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frokster
Posted: Thu May 29, 2008 6:38 am Reply with quote
Joined: 29 May 2008 Posts: 22 Location: Wevelgem, Belgium
Its seems virtualy impossible to get good maple veneer 1.5mm here in Belgium, Europe. Little alone for a descent price.

We are making a few 100% custom decks for "friends and neighbours". Experimental and oldskool shapes.

To start with, it's hard to convince wood suppliers that SKATEBOARDS ARE NOT TOYS (it gives a strange feeling being look at (or even laught with) for several seconds like you are 30 year old child, in the middle of an office of a woodsupplier). And that the quality , thickness ect is important. And that a deck out of oak will not fly... euh... is not a skateboard.

Ordering maple from the USA is possible, but OR you have to buy a full container OR the shippingcosts are way to high.

Maybe we're looking in the wrong places.

Does anybody has any suggestions ?
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slob-air
Posted: Thu May 29, 2008 8:41 am Reply with quote
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Buy it from Canada.

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Cappy
Posted: Thu May 29, 2008 10:11 am Reply with quote
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Normally wood suppliers have a shipping company they use. However you can always get in contact with other shipping companies that run general or mixed cargo regularly. A forwarding agency always can help you, if you have the exact measurements (weight, size etc.). Most international freight forwarders offer scheduled shipping. I'm not, yet.

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frokster
Posted: Thu May 29, 2008 10:21 am Reply with quote
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slob-air wrote:
Buy it from Canada.


gmmm, buy it from Canada... would that solve the high shipping costs ? Or the large amounts ?

It wouldn't hurt to take a look around, i guess...

thanks
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frokster
Posted: Thu May 29, 2008 10:28 am Reply with quote
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Cappy wrote:
Normally wood suppliers have a shipping company they use. However you can always get in contact with other shipping companies that run general or mixed cargo regularly. A forwarding agency always can help you, if you have the exact measurements (weight, size etc.). Most international freight forwarders offer scheduled shipping. I'm not, yet.


nice info, but we're just a bunch of friends making a 10-or-so decks a year (hopefull that amount will pick up a bit...). but hey, any info can help. Thanks...

Any "good" wood-suppliers you know that ship internationaly ?
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Cappy
Posted: Thu May 29, 2008 10:45 am Reply with quote
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Sorry i don't have a clue who is a good wood supplier or who has the best quality.

However shipping a bit more raw material in a crate will be cheaper and probably avoid damage. And you will have no hassle wth the customs.

What you seem to asking for, sounds like 7 plys of wood send via postal service.

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cortex
Posted: Thu May 29, 2008 12:37 pm Reply with quote
Joined: 12 Aug 2006 Posts: 17 Location: Belgium
I'm a skateboard manufacturer in Maasmechelen, Belgium. I've got some good US skate veneer. I can hook you up with low volumes of veneer (1 to 20 decks) for a reasonable price.
P.M. me for details when interested.

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skinny
Posted: Thu May 29, 2008 12:49 pm Reply with quote
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Summit Hardwoods, Inc. 1415 East Grand Ave Pomona, CA 91766 Tel: 909-469-1651 Fax: 909-469-1659
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frokster
Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2008 6:59 am Reply with quote
Joined: 29 May 2008 Posts: 22 Location: Wevelgem, Belgium
Cappy wrote:
What you seem to asking for, sounds like 7 plys of wood send via postal service.


That's just the point , we're kinda done with that...
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slob-air
Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2008 8:08 am Reply with quote
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frokster wrote:
slob-air wrote:
Buy it from Canada.


gmmm, buy it from Canada... would that solve the high shipping costs ? Or the large amounts ?

It wouldn't hurt to take a look around, i guess...

thanks


Better quality veneer for less money.

Shipping is cheaper.

Can't help you on minimums�that's pretty much an industry-wide thing. Seek out others that need veneers and co-op on an order.

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