambs
Tel 01945 583231
It's a bit of a journey from London, and I've never tried them myself, but they could be worth checking.
BBP seems to be as common as the proverbial hens teeth in the UK. If you manage to get hold of some, let us know!
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cabby
Starting Member
United Kingdom
27 Posts |
Posted - 01 May 2006 : 19:36:49
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Thank you for your help Gill
See what you mean by at a price.
What wood are you using for your projects.
I have tried using ply from a diy store but it seams to break up no matter what I do.
Where would you source your wood for an intarsia project?
Thanks again for your help
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Gill
New Member
United Kingdom
60 Posts |
Posted - 02 May 2006 : 04:45:04
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Hi Cabby
As you can no doubt surmise  , I rarely use BBP. One of my favourite materials is actually MDF for segmentation because I like to paint my projects. However, I also use wood too. If I'm scrolling a fairly large portrait, I'll use interior grade plywood from B&Q. The quality may not be top notch, but you can sometimes find boards that are good enough. For smaller portrait projects I tend to pass whatever wood I have through my thicknesser and use that. I have jointed wood before and used that for portraits, but I don't like doing it because of possible weaknesses where the glue join might not have really 'taken', meaning that the the wood will be vulnerable at that point.
Most of my wood comes from auctions of timber cut down by local tree surgeons. If I need something that's not indigenous or I need something between auctions, I buy it from Good Timber ( http://www.goodtimber.com ) near Northampton.
You might be more interested in a timber merchant that's closer to London. I've heard good reports of SL Hardwoods ( http://www.slhardwoods.co.uk ) and bought a sack of their offcuts once on the internet. It was good value and I should imagine that it might be useful for intarsia projects, although it was predominantly oak and beech.
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cabby
Starting Member
United Kingdom
27 Posts |
Posted - 02 May 2006 : 10:51:41
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Thanks again for your help Gill.
I never thought a selection of woods would be so hard to source
All the best |
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Peter
Starting Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 08 May 2006 : 02:26:27
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Hi Cabby
I get my birch ply from Brewers the decorators, but Travis Perkins also do it. yes the price is high but the quality is best. Ask for interior no voids, this saves having holes appear between sheets.
Another good firm is Silverman.
Hope that helps.
ps for technical details have a look at www.latvianplywood.co.uk/products.html |
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cabby
Starting Member
United Kingdom
27 Posts |
Posted - 16 May 2006 : 18:39:54
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Thanks peter, applologies for delay in reply
Lappy went to docs for repair
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baltic birch ply
