Need a long mill for this lump

[Woodworks]

Just stumbled across this

 

https://www.thefenlandblackoakproject.co.uk/the-tree

[Mike Hill]

What a flucking huge waste of money.

There is a saw mill in Eley with a 60 foot train. 9 months in a timber kiln vs 24 hours in a vacume kiln?

 

 

[The avantgardener]

But it’s all special and black and old!

A bit like the one that an old boy I worked with in Bolton pulled out of Chat Moss near Manchester 20 years back, only  his was shorter but far larger in diameter.

Planked it on his Forestor and dry stored it in his tractor shed, dried straight with very little splitting or movement, cost him nowt, sold it to turners and cabinet makers nationwide.

[trigger_andy]

''Quarter Sawn'' supposedly.  

[Rough Hewn]

Interesting project.
Wonder who paid for it?
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[Jamespepperpot]

11 hours ago, Rough Hewn said:

Interesting project.
Wonder who paid for it?

I remember seeing the pictures of when they milled it a few years back. Incredible looking timber and something that would be a once in a lifetime opportunity for the people working on it. I'll certainly be going to have a look at the table if its on display at some point

 

Its a registered charity so funded by donations.

 

Excerpt from - http://sackvilleoakframes.co.uk/principal-sponsor-of-the-fenland-black-oak-project/

 

So far support has come from landowners G’s Shropshire & Sons, Burwell-based ACF Telehandlers, Ely-based Malco Freight, Swedish company Logosol UK (Berwickshire office) and Insitu Designs – Sawmills & Oakwrights from Goudhurst in Kent.

The 10 freshly sawmilled planks have been delivered to the Building Crafts College in Stratford, East London where a 15 metre bespoke specialist kiln funded by Coillte Panel Products (SmartPly OSB) is being constructed by students. The kiln will house the planks for 6 months until they are ready to be worked.

Instigated by Fenland Black Oak specialists and cabinet makers Adamson and Low, and with further support from the Building Crafts College in Stratford and the Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust (QEST), the Diamond Jubilee Fenland Black Oak Project was set up by the Worshipful Company of Carpenters to preserve this rare example for future generations.

[Rough Hewn]

That's one hell of an expensive table.
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