Segmenting Wood

[Jim McLain]

I started my Woodturning journey as a segmenter more than 30 years ago. I have a fairly large amount of exotic woods that I need to sell so that I don’t still have it in my shed when I’m dead and gone for my kids to deal with. Not going anywhere any time soon but decided I need to deal with it. I keep thinking I might get back to segmenting but got too many other roads I am following. I tried selling it through my club but did not have much interest. I could post a board at a time here or eBay, instagram…. But would rather deal with bigger lots. Was thinking about putting together a mix of boards that would fit into a large flat rate game box and selling it that way. Do you have any thoughts on what would be the best way to approach this. I appreciate any feedback

 

[Webb Willmott]

How much for the entire lot? Any specifics on board feet of each species? Is the picture the entire lot? Would you be willing to bundle and ship?

 

[hughie]

I started my Woodturning journey as a segmenter more than 30 years ago. I have a fairly large amount of exotic woods that I need to sell so that I don’t still have it in my shed when I’m dead and gone for my kids to deal with. Not going anywhere any time soon but decided I need to deal with it. I keep thinking I might get back to segmenting but got too many other roads I am following. I tried selling it through my club but did not have much interest. I could post a board at a time here or eBay, instagram…. But would rather deal with bigger lots. Was thinking about putting together a mix of boards that would fit into a large flat rate game box and selling it that way. Do you have any thoughts on what would be the best way to approach this. I appreciate any feedback

Very familiar with this issue Jim, not so much segmenting but wood stash in general. It measures in tons, I gave away 3 ute loads about 1.2 tons per
load. Nobody in my family is into woody stuff, so most would end up as firewood, I suspect.

 

[Jim McLain]

How much for the entire lot? Any specifics on board feet of each species? Is the picture the entire lot? Would you be willing to bundle and ship?

Webb - I had the local wood supplier offer to buy it all so I tested him with a bundle of tulipwood. He offered me 20$/bf when the going price is well north of $100/bf. I know he needs to make some profit but I said no thanks. It would take some work but I could and should probably know how many board feet of each species I have. Way too much wood to bundle and ship as one lot. Not everything is pictured.