Today's milling

[Johnsond]

Couple of days milling on a beautiful location for a previous client and forum member, met another arbtalker onsite doing the  tree work and assisting with the milling. Mixture of Oak, Beech , Ash and Spruce. Weather pretty much played ball and apart from the usual few bits of metal hidden here and there it was a cracking couple of days. The 6 tonner with a grab/rotator is an absolutely brilliant bit of kit 👍👍

Edited September 28, 2022 by Johnsond

[Squaredy]

We milled the largest beam in fourteen years of milling yesterday- 6 metres long and 300mm square.  Lovely clean pippy oak from a dead straight log.

 

 This is for my own use, but what would you charge for this?

Edited October 4, 2022 by Squaredy

[Sutton]

1 hour ago, Squaredy said:

We milled the largest beam in fourteen years of milling yesterday- 6 metres long and 300mm square.  Lovely clean pippy oak from a dead straight log.

 

 This is for my own use, but what would you charge for this?

Did you finish your snooker clubhouse/den?

[AJStrees]

2 hours ago, Squaredy said:

We milled the largest beam in fourteen years of milling yesterday- 6 metres long and 300mm square.  Lovely clean pippy oak from a dead straight log.

 

 This is for my own use, but what would you charge for this?

I would charge a lot!

[AJStrees]

On another note. Would you use full skip ripping chain on a 41" bar? or just go with full comp? for that length .404 on the 881. 

 

Anyone welcome to pitch in with constructive answers. 👍

[Squaredy]

1 hour ago, Sutton said:

Did you finish your snooker clubhouse/den?

No, progress has been slow…shortly going to put down the concrete pad.  All the timber is now cut and this beam is for the roof.  I originally planned to use a truss but realised there was no height for this (to comply with permitted development rights), so I am having a flat roof with this beam supporting the purlins in the middle.

[Sutton]

38 minutes ago, Squaredy said:

No, progress has been slow…shortly going to put down the concrete pad.  All the timber is now cut and this beam is for the roof.  I originally planned to use a truss but realised there was no height for this (to comply with permitted development rights), so I am having a flat roof with this beam supporting the purlins in the middle.

I was wondering if it was for that. As for the price, I would say ten years ago I would charge £50 per foot multiplied by its length of 20ft, then double that. But I've only ever sold through and through oak boards so might be well shorting today's realistic value a bit given the uniqueness of the log you milled, crazy timber prices and construction material shortage etc.

[Treeman2000]

15 hours ago, AJStrees said:

On another note. Would you use full skip ripping chain on a 41" bar? or just go with full comp? for that length .404 on the 881. 

 

Anyone welcome to pitch in with constructive answers. 👍

Ive always just used a full comp on my 41" with my 881. If that helps. Works perfectly 

[Rough Hewn]

On 04/10/2022 at 18:26, AJStrees said:

On another note. Would you use full skip ripping chain on a 41" bar? or just go with full comp? for that length .404 on the 881. 

 

Anyone welcome to pitch in with constructive answers. 👍

Full skip would work well, higher chain speed and more chip clearance. Also less teeth to sharpen.👍

[topchippyles]

3 hours ago, Rough Hewn said:

Full skip would work well, higher chain speed and more chip clearance. Also less teeth to sharpen.👍

Not seen you on here for a while keeping well i hope buddy.