milling pics and vids

[jamesd]

22 hours ago, 54gka said:

Hi James.Yeah the Logosol Sauno kiln. Made my own 8x4ft box. Seems to work ok. On the fourth load got a couple of leaks around the door so just fitted a rubber seal to help with that problem. 

Interesting what sort of moisture can you get the wood down to? 

[54gka]

Hi James. Got it down to 0% mc. Still working out how long to leave in the kiln think might be to long. I've only put soft wood in so far and do 4 days steaming around 70 deg then three weeks drying around 50 deg. Just taken out some 2'' t 900x1500  Blue Atlas Cedar slabs after two weeks down to 8/10 %mc. The tree had been on the ground a year but forgot to check how much mc it had before it went in to the kiln still learning. Started a log book know so might help for future reference.

[IVECOKID]

A bit of free time today . A chunk of Elm that I milled in a garden .

[Rough Hewn]

Great pics guys.
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[Steve Bullman]

4 hours ago, IVECOKID said:

A bit of free time today . A chunk of Elm that I milled in a garden .

That looks great, what you got planned for it?

[IVECOKID]

2 hours ago, Steve Bullman said:

That looks great, what you got planned for it?

I got two  4" planks from it , a good friend is taking one for a Mantle piece built into the wall .

The other i shall sit on while . 

I hate seeing trunks cut up for firewood and would rather mill them just for the experience and seeing the lovely grain .

Am doing more milling over the Christmas hols and will be planing some others that have dried out .

 

Ste

[tony_t3d]

Beautiful grain in that! That will look once sanded and varnished!

[Trigger]

I felled a Box Elder tree in the spring of this year, and spent a very nice afternoon milling it yesterday. I haven’t had the time to do very much mill, so I am very pleased with the results.

[astra25]

I milled some amazing elm last week and a big oak this weekend oak was a bit too big for my mill but I managed boards were 22 inch wide.https://youtu.be/yNabsDAZEZU

https://youtu.be/yNabsDAZEZU

[tony_t3d]

What an art. I want to try an Alaskan mill myself