Today's milling

[Squaredy]

Yew is beautiful.  Came home today and told my wife this and she blushed.  Women are strange…

[Stihllymok]

1 hour ago, Squaredy said:

Yew is beautiful.  Came home today and told my wife this and she blushed.  Women are strange…

Wow!! That's making me want to get on with the whopper in my yard. Too big for bandsaw and worried my 48" might be too small..😳

[AJStrees]

1 hour ago, Squaredy said:

Yew is beautiful.  Came home today and told my wife this and she blushed.  Women are strange…

Lovely. Very fresh log?

[Squaredy]

1 hour ago, AJStrees said:

Lovely. Very fresh log?

Yes this log is from a tree only felled a few weeks ago.  In fact all these pictures are from logs from that one tree.  I have more yew logs to mill that have been in my yard for several years.

[trigger_andy]

On 12/05/2023 at 22:48, Johnsond said:

Cracking  day out in Deeside for a customer milling various bits of Oak( primarily 200x200 beams ) , one log was too big for mill, had to be broken down into 200mm slabs with the Alaskan then trimmed to fit. I just do not miss that 880 banging away right next to me 😞 

 

What was the size of that oak log if it was too big for your mill? 😳

That must have been a killer if a day. I hope you charged accordingly! 
What’s his plans for the beams? It’s cracking looking oak.

[trigger_andy]

Done a bit of Oak myself lately. 400x400mm beams for a customer who wants garden furniture. 

Maxed out the mill getting the logs on and realised I really needed to pull my finger out in getting a loader. So have purchased this old Massey.Not got it yet, it’s getting a look over and service at the Dealership.

 

Used a mates 661 to trim down the logs and to also square the ends. What a lovely saw that is! 

[Squaredy]

1 hour ago, trigger_andy said:

Done a bit of Oak myself lately. 400x400mm beams for a customer who wants garden furniture. 

Maxed out the mill getting the logs on and realised I really needed to pull my finger out in getting a loader. So have purchased this old Massey.Not got it yet, it’s getting a look over and service at the Dealership.

 

Used a mates 661 to trim down the logs and to also square the ends. What a lovely saw that is! 

Wow, that is going to make serious garden furniture!!  Like the Massey; what should it lift?

[Stubby]

On 19/04/2023 at 18:23, AJStrees said:

Not very exciting to watch, but I am trying to put my videos of milling in one location, so this is just a trial. 

 

 

AJ , in the first vid the ladder looks twisted or is it an octopus delusion ?

[trigger_andy]

1 minute ago, Squaredy said:

Wow, that is going to make serious garden furniture!!  Like the Massey; what should it lift?

It will look interesting I guess? 🤷‍♂️🤣 Its cost him enough as well. But I feel like I’ve still undersold myself. 
 

Basically 400x400 in 2600mm, 2200mm & 1600mm. I threw the 400x400x400 cube in for free. He wants the ends square and a bullnose profile on the edges, ie top and sides. 
Delivered 30 miles.

All for £1800. 
 

I did end up with a lovely selection of 1” boards for myself plus two 1.25 cubic meter vented bags of thick Oak Scabs for firewood.

 

 

 

He though we could hand all the beams into position though. 🙄So waiting to see what solution he comes up this week whilst I’m off-shore.

 

I like the Massey, the Estate I keep the mill on now used to have them over the years and really likes them. Has a 3rd service I’ll use for a log grab. I believe it lifts 2 ton, so will cover almost everything I need. It has a 1 ton weight on the back.

[doobin]

3 minutes ago, trigger_andy said:

It will look interesting I guess? 🤷‍♂️🤣 Its cost him enough as well. But I feel like I’ve still undersold myself. 
 

Basically 400x400 in 2600mm, 2200mm & 1600mm. I threw the 400x400x400 cube in for free. He wants the ends square and a bullnose profile on the edges, ie top and sides. 
Delivered 30 miles.

All for £1800. 
 

I did end up with a lovely selection of 1” boards for myself plus two 1.25 cubic meter vented bags of thick Oak Scabs for firewood.

 

 

 

He though we could hand all the beams into position though. 🙄So waiting to see what solution he comes up this week whilst I’m off-shore.

 

I like the Massey, the Estate I keep the mill on now used to have them over the years and really likes them. Has a 3rd service I’ll use for a log grab. I believe it lifts 2 ton, so will cover almost everything I need. It has a 1 ton weight on the back.

I’d stick with just pallet forks. All you need for moving and loading butts and much easier to handle stacked cants with.