Bought some 4x3 today, asked the timber guy to cut it and apparently
they've got rid of the saw,

"You are welcome to cut it yourself", he said and lent me a handsaw and
a tape measure!

Is that OK? Normal?

On 14/12/2019 14:30, R D S wrote:
Bought some 4x3 today, asked the timber guy to cut it and apparently
they've got rid of the saw,

"You are welcome to cut it yourself", he said and lent me a handsaw and
a tape measure!

Is that OK? Normal?

It would be abnormal if he gave you a hammer and tape measure.

Unusual for a timber yard not to have a saw, but I can understand why. If most of their customers are tradesmen then likely they will simply load whatever lengths are available on their truck or van and do any cutting to length themselves on site. DIYers are the more likely to want lengths cutting to fit either inside or on a roof rack of a smaller vehicle.

There is a cost implication in offering a cutting service not just the purchase of the saw but training up operatives and insuring them too. So depending on the type of customer you mainly deal with or want to deal with may well make a small timber yard question the value of providing a cutting service.

Richard

On Sat, 14 Dec 2019 07:06:28 -0800, Tricky Dicky wrote:

Unusual for a timber yard not to have a saw, but I can understand why.
If most of their customers are tradesmen then likely they will simply
load whatever lengths are available on their truck or van and do any
cutting to length themselves on site. DIYers are the more likely to want
lengths cutting to fit either inside or on a roof rack of a smaller
vehicle.

There is a cost implication in offering a cutting service not just the
purchase of the saw but training up operatives and insuring them too. So
depending on the type of customer you mainly deal with or want to deal
with may well make a small timber yard question the value of providing a
cutting service.

Richard

A decade or so back TP in the Newbury area stopped offering a cutting
service because of the costs involved, including training and associated
H&S stuff.

A shame, because they were really helpful and would cut you unusual widths
and even profile timber for you.

Cheers



Dave R


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On 14/12/2019 15:15, David wrote:
On Sat, 14 Dec 2019 07:06:28 -0800, Tricky Dicky wrote:

Unusual for a timber yard not to have a saw, but I can understand why.
If most of their customers are tradesmen then likely they will simply
load whatever lengths are available on their truck or van and do any
cutting to length themselves on site. DIYers are the more likely to want
lengths cutting to fit either inside or on a roof rack of a smaller
vehicle.

There is a cost implication in offering a cutting service not just the
purchase of the saw but training up operatives and insuring them too. So
depending on the type of customer you mainly deal with or want to deal
with may well make a small timber yard question the value of providing a
cutting service.

Richard

A decade or so back TP in the Newbury area stopped offering a cutting
service because of the costs involved, including training and associated
H&S stuff.

My local timber yard did the same. Once upon a time they had a full
sawmill on-site, then just a cutting service for sheets or stock
lengths, then just a hand saw you could borrow to make your own cuts.
Now nothing as the saw kept getting stolen!

Mike

On 14/12/2019 14:30, R D S wrote:
Bought some 4x3 today, asked the timber guy to cut it and apparently
they've got rid of the saw,

"You are welcome to cut it yourself", he said and lent me a handsaw and
a tape measure!

Is that OK? Normal?

I suppose from the yards PoV, its a cost eliminated, a safety risk
reduced etc. As to how "normal" - hard to say.

I quite often take my 18V circular saw with me on trips to get timber
though!

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On 14/12/2019 15:45, John Rumm wrote:

I quite often take my 18V circular saw with me on trips to get timber
though!


I'll be doing the same next time.

Health and safety I imagine. They probably had a spate of people sawing
their fingers off on the table saw.
Brian

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"R D S" wrote in message
...
Bought some 4x3 today, asked the timber guy to cut it and apparently
they've got rid of the saw,

"You are welcome to cut it yourself", he said and lent me a handsaw and a
tape measure!

Is that OK? Normal?

On Sat, 14 Dec 2019 14:30:42 +0000, R D S wrote:

"You are welcome to cut it yourself", he said and lent me a handsaw and
a tape measure!

Is that OK? Normal?

Not normal - Wickes would not lend me a saw - had to buy one...

On Sunday, 15 December 2019 16:13:41 UTC, Geo wrote:
On Sat, 14 Dec 2019 14:30:42 +0000, R D S wrote:

"You are welcome to cut it yourself", he said and lent me a handsaw and
a tape measure!

Is that OK? Normal?

Not normal - Wickes would not lend me a saw - had to buy one...

Buy one & Wickes won't let you use it indoors. How being outdoors changes the situation legally I'm not clear.


NT

Brian Gaff (Sofa 2) wrote

Health and safety I imagine. They probably had a spate of people sawing
their fingers off on the table saw.

Bet they didn’t and doesn’t explain why they are happy
for you to show up with your own circular saw.

"R D S" wrote in message
...
Bought some 4x3 today, asked the timber guy to cut it and apparently
they've got rid of the saw,

"You are welcome to cut it yourself", he said and lent me a handsaw and a
tape measure!

Is that OK? Normal?

On Mon, 16 Dec 2019 07:34:20 +1100, cantankerous trolling geezer Rodent
Speed, the auto-contradicting senile sociopath, blabbered, again:



Health and safety I imagine. They probably had a spate of people sawing
their fingers off on the table saw.

Bet they didn¢t and doesn¢t explain why they are happy
for you to show up with your own circular saw.

Oh, ****! You HAD to **** also in this thread, you filthy trolling senile
asshole from Oz?

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