Milling greenheart

[5thelement]

2 hours ago, nooie said:

They will be used for a timber framed house.

That will be interesting to see, especially if there are any long spans in the build. 
I used to train one of the companies in the SE who would remove/replace sea defences made of Greenheart/Purpleheart. 
They could install large curved groins with huge lengths of timber being tensioned with 360’s. 

[AHPP]

53 minutes ago, 5thelement said:

That will be interesting to see, especially if there are any long spans in the build. 

 

Indeed. Not oak or douglas fir. First result on google says, "greenheart is one of the stiffest woods in the world."

Curious if that's just an advantage in a timber framed house build or whether you need a bit of flex if the structure is meant to flex a bit.

 

54 minutes ago, 5thelement said:

I used to train one of the companies in the SE who would remove/replace sea defences made of Greenheart/Purpleheart. 
They could install large curved groins with huge lengths of timber being tensioned with 360’s. 

 

Presumably training for cutting them under tension and not standing in the wrong place while doing so? There are some horrible videos of people cutting steel RSJs. They've got loads of stress in them. Twang. Shin in thirty pieces.