Today's milling

[Jcarbor]

oak plank bar table finished in time for the lovely sunny bank holiday.

[Rough Hewn]

oak plank bar table finished in time for the lovely sunny bank holiday.

Satisfying?
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[Jcarbor]

Satisfying?
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Certainly was, had the in-laws around so was up early doors for 4 hrs of sanding. The weather was great and so was the ice cool aspinals.[emoji481]

[Forest2Furniture]

Finished stacking this years milled Oaks planks today.

Got 3 days on-site milling to day then I can start on the Sweet Chestnut next week 

[Mark Wileman]

Just finding my feet with my first mill!  Got plenty of Leylandii to butcher practicing on! Milled a bit of Alder that has been sitting for about 18 months as well. 

[Rough Hewn]

Just finding my feet with my first mill! [emoji4] Got plenty of Leylandii to butcher practicing on! Milled a bit of Alder that has been sitting for about 18 months as well. 

Nice setup Mark,
Is that a logosol F2?
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[Rough Hewn]

Only had a couple of hours today on this beech. Will get back to it later in the week.

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[Mark Wileman]

It is! I shortened the platform down to one section (1m) since I only have about 2 bits of timber longer than 2m!

 

It's surprisingly accurate, can rip 1/4 inch boards. Only using a cheap rotatech bar & chain filed to 10 degrees too.

[Mark Wileman]

Do people hire you in to mill from them Rough or do you buy stems off people? I've just been commissioned to make two huge live edge mirror frames for pretty much what I paid for the logosol... starting to think there might be some money to be made here!

[Rough Hewn]

Do people hire you in to mill from them Rough or do you buy stems off people? I've just been commissioned to make two huge live edge mirror frames for pretty much what I paid for the logosol... starting to think there might be some money to be made here!

Both.
I travel nationwide milling for clients,
and I know quite a few tree surgeons and foresters who call me when they have a really nice log.
But often the majority of my work is tree surgery.
The milling has really taken off this year though.
There is money to be made but it's not much, hard to be a full time miller.
The retailer of the mirror gets the big slice.
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