I just cannot believe it's not butter...

[Fib]

Sorry.., I just can't believe it's that easy and fun to do! Did some milling with the Alaskan today -first time, new home-made frame- and it worked superbly. Started with a smallish sweet chestnut log, worked a treat!

[Rob D]

It's great when you start milling and realise what you can do with a chainsaw!

[Fib]

True, amazing and fun. A bit daft when you think about it... -just trying it out now, after using a chainsaw almost every day for the last 20 years!

[TTS North]

Very nice indeed - out of interest how much would each of those bits of milled timber be worth? Do you think it's more financially viable than using it for firewood? - obviously if it was not sweet chestnut.

[Fib]

That's I cannot tell you. I think it mainly depends on the sort of wood. We cut up a lot of trees for firewood, but we do sometimes have clients who want to make a table or something else out of their old tree in the garden.

 

One of our clients needs long an wide slabs of poplar for restoring an old farm door/gate -slabs have to be 20" wide and at least 20' long, they pay about £75 per piece only for cutting.

 

But just for cutting cheap timber it won't be economical.