Comments on: Visiting a Timber Yard. http://www.noddyboffin.com/visiting-a-timber-yard/ Fine Furniture Designer Melbourne Designer Maker Noddy Boffin fine furniture,furniture makers melbourne,custom made furniture,handmade furniture,designer furniture,Hand Made furniture,Bespoke furniture,Contemporary Furniture,Studio Furniture,Hand Crafted Furniture,Melbourne, Elliot Gorham Melbourne Australia Sat, 14 Nov 2015 13:59:35 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.4.2 By: Elliot Gorham http://www.noddyboffin.com/visiting-a-timber-yard/#comment-47823 Thu, 22 Oct 2015 10:27:25 +0000 http://www.noddyboffin.com/?p=846#comment-47823 Hi Henry,

If you’re only taking off thin shavings from a small section of the face of a piece of timber then the timber yard guys don’t or shouldn’t mind. The purpose is to see the colour of the board more clearly, through its rough sawn exterior. Some timber species have a wide range of tones to them (like Tas/Vic Blackwood) and by viewing the dressed colour, it affords you the ability of choosing boards with similar tones.

]]> By: Henry http://www.noddyboffin.com/visiting-a-timber-yard/#comment-47722 Fri, 16 Oct 2015 23:47:03 +0000 http://www.noddyboffin.com/?p=846#comment-47722 Fantastic article. I’ve only been to a timber yard once and it was actually less stressful than I thought it would be.

One question though, what is the purpose of bringing a plane or spoke shave? Are timber yards really ok with you planing a piece of stock? And what can running a plane across a piece of timber tell you?

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