yew logs for sale

[Johny Walker]

Costs to set up an Alaskan Mill with an MS660:

 

* Powerhead - £810 from FR Jones (inc VAT)

* Sugihara 36 inch bar from Rob (Alaskanmill.co.uk) - £129. You need a high quality milling bar. Standard Stihl/Husky bars aren't tough enough and burr too easily.

* Ripping chain - about £45 roughly, though you want two

* Precision sharpener - £60

* Alaskan mill and extra handle - £255

 

So about £1344 including a couple of chains and VAT.

 

Jonathan

 

iv got the saw,so thats a bit less

[tree monkey]

there a chap lives near pudsey that makes longbows he might take some of it

[agg221]

Yeah, I remember that. I've got about ten times the amount in that picture at the yard. Great firewood but a bitch to split, so it tends to get left until there's absolutely nothing else left to log.

 

Even then it will make more than selling to 'craftsmen'

 

Yes, and it always should, because to make firewood you've put time, effort (and fuel) into it whereas to sell it to 'craftsmen' you haven't. Consider how much a cube of seasoned firewood would sell for. Then consider the equivalent volume of timber you are selling to a 'craftsman', and it's still green!

 

I buy some timber - not much but a bit. I tend to try to take my offered price from the up to date hoppus foot prices that get quoted on here from time to time. The price will be higher than roadside cordwood, but nothing like split, seasoned firewood, for the above reason. I find the range of reactions quite interesting. Some people assume they'll get something like the finished value price of the item that might be made, just for the timber. Others like the fact that it's better than cordwood prices if they can't be bothered to split it up themselves.

 

Alec