YANDLES Ash Woodturning Blanks

Reviews
Workability
Sizing
Timber Sizing Guidelines

Customer Reviews

By MRAAWILSON on 12th August 2024

"Arrived very quickley, good quality and condition."

By NigelTaylor on 28th July 2024

"Two beautifully grained ash bowl blanks arrived very promptly. First class customer service, I will definitely be placing future orders."

By JonRichards on 2nd July 2024

"Superb wood blanks. No splits. Well dried and sealed. Excellent service selecting and advising what was available. All delivered promptly, well wrapped and packed. Highly recommended if you want excellent wood and great service. "

By TerryHoneyford on 22nd February 2024

"really nice piece of ash, nicely dried, Turned a treat!"

By DouglasBatty on 8th January 2024

"As always the product was top notch and delivered in good time.Never had a problem with Yandles."

By PeterBailey on 17th October 2023

"Excellent, good quality pieces of timber "

By rolandbilham on 11th August 2023

"excellent product, very helpful staff, good delivery. what else can I say"

By Dobbie on 10th March 2023

"I buy a hefty amount from Yandles. Having looked around they are the most competitive for online ordering I can’t say I have experienced any issues if they are slightly undersized I haven’t noticed enough to think it an issue. And as explained in the blurb, 2 inches may not be exactly two inches. "

By Dobbie on 10th March 2023

By MarkBeckettRPT on 7th February 2023

"As expected very good quality. "

By Mike on 4th February 2023

"Excellent communication, great timber and speedy dispatch "

By Mike on 4th February 2023

"Excellent communication, great timber and speedy dispatch "

By Mike on 10th January 2023

"You guys smashed it, again :) "

By WarrenLandon on 18th October 2022

"Fully satisfied with the product and speedy delivery."

By WarrenLandon on 18th October 2022

"Fully satisfied with the product and speedy delivery."

By MikeSmith on 12th September 2022

"Perfect in every way, from emailing support to recieving my delivery..."

By Thomas on 19th March 2022

"The Ash blanks were as described, at a good price and arrived very quickly. 5 Stars. I am now able to turn some replacement screwdriver and other handles for tools I inherited from my Grandfather."

By Kevin on 16th March 2022

"Excellent "

By DebbiBeardall on 16th January 2022

"Great quality, fast delivery, super price for the size and amount I needed. Will be ordering again. Great service "

By Mike on 29th December 2021

"Arrived when promised and as advertised. "

By MJennings on 27th December 2021

"Excellent service "

By Dave on 16th December 2021

"First time using Yandes and will use again. Prompt service and delivery.......and of course some decent timber."

By lesjalexanderhotmailcouk on 23rd November 2021

"Both bowl blanks were delivered on time and were as good as expected. thank you very much."

By lesjalexanderhotmailcouk on 10th October 2021

"Ash blanks were all i expected. ,good clean wood, did the job perfect thank you. LJA."

By SeanPlows on 21st July 2021

"As is usually the case with Yandles, nice product at a reasonable price"

By EdwinDerriman on 9th June 2021

"Very good blank, will be ordering more in the future"

By RichardForrestHill on 27th March 2021

"The poorest quality I’ve ever had from Yandles. I purchased four 6 x 2 and three 5 x 2 blanks. They were all poorly cut with single blanks ranging anywhere between 1 1/2 inches running to 1 3/4 and sometimes closer to 2inches on the same blank, so a real pain to true up. I think there was one was actually round, all of the others were oval in form. I can’t be bothered to go to the sycamore page to put a review up, but I purchased the exact same number of blanks and they were not any better. I totally get that you’re unlikely to get a 2 inch thick blank because of the processing, but these were truly very poor indeed. Maybe two stars is being generous."

Staff response...
"Please accept my apologies you have been left unhappy with your purchase, if you could please contact our dispatch team at dispatch@yandles.co.uk we can arrange a collection & replacement blanks for you? We do request our Timber Sizing Guidelines to be read before purchasing our Timber Turning Blanks as the sizes can vary by up to 1/4" per piece: Timber Sizing Guidelines Please note the sizes displayed are approx. Due to timber coming from all over the world starting thicknesses vary up to 1/4“ depending on the origin. We use the umbrella guides of 1”,1.5”, 2”, 3” & 4”, but please be aware that all planks are planed one face to highlight the grain and to allow us to see faults which can result in under thickness. This can result in planks being under the thickness depending on the starting thickness. For example, Oak 2” is normally 2.1/8th before we plane which allows 2” thickness after we plane and 2x2 spindles or blanks. Native Ash is often 17/8th to 2” after drying and before we plane. This can plane to 1.75” and result in 1.75”x2” spindles. Whilst we always try and maintain the thickest board possible, sometimes it can be undersize. If you require a finished size of 2x2 we recommend purchasing a larger blank such as 3x3 & machining this back yourself."

