Today's milling

[trigger_andy]

7 hours ago, topchippyles said:

Which piece the one with trigger imprinted on 😆

That gets shipped to Jabba the Hutt obviously. 😁

[trigger_andy]

10 hours ago, AJStrees said:

Crikey! any idea what your going to do with slabs that size? Enormous 

No plans as yet. I get half and the estate owner gets half. Looks like we’ll get 3-4 x 4” slabs each. I’ll just stash them with all my other Oak till either the time is right or a buyer comes along. 

[Dan Maynard]

Is that big enough to make 12" or 8" beams? I have heard they are very valuable as rare to get big enough stem to make them but interested if that's true.

[trigger_andy]

7 minutes ago, Dan Maynard said:

Is that big enough to make 12" or 8" beams? I have heard they are very valuable as rare to get big enough stem to make them but interested if that's true.

It’s up to 52” in diameter in places, so yeh I could get a few beams out of it if I was gonna go down that route but I’ll not bother. 
 

There’s other big oaks down on the estate that are up to 10m long but in a smaller diameter. Still big enough to get a 12” beam or two out of them though. Not sure what the market for them is though. 

[topchippyles]

I have 3no 12x12 4m long oak beams and been sat in the shed for 4 years and was thinking about selling them last week.

[trigger_andy]

Only a couple of slabs off today. Quite happy with them though.

[Ratman]

Only a couple of slabs off today. Quite happy with them though.

Nice! Even better now you’ve cut off the mould 🤠

084 looks a tidy one! [emoji106]

[Dan Maynard]

I have 3no 12x12 4m long oak beams and been sat in the shed for 4 years and was thinking about selling them last week.

I'd just really like to know if it's like the mystical black walnut, I'm sure I heard a story about a big oak that was worth £2k a beam and 4 came out of it.

[trigger_andy]

8 minutes ago, Ratman said:

Nice! Even better now you’ve cut off the mould 🤠

084 looks a tidy one!

Yeh, the 084 is fair ripping through the log. It was bogging down yesterday and after a quick tune its really gobbling its way though it. Looking forward to trying the skip chain with it maybe tomorrow or the day after. 

[Ratman]

Yeh, the 084 is fair ripping through the log. It was bogging down yesterday and after a quick tune its really gobbling its way though it. Looking forward to trying the skip chain with it maybe tomorrow or the day after. 

See if you can post a short vid, let us hear it on song with some chips flying [emoji106]