Wood Source

[tomsimon]

Hi All:  I am looking for a source for oak wood planks, 1mm x 6mm. Appreciate any help and thank you for having a look. 

[Gregory]

I'm sure you have a good reason for wanting oak, but it may be hard to locate in those dimensions.

 

I would suggest you  send an email to Joe at the Modelers Sawmill ..  ( his email is right there on the home page.  Modelers Sawmill is one of  Model Ship World's sponsors.

Oak should be easy for Joe to source, and he may do a custom job for you.

[tomsimon]

Thank you, @Gregory

[Chuck Seiler]

I would be reluctant to use oak in planking that small.  The grain is quite coarse.  I have been told beech is 'scale oak'.  It is tight grained and easy to work with.  I get beech from OCOOCH HARDWOOD.

 

That having been said, if you are dead set on using oak and Modelers Sawmill cannot get it, Ocooch probably can.   

[Wawona59]

I second Chuck's recommendation on beech instead of oak.  Beech is a tight grained hardwood that takes stain well and is easy to work with.  Oak is too course in my opinion for model work.  A good source for beech is popsicle sticks.  Save the sticks after you've enjoyed your ice cream bar.

 

[barkeater]

I third Chuck's recommendation. If you want to see what beech decking looks like, look in thread "snapshot of members current builds". I've put a few pictures of L'Unite in there as I've been doing the build and it has beech planking.

Rich

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Edited October 28, 2024 by barkeater

[Gregory]

On 10/1/2024 at 4:13 PM, Chuck Seiler said:

That having been said, if you are dead set on using oak and Modelers Sawmill cannot get it, Ocooch probably can. 

I've sourced a lot of wood from Ocooch, and was told they would do custom jobs, but they turned me down on a request for some 1/32 sheets.

Do you think they would do strips like 1x 6mm?

[Chuck Seiler]

That surprises me, although I never got anything smaller than 1/16".  There might be a limit down to which they can work.  It wouldn't hurt to ask. 

 

What wood?

[barkeater]

Modelers Central carries Beech strips. Just checked and they have 14 different sizes in 950 mm lengths. Unfortunately, in 1 mm the widest they have is 5 mm. I've ordered from them before and was satisfied with product and shipping time.

Rich

[JacquesCousteau]

When I tried to custom order 1/32‐inch thick sheets earlier this year, Ocooch told me that the thinnest they could do was 3/64-inch.

[Gregory]

20 hours ago, Chuck Seiler said:

What wood?

Cherry.