SWMBO has ordered some bookshelves to fill the alcoves next to the fireplaces in the sitting-room/dining-room. We want solid oak shelves about 25mm thick by 300mm wide. No problem, I'll just nip down to B&Q and pick up a pack... or perhaps not!
I've already spoken to a fairly local timber importer who recommended buying the planks as 150mm wide and biscuit jointing them together - seems reasonable. After all, if a job's worth doing, it's worth buying a new tool for :-). Next problem, the timber importer /just/ imports the timber. They don't machine it at all. I don't fancy hand planing
60m of timber thank-you-very-much, and although I have inherited an electric planer/thicknesser, it only does about 80mm wide. (I have also inheritted a table-saw, so cutting to width / length is not a problem)Does anybody know a timber merchant who can supply planed oak at a reasonable price to Cambridge?
Alternatively, should I bite the bullet, and make each shelf out of four strips?