Today's milling

[Johnsond]

BMT100 tooth setter delivered by DHL, box well taped up etc, I put the package on the back seat of the pick up as I was heading up to Uist the next morning and figured it would give me something to do on the Sundays when Forbes congregation say we can’t work. Anyway opened the box up tonight and it looks like it’s had a rough journey to say the least, foam all mangled, dial guage bezel damaged after one of tooth spacing arms was against it and gauge itself bent on mount and the spring return on the plunger is totally goosed, graunching as you move it in and out 🤷‍♂️. Phone call to woodmizer tomorrow and see how it goes. 

[Johnsond]

20 hours ago, Johnsond said:

BMT100 tooth setter delivered by DHL, box well taped up etc, I put the package on the back seat of the pick up as I was heading up to Uist the next morning and figured it would give me something to do on the Sundays when Forbes congregation say we can’t work. Anyway opened the box up tonight and it looks like it’s had a rough journey to say the least, foam all mangled, dial guage bezel damaged after one of tooth spacing arms was against it and gauge itself bent on mount and the spring return on the plunger is totally goosed, graunching as you move it in and out 🤷‍♂️. Phone call to woodmizer tomorrow and see how it goes. 

Cracking response from Damian at Woodmizer UK, replacement being sent out no questions asked. 👍

[AJStrees]

Not very exciting to watch, but I am trying to put my videos of milling in one location, so this is just a trial. 

 

 

[AJStrees]

And some photos of the oak log I milled yesterday 👍

[AJStrees]

Different section of the tree at a different camera angle. again, not too exciting to watch but I think videos are a bit more interesting than a photo. A lot of the time I keep the throttle held in so that I can keep the mill going through the log faster. Not the case in this video though

 

 

[organic guy]

AJ

I  know you always use the ladder to ease saw passage.

Is it just screwed into the top of the log?

Do you not worry about damage to the surface or is everything you cut only view from one side?

 

 

[AJStrees]

12 minutes ago, organic guy said:

AJ

I  know you always use the ladder to ease saw passage.

Is it just screwed into the top of the log?

Do you not worry about damage to the surface or is everything you cut only view from one side?

 

 

I suppose being that the timber is never perfect  in the first place, the holes never seem to be a problem, I only screw a small way in to the top of the log to hold the ladder in place. If someone is going to use a slab to make a table, they will generally want to get the timber machined, through a thicknesser, planed, any and all imperfections filled, epoxy resin or oiled/varnished, etc... by the time that is all done, the 4 holes I put in are no issue. 👍 IMHO

[AJStrees]

17 minutes ago, organic guy said:

AJ

I  know you always use the ladder to ease saw passage.

Is it just screwed into the top of the log?

Do you not worry about damage to the surface or is everything you cut only view from one side?

 

 

but I appreciate that is not necessarily how everyone else might think. 👍

[trigger_andy]

With my Jeep in getting paint Sinister was on loading duty. 
 

A 6” beam for a customer (thanks Dave) and a few bit fir me. After a morning of setting posts I only had an hour or so on the mill. 
 

 

[Johnsond]

Cracking  day out in Deeside for a customer milling various bits of Oak( primarily 200x200 beams ) , one log was too big for mill, had to be broken down into 200mm slabs with the Alaskan then trimmed to fit. I just do not miss that 880 banging away right next to me 😞 

 

Edited May 12, 2023 by Johnsond