Big monkey puzzle to fell. Any timber value?

[shillo]

As in the title really.

I know wood turners like it but what does it mill like?

[Dan Maynard]

Its unusual but @gobbypunk struggled to shift it as I recall, not easy to get people to part with actual cash.

[oldwoodcutter]

I was always asked for monkey puzzle trunks , but when it came to get your wallet out time they all wanted it donated free .

So now on the firewood heap it goes.

[Dan Maynard]

And increasingly green wood is worth money as firewood anyway, quick turnaround.

[shillo]

once again I thought I was going to become an overnight millionaire! ohh well....

 

[gobbypunk]

It does have a value but for some reason it’s just not very popular it’s only a Pine but I have made some nice stuff from it and sold a fair bit but we had the Whole tree and probably have a third left after a good few yrs

[skc101fc]

I milled some very large logs for a client once. They owned a liveable castle, and wanted some tables - large! Only the very centre boards (21' long, 4½' wide and 6" thick ) were kept for this. Other boards were cut thinner, but didn't really do it for me. - Too much going on with all the knots. Even with the lucas mill at its best, it was difficult to keep straight cuts as blade constantly alternating between rock hard knots and really soft intermediate trunk wood. 

The table pieces were lifted up over the steps into the front door and onto 2 waiting powered barrows to get them into the correct rooms. Even after kilning still over 350kg per slab.

Another castle/ hotel I worked at, smaller diameter trees, got me to simply cross cut each whorl of branches,  then sent them away to be bowl turned. One for each guest room +larger ones in foyers, dining and lounges. - never saw the outcome.

Messy, oily, difficult wood to mill. Wouldn't be my choice timber.

[Squaredy]

12 hours ago, shillo said:

As in the title really.

I know wood turners like it but what does it mill like?

Standing dead Monkey Puzzle - just about the most difficult timber I have ever milled.  Those knots are just so hard, and so numerous.  

Character in abundance, but anyone who knows what it is like to mill will stay well clear.

 

 If it were mine I would turn it into massive turning blanks, and hope that I can eventually find some buyers.

[peds]

30 minutes ago, Squaredy said:

If it were mine I would turn it into massive turning blanks, and hope that I can eventually find some buyers.

 

Would you put dimensions on "massive"?

Biggest man-portable rings, or bigger?

[Squaredy]

2 hours ago, peds said:

 

Would you put dimensions on "massive"?

Biggest man-portable rings, or bigger?

Probably about 18 inches to three feet long.