Hey guys,
I am wondering if any of you have bought the 'box of veneer' from Lee
Valley recently. I scanned the pic from their catalog.
http://www.geocities.com/dustys_workshop/veneer.html
Looks like a really good deal, and the small size and variety of
species is applicable to my projects. I just wondered if anyone has
seen it and can comment on the quality of the product. I have
searched the threads but found no specific info.
Thanks in advance for your input.
Dusty
"A man without a wife is like a fish without a bicycle."
Dusty Workshop notes:
>I am wondering if any of you have bought the 'box of veneer' from Lee
>Valley recently. I scanned the pic from their catalog.
>
>http://www.geocities.com/dustys_workshop/veneer.html
>
>Looks like a really good deal, and the small size and variety of
>species is applicable to my projects. I just wondered if anyone has
>seen it and can comment on the quality of the product. I have
>searched the threads but found no specific info.
>
>Thanks in advance for your input.
Lee Valley is noted for providing good, honest descriptions of merchandise, as
well as superb customer service. I don't know the particular package, but I'd
feel safe in ordering it from them.
Charlie Self
"Everything has its limit - iron ore cannot be educated into gold." Mark Twain
http://hometown.aol.com/charliediy/myhomepage/business.html
[email protected] (Dusty Workshop) wrote:
>Hey guys,
>
>I am wondering if any of you have bought the 'box of veneer' from Lee
>Valley recently. I scanned the pic from their catalog.
A few years back a friend of mine bought the "Pizza box of veneer"
from LV. We have both done several marquetry projects using the veneer
and there is still a pizza box full of the stuff. Outstanding value.
Ken Muldrew
[email protected]
(remove all letters after y in the alphabet)
Hey Dusty!!!
I've seen many of these boxes of veneer in the past as in a previous life I
used to work for Lee Valley. If you want a large selection of various
veneers I think this is for you.. Always seemed like nice quality and
decent sizes. Comes in a box about the size of a large pizza box. (Think
this is the one your referring to!) Don't count on gettening enough of one
kind to do a major project tho...I've used them for medallion box lids
etc...Take a chance...I think you'll like it..
Ken in Canada (eh!!)
"Dusty Workshop" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Hey guys,
>
> I am wondering if any of you have bought the 'box of veneer' from Lee
> Valley recently. I scanned the pic from their catalog.
>
> http://www.geocities.com/dustys_workshop/veneer.html
>
> Looks like a really good deal, and the small size and variety of
> species is applicable to my projects. I just wondered if anyone has
> seen it and can comment on the quality of the product. I have
> searched the threads but found no specific info.
>
> Thanks in advance for your input.
>
> Dusty
>
> "A man without a wife is like a fish without a bicycle."
"Dusty Workshop" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Hey guys,
>
> I am wondering if any of you have bought the 'box of veneer' from Lee
> Valley recently. I scanned the pic from their catalog.
>
> http://www.geocities.com/dustys_workshop/veneer.html
>
> Looks like a really good deal, and the small size and variety of
> species is applicable to my projects. I just wondered if anyone has
> seen it and can comment on the quality of the product. I have
> searched the threads but found no specific info.
You should also take a look at the veneer mixes from B&B
at http://www.wood-veneers.com/
Look at the "Treasures". I have no relationship to B&B except
for buying one of the treasure chest packages about 5 years
ago. The owner's a great guy - I spoke with him a couple times
and he'll definitely do right by you. The LV package looks
good except the sheets look pretty small; the veneers from B&B
are longer and wider.
--Neil
A comment on the wood shows and the $3.00 per sheet veneer. At the
Atlanta show last weekend they started selling it for $1.00 per sheet
about an hour or two before the show was over. These sheets were from 4"
to 18" wide and all typically were 9.5' long. Longer sheets had
sometimes been cut and folded to be less than 10'.
