Oversized elm through the chainsaw mill

[arbwork]

whenever I see big Elm it always reminds me of The Workshop of Tim Stead and his use of natural edge Elm boards, I think also of the huge amount that we dealt with in the late 70's and 80's in middle England

[gobbypunk]

Hi guys if any of you come across any elm thats not that far from dorset please dogive me a shout , Hi BigJ any chance of some pics of the boards , we all have days when everything goes tits up well I know I do how long did one board take to mill and did you have a winch in use

Regards Mark

[justin131]

have some lovely boards here in dover but might be a bit far

[Big J]

Hi guys if any of you come across any elm thats not that far from dorset please dogive me a shout , Hi BigJ any chance of some pics of the boards , we all have days when everything goes tits up well I know I do how long did one board take to mill and did you have a winch in use

Regards Mark

 

The cuts certainly don't take long when the mill doesn't break. The issue is on a 7ft bar, nothing is really rigid enough and inaccuracies are hard to avoid. If all goes well with the double ended set up, then a through 50 odd inches of elm I get about 2ft-2.5ft per minute. I seemed to spend most of the time this week fixing things though. Frustrating.

 

We don't use a winch. No need with two powerheads.

 

I didn't get any pictures of the boards, but will take a few before the batch goes out.

[mmoran]

Thats amazing, I'm looking for very large butts myself, anything over 4' diameter if you have any or know of any please let me know. I want to cut it into 6" rings.

Matt