By SeanPlows on 15th February 2021

"Fine bowl blank, just as I expect from Yandles..."

By hall on 25th January 2021

"all wood is good"

By RichardDickson on 12th October 2020

"I regularly buy turning blanks from Yandles, the wood is nice and stable, and well packaged. Great communication too from Yandles ref stock & delivery."

By DavidSchenck on 2nd September 2020

"I ordered an 11x2 ash blank and it was delivered within a couple of days, well packaged and a nice piece of wood. Perfect for making a clock. I was relieved to see it had no felt tip marker on it as a previous reviewer had complained about!"

By clivejeffries on 24th August 2020

"GOOD QUALITY PROMPT DEL MANY THANKS WILL USE YANDLES AGAIN"

By Jamesgrant on 25th March 2020

"The wood is great, but the marker pen you used to write the price on is a nightmare as it soaks deep into the wood and requires significant sanding to remove to the point that it creates a noticeable dip in the wood where you have sanded it off. Please can you use stickers in future?"

By Sean on 12th March 2020

"Always great product and service. 10/10"

By BobWilson on 5th October 2019

"Excellent blanks delivered on time "

By ianwhitlam on 30th September 2019

"A little disappointed, the 6" dimension was actually 51/2" diameter. The wood was good quality."

By NeilWhiting on 5th August 2019

"Bought this for a captains wheel nut cracker ,very pleased with the blank turns really well and the Finish is perfect "

By BrianBarlow on 27th July 2019

"Great wood, turned an urn for my father in law who died 2 weeks ago "

By Dave on 28th March 2019

"Nice blank, turned into a clock for mothers day Will buy again "

By Mike on 7th March 2019

"I recently purchased a 16x2 Ash blank for a customer who wanted a fruit platter for a wedding present. I have to say that the Yandles saw mill timber selection was spot on as the grain pattern throughout was beautifully figured. I will definitely purchase again, thank you."

By JeffTownsend on 4th November 2018

"A good ash turning blanks well prepared and lovely grain"

By dmhaughton on 4th October 2018

"Only one of two arrived. After 4 weeks one email (no reply) two messages via the contact us (no replies) 4 phone calls, all promising to sort it out and send one, I am still waiting."

By John Keane on 8th May 2018

"So far I have ordered 2 woodturning blanks 10X3 on two occasions. I have been very happy with the quality of the service and the wood. My one complaint is that in my last order I got one blank 10X3 and a second blank 9X3 for no reason."

By Peter Fry on 24th April 2018

"Excellent service timber in good condition"

By David Woodley on 1st April 2018

"Lovely wood. Excellent service as always from a great company. Great communication. Definitely my go to supplier for all my woodturning requirements both large and small."

By Chris Coleman on 9th March 2018

"Great service from Yandles, and good quality timber. Thank you!"

By Ronald Hawkes on 8th January 2018

"I am a novice wood-turner and have wrestled with green wood so far. This lovely piece of wood, dry and behaving properly has restored my faith in my ability to turn. It has turned out really ratyher nice and I am very pleased. Delivery was swift, and the price very reasonable. Will get more wood in due course."

By Peter on 31st December 2017

"High quality turning blanks. The service could not be faulted. I will be 'shopping' at Yandles again."

By William Kennedy on 30th December 2017

"Ash and sycamore blanks are good. Sadly the oak was not available. Courteous staff apologised for the delay and made amends."

By Rob Lee on 4th January 2016

"Prompt efficient service and product exactly as expected"

Workability

Produces good results with hand or machine tools, stains and finishes well.

Sizing

Bowl blanks- E.G 6x2 = Sizes in inches Spindle blanks- E.G 2x2x600 = 2x2 in inches x 600mm in length

Timber Sizing Guidelines

Please note the sizes displayed are approx. Due to timber coming from all over the world starting thicknesses vary up to 1/4 Inch depending on the origin. We use the umbrella guides of 1inch,1.5, 2, 3 & 4inch, but please be aware that all planks are planed one face to highlight the grain and to allow us to see faults which can result in under thickness. This can result in planks being under the thickness depending on the starting thickness. For example, Oak 2 inch is normally 2.1/8th before we plane which allows 2 inch thickness after we plane and 2x2 spindles or blanks. Native Ash is often 17/8th to 2 inch after drying and before we plane. This can plane to 1.75 inch and result in 1.75 inch x2 inch spindles. Whilst we always try and maintain the thickest board possible, sometimes it can be under-size. If you require a finished size of 2x2 we recommend purchasing a larger blank such as 3x3 & machining this back yourself. If you require sawn spindles or blanks please state in the comments section of the order and we can cut to order in our sawmill. Please note this service can take up to 10 working days.