I bought 27 sheets at the $1.00 per sheet discounted rate. Then through
a stroke of pure luck a member of our woodworking group was offered a
partial pallet for free. Seems a guy bought a pallet, but couldn't carry
it all and wanted the balance left to 'good homes'. I came home with
another 112 sheets of cherry, east indian mahogany, walnut jatoba,
English Harewood (looks like curly maple) and other nice varieties that
ranged from 4.5" wide to 15" wide. Looks like I might be working on some
more veneer projects. Guess I better get that vacuum press made soon.
Dusty Workshop wrote:
> Hey guys,
>
> I am wondering if any of you have bought the 'box of veneer' from Lee
> Valley recently. I scanned the pic from their catalog.
>
> http://www.geocities.com/dustys_workshop/veneer.html
>
> Looks like a really good deal, and the small size and variety of
> species is applicable to my projects. I just wondered if anyone has
> seen it and can comment on the quality of the product. I have
> searched the threads but found no specific info.
>
> Thanks in advance for your input.
>
> Dusty
>
> "A man without a wife is like a fish without a bicycle."
Dusty -
While I've not bought this particular item, I just want to echo what Charlie
said in his answer to you above - you can count on Lee Valley for quality,
honesty, and customer service. I'm sure they would make it right if you
have a problem with it.
I've ordered several things from them - from wood screws to steel rulers.
Each item was high quality, and exactly as described in the catalogue, or
online. Delivery was like clockwork - within 2 - 3 days, without fail..
You'll be satisfied with whatever you order from them.
Nick B
"Dusty Workshop" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Hey guys,
>
> I am wondering if any of you have bought the 'box of veneer' from Lee
> Valley recently. I scanned the pic from their catalog.
>
> http://www.geocities.com/dustys_workshop/veneer.html
>
> Looks like a really good deal, and the small size and variety of
> species is applicable to my projects. I just wondered if anyone has
> seen it and can comment on the quality of the product. I have
> searched the threads but found no specific info.
>
> Thanks in advance for your input.
>
> Dusty
>
> "A man without a wife is like a fish without a bicycle."
Charlie Self wrote:
> "Everything has its limit - iron ore cannot be educated into gold."
> Mark Twain
Are you a Mark Twain nut? <g> One of my business partners is and is
counting the days until more Twain observations will be released.
Are you also into Will Rogers? I wish he was still around poking at BOTH
political parties. ;-)
-- Mark
Mark Jerde notes:
>Are you a Mark Twain nut? <g> One of my business partners is and is
>counting the days until more Twain observations will be released.
>
>Are you also into Will Rogers? I wish he was still around poking at BOTH
>political parties. ;-)
>
Not exactly a Twain nut, but I do appreciate his humor.
Will Rogers would probably make both sides angry today, which is a very good
thing for those sides, so it's a damned shame he's not still around.
Charlie Self
"Everything has its limit - iron ore cannot be educated into gold." Mark Twain
http://hometown.aol.com/charliediy/myhomepage/business.html
Nick Bozovich wrote:
> You'll be satisfied with whatever you order from them.
And if not, they have a ridiculously liberal return policy.
--
Michael McIntyre ---- Silvan <[email protected]>
Linux fanatic, and certified Geek; registered Linux user #243621
http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/5407/
Silvan responds:
>Nick Bozovich wrote:
>
>> You'll be satisfied with whatever you order from them.
>
>And if not, they have a ridiculously liberal return policy.
Believe me, it's not ridiculous. This thread is a case in point: you cannot buy
advertising that will produce the number and kind of responses the OP has
gotten here. You have to walk the walk to please people. When you do that,
they'll bring others, often lots of others.
It's an excellent idea and a good business policy, and it's a policy very few
businesses follow with the exactitude that Lee Valley uses.
Charlie Self
"Everything has its limit - iron ore cannot be educated into gold." Mark Twain
http://hometown.aol.com/charliediy/myhomepage/business.html
Charlie Self wrote:
>>And if not, they have a ridiculously liberal return policy.
>
> Believe me, it's not ridiculous. This thread is a case in point: you
I don't disagree at all. Even so, I have to rub my eyes and read it twice
every time I look at that bit of text. It's incredible to me that anyone
in the 21st century still has customer service that good.
