Milling so far.

[Blaisey]

Just thought I share this with you.

 

Its a Larch, any good ideas for it would be great?

 

I had to mill it on site so I could lift it and keep it 3m long.

 

It was felled in the winter.

[Paul Smith]

Why take such a big first cut if your planking it?

[Blaisey]

Some more pics

 

Would you bother to mill this spalted Chestnut it has some burs on the side?

 

Is there a way of stabilising it if parts are a bit spongy?

[Blaisey]

I'm not to sure if I am going to plank it. It was just so I could get it in my trailer and keep the length. Is there a market for planked Larch?

[Blaisey]

Same again with this Field Maple would you mill it?

 

I recon it could be good inside I'm just not sure where to start?

[WoodED]

having fun there? im awaiting the funds to order myself one

[Blaisey]

What u didn't win one in your mega prise? WoodEd

[agg221]

Nice work on the larch.

 

I sometimes take the first cut straight up the middle with the Alaskan as shown here. It means that you know you've got the pith removed and that your middle, widest boards will run with the grain and not be boxed heart, so they'll be as good as they possibly can be. If you don't then you tend to find that you follow the taper of the log with the saw, so the heart runs up through the middle of a couple of boards, causing them to split in the middle. Doesn't matter if you're cutting them in half, but does if you want to keep them wide.

 

It also takes the maximum amount of stress out of the log as quickly as possible, so if you don't get round to finishing milling you're less likely to have radial cracks running so deep from the ends.

 

I wouldn't bother with the chestnut myself, but I'd roll that field maple so that the split visible in the third picture is horizontal and mill dead through the middle along that line. It will tell you whether there is anything worth having in either half then.

 

Alec

[Blaisey]

Cheers Alec

 

Its a dilemma with the field Maple because I got some one who wants it as it is But I'd love to see the grain inside!

[WoodED]

What u didn't win one in your mega prise? WoodEd

 

nope unforunatly haha.