MacBlack Timber - New Zealand

29/08/2024

Details from a set of five tray frames we made for the incredible . The Eucalyptus Punctata (Grey Gum) as with most of our timbers was milled locally. Working this very dense timber with intensely interlocked grain requires the sharpest tools and lessons in patience - but look at that figure! Well worth the perseverance. 🥵 🔪 Thanks for entrusting us with this work Jade!.

25/08/2024

Mediterranean vibes in situ. Macrocarpa door with curved top to match existing door frame. This door was replicated from the original built by the customers late husband, so was a special one, and a pleasure to make. Solid laminated 43mm thick panels finished with Rubio Monocoat. Getting that top curve to match the existing imperfect curve of the frame for a consistent header gap was a sweaty one! 🤎

21/08/2024

Summer is just behind the timber stacks-ish 🌞 Outdoor dining set in solid Fastigata for a customers covered area. Loving the cleans lines created by the trapezoidal legs. Bottom side stretchers are offset by an unobtrusive 10mm to allow for a deck with moves 🪘🥂.

20/08/2024

It's been a hot minute! We've been a bit quiet in this space but rest assured plenty has been happening 😅 .
Pictured is a solid Saligna table we sent out a lovely customer a couple of weeks ago.

This was a fun one.

Hexadecagonal splayed legs on a round top. We weren't keen on the questionable screw-in hardware you often find on this type of assembly so we went for an exceptionally robust cheats mortise and tenon ( 🧠 we had to laminate to achieve the 75mm leg diameter so why not? 🤷🏼)

18/08/2023

It's true: MacBlack Timber is for sale. Please share if you know someone who might be the perfect new owner. We're a special kind of timber business: we deal in alternatives to radiata that are locally grown here in New Zealand (think macrocarpa, blackwood, poplar, elm, eucalypts and more). And we're a remarkably integrated business, handling everything from sourcing logs, sawmilling, seasoning, retailing roughsawn timber, producing flooring, panelling and cladding and creating bespoke joinery. Those interested should talk to Steve at Kauri Business Brokers.

MacBlack Timber Limited, Whanganui. macblack.co.nz. Specialist sawmiller & merchants of NZ produced exotic timber; Value added timber processing; Large centrally located retail yard (available for purchase): 3245 sqm Freehold Title, Industrial Zone A 7/A; Integrated joinery manufacturing; Experience...

07/08/2023

$1 RESERVE Alright bargain hunters: let's see what you do with this ... actually literally, we want to see what the auction winner makes with this.

Here's something for the hardcore bargain hunters: we've kept this from the firewood pile just so you can be warmed by the thrill of a red hot bargain. 62 linea...

26/07/2023

We've just listed some cracker deals on our Trade Me outlet account, ends of lines from some unusual species. Find some rarely available timbers up for grabs like Acacia elata and Ovens cypress. Plus ever popular Japanese cedar, blackwood and mac and a range of eucalypts and more. Check it out on https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/search?member_listing=8417468&bof=CmOQieQK
Support local timber processing and landowners taking a sustainable approach to planting high-value alternatives to radiata.

23/07/2023

RNZ came to visit and we're featured in an episode of Country Life! You can download the show at the link below (it's longer and more interesting than the brief written summary—listen if you can). The tour took in Papaiti Forest too, MacBlack's owner's continuous canopy product forest, which is now supplying logs to MacBlack's operation.

Richard Thompson planted Papaiti forest with alternative species 30 years ago. He never dreamt at the time he would become a timber merchant with a joinery workshop and retail shed.

26/06/2023

TOTARA TIMBER FOR SALE MacBlack rarely deals in native timbers but we do at the moment have small amounts of totara available for immediate sale. We have clear boards in different dimensions, plus some seconds.

Totara is highly valued by wood carvers. It has a very straight grain, is very stable and finishes well. The very durable heartwood is a reddish brown colour. Photo shows boards marked with their length in metres and grade.

These boards have been milled locally by MacBlack's milling team, in strict accordance with MPI regulations (Milling Approval number 7-07-02835).

Call 0204 622 255, email [email protected] or stop in at the yard, 44 Peat Street Whanganui. We ship around the country.

23/05/2023

Quality DRY FIREWOOD: $65 for ~half a cube of offcuts from our timber yard. Mixture of macrocarpa and misc hardwoods and softwoods, cut to firebox length. It's a lucky dip (depends on what orders we are making up) but there's likely gum in there too. Perfect if you don't have a trailer, you can hand load into your boot. Or we'll forklift the woolsack onto the back of your ute or trailer. Pick up 8.30am-4.45pm M-F at 44 Peat Street (delivery not available) Call ahead to check availability if you want, 020 462 2255

11/05/2023

Timber treasure at excellent prices: MacBlack is selling off some ends-of-lines of secondary species in job lots. Like spring-cleaning, only in winter. Check out our Outlet account on Trade Me for the latest offerings—save it as a favourite to keep up to date. If there are species or products listed you are particularly interested in, contact us directly to see about the exact quantities or grades you want.

Listings from macblack_outlet, on Trade Me, New Zealand's leading shopping website.

28/03/2023

We put that new table saw to good and unexpected use ...

Natural burial coffin produced by timber firm.