What we cut
What we cut and the sizes
Two forms, both from the same logs. Standard sizes are listed below; anything else is a cutting instruction rather than a special order.
Everything here comes off stems we bought standing and sawed ourselves. Nothing is bought in as finished stock, so if you ask which part of which tree a piece came from, there is an answer.
- No minimum order
- A single slab ships the same as a pallet
- In stock
- 2–5 working days to despatch
- Cut to order
- 1–3 weeks for most matched runs
- From standing timber
- 8–12 months, mostly felled November–March
Sizes
| Form | Dimensions | Moisture | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Logs | 13–25 cm diameter, 0.5–1.5 m | Green or air-dried | For sawmills and larger workshops |
| Slabs and boards | 10–25 cm wide, 15–50 mm thick, 0.5–1.5 m | 13–15% | Live edge or sawn edge, single piece |
Slab dimensions are nominal. Figured birch does not come in rectangles, and we would rather send you a board 3 mm over than one sanded down to hit a number. Tell us your finished thickness and we will cut with the allowance you want.
Logs
Sold whole, bark on, straight from the felling batch. You see the diameter and length before you commit, and we can hold a log against a specific cutting plan.
Slabs and boards
Live-edge where the figure calls for it, sawn straight where a clean glue line matters more. Every board is graded and photographed straight off the saw before it is offered.
Cutting to order
How much you actually get out of one slab depends on the cut and how much of the face needs to be clean. Tell us the finished size and the quantity, and we'll say plainly how many pieces a specific slab or log will give you — or point you to one that will.
Most enquiries turn into a cutting instruction, not a pick from stock. A furniture maker who wants two slabs off consecutive cuts so a table reads as one board; a sawmill that wants a specific diameter class; a workshop that wants boards resawn to a set thickness. All of that is normal work here and it is the reason we saw our own timber.
What we cannot do is conjure a size the trees do not grow. A 70 cm slab exists only when a 70 cm tree turned up, and those arrive a few times a year. If your drawing needs something at the edge of what curly birch does, say so early and we will tell you honestly whether to wait or to design around it.
Moisture and stability
Slabs and boards leave at roughly 13–15%. Mainly air-dried outdoors, with kiln-drying in autumn; drying takes 1–3 months depending on method. Logs ship green or air-dried, by agreement. Wood that crosses a continent still wants to sit in your shop for a fortnight before you cut it, particularly if you are in a very dry or very humid climate.
For what the figure and the defects mean for grade, see how we grade. For packing, export documents and lead times, see shipping.
Send us the sizes
List what you need, the quantity, the grade and where it is going. You will get a real answer with photographs of actual pieces, not a catalogue page.
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