Today's milling

[Stihl123]

yeh i'll put some pictures up once there done mate. don't want to rush them as want them to be done right!

[KristofferNJ]

On 23/09/2019 at 07:50, Rough Hewn said:

Great start mate

Thanks! Only did two slabs of the small one, as it started raining
Super stoked about that Ash - its part of a bigger tree that i was given, if i could cut it up and move it. Gave me 12 slabs with a bend in them, and 7 large 1x3m slabs at 3 inches. Cant wait for those to dry!!

[Rough Hewn]

just had a couple of bits put through the thicknesser that was milled last December  [emoji106][emoji106]

I use off cuts for chopping boards.
Those are really nice slabs, what about a table top?
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[Stihl123]

29 minutes ago, Rough Hewn said:

I use off cuts for chopping boards.
Those are really nice slabs, what about a table top?

i do have a table top in mind but that's not coming just yet.... i have 2 lumps of spalted beech upto 800mm wide that needs to be milled so that'll be interesting 

[Rough Hewn]

Total failure today.
Client wanted a couple of reclaimed beams(10"x16") cutting in to planks.
I texted him the price of hitting metal.
He was fine with that.

Got 4" in to the first cut, sparking and smoking.
Filed the buggered teeth back.
Got another 6".
Another filing.
Another 6" cut, I gave up.
Had a look carefully and saw several more nails,screws etc.
Wasted an afternoon and a 25" chain.
Lesson learned, no resawing ever.
Client was gutted,
I felt bad, so I'm giving him a large slab, as I still had to charge him £150 for a 16" cut.
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[Squaredy]

28 minutes ago, Rough Hewn said:

Total failure today.
Client wanted a couple of reclaimed beams(10"x16") cutting in to planks.
I texted him the price of hitting metal.
He was fine with that.

Got 4" in to the first cut, sparking and smoking.
Filed the buggered teeth back.
Got another 6".
Another filing.
Another 6" cut, I gave up.
Had a look carefully and saw several more nails,screws etc.
Wasted an afternoon and a 25" chain.
Lesson learned, no resawing ever.
Client was gutted,
I felt bad, so I'm giving him a large slab, as I still had to charge him £150 for a 16" cut.

 

Yeah re-sawing reclaimed beams is rarely worthwhile.  I have done a few recently and charge the same hourly rate for de-nailing as for the sawing.  Inevitably the sawing is just a tiny part of the cost.  A friend asked me to do one in the summer and said he had de-nailed it.  We put it on the forklift and my wife removed another 77 nails before we re-sawed it.  Three hours de-nailing, 30 mins sawing.

[Will Ingleton]

9 hours ago, Rough Hewn said:

Total failure today.
Client wanted a couple of reclaimed beams(10"x16") cutting in to planks.
I texted him the price of hitting metal.
He was fine with that.

Got 4" in to the first cut, sparking and smoking.
Filed the buggered teeth back.
Got another 6".
Another filing.
Another 6" cut, I gave up.
Had a look carefully and saw several more nails,screws etc.
Wasted an afternoon and a 25" chain.
Lesson learned, no resawing ever.
Client was gutted,
I felt bad, so I'm giving him a large slab, as I still had to charge him £150 for a 16" cut.

 

Shame about all those nails! How're you getting on with the Logosol? I have my eye on the same model and wondered what you thought of yours? Cheers.

Will

[se7enthdevil]

14 hours ago, Rough Hewn said:

Total failure today.
Client wanted a couple of reclaimed beams(10"x16") cutting in to planks.
I texted him the price of hitting metal.
He was fine with that.

Got 4" in to the first cut, sparking and smoking.
Filed the buggered teeth back.
Got another 6".
Another filing.
Another 6" cut, I gave up.
Had a look carefully and saw several more nails,screws etc.
Wasted an afternoon and a 25" chain.
Lesson learned, no resawing ever.
Client was gutted,
I felt bad, so I'm giving him a large slab, as I still had to charge him £150 for a 16" cut.

 

that's the sort of job you leave for a good sized rip saw that will have tct blades. they go right through mild steel.

[Squaredy]

5 hours ago, se7enthdevil said:

that's the sort of job you leave for a good sized rip saw that will have tct blades. they go right through mild steel.

I wouldn't risk my re-saw on nails or my Lucas Mill!  I know you can get blades designed to cope with nails but normal TCT can chip or get broken off altogether.  At least with a band mill the blade is quick to change and costs about £22 new so not so much at stake!

[Rough Hewn]

Milled a large spalted Beech yesterday and today,
absolutely pished down.


The panther mill is performing fantastically, so solid.
Granberg ripping chain is my new favourite chain. Just wish they did a full chisel version.
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