Todays efforts

[nantmoel]

Milled some Oak today, someone asked me to mill them a piece of Oak (6"x6"x10') for a post so he could hang is 'Hammock', so we milled this: . Only just managed to carry it from when we milled it .

[Gardenmac]

Great job, does it need to be seasoned?

[nantmoel]

Nope its to stay outside! He now needs to dig the hole to concrete it in.

[Big Beech]

Nope its to stay outside! He now needs to dig the hole to concrete it in.

 

i would not concrete in posts.

will rot pretty quickly, even if is oak. ive also heard green oak rots faster as well!

[treesrus]

concrete will be like a cup and hold water, which is wht it will rot more quickly. i was asked to move a sculpted eagle, (from a weeping willow), when the customer moved house, was allready about 10 yrs old, 12ft high, wingspan 6ft. stump was starting to go but customer was adamant she wanted to take it with. treatedit with preservative, but got local smithy to make a massive iron peg to secure it, one piece in the ground, concreted, and the other end mounted/bolted within the stump.