Today's milling

[Johnsond]

Lucky to get hold of some more really nice Oak lately, cracking little telehandler hired in for the weekend. 

[muttley9050]

Lucky to get hold of some more really nice Oak lately, cracking little telehandler hired in for the weekend. 

Looks good.
What you paying for decent oak at the moment?

[Johnsond]

21 minutes ago, muttley9050 said:

Looks good.
What you paying for decent oak at the moment?

It’s a total lottery in reality after this winters storms. Maybe on average £100-120 a ton possibly a bit more if it’s nice. 

[Squaredy]

Milling lots of Sequoia at the moment (Coast Redwood not Giant).  We should plant more of this - stunning grain and dries in no time and super stable and durable.  I will be using a load myself soon so I will upload some pics as the build progresses in an appropriate thread.

Edited May 11, 2022 by Squaredy

[AJStrees]

1 hour ago, Squaredy said:

Milling lots of Sequoia at the moment (Coast Redwood not Giant).  We should plant more of this - stunning grain and dried in no time and super stable and durable.  I will be using a load myself soon so I will upload some pics as the build progresses in an appropriate thread.

Looking beautiful that sequoia. Crikey mate!

[Mr. Ed]

There was lots planted around houses in Ireland in the 19th Century and lots of it is coming down now. It would be nice to get hold of some. 

[Mr. Ed]

Baby’s first floor: 

Alder laid but fastenings not finished yet in our new bathroom. Am screwing it to a subfloor through an acoustic mat. Not sure what to finish it with yet. 

[Squaredy]

1 hour ago, Mr. Ed said:

Baby’s first floor: 

Alder laid but fastenings not finished yet in our new bathroom. Am screwing it to a subfloor through an acoustic mat. Not sure what to finish it with yet. 

Very nice indeed.

[AJStrees]

Uncovered this log in the brambles.
At the back of our site, Solid heart wood and no sign of wood worm. Milling up 4” slabs. Pretty sure it’s chestnut. Was hoping it was oak, but seems not.

[AJStrees]

Finished off the log. Seems it is oak after all, gonna be making up some oak light posts.