Entries by Paul Goulden

Milling a biggish Oak log

 As my wife will confirm bigger is usually best … … unless it’s too big to handle in which case it if  you don’t have the gear to quarter it or lift it to transport it to a big saw mill you may as I have in the past er passed on it!

Goulden Hardwoods story

My father Tony aka OAG bought the Woods … … in a pub as you do in the mid 1980s as a retirement project and had many happy years planting trees and using knackered old machinery like an Austin Gipsy with an adapted old missile launcher as a crane. Gradually, he got into selling timber […]

Converting a Walnut log

Walnut is a favourite for … … many woodworkers due it its figure, colour and the finish. I also like it a lot as it’s a good earner and I can pretty much sell every bit unlike other woods. So selling is a doddle, the hard bit …