Today's milling

[topchippyles]

5 minutes ago, AJStrees said:

Sorry to jump in on the boat/sailing thread. Did some nice oak today. Well started on the first 10’ section. 
 

 

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Knock up a boat part of the gang then 😏

[AJStrees]

Carried on with milling oak today. Using the 881 and 42” bar and chain. Nice bit of timber. 
 

 

[trigger_andy]

Maxed out the Mill with a big Birch. Surprisingly there was no rot at all. The mill worked harder with it than Oak. Some cracking colours too. 
 

Pics really don’t do it justice. Looks insipid and half rotten. 

[Stubby]

1 minute ago, trigger_andy said:

Maxed out the Mill with a big Birch. Surprisingly there was no rot at all. The mill worked harder with it than Oak. Some cracking colours too. 
 

Pics really don’t do it justice. Looks insipid and half rotten. 

Why , do you recon the birch was harder to mill than the oak Andy ?

[Squaredy]

4 minutes ago, trigger_andy said:

Maxed out the Mill with a big Birch. Surprisingly there was no rot at all. The mill worked harder with it than Oak. Some cracking colours too. 
 

Pics really don’t do it justice. Looks insipid and half rotten. 

Lovely!  I have no idea why more birch logs don’t get offered for milling.  On the occasions I get birch logs the timber always sells quickly once dry.

[AJStrees]

9 minutes ago, Stubby said:

Why , do you recon the birch was harder to mill than the oak Andy ?

I know you were asking Andy but I would imagine the wood is a lot more fibrous thank oak. Makes it much harder to mill. Milling oak is a dream with a chainsaw compared to more fibrous stuff like pine or poplar. 👍

[trigger_andy]

11 minutes ago, Stubby said:

Why , do you recon the birch was harder to mill than the oak Andy ?

Really don’t know? We reckon it was 100 years old. Got three nice bits out of the tree. 
 

I can be totally done with a band in Spruce but I’ll get another hour or two in Oak with the same band. 

[trigger_andy]

12 minutes ago, Squaredy said:

Lovely!  I have no idea why more birch logs don’t get offered for milling.  On the occasions I get birch logs the timber always sells quickly once dry.

Is that right? I’ve milled a few bits but it’s more boring than Beech. I’ve not advertised it right enough. It’s just drying. 
 

Talking of Beech. 😁

[Squaredy]

3 minutes ago, trigger_andy said:

Is that right? I’ve milled a few bits but it’s more boring than Beech. I’ve not advertised it right enough. It’s just drying. 
 

Talking of Beech. 😁

Yes; I don’t get a lot of people asking for birch, but show the customer a dry board sanded or planed and they sell well.

[trigger_andy]

7 minutes ago, AJStrees said:

I know you were asking Andy but I would imagine the wood is a lot more fibrous thank oak. Makes it much harder to mill. Milling oak is a dream with a chainsaw compared to more fibrous stuff like pine or poplar. 👍

I think I just inadvertently agreed with your diagnosis in my reply to Stubby. But it milled as smooth as butter/oak I think due to its age. Just milled bloody slow and unusually for my Logosol I got wavey cuts and a laboured engine all the time.