Green ash - Please help!

[Funky Shrek]

Hi, Im urgently trying to source some green ash in lengths of a minimum of 8' and approx 2"x 4".

Ideally I need them cut into laths 40-50mm wide 5mm thick and 2.4m long for making coracles.

I have spent the last few weekends trying to make riven laths but its taking way too long as I need to start building the coracles for a client.

This is going to be an ongoing project.

If you can help it would be very much appreciated

Kind Regards


P.S. Im near Dover in Kent.

[gavin]

Type " coracle " in the search box ( top right0

The most relevant thread would seem to be viewtopic.php?f=5&t=764&p=4097&hilit=coracle#p4097

If you can be bothered to get skilled at using froe and cleaving brake and have suitably straight-grained ash, you can split your own. But since your needs seem to be for volume production, the saw-milled option is probably best.

[monkeeboy]

Does it need to be Ash?

Coracles are a lot easier to make with bent Hazel.

[robin wood]

Did you ever talk to woodmizer?

[Funky Shrek]

Did you ever talk to woodmizer?

I did phone twice, but never got a call back.

[Funky Shrek]

Thanks, the thread you suggested was already placed by me.
With the utmost respect, it isn't a matter of being "bothered"to get skilled using a froe and cleaving brake.
Merely that I need to get these two coracles built ASAP, as the chap Im making them for has been let down twice by other people and I've given him my word that I won't do the same.

Regards,
Stuart.

Type " coracle " in the search box ( top right0

The most relevant thread would seem to be viewtopic.php?f=5&t=764&p=4097&hilit=coracle#p4097

If you can be bothered to get skilled at using froe and cleaving brake and have suitably straight-grained ash, you can split your own. But since your needs seem to be for volume production, the saw-milled option is probably best.

[Funky Shrek]

Thanks for the advice, unfortunately these are being made to design that needs laths cut from ash.
Cheers anyway

Does it need to be Ash?

Coracles are a lot easier to make with bent Hazel.

[Robin Fawcett]

Whereabouts are you FunkyShrek ? I know a guy in Shropshire who may be able to provide you with what you need.

[Nicola Wood]

P.S. Im near Dover in Kent.

He's a long way from Shropshire Robin!

[Mark Allery]

Hello Stuart,

sorry to hear its taking you a while to get up to speed. I know the problem

Have you tried any of the local coppice group members?

I'd recommend contacting Alan Sage, he's an extremely talented coppice worker and lists laths on his product page. A great guy, if he can't do them himself (he tends to be quite busy at short notice) he may be able to point you in the right direction, heres a link for his product page

http://www.coppice-products.co.uk/Directory/Record190.htm

I have a friend who does laths for English nature (but we're right over on the hampshire side of sussex) and there is also philip hardy up near horsham who also makes round houses and coracles etc, you could find him through the coppice group, he might be able to point you in the right direction, heres his contact details

http://www.coppicegroup.org.uk/hardy.htm

good luck

Mark

[Funky Shrek]

Many Many thanks spoke to Alan Sage from AJS today as you recommended, so looks like we are sorted!
Cheers.

Hello Stuart,

sorry to hear its taking you a while to get up to speed. I know the problem

Have you tried any of the local coppice group members?

I'd recommend contacting Alan Sage, he's an extremely talented coppice worker and lists laths on his product page. A great guy, if he can't do them himself (he tends to be quite busy at short notice) he may be able to point you in the right direction, heres a link for his product page

http://www.coppice-products.co.uk/Directory/Record190.htm

I have a friend who does laths for English nature (but we're right over on the hampshire side of sussex) and there is also philip hardy up near horsham who also makes round houses and coracles etc, you could find him through the coppice group, he might be able to point you in the right direction, heres his contact details

http://www.coppicegroup.org.uk/hardy.htm

good luck

Mark