Lime

[Treemon]

Weve recently felled a large lime is it worth milling

[Big J]

Yes, if the quality is good enough.

 

I milled a 120 cubic foot stem (26ft long, 34 inch diameter) in February. It was very clean and produced excellent quality boards. I cut them at 3 and 4 inches thick with wood turners in mind and I've probably sold about half of it so far.

 

It dries very quickly, with the three inch stock down to 25% MC by October. I've kilned most of the remainder. Some of it has gone for a kitchen (this lime was relatively hard) and it's turned out beautifully (though the photos don't really do it justice):

 

 

If you want to pop up a picture of the lime, I'll give you my best opinion as to whether to mill it.

 

Jonathan

[Treemon]

Ive only got a picture of it standing

[Big J]

Ive only got a picture of it standing

 

That would still be useful. You can tell a reasonable amount from a standing stem.

 

If push comes to shove, I'm in Derbyshire from the 23rd to the 27th and can always have a look at it for you.

 

Jonathan

[Treemon]