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Tulipwood 25.4mm x 152.4mm x 4.57m
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Tulipwood 25.4mm x 152.4mm x 4.57m

£17.50 ex VAT (£21.00 inc VAT)

Our rough sawn Tulipwood is a versatile North American hardwood particularly valued by joiners and cabinetmakers for its excellent machining qualities, relatively straight grain and good dimensional stability.

Easy to saw, plane, mould, turn and machine, Tulipwood is an excellent choice for interior joinery, furniture, cabinetry, mouldings, doors, panelling and painted timber work. Its generally pale colour can include attractive natural variations from creamy white and light yellow through to greenish, brown or occasionally purplish tones.

Available in nominal 25.4mm (1″), 38.1mm (1½”) and 50.8mm (2″) thicknesses.

Tulipwood hardwood board, 25.4mm x 152.4mm x 4.57m.

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SKU: TUL25.4X152.4X4.57 Category:

Product Description

Tulipwood is a practical and highly workable North American hardwood that has earned a strong reputation with professional joiners, cabinetmakers and furniture makers. Despite its common name, it is not related to the tropical timber sometimes also called tulipwood; the timber we supply is the North American hardwood commonly associated with the tulip tree.

One of Tulipwood’s principal advantages is its machining performance. It works readily with both hand and machine tools and is well suited to sawing, planing, routing, moulding, turning, drilling and sanding. It can produce clean, accurately machined components and takes glue, fixings, paint and other finishes well when correctly prepared.

The timber is generally straight grained with a relatively fine, even texture. Colour can vary considerably within and between boards. The sapwood is typically creamy white to pale yellow, while the heartwood can introduce yellow-brown, olive-green, grey, brown and occasional darker or purplish streaks. These variations are a natural characteristic of the species rather than a defect.

A particularly useful timber for painted joinery

Tulipwood is frequently selected where the finished component will be painted. Its combination of good machining characteristics, stability and relatively unobtrusive grain makes it particularly useful for paint-grade furniture and interior joinery, where using a more decorative hardwood may offer little practical benefit.

It can also be used with clear or stained finishes where its natural colour variation and character are appropriate to the project. As with any hardwood, we recommend testing stains and finishing systems on an offcut first where a particular appearance is required.

Typical uses

Tulipwood is suitable for a broad range of interior woodworking applications, including:

  • Bespoke furniture and cabinetmaking
  • Kitchen and fitted furniture components
  • Interior doors and joinery
  • Mouldings and machined profiles
  • Panelling and decorative interior timberwork
  • Shelving and furniture components
  • Turning and general woodworking
  • Painted joinery and furniture

Tulipwood should primarily be regarded as an interior joinery hardwood. It does not have the natural exterior durability of species such as European Oak or Iroko, so we would not normally recommend it where long-term resistance to external weathering or ground contact is required.

Available rough sawn thicknesses

Our Tulipwood is currently available in the following nominal thicknesses:

25.4mm (1″)
38.1mm (1½”)
50.8mm (2″)

The timber is supplied rough sawn rather than planed to a finished dimension. Nominal thicknesses therefore describe the sawn stock size and should not be treated as guaranteed finished dimensions.

Please allow a tolerance of approximately ±4–5mm. Boards will also naturally require machining to achieve a flat, square and consistent finished section. When calculating the material required for a project, sufficient allowance should therefore be made for planing, straightening, edging and other machining operations.

Natural hardwood variation

Tulipwood is a natural sawn hardwood product, so colour, grain, width, figure and other characteristics will vary from board to board. Minor surface checking, machining allowance and other features associated with rough sawn hardwood should be expected.

For professional joinery work, this variation is part of selecting and machining solid timber rather than an indication that every board will arrive at an identical finished dimension.

For joiners looking for a reliable, easily machined and versatile hardwood, particularly for interior and painted work, Tulipwood represents an excellent workshop timber with applications ranging from straightforward mouldings to high-quality bespoke furniture and fitted joinery.

Specification

Thickness

Width

152.4
Length

4.57
Species

Delivery Policy

We will endeavour to deliver your items as soon as possible. Items on backorder are not held in stock and can sometimes mean a delay to your delivery.

Introduction

W Burton & Sons is pleased to offer a comprehensive delivery service from our two depots in Bramshall, Uttoxeter and Threapwood near Cheadle in Staffordshire. Small items can de delivered to most UK addresses with dispatch within 24 hours via courier. This is fixed at £15+VAT. With our fleet of HIABB equipped trucks and vans we can now delivery more of your bulky items such as gates, decking, fencing and sleepers and much more to more postcodes across the Midlands, and beyond. We have recently reviewed our shipping charges with many being reduced. Our shipping calculator uses your delivery postcode to work out the costs to ship to you. Please use this to work out the exact amount for your order. We can also use What 3 Words to determine your exact location for your delivery. Our drivers are able to use your What3Words address to deliver your order to you. Please enter this too on the Checkout page.

General Delivery

Delivery slots are available Monday-Friday (excluding bank holidays). Saturday delivery can be arranged at extra cost, however please contact our team on 01538 753184 to discuss further. If you are unable to complete your order online and would like to place a sizeable order please call our sales office on 01538 753184 as alternative delivery options may be available. We will make every effort to deliver on the agreed date, but if for any reason we are unable to deliver then there will be no liability whether in damages or otherwise for delay of whole or any part of the goods ordered arising from any cause whatsoever. Delivery by the company shall be conditional upon access free from encumbrances and good roads being available to the delivery vehicles to the place of delivery. The company will not accept any liability for damages to property caused during delivery. If the company, or its agent cannot gain access to the delivery address then additional costs may be incurred. Deliveries are made using large vehicles and it is the customers responsibility to inform the company if there may be an access problem. This above action must be completed before 2.00 pm on the day prior to delivery. E-mail confirmation of orders also request the customer to contact the company if a delivery problem may occur. A list of likely problems are also enclosed on the e-mail confirmation. Some delivery vehicles use tail lift offloading, and others HIAB lifts and it must be emphasised that the delivery vehicle must be able to park in an area where the delivery is to be made. A pallet trolley may then used to manoeuvre the products off the tail lift to the kerbside delivery point, the trolley can only be manoeuvred on a smooth level surface such as concrete, tarmac or paving (not gravel). The customer, or somebody appointed by the customer, should be at the delivery point to accept the delivery. The company will confirm the outcome by e-mail. In such cases that delivery, in the opinion of the company is not possible, then the company reserves the right to cancel the order.

Small Item or Bulky/Large Item Delivery

Unfortunately, we are not able to offer a nationwide delivery service on our bulky items, however if you would like to place a sizeable order please call our sales office on 01538 753184 as alternative delivery options may be available. We endeavour to post out your small goods the next working day; however in busy periods this can take a little longer. UK Orders (other than local) Standard UK delivery for small items is £15+VAT. Smaller items are posted using a national courier service. Bulky or Large Item Delivery We offer Standard and Express Delivery to postcodes within 100 miles from our Bramshall depot. Bulky or multiple items delivery is FROM £11+VAT. Standard Delivery aims to deliver to you within 3-7 working days from the date of order being placed. Express Delivery aims to deliver within 1-2 clear working days from date of order being placed. These do not include Weekends and are subject to items being in stock. Please add any relevant information in the Notes to your order. Please use the shipping calculator on the Checkout and Cart pages to work out your charges to your area. If Standard shipping isn’t available to your postcode we offer FREE Click and collect at either of our depots or we can quote for a courier service. Please call the sales team to arrange alternative shipping if required.

International Orders

We do not at this time deliver outside the UK but please contact us for special orders.

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