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 and in 1998 bought himself his first new bit of kit a Lumbermate diesel bandsaw to enable him to cut his own timber. Unfortunately, within a few months he had to retire suddenly due to being dead! Read more
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! Read more
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 and in 1998 bought himself his first new bit of kit a Lumbermate diesel bandsaw to enable him to cut his own timber. Unfortunately, within a few months he had to retire suddenly due to being dead! Read more
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 … Read more