Pics of your milled products

[Rob D]

Nice work Alec

[harvey b davison]

Brilliant piece of joinery Alec.

[agg221]

Thank you for the positive comments

 

The fact that I have been able to lie in bed looking at this for the past couple of months has given me plenty of opportunity to figure out what to do with it. Still very satisfying that it worked out though.

 

Alec

[Wood-be]

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Milled these down from 4" this morning, very happy with what was revealed. Didn't remember the burr being as prominent when I originally milled it about 4 years ago.

Isn't that just pippy oak. I have milled out loads of planks like that and it is mainly from where the stem has a lot of epicormic growth which is trimmed periodically throughout its life.

Cool stuff josharb87, that Yew was stunning

 

 

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[Mike Black]

Ash branch. Milled this afternoon with 880 and 36" Alaskan.

Larger portion will become a playpark bench.

 

Was an awkward cut for me. Original intention was to take off top, leaving substantial log for bench. Now wondering whether a chalk line may have helped split log in to two equal halves for a bench set.

 

Set my depth of cut at large end - taking saw to other end, pre-cut, to see where the chain would emerge. Ended up cutting at 10". Thinking now 15-17" may have given me the two equal halves.

Any thoughts?

[muttley9050]

My thoughts are, looks a cracking piece of ash with great shape. Best to follow the grain of the wood when milling so thickness each end should of been set by the pith. This also would reduce splitting when drying.

Also ash won't last too long as a play park bench unless your willing to continually treat it.

Nice work.

[Mike Black]

Thanks for milling tip. We got a mix of stuff still to mill - Ash, Beech and Elm. Maybe next week!

All the outdoor furniture here (a Camphill special needs village) gets sanded down and re-treated every Winter. But thanks for the tip.

[Mike Black]

Douglas Fir beer carrier. Cheers!

[muttley9050]

Douglas Fir beer carrier. Cheers!

 

Like that. Better than a placcy bag.

[agg221]

Ash branch. Milled this afternoon with 880 and 36" Alaskan.

Larger portion will become a playpark bench.

 

Was an awkward cut for me. Original intention was to take off top, leaving substantial log for bench. Now wondering whether a chalk line may have helped split log in to two equal halves for a bench set.

 

Set my depth of cut at large end - taking saw to other end, pre-cut, to see where the chain would emerge. Ended up cutting at 10". Thinking now 15-17" may have given me the two equal halves.

Any thoughts?

 

To be honest, I think you were doomed on that one. Looking at the last picture, it appears that there was a dip at the end another near the apex of the bend. Any line you took through it was going to leave it thin at one of those two points, so if you had gone closer to the centre on the thick end you would have gone very thin at the dip on the bend. The only option would have been to see if by rolling it so that the ends came up slightly you could get a slightly better shape, but it always a compromise when there is a curve in more than one plane.

 

Alec