Today's milling

[Johnsond]

6 minutes ago, topchippyles said:

Needs must unfortunately dave.

Yeah it’s shit Les 

Best few days weather we’ve had up here for a while and I’m off to work on Thursday too 🤮, just replied to the guy with the greenheart, not sure what Island he’s on but you never know might be able to help and throw the 880 in the pick up. 

Edited February 7, 2023 by Johnsond

[topchippyles]

36 minutes ago, Johnsond said:

Yeah it’s shit Les 

Best few days weather we’ve had up here for a while and I’m off to work on Thursday too 🤮, just replied to the guy with the greenheart, not sure what Island he’s on but you never know might be able to help and throw the 880 in the pick up. 

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

[Johnsond]

16 minutes ago, topchippyles said:

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

Not many trees near where I’m working Les I think the bloody wind sees to that. I always thought Greenheart was imported !!. 

there is an experimental plantation I think that says something on a sign abut seeing if it would cope with wind etc ( I’ll take a pic and post it if I’m up there again) 

[trigger_andy]

2 hours ago, Johnsond said:

O2 Provision/Admin and a first aid refresher, worthwhile I know and need to keep it in date but I hate the  classroom Andy especially when weathers good. 

Especially if you’re paying 🤣

[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.