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Holm Oak - Advise please.


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5 hours ago, Arb-Aero said:

We've just started milling a good number of holm oak stems upto 36" Dia, with a mobile wood-miser on site.

The cut is not level and really slow,

 

Any help please?

As has been said it is very very dense timber so go slow.  Also get your blades sharpened by Stephen Cull, as most people who sharpen these blades mess it up.

 

Finally, it will split and distort terribly as it dries so sell it all to me at a wholesale price and save yourself the stress and loss!  Seriously though it is very beautiful but very troublesome timber so do expect a lot of movement and splitting.

 

Can we see some pics?

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Cheers for that all,

We've got a bit further today, though the cut is more wavy on some stems and she's being planked to 2 " one 4" then stored till I decide what to do next!

The grain is beautiful with purples, blues, oranges and the flecks. It is a strikingly radiant oak.

Here's some pictures of her down, I'll forward some more on Monday.

 

Again thanks for the nod

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