Milling: is it worth the effort ????

[twmarriott]

in a word no, you could play at it planking small round stuff 12 inch or less, but if you want to mill seriously you either need a large circular with traveling table, a band mill with table or a horizontal or a bar mill and a large ish chainsaw.

[Blaisey]

in a word no, you could play at it planking small round stuff 12 inch or less, but if you want to mill seriously you either need a large circular with traveling table, a band mill with table or a horizontal or a bar mill and a large ish chainsaw.

 

Thanks It seemed cheep thought it might be worth ago

 

Sorry for straying off topic:blushing:

[twmarriott]

I was allways told, "if you don't ask you don't get"

nothing wrong with that, if you want to go into milling, i know of a big stenner VB48 bandmill, with 20' tables, but its not that cheap.

[Blaisey]

I was allways told, "if you don't ask you don't get"

nothing wrong with that, if you want to go into milling, i know of a big stenner VB48 bandmill, with 20' tables, but its not that cheap.

 

No not in a big way But I'd like have a go. Think I'll star with a Alaskan

[Blaisey]

I was allways told, "if you don't ask you don't get"

nothing wrong with that, if you want to go into milling, i know of a big stenner VB48 bandmill, with 20' tables, but its not that cheap.

 

Go on then How much?

[twmarriott]

i recon it'd be 3k maybe more, but it would set you up a saw mill

theres all he doctoring kit there too, so theres a business in that too.

[Stihlben]

Hi, Ive recently dropped a rather large ash, and was wondering if its worth milling or not... if not it'll be rung up and logged, theres 3 sections of trunk from 40" to 28" diameter the larger sections are about 10-12 foot nice and straight, the narrower section is a bit knotty so it may reveal some nice "feature wood". only thing is i only have a 36" alaskan to play with, if its decided that its better planked ill have to buy a set of 48" rails for my 880...

[John Hughes]

It is worth milling if you can use the timber yourself, however ash will be alot harder to sell than oak especially if it is cut thick.

What part of the country are you in?

John

[toprotter]

My first large lump half way to being milled

 

apart from an old rotted fence post that left a bit of wire in it, all was well and was actually surprised how quick and easy it was.

Heavy old slabs but will skill saw it into desired 4x4 4x2 etc so then will be able to move it.

[Rob D]

I'm still trying to look into more ways of selling your timber but look on treet|Hand Crafted Furniture at the forum - maverick is looking for large planks 40" wide but will pay up to £30-00 a cubic foot for the right planks.