todays work,a nice elm trunk.

[kinderscout]

It milled into 16 nice slabs.

[slackbladder]

Love to see more pics

[kinderscout]

Here is how they turned out slack bladder.a few soft spots in them

[gobbypunk]

Nice boards they would make some nice tables

Cheers Mark

[slackbladder]

Nice work !!

[kinderscout]

I milled it for a joiner,and I believe it is going to be used to make a kitchen as he build's high spec kitchen's.

[farmerjohn]

what thickness did you mill them at?

any idea how long the tree has been dead before milling? I may have an elm butt too look at but think it was cut in the 80's so imagine it is rotten but dont know how it lasts, or if it has been lying in mud out out of the ground

[Rob D]

Nice work and nice pics! Thanks for posting.

 

 

[Will Heal]

what thickness did you mill them at?

 

any idea how long the tree has been dead before milling? I may have an elm butt too look at but think it was cut in the 80's so imagine it is rotten but dont know how it lasts, or if it has been lying in mud out out of the ground

 

 

Few years ago I milled a elm butt that I had felled 3 yrs previous and it was just lying on the ground. I got some nice timber out of it. The 80's? That's a long time! But mill it what have you got to lose? May be some spalting in it too

[kinderscout]

These butts had been stored in a barn for many years,and I would say they are seasoned.Cutting was a lot different than wet wood.

Thnormal was some decay in the butts penetrating to around a couple off inches in.The dryness off the wood ment more oil and fuel used than normal.