Today's milling

[doobin]

This afternoon I milled 500 inch square ash stakes for a local wicker coffin manufacturer. LogBullet making life seriously easy. The DRO also proved useful for such a repetitive job. 

Edited September 14, 2023 by doobin

[doobin]

Yesterday I installed some posts I’d milled for the local church. 

[Stihl123]

9 hours ago, doobin said:

What concentration of tfr? Caustic? What brand?

CarPlan Trade Valet Hand Wash Car Concentrate Super TFR, 5 L

 

£15 for 5l

 

Have been mixing about 5 to 1 

Edited September 15, 2023 by Stihl123

[Johnsond]

15 hours ago, doobin said:

This afternoon I milled 500 inch square ash stakes for a local wicker coffin manufacturer. LogBullet making life seriously easy. The DRO also proved useful for such a repetitive job. 

I might have missed it in a previous post but the DRO is something I’d like to put on my130, was that a woodlands kit or something you put together yourself. Any pics etc ??

thanks 

[Mr. Ed]

On 14/09/2023 at 22:31, doobin said:

This afternoon I milled 500 inch square ash stakes for a local wicker coffin manufacturer. LogBullet making life seriously easy. The DRO also proved useful for such a repetitive job. 

DRO?

[Johnsond]

11 hours ago, Mr. Ed said:

DRO?

Digital read out for the head height 

[Mr. Ed]

On 20/09/2023 at 10:44, Johnsond said:

Digital read out for the head height 

Ah, yes. I go gaga after n iterations of “subtract 28 mm plus 3 mm from the number you first thought of”. After many silly mistakes when tired I learnt  to make a test cut then measure it by hand each time. This on my weekend-wannabe Christmas Cracker mill with nothing digital about it 

Edited September 21, 2023 by Mr. Ed

[doobin]

8 hours ago, Mr. Ed said:

Ah, yes. I go gaga after n iterations of “subtract 28 mm plus 3 mm from the number you first thought of”. After many silly mistakes when tired I learnt  to make a test cut then measure it by hand each time. This on my weekend-wannabe Christmas Cracker mill with nothing digital about it 

I'll post some pics in a bit, it's just a basic 600mm DRO slide mounted where the scale was. Sadly 600mm is an inch too short for the full travel of the 130max (so I placed a pair of G clamps to prevent the mill head going to full height) and I can't find anything larger in the UK. It's also started to give me ghost readings so I probably need to spend on something better but the largest DRO specialist in the UK was less than helpful hence just going for Chinese tat off Amazon.

A DRO makes it very easy but you still need to account for kerf. Much simple mental maths tho! If you don't have a DRO, by far the easest way is to place a set square set to the desired measurement on top of the cant and wind the mill up until the blade kisses it. Accounts for kerf too that way.

[Johnsond]

4 hours ago, doobin said:

I'll post some pics in a bit, it's just a basic 600mm DRO slide mounted where the scale was. Sadly 600mm is an inch too short for the full travel of the 130max (so I placed a pair of G clamps to prevent the mill head going to full height) and I can't find anything larger in the UK. It's also started to give me ghost readings so I probably need to spend on something better but the largest DRO specialist in the UK was less than helpful hence just going for Chinese tat off Amazon.

A DRO makes it very easy but you still need to account for kerf. Much simple mental maths tho! If you don't have a DRO, by far the easest way is to place a set square set to the desired measurement on top of the cant and wind the mill up until the blade kisses it. Accounts for kerf too that way.

I’ve a few hardwood blocks made up in common cut sizes with a metal strip on the back to sit on top of the cant that I do pretty much the same thing with, a bit slow but gives good results. Have to work from the top down which is opposite to the Trakmet set works which is programmed with the last cut first but it’s no hassle in reality. 

[AJStrees]

Got the 881 out for milling. First time in some months. It all went pleasantly smooth. 4” oak slabs for some posts in the future possibly. It was an old log but wood was pretty good.