Bandsaw Milling Required

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14 hours ago, Johnsond said:

Id give it a whirl Les no probs, as long as client is aware of what might be in the beams. End  of day a lot of the Elm or Beech I see is often not shy of the odd nail or bit of wire. I was watching a program the other day about the teams  doing the ongoing maintenance on I think, Canterbury cathedral and the lengths they went to in retaining original timbers was incredible. The stonemasons in particular were something else. 

I cut some framing Oak on an estate at Tenterden in Kent a couple of years back. The guys who where doing the Oak construction where the guys who work at Canterbury Cathedral, safe to say the workmanship was extraordinary.

All the off cuts and chip was left smouldering overnight on the rubble floor and the barn sealed shut. The smoke coloured the new Oak beams over the period of the installation to blend with the existing timber.