Oversized elm through the chainsaw mill

[mendiplogs]

We're half way through a rather large elm felled by JimM, which is to say that we would be done by now had the crankshaft bearings on the MS880 not decided to self destruct Sods law really - 15 year old battered 088 on one end, 13 month old (so one month out of warranty) MS880 on the other, which is going to break?

 

We had to turn the log (took both forklifts to do that) as it was so far off going through the 1.75m throat of the saw. Lovely colour, so lovely burr, but some structural issues too. Poor quality photo due to antique phone.

 

 

Hi BIG JOHN nice one there mate thanks Jon

[TGB]

Lovely colour there.

[Big J]

Stunning looking tree (not fair) you get loads of elm up your way dont get any down my way and I its my fav wood , more pics would be good , happy milling

Regards Mark

 

It is indeed lovely, but a very stressful species to deal with. Professional gambling really as it can be so inconsistent. Butts that look good are poor and butts that look poor can be good.

 

It was so heavy that the middle pack of boards only amounted to a total of 6 before my three tonne lifting forklift was starting to feel light on the back end.

 

Anyway, all done, 20 boards. Some heavy shake on some of the centre boards, but a bit better overall than I had thought it would be.

 

[Alycidon]

Stunning looking tree (not fair) you get loads of elm up your way dont get any down my way and I its my fav wood , more pics would be good , happy milling

Regards Mark

 

There is some decent Elm in the Brighton area so I am told.

 

A

[agg221]

There is some decent Elm in the Brighton area so I am told.

 

A

 

There is some very nice elm round my way too.

 

Alec

[OliB]

I'm not sure that even still qualifies as oversize. Almost needs a new category all to itself!

[Copford sawmill sussex]

👍that's a mighty tree there. The grain looks amazing!!

[Big J]

We've just finished a second day of milling on a smaller butt (50 inches at the base, 60 inches at the fork) but it was brutal. Everything that could go wrong did - snapped chain, broken (brand new) drive sprocket, chain kept popping off (despite all efforts to tension it) and plagued by torrential downpours.

 

Copford Sawmill - I envy your WM1000 - all you have to do with a big butt is band mill it. Chainsaw milling is brutal!

[alexm]

Beautiful bit of wood that, any idea how old it is? It'll look stunning with a nice oil finish!

[Copford sawmill sussex]

Thanks big j👍

We used to have a big chainsaw mill. But someone decided to borrow it in the middle of the night and after this happening a few times.... Well the wm is a bit heavier to pinch