Last year I started hunting about for some nice camphor laurel to make a new kitchen and bathroom, including searching about on the forum. I was surprised at just how hard it was to get some of this at a price I considered reasonable, especially given that the timber is a declared weed. Anyway I was able, after some searching to obtain about cubic metre of the stuff (between 0.9 and 1.1 by my estimate) yesterday for $600. Nice wide boards and some narrower ones but perfect for making kitchen doors, facings and drawers. I was quoted up to $4000 a cube. I have seen dressed slabs for more than $200. I have no idea of the cost structures involved that determine these prices and for all I know they are perfectly reasonable. But I am more than pleased with the price I paid and so was the chap I got it from.
I will still need to get some 800 mm wide slabs for the counter tops, but I am told that these are also on the way.
I only stacked them quickly late yesterday and today I will stick them out properly in my shed.
The smaller ones on the right will finish up as small natural edged coffee tables.
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I will still need to get some 800 mm wide slabs for the counter tops, but I am told that these are also on the way.
I only stacked them quickly late yesterday and today I will stick them out properly in my shed.
The smaller ones on the right will finish up as small natural edged coffee tables.
timber one.jpgtimber two.jpg
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