what is the hardest wood to mill

[Matthew Arnold]

What about seasoned Hornbeam? We were cutting some up today and it was every tank of fuel we had to sharpen the chains again.

[difflock]

Funny enough I have always found old, dead or seasoned Hawthorn to be murder on a chainsaw.

The fine sparks seen in the gloaming were a giveaway.

Grit within the bark, or fissures, presumably from nesting birds or wind carried.

Otherwise visually apparently clean timber.

[Rob D]

Been milling greenheart for two days using bandsaw.... the band has to be changed over every x2 cuts! This is after a full pressure wash. It is so dulling and so hard...

 

 

... and the stinking poisonous sawdust, splinters and heavy weight.... am so looking forward to oak again!

 

 

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

Found Holm oak to be very dense and hard to mill

 

I was thinking that would be proper tough and also box wood being the hardest british timber...

[woody3]

had some 100 year old Jarrah to re-cut impossible

[County 764]

Never used a chainsaw mill but Larch and Douglas can be bugger for closing on the mill, plenty of wedges close to hand is essential.

Did milled some monkey puzzle for a local joiner it sat in the yard for about 12 months and the bark/sap went hard as nails.