Today's milling

[trigger_andy]

5 minutes ago, AJStrees said:

Nice. I suppose there is always the old french polish (shellac) option too. 

True, I just really like Danish Oil.  Leaves a hard film and is child and food safe. 

[arbwork]

1 hour ago, AJStrees said:

very nice looking work. is that resin or varnish you are using on the surface? 😁

osmo top oil clear satin https://osmouk.com/product/topoil/ 

 

ha ha just read the description it includes ' noble shimmer '  

Edited September 1, 2021 by arbwork

[AJStrees]

43 minutes ago, arbwork said:

osmo top oil clear satin https://osmouk.com/product/topoil/ 

 

ha ha just read the description it includes ' noble shimmer '  

Ah. Okay good old osmo. Seems to be quite a good product. 

[Big Beech]

15 hours ago, AJStrees said:

very nice looking work. is that resin or varnish you are using on the surface? 😁

Nope, sanded to 80 grit only and finished with screwfix own brand clear decking oil.

[Conor Wright]

20 hours ago, Johnsond said:

Cutting edge 👍👍😀

Solutions, not problems! 

[Johnsond]

4 hours ago, Conor Wright said:

Solutions, not problems! 

Saul’s words bud “cutting edge” at £600 ish or whatever it was you can justifiably expect most problems to have been ironed out in the R&D process. As an aside if I’d kept it I’d have drilled the long upper tube and used roll pins rather than grub screws as a solution. 

Edited September 2, 2021 by Johnsond

[Rough Hewn]

Saul’s words bud “cutting edge” at £600 ish or whatever it was you can justifiably expect most problems to have been ironed out in the R&D process. 

I looked into the costs of manufacturing the components to build my own mill…
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Have you seen the price of extruded aluminium profile lengths…
Not to mention all the bespoke engineering…
Think I’ll stick to just using them…
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[Johnsond]

1 hour ago, Rough Hewn said:

I looked into the costs of manufacturing the components to build my own mill…
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Have you seen the price of extruded aluminium profile lengths…
Not to mention all the bespoke engineering…
Think I’ll stick to just using them…
🤣🤣🤣

Yeah I know it’s not cheap. I’m happy with the standard Alaskans Saul, Trakmet will do a 1.2m diameter log so the 880 doesn’t get much use at min which was a factor in why I didn’t go forward with sorting the Panther. To be honest to manufacture the mill to a standard that it had no lash in gears etc or movement anywhere would probs result in it being twice the weight and cost. The guy who’s mill I was using is working for a firm doing decommissioning in the N Sea using ROV deployed diamond wire and abrasive cutting systems so with my background etc we maybe tend to look at the engineering on things with a slightly more critical eye.

like I’ve said it’s not really criticism as such it just wasn’t the direction I wanted to go ie fettling something at the time. I’m not adverse to that and currently have a list of mods I want to do on the Trakmet mill to improve things as I see it, some involving pretty extensive fabrication etc. 

Edited September 2, 2021 by Johnsond

[Rough Hewn]

Got some Wych elm to mill for the next few days..

[trigger_andy]

11 minutes ago, Rough Hewn said:

Got some Wych elm to mill for the next few days..

Few lumps there. Ive a stack like that of English Oak I need to dig through one day.  

 

Should get a few nice bits out of it. 

 

Andy