Today's milling

[Dan Maynard]

10 hours ago, Rough Hewn said:

We did a little demo of the 881 and the 60” panther mill in the stihl demo area.

I think the stihl guys enjoyed having a go too.

Ah the Stihl demo area.

 

I was thinking you aren't ever going to win the chainsaw carving competition with some big flat boards.

[Dan Maynard]

On 16/11/2022 at 09:22, Rough Hewn said:

If you look carefully at picture one.

this 10’ piece, I cut from a 30’ piece.

the farmer found a 90’ log, he had to cut it into 3 x 30’ to get it out.

the rest of the tree is under the brambles.

Where are these, presumably Yorkshire moors? I've heard of bog Oak round here in the Fens but not other areas of the country.

[spuddog0507]

8 minutes ago, Dan Maynard said:

Where are these, presumably Yorkshire moors? I've heard of bog Oak round here in the Fens but not other areas of the country.

There is a lot that keeps appearing on the Fylde and down around Southport has done for many many years and will do so for many more to come,,

[Dan Maynard]

17 hours ago, spuddog0507 said:

There is a lot that keeps appearing on the Fylde and down around Southport has done for many many years and will do so for many more to come,,

Ah fair enough - must be more common than I thought, just doesn't make the news. 

[spuddog0507]

10 hours ago, Dan Maynard said:

Ah fair enough - must be more common than I thought, just doesn't make the news. 

Yes there is a fair amount that keeps coming to the surface, if we get a few dry summers and then really wet winters it seems to appear, I been on a shoot today that is just on the edge of what we call the moss land, very peaty soil, this is where the bog oak rises up to the surface, the last field I was on today is just stating to flood up and if it keeps raining there will be about 2000 acres under water till march/April and today its been very hard walking today it's only just started to flood up, photo below is just a example i reckon in next 5/6 wk that fence will probably go under water, the said field has not been worked for 45 yrs as we know but next spring/summer it's due to be reseeded and leaveled up, could be interesting ??

[Rough Hewn]

9 hours ago, spuddog0507 said:

Yes there is a fair amount that keeps coming to the surface, if we get a few dry summers and then really wet winters it seems to appear, I been on a shoot today that is just on the edge of what we call the moss land, very peaty soil, this is where the bog oak rises up to the surface, the last field I was on today is just stating to flood up and if it keeps raining there will be about 2000 acres under water till march/April and today its been very hard walking today it's only just started to flood up, photo below is just a example i reckon in next 5/6 wk that fence will probably go under water, the said field has not been worked for 45 yrs as we know but next spring/summer it's due to be reseeded and leaveled up, could be interesting ??

Great photo!

fantastic pup mate👍

[trigger_andy]

On 18/11/2022 at 05:58, Rough Hewn said:

Ask me in a couple of weeks, as this is the first time using it.

so far everything looks flat still and it’s taken out 200+ litres of water.

I bought it off a mate who was drying about 6+ m3 of 2”-3” hardwood from green in 8-10 weeks to 10%mc.

Logosol don’t sell the 4kw anymore,

think it’s a 2kw now.

still can dry a dozen 10’ x 3’ slabs though.

Think I’ll get one at the start of the new year then. Sounds perfect. 

[Johnsond]

Wasn’t me milling today unfortunately but passed a tidy looking woodmizer in perfect milling weather knocking out what looked like a decent stack on the way up to Uig today, easy to forget how beautiful it can be up here, 14yrs since I last was up on Skye, thoroughly enjoyed the bimble up from Turiff today. 

[gobbypunk]

Black Dog Saw Mill moved up to Scotland a few yrs ago now might have been Pol he likes his Woodmizers ,and a totally cool guy

[5thelement]

This morning I collected some Acacia poles for a large pergola that I am constructing to grow Kiwis on. 
I’ve now agreed to help the old guy I collected from to reconstruct the roof over his mill after it was damaged in a storm, it will be in exchange for Douglas fir construction timber for another project I have in mind for next year.

A poor photograph of the mill which dates back to 1914 and Is assembled using the railway engineering of the time, the saw/carriage travels along rail lines, you sit right next to the blade.

He has wood everywhere, softwood sheds and hardwood sheds.

Interestingly, none of his wood is stickered, he rarely cuts green wood. He has decades worth of logs drying in the round instead.

His place stands in 5 square kilometres of woodland, completely fenced off with his own deer and boar population.

He is 82, only deals in cash and doesn’t own a receipt book.