Saturday sawing

[John Hughes]

I got the Lucas out on Saturday to mill the big oak I had acquired from fellow Arbtalker Geoff. There were two 8ft lengths of about 4 foot diameter so I was hoping for a fair amount of timber.

The first job was to roll one of the lengths out of the way to give me room to set up the mill. Geoff had kindly brought along his mini digger which manfully rolled the uglier of the two halves onto the drive..

Geoff then waved his pukka metal detector over the butt and assured me there was nothing much to worry about.

 

 

 

 

We started milling but had only had a few boards off before I struck metal and had to get the chainsaw and chisels out. An old gate hook was dug out without too much trouble , but the oak was badly stained for quite a large area.

I hit a few more small nails, but the second butt was clean so I can't complain.:We finished sawing about 4.00pm and it was well dark by the time we had loaded the mill back onto the pick up.

We had had a great day:001_smile:

 

Geoff's parents supplied us with numerous cups of tea. Tensions did rise at one point when Geoff's small terrier and his Dad's alsation got into a bit of a scrap. Geoff dived in to separate them, then explaining that when at the Luck household one has to expect this type of thing.

 

Geoff took a few photos, hopefully they came out better than the ones I took.

 

John