Is larch worth milling ?

[kinderscout]

Is a nice sized larch stem worth milling ?

[Mike Dempsey]

You make all sorts of outdoor stuff with it eg sheds, log stores, fences, etc. Perfect timber for that sort of work

[DanClimbsTrees]

Yes.

 

That's why they planted shed-loads of them back before the whole Phytophthora ramorum thing.

 

[Big J]

Yes.

 

I just had an order in today for 4100m of larch, 6x2. So worth milling, certainly!

[youcallthatbig]

Yes.

 

I just had an order in today for 4100m of larch, 6x2. So worth milling, certainly!

 

Ker ching....... wimmer mill soon then...

[Big J]

Ker ching....... wimmer mill soon then...

 

Not really - it's pretty rustic grade stock, and somehow I made a catastrophic miscalculation and it's only 685m, not just over 4000. Friday afternoon quoting after spending all day wrestling with stupid little cherry logs cutting them for a customer.

[kinderscout]

Seen them now two larch stems 18 inch by 8ft nice and straight and three stems of pine.Keep me busy for a day or two.

[youcallthatbig]

Not really - it's pretty rustic grade stock, and somehow I made a catastrophic miscalculation and it's only 685m, not just over 4000. Friday afternoon quoting after spending all day wrestling with stupid little cherry logs cutting them for a customer.

 

don't you just love the customers who bring you firewood to mill, I had somebody turn up with some yew bits that were only 24" long a few weeks back....

 

As for larch, go for it , am currently machining up cladding that I have cut and dried ,9" x 1", approx. 800mts of it, it seems endless...... oh for a big four sided planer!

[Big J]

don't you just love the customers who bring you firewood to mill, I had somebody turn up with some yew bits that were only 24" long a few weeks back....

 

As for larch, go for it , am currently machining up cladding that I have cut and dried ,9" x 1", approx. 800mts of it, it seems endless...... oh for a big four sided planer!

 

The larch is actually my stock, but it's only for planters, so it doesn't need to be top notch.

 

We've got a four side planer which has seen a lot of use in recent months for T&G cladding, but I'm particularly excited about the prospect of an edger, for resawing those first waney edged boards you cut as you square your way into a cant. Resawing them is a major pain and an edger might be a touch more wasteful, but worth it in the end.

[agrimog]

Im curently milling 116 larch logs for a log cabin build, all in the 10-12 inch range, great stuff to work with, when used outside larch will last a very long time with no other treatments