Today's milling

[Forest2Furniture]

1 hour ago, arboriculturist said:

Do you seal the end with a clear glue straight after milling if you don't mind me asking ?

Not straight away no, I leave them for a few weeks to let the sap dry off then seal them 50/50 mix water and pva. 

Normally takes a couple of coats to fully sealed. 

[arboriculturist]

33 minutes ago, Forest2Furniture said:

Not straight away no, I leave them for a few weeks to let the sap dry off then seal them 50/50 mix water and pva. 

Normally takes a couple of coats to fully sealed. 

That's interesting. I have used gloss paint 3 coats on Oak and Larch and its 100% completely stopped any splitting.

Been stickered for 5 years now - do think they will be dry now ? !

 

 

Edited March 18, 2020 by arboriculturist

[Macpherson]

On 11/03/2020 at 09:12, Rough Hewn said:

One power head with the hyperskip chain is fine.
Really impressed by it.
Keeps the chain speed high.

Hi, just curious as I've never used skip or hyperskip....Do you think there would be any advantage using it on a 36"  or 48" setup and what angle are you sharpening to. Cheers

[Rough Hewn]

Hi, just curious as I've never used skip or hyperskip....Do you think there would be any advantage using it on a 36"  or 48" setup and what angle are you sharpening to. Cheers

Not if your powerhead is any good, but may be useful with extremely hard wood.
Hyper skips about 10-15 but I'll gradually grind that to 0 degrees.
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[Ratman]

A few from back in the days we could go anywhere and do anything...albeit 2 weeks ago[emoji31]
Day in the woods on an old beech. sorry looks like some of them have come out fuzzy...

Cracking working environment if weathers good! Looks like you had a good solid days productivity [emoji108][emoji106][emoji106]
Beats being stuck in a tin shed with 8 elongated holes in the floor!

[Macpherson]

On 18/03/2020 at 15:55, Rough Hewn said:

Not if your powerhead is any good

Cheers for the reply,  mostly using an ms 650 so only 87 cc but in good nick, seems to cope fairly well. 

I'm thinking that the skip chain helps when you start to push the limits of available power, just looking at that 880 setup of yours makes my back sore ?

[Rough Hewn]

Cheers for the reply,  mostly using an ms 650 so only 87 cc but in good nick, seems to cope fairly well. 
I'm thinking that the skip chain helps when you start to push the limits of available power, just looking at that 880 setup of yours makes my back sore [emoji16]

You could push to 48" with a full skip or hyper skip.
Yeah you're right about the weight of my setup, it's takes two of us to lift it.
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[Macpherson]

1 hour ago, Rough Hewn said:

You could push to 48"

Yeah, that's my plan...I've got the 48" Alaskan. always had the idea to get a 54" gb bar to get the max out of it....I use the Granberg  chain at the moment and it's never really struggled in the cut....but I guess at the end of the day it's all about tuning the chain to what your saw can cope with..depth and angle of cut and sharpness dictate the strain.....

May be I'll be giving Chainsawbars a phone soon.....If I'm spared ? 

 

[Rough Hewn]

A day out in North Yorkshire today,
with Harrison from Aspect forestry.
Milling with the Logosol big slabber with a 7' cannon bar [emoji16]

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[Josh Purton]

Out with the 87” Granberg Alaskan mill today on this 5’ wide 12’ Long oak butt - some stunning slabs out of this that are now for sale