Can someone recommend timber for keezer build?

[donburke]

I used 150 x 50 blackbutt with 4 coats of marine grade varnish

fixed to the freezer with silicon adhesive and also ran a bead around the join to seal it

 

[bradsbrew]

And knots give great feature character.

The heartwood has much more character than any knot, unless of course you are talking Birdseye maple. New Guinea rosewood would look nice with a Danish oil polish.

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

Native Cypress Pine looks nice as well

http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTBWaEZIXsK-zggyHAW7y9i6kJJ4fF37k1DzmHGVkcOkZIW3-ktNwnVPbmXVQ

 

[newguy]

Look at woodworking.org for pictures of many different types of hardwood.

 

[tateg]

I know I am dragging up an old thread, but does any one know where I could buy some hard wood in 180mm+ and 220mm+ widths that don't cost as much as the freezer itself !!
I am located in north west Melbourne.

 

[mr_wibble]

Bunnings redwood fence palings looked awesome sanded with just a bit of varnish.

But then they shrank, and warped, and generally stuffed up hours and hours of work.

It did look good for a few days though.



Bottom of freezer is now painted with chalkboard paint ... this made such a difference - you can't see the dents and rust

 

[tateg]

Pity cause it looks good.
It has been a pain to find a nice wide plank

 

[pedleyr]

That looks great, it's exactly how I want to do mine... But I'm discouraged by yours warping. Anyone with experience able to give tips to avoid that?

 

[pk.sax]

Buy engineered decking timber?

 

[breakbeer]

Timber laminate floor panels, the stuff that just clicks together

Easy to make that stuff look pretty awesome. My last job was at a shopfitting company & we used it all the time

 

[spog]

Go with pine and stain it as a first try.
Pine is cheap and if you a mistake it's not expensive to replace,plenty of choices for different colours in .
Cheers......spog...

 

[tateg]

Think I will be going pine then sticking timber look tiles to the pine, should look the goods

 

[Tahoose]

All pine. Cabots cedar satin stain and varnish.

If I was more confident with my skills on the tools i would use something better, but only for the top. It would be pricey to clad the whole thing in expensive timber.

 

[Mardoo]

Silky oak. Beautiful! You can grab old silky oak furniture for a couple coins at an op shop and repurpose it.

 

[alcoadam]

If you can get yourself to a timber show you'll find lots of beautiful slabs for a couple hundred $....

http://www.timbershows.com.au/

 

[Amber_Man]

West Australian Jarrah
http://www.aussiehomebrewer.com/uploads/albums/gallery/album_942/gallery_10421_942_604289.jpg

 

[neo__04]

+1 for Jarrah. Made mine in jarrah, love it.