Today's milling

[Forest2Furniture]

I don't do much chainsaw milling these days but I got a call last Feb to mill some 5" thick slabs from a 5' diameter 14' long felled Oak stem.

The client wants a full width x length table top finished at 4".

I only got a few planks done, with the weather closing in together with the fading light on the day of milling that and the planks had to be moved from the field where the tree fell and stacked in an old shed that the client had set aside to dry the planks which seemed a good idea, except the internal size of the stone built shed is 14'6" x 9' with a 10' wide entrance. All this meant I only got half the tree done.

 

I went back last week to finish the job only to find the remaining lump had been moved undercover into a large pole barn where the planks were also to be stacked.

 

Slabs that big can't be moved by man power alone no matter how strong you think you are so I had to take along my new toy that I use in the yard.

 

 

 

 

 

[Stihl123]

70x 50x100 rails @ 1.8

 

best £100 ever spent was the lasers 

[Squaredy]

10 hours ago, Stihl123 said:

70x 50x100 rails @ 1.8

 

best £100 ever spent was the lasers 

So is milling strictly a night time affair now?

[Stihl123]

2 hours ago, Squaredy said:

So is milling strictly a night time affair now?

Yeh, out of hours so I can charge more for it now 😁

[trigger_andy]

Just finished 4 days milling for a customer out in Banchory. Had two helpers the first two days then one helper the second two days. Plus the loaders. 
 

Milled an extensive cutting list out of DF & Larch. 
 

95 x 3.6m x 8” x 2”

95 x 3.6m x 6”x2”

60 x 3.6m 4” x 2”

20 x 6” x 6”

65 x 5” x 3”

 

He thought I’d get it all done in a day. 🤣

 

Was down to -4 a couple of the days with heavy snow coming through.

 

 

[doobin]

5 minutes ago, trigger_andy said:

Just finished 4 days milling for a customer out in Banchory. Had two helpers the first two days then one helper the second two days. Plus the loaders. 
 

Milled an extensive cutting list out of DF & Larch. 
 

95 x 3.6m x 8” x 2”

95 x 3.6m x 6”x2”

60 x 3.6m 4” x 2”

20 x 6” x 6”

65 x 5” x 3”

 

He thought I’d get it all done in a day. 🤣

 

Was down to -4 a couple of the days with heavy snow coming through.

 

 

Jesus you’re keen!

 

Gonna need to fit heated handles soon. 

[trigger_andy]

Just now, doobin said:

Jesus you’re keen!

 

Gonna need to fit heated handles soon. 

The car was idling all day just to dry out gloves I had on rotation.  Was fine once you got going but stopping for lunch and getting going again was a killer.

[Johnsond]

First time out with the new mill, few bits of oak for a pal foc , basically a shakedown session for me and the mill to see how it goes. Few things to sort including trying to bring blade speed down a bit for big hardwoods, VFD being the preferred option and possibly move one or two of hydraulic tools. Fixed operator panel is taking a bit of getting the hang of rather than walking alongside the head, I missed being able to watch the blade on the feed side roller for any issues. One f—-k up on my part pushing too hard and ended up smoking the drive belts  a touch, 25kw motor didn’t strain at all just asking too much of things I guess. The session confirmed my hatred of x cut tipped blades. 

[doobin]

7 hours ago, Johnsond said:

First time out with the new mill, few bits of oak for a pal foc , basically a shakedown session for me and the mill to see how it goes. Few things to sort including trying to bring blade speed down a bit for big hardwoods, VFD being the preferred option and possibly move one or two of hydraulic tools. Fixed operator panel is taking a bit of getting the hang of rather than walking alongside the head, I missed being able to watch the blade on the feed side roller for any issues. One f—-k up on my part pushing too hard and ended up smoking the drive belts  a touch, 25kw motor didn’t strain at all just asking too much of things I guess. The session confirmed my hatred of x cut tipped blades. 

Wow, that’s some setup!! Few quid there. 
 

Are you running it from a generator?

[Johnsond]

22 minutes ago, doobin said:

Wow, that’s some setup!! Few quid there. 
 

Are you running it from a generator?

Yeah 60KVA silent runner, probably could have got away with slightly smaller but it ticked away nicely all day and didn’t use a huge amount of fuel, probably less than the previous Honda petrol unit would have. As for cost yeah im trying to not think about it too much.