Today's milling

[trigger_andy]

debarked and milled a couple of short cherry logs that had been sat on the ground for 6 months... first time hitting a screw from setting up the ladder [emoji51].   Still impressed how well the echo 620 just chugs on through stuff. 

Why did you de-bark it?

[muttley9050]

I'd just really like to know if it's like the mystical black walnut, I'm sure I heard a story about a big oak that was worth £2k a beam and 4 came out of it.

I cut big oaks all the time. 6m x 12" is definately not worth 2k. If only 4 beams came out of an oak it isn't that big.

Beams 10m plus get more expensive as trees of beam quality are hard to find at that length.

In my opinion the oak trigger is cutting is not really beam quality due to the faults and excessive twisting of the grain. Makes nice slabs but will be difficult slabs to control at 6m long.

 

[gary112]

On 12/05/2021 at 10:19, astra25 said:

Just giving people the heads up,

Just bought 2 oregon 27ra ripping chains from chainsdirect for £118.80 vs £172.80 on chainsawbars.

Had most of my chains off them the last couple years,take a bit of beating on price

[muttley9050]

It can go a bit grey in places if it dries in damp weather.  Otherwise really good drying - so much more stable than other native hardwoods.  Especially good as wide boards, so I would say those slabs look great.  Grain is more subtle than Ash or Oak, but very beautiful nevertheless.

I have no issues with drying Sycamore. Lovely timber.
Similar to beech it benefits from being left on the ground for a year to encourage spalting.
Table in this photo is a lovely bit of syc. Stays flat and beautiful grain.

[Dilz]

8 hours ago, trigger_andy said:

 

 

Why did you de-bark it?

 

 

To reduce wear on the chain...The logs had been sat on grass for about 6 months and this after being section felled on muddy ground outside a school so even after a good go with a wire brush I wouldn't consider it clean... and can't think of any reason as to why to keep it on 

[G13469]

My mill has been in storage for over 18 months, so I couldn't miss a couple of free logs. I was very out of practice but an enjoyable day with a glamorous assistant.

Ended up with 2m cube of mostly dimensional timber 2.8m long

[AHPP]

Never seen it done that way before. I assume she emerges from the cab of a tractor wearing a sequin dress?

[bilke_user]

Nice easy job. Ripping 150m of 6x1's into 450m of2x1's.  Helps when the weather's good

Edited May 18, 2021 by bilke_user

[topchippyles]

2 minutes ago, bilke_user said:

Nice easy job. Ripping 350m of 6x1's into 1000m of2x1's.  Helps when the weather's good

What a lovely setting to mill in as long as its not to windy 

[bilke_user]

21 minutes ago, topchippyles said:

What a lovely setting to mill in as long as its not to windy 

Light wind blowing up the loch from behind me.  Great day.  Tomorrow's not looking so clever, milling oak in a midge infested glen