Loglogic autotrex

[Stompy]

less massive boards too unfortunately...

 

Thinking about it massive wide boards are not actually much use are they?!?

 

Difficult to handle, troublesome to dry flat, need space to store and for long term stability in use they need to be ripped down anyway.

 

From my point of view they would need to be ripped down to fit through my machines anyway and I could't handle these boards on my own in full width.

 

Useful I guess for big table tops etc.... and the bigger the machine and the bigger the cut the better, we are all big kids really

 

Just out of interest that autotrex wouldn't be able to be towed on a 3.5t license??? It being 2.8t and the whole train not be allowed to be over 3.5t and the trailer not being heavier than the towing vehicle? Have I got that right?

[difflock]

Gee, bytimes tis a blessing to be 54 with a 1978 car licence, good for 8250kg GTW.

Proper pity I did not "twig" in '97 that I required to apply for retention of the long standing pre'97 car licence 12,000kg GTW and hence sneakily got knocked back to the 8250kg figure, on renewal some years later.

Gerrr!

[se7enthdevil]

Thinking about it massive wide boards are not actually much use are they?!?

 

ooohhh there no imagination there...

 

yes table tops are the obvious answer but there are plenty of other uses when you think of it. public benches, solid doors, worktops, banqueting tables, solid leg ends, coffins and chair seats.

 

the other use is that you get the best out of them for ripping down to smaller boards giving furniture makers the luxury of picking and choosing rather than getting what is given at the lumber yard.

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

 

second that. Mega knowledgeable Marcus is spot on.

[Stompy]

ooohhh there no imagination there...

 

yes table tops are the obvious answer but there are plenty of other uses when you think of it. public benches, solid doors, worktops, banqueting tables, solid leg ends, coffins and chair seats.

 

the other use is that you get the best out of them for ripping down to smaller boards giving furniture makers the luxury of picking and choosing rather than getting what is given at the lumber yard.

 

I have plenty of imagination mate.............

 

What I am saying is you wouldn't use a 4'4" (that is what the autotrex cuts) wide board in one piece as the movement over time and lack of stability would be too great. I wouldn't personally use much over 16" wide in one piece otherwise you are asking for movement and defects in the future.

 

Your average mill will cut what, 28"?? That is more than adequate for board width. Yeh if is was an outside table then movement is not so much of an issue but a banqueting table?? And what is a solid door? your joking right?

 

I have been a furniture maker for 15 years and do like nice wide boards but anything over 28" might as well have been ripped down as they are a pain in the a**e to dry flat and to handle and will have shakes defects running through them somewhere.

 

Thats all from my perspective though..........

Edited February 2, 2014 by Stompy

[agg221]

ooohhh there no imagination there...

 

yes table tops are the obvious answer but there are plenty of other uses when you think of it. public benches, solid doors, worktops, banqueting tables, solid leg ends, coffins and chair seats.

 

the other use is that you get the best out of them for ripping down to smaller boards giving furniture makers the luxury of picking and choosing rather than getting what is given at the lumber yard.

 

I could do you some of the second bit of this lot if you want - 6' wide enough?

 

http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/woodcraft-forum/68851-oak-available-milled-your-spec.html

 

Alec

[treequip]

I have plenty of imagination mate.............

 

What I am saying is you wouldn't use a 4'4" (that is what the autotrex cuts) wide board in one piece as the movement over time and lack of stability would be too great. I wouldn't personally use much over 16" wide in one piece otherwise you are asking for movement and defects in the future.

 

Your average mill will cut what, 28"?? That is more than adequate for board width. Yeh if is was an outside table then movement is not so much of an issue but a banqueting table?? And what is a solid door? your joking right?

 

I have been a furniture maker for 15 years and do like nice wide boards but anything over 28" might as well have been ripped down as they are a pain in the a**e to dry flat and to handle and will have shakes defects running through them somewhere.

 

Thats all from my perspective though..........

 

 

Well you might not want a wide board but if you have a big saw you can rip a big stem down to quarters and saw them.