If anyone else back in the 20th ever did, for that matter. Lee Valley is
some outfit.
--
Michael McIntyre ---- Silvan <[email protected]>
Linux fanatic, and certified Geek; registered Linux user #243621
http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/5407/
Silvan responds:
>
>>>And if not, they have a ridiculously liberal return policy.
>>
>> Believe me, it's not ridiculous. This thread is a case in point: you
>
>I don't disagree at all. Even so, I have to rub my eyes and read it twice
>every time I look at that bit of text. It's incredible to me that anyone
>in the 21st century still has customer service that good.
>
>If anyone else back in the 20th ever did, for that matter. Lee Valley is
>some outfit.
Used to be pretty much a standard thing--recall the original Satisfaction
Guaranteed Sears, Roebuck & Co. slogan that was true. More small stores around,
many of whom actually knew their customers, so satisfaction was kind of a good
idea if you wanted peace in the neighborhood.
Today, there are several companies that make a stab at good customer service,
but there always seems to be a step back from perfection. I can think of one
instance where the return shipping, and the buyer's orginal shipping, are also
refunded...but it's not publicized and the refunds are made only if requested.
Sort of like not having them in most instances. Saves having to be more honest
on product descriptions, I guess.
Lee Valley in my experience is very close to unique in their approach to
catalog and on-line copy. If there's a downside to the product that they know
about, they'll tell you about it. Sort of a "XXX would be better all around if
the manufacturer had done YYY, but since no one else makes the blinking things
at all, we're offering this one."
I takes a lot of thought and probably a lot of care over the years to stand
steadfast with such a policy when the MBAs in the world will say your 5 year
gross profit will be 5 times as high as without that policy. Of course, sense
tells you that your 10 year gross will suck.
I think Leonard Lee came up with this policy, and it has been strengthened over
the years, and is apparently solidly supported by Rob Lee. It's smart
marketing, good business, and gives them a solid edge on almost all other
companies in the same field.
Charlie Self
"Love is not the dying moan of a distant violin - it's the triumphant twang of
a bedspring." S. J. Perelman
http://hometown.aol.com/charliediy/myhomepage/business.html
Like everyone else has indicated, you cannot go wrong with LeeValley and
they do offer an honest value in their products. That said, the woodworking
show in Houston this weekend and apparently in other cities have been
offering veneers for $3.00 a strip. Strips being in the 6 to 10" wide range
and about 6' long. By comparing Lee Valley to the show, Lee Valley is
offering over 50 sq feet for $34.50. The show is offering strips that vary
per square foot from about $1.00 per square foot to about 50 cents per
square foot, depending on the species you select. The shows are offering
about 12 varieties vs. the Lee Valley offer of 20 species.
So... you may or may not be able to do better at the show depending on your
specific needs. Perhaps this comparison can be of some help in determining
the value to you.
"Dusty Workshop" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Hey guys,
>
> I am wondering if any of you have bought the 'box of veneer' from Lee
> Valley recently. I scanned the pic from their catalog.
>
> http://www.geocities.com/dustys_workshop/veneer.html
>
> Looks like a really good deal, and the small size and variety of
> species is applicable to my projects. I just wondered if anyone has
> seen it and can comment on the quality of the product. I have
> searched the threads but found no specific info.
>
> Thanks in advance for your input.
>
> Dusty
>
> "A man without a wife is like a fish without a bicycle."
On 8 Feb 2004 11:25:07 -0800, [email protected] (Dusty
Workshop) wrote:
>I am wondering if any of you have bought the 'box of veneer' from Lee
>Valley
What are you after ? Maybe I'm fortunate in having a veneer dealer on
my doorstep (used to have two, in a not especially large town), but if
I want to buy a single veneer species, then I can beat the Lee Valley
deal.
However if I wanted a _range_ of veneers, then it seems like a very
good option.
For plain cabinetry, it's not especially useful. For marquetry,
contrasting inlays or repair work, then it looks like a good buy.