Today's milling

[trigger_andy]

24 minutes ago, topchippyles said:

Is that native timber up there dave. Its part of the laurel tree family unless i am mistaken.

It’s about as native as Welshmen preferring women over sheep. 🤣🤣🤣

[Johnsond]

2 minutes ago, trigger_andy said:

Especially if you’re paying 🤣

Self employed so yeah it’s out of my pocket 👍

[AJStrees]

3 hours ago, trigger_andy said:

It’s all for the same customer. Dunno what the Lime is for to be honest. I think they thought it was Oak. 🤣 They had so many trees come down in last years storms. 
 

They are currently building a very impressive Pool House and the Oak is supposedly going in there. The Cedar is for the Sauna and decking. Some serious money getting pumped in. 

Nice work mate 👍

[topchippyles]

58 minutes ago, trigger_andy said:

It’s about as native as Welshmen preferring women over sheep. 🤣🤣🤣

Getting my wires crossed thinking of a different tree nice one Trig 🤣

[Macpherson]

2 hours ago, Johnsond said:

just replied to the guy with the greenheart, not sure what Island he’s on

 

When I was young a local company in Glasgow had the contract to supply Greenheart piles for all the costal pier renovations in the west coast highlands and islands so whatever you get to mill will likely be reclaimed from that era or stashed away unused lumber. it's definitely the gnarliest, hardest on teeth  timber I've ever encountered by a long shot. 👍

[openspaceman]

I have never done anything with tropical hardwoods but the firm I used to sell to imported some impressive logs in the round (de sapped to cut some transport costs I suppose), the buyer said that some species could only be milled green as as the sap dried small silica crystals were deposited in the cells, making it too abrasive to saw.

[marktownend]

Andy, get that 3rd pic (as it's displayed on my laptop anyway, the one with the big sky) turned into a jigsaw puzzle. You'll thank me when you're old, grey and decrepit as it reminds you of the days when you could shift big oaks logs around on your own...

[trigger_andy]

2 hours ago, marktownend said:

Andy, get that 3rd pic (as it's displayed on my laptop anyway, the one with the big sky) turned into a jigsaw puzzle. You'll thank me when you're old, grey and decrepit as it reminds you of the days when you could shift big oaks logs around on your own...

Good idea

[Stubby]

21 hours ago, topchippyles said:

Is that native timber up there dave. Its part of the laurel tree family unless i am mistaken.

South America I believe .

[Stere]

Chlorocardium rodiei - Wikipedia

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As sawn lumber it requires special treatment, and saws with tungsten carbide teeth, since standard steel saw blades cannot be maintained sharp enough to cut any reasonable quantity.

 

Don't think scotland has the right climate?