Timber Sale

We can happily say our Open Day was a resounding success! The day was well attended, with car parks completely full, spilling into street parking, but it didn't deter people from getting in.

If you are familiar with our annual timber sale in the past, the format was similar, however, now that we occupy two factories, we were able to set-up all the timber "lot" packs in one factory and hold our exhibition in the other.

We had a good range of exhibitors, with some selling their beautifully hand-crafted products and others demonstrating woodturning techniques, pyrography, use of classic hand tools and basic woodworking course skills.

The Blind Woodturner, Chris Fisher, had received quite a reception when he demonstrated turning a bowl blank with such precision and care. We all watched with admiration and fascination on the skills he displayed, and just watching him in action, you wouldn't believe he was blind. Needless to say, we were all so delighted to have him involved in our open day!

There were over 200 timber lots sold, alongside rough sawn and planed boards and specially selected boards from our Timber Shop.

The timber lots are ready to go

The Open Day is now Open!

The Little Oak Latch Company getting ready for the day

The Blind Woodturner, Chris Fisher, turning a bowl blank

The Blind Woodturner, Chris Fisher's stand

Evan Sent Crafts hand pyrographed art and gifts

Becky of Evan Sent Crafts demonstrating with finesse her pyrography techniques

Turners Retreat all set and ready for the day ahead

West Riding Woodturning Group showcasing and selling their turned products

Chris Tribe discusses his basic woodworking courses, along with customers taking a break amongst all the wood

Ben's Woodwork Gifts stand

More beautifully crafted products brought to you by Evan Sent Crafts

The Blind Woodturner's completed bowl blank

We would like to extend a hearty thank you to our exhibitors:

• Ben's Woodwork Gifts
• Chris Tribe Furniture
• Classic Hand Tools
• Evan Sent Crafts
• Pickard Hardware
• Spikings Handmade Pens
• Taylors Mirfield
• Chris Fisher - The Blind Woodturner
• The Little Oak Latch Company
• Turners Retreat
• West Riding Woodturners Group

Finally, thank you to all our customers who attended on the day, we hope you enjoyed the event as much as we did.

If you missed our open day, you can always call in and visit our Timber Shop where we stock specially selected boards, blanks, discs, planed timber and hobby packs.

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If you missed us at the North of England Woodworking Show, then come and see us at our Timber Shop Open Day on Saturday, 2nd February 2019 at 10am to 4pm.

We will have more wood than you can shake a stick at with the sale of our Native, European, American and Canadian hardwood timber stocks. We will have plenty of rough sawn, planed and calibrated boards, blanks, slices, thin wood, off cuts, along with specially selected boards that you will not want to pass up.

There will be craft makers showcasing and selling their wares, woodworking and tool demonstrations, taster sessions of our woodworking course led by Chris Tribe and your chance to meet and see in action The Blind Woodturner.

We look forward to seeing you all at our event!

British Hardwoods Timber Shop Open Day - 2nd February 2019

A super day was had by all at our Annual Timber Sale last Saturday. By 8.30am the car park was already filling up nicely.

Squeeze in - there's plenty of room for everyone!

With more than 500 "lots" to choose from - this year was our biggest sale event yet.

The calm before the storm

The woodturning demonstrations were as popular as ever, thanks to the West Riding Woodturners. We were also joined by representatives from Mafell, Fein and Festool who were on-hand to discuss any tooling matters. Thank you to them all for giving up their Saturday morning.

Happy customers looking for that perfect pack

Finally, a big thank you to everyone who attended the sale, we hope you enjoyed the event as much as we did. We still have some beautiful selected Yew boards and some timber selection packs available. If you're close enough to pay a visit you are welcome to call in for a browse, although we intend to have the boards uploaded to our online shop later in the week.

If you would like to be kept informed about any upcoming special offers and our sale events, please email us at marketing@britishhardwoods.co.uk