lucas milling

[delabodge]

 

 

 

 

had John hughes in today with his lucas mill and tackled some sequioa butts that nick channer transported to me,:thumbup1:having bought them off treebloke:thumbup1:

My woodmizer has being running extremly slow for some reason and havnt had chance to get to the bottom of it,and dont hold out much hope of woodmizer helping(unless i`m throwing £35k at them),so decided I needed the timber milled so it would be of use for crafts next yr,

I asked john to mill it all at 8x1 and 6x1 , we managed 193 x 3 meter boards, there not all there in the pictures. lucky the rain didnt follow the pea soup fog we started, I was happy with the result. thanks john.

[Ian Leach]

lovely looking planks there, top job both of you

[John Hughes]

Clive

Yes we had a good day apart from spending 4 hours on the M25. I got home at 6.15 so not so bad.

There was some really nice clear timber in the pile.

John

[delabodge]

Clive

Yes we had a good day apart from spending 4 hours on the M25. I got home at 6.15 so not so bad.

There was some really nice clear timber in the pile.

John

 

was about that time i finnished shovelling the sawdust john:lol: top job,thanks alot,

[ben_inthewoods]

Are the logs Wellingtonia or Coastal Redwood? Interested at the % of sapwood in the logs as i have a few being contract grown for planting as a experiment.

 

I'm think about the cladding market (heartwood required).

 

cheers

Ben

[muttley9050]

Nice work Clive. Makes me want a Lucas even more.

[delabodge]

Hi Ben they where Wellingtonia`s, from a site in wolverhampton,site clearance!some gorgeous colours in the middle,

[delabodge]

Nice work Clive. Makes me want a Lucas even more.

 

credit where its due,John did the majority, but yes the lucas is great for dimensional timber, very fast!

[home of wood]

Never had problems with our lucas mill does a first class job . Good to see others using them . Good job Guys.

[ben_inthewoods]

credit where its due,John did the majority, but yes the lucas is great for dimensional timber, very fast!

 

+1 for that. We have an 8-30 and it is seriously quick for certain sawn material. They are great.

 

Going back to the Wellingtonia it would be useful to get a description of the timber properties especially of the heartwood. The historical accounts are that Wellingtonia is very brittle and no good for construction (cladding). More recent research suggests that "young" trees (70-80yrs) are not brittle, though it may be a question over the % of non/less durable sapwood.

 

Fancy experimenting with a board or two?

 

cheers

Ben