Planking Brazilian Walnut

[Haironyourchest]

- For a friend, patio table project. God its hard wood! By the time I got to within two feet of the end of the cut the chain had lost its bite. Filed to 5 degrees, finish was ok. I have buckets of very fine walnut power now, thinking about mixing it with very diluted PVA glue and making mud-pies, then burning them when they're dry. Will report on that in due course.

 

Videoed this on by dash-camera, stuck on the inside of the passenger window.

 

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[se7enthdevil]

to which species of brazilian walnut are you referring?

 

i know brazilian walnut as imbuia (ocotea porosa).

 

Imbuia | The Wood Database - Lumber Identification (Hardwoods)

 

 

but i suspect you are referring to ipe (handroanthus spp) which is like rock.

http://www.wood-database.com/ipe/

 

where did you find such a piece???

[Haironyourchest]

to which species of brazilian walnut are you referring?

 

i know brazilian walnut as imbuia (ocotea porosa).

 

Imbuia | The Wood Database - Lumber Identification (Hardwoods)

 

 

but i suspect you are referring to ipe (handroanthus spp) which is like rock.

Ipe | The Wood Database - Lumber Identification (Hardwoods)

 

where did you find such a piece???

 

Mate doesn't know but the guy he bought it from said it's ipe. Can't put nails into it - they just bend (maybe masonry nails). It was part of a once-in a lifetime bulk buy opportunity, I gather. First guy was going to deck his boat with it - he has an alaskan too - but can't get the finish good enough and the local sawmill can't process it with their a band saw because it's too hard. Hiorribly wasteful way to go though, inch thick planks losing a quarter inch each time.

[se7enthdevil]

the best way to cut it up is to get it to a mill that has a circular saw. my 20" rip saw with TCT teeth goes through timbers like those fairly easily.

 

bandsaws and chains are going to be blunted very quickly.

 

how many beams are there?

[Forest2Furniture]

- For a friend, patio table project. God its hard wood! By the time I got to within two feet of the end of the cut the chain had lost its bite. Filed to 5 degrees, finish was ok. I have buckets of very fine walnut power now, thinking about mixing it with very diluted PVA glue and making mud-pies, then burning them when they're dry. Will report on that in due course.

 

As far as your mud-pies go, don't use PVA, burning it would very un eco friendly, use flour & water as a paste.

[Haironyourchest]

Yeah the nearest circular saw mill is miles away, but next time I will. I thought PVA was pretty benign? Isn't that was they use to sick plywood laminates together - been burring plywood offcuts in the stove for years. Maybe I'll try wallpaper glue instead.

[wisewood]

I know of a firm that build/repair wooden bridges. They use a lot of those sort of tropical hardwoods. They tend to use tungsten tipped chain as normal chain blunts too quickly. would be expensive to re-profile to 10 degrees mind.

[Big Beech]

Just a thought and suggestion, but I have three bars available, one short, medium and one long. It appears that the bar is overly long and sapping much of the saws power on excess bar length. If milling small stuff I would suggest investing in another bar!

[Haironyourchest]

Just a thought and suggestion, but I have three bars available, one short, medium and one long. It appears that the bar is overly long and sapping much of the saws power on excess bar length. If milling small stuff I would suggest investing in another bar!

 

Dead right, only the mill was built for the bar if you know what I mean, never planned to be milling smaller wood. I could probably reconfigure it to fit a shorter bar but it would be a head wrecker.