Pics of your milled products

[bigbadpod]

6 hours ago, gobbypunk said:

You lucky git so cool that elm is so nice and access to quite a bit , we just don’t get any down my way , what you going to make with it ?

Cheers Mark

Not sure yet Mark, probably the usual suspects, tables  etc. I used to use it when I got as carving timber, but tend to use mostly softwood now. Been a good few years since I worked down south, but when I did it didn't seem all that rare. But I suppose after a dozen or so years what was standing dead wood then will be rotting on the forest floor now?

 

On 17/03/2018 at 07:25, Rough Hewn said:

There's dry and there's really dry.
Having made various mistakes with "dried wood".
From green to "air dried" approx 20-25% moisture content (mc).
Depends on species, drying environment, and size of wood.
In optimum conditions most hardwoods will air dry one inch a year towards the centre.
I.e. 4" slab = 2 years.
In practice it's more like gobbypunk suggests.
I.e. 4" slab 4-5 years.
And that's only air dried.
Then if you want to put it indoors, you'll need to kiln dry to between 12-7% mc
to stabilise the wood.
Or else it warps and cracks.
Very embarrassing
Outdoor stuff is fine at air dried though.
Good luck

Hmmm.. think I need a moisture meter! Funny, I've got a  dod of cherry that I cut and milled the back end of last year, wife wanted me to make a platter thingy for a friends wedding, made it but decided to use some mahogany instead. Point is, that wee bit o cherry has been in the house since then, hasn't changed a bit! I've also got a small mushroom I carved about 17 years ago (sycamore) which was in my worky caravan for a couple of months then in my house ever since. Same as the day it was made (but a bit drier ?). Wood's some strange shit...? btw, that's some beautiful dead elm - I've got access to quite a bit of it, can't wait now. 

[Jamespepperpot]

Just finished this Oak table for a friend out of wood that he milled. Some pretty fancy grain in a lot of the boards. I love flat sawn faces just as much as quarter sawn. I used brown oak for the draw boring pegs and its finished with osmo top oil.

James

 

 

[gary112]

Thats a very nice looking table james

[patterdale terrier]

CEDAR GATE POST NEARLY DONE

[CDMR]

A table and bench from some Beech planked last year with the Alaskan and the first batch out of the new kiln.

 

[sandspider]

On 06/04/2018 at 20:17, Jamespepperpot said:

Just finished this Oak table for a friend out of wood that he milled. Some pretty fancy grain in a lot of the boards. I love flat sawn faces just as much as quarter sawn. I used brown oak for the draw boring pegs and its finished with osmo top oil.

James

 

 

Like that, my sort of table!

[gobbypunk]

Yeah I like that table and bench love the metalwork , where do you get it from ? I would like to get some when I am back on my feet 

[CDMR]

22 hours ago, gobbypunk said:

Yeah I like that table and bench love the metalwork , where do you get it from ? I would like to get some when I am back on my feet 

Thanks. I use The Metal Store https://www.themetalstore.co.uk/

 

 

[gobbypunk]

Thanks mate Iwill have a look 

[Jamespepperpot]

I keep blagging this page with stuff I've made as I've been fairly busy in my workshop recently!
Here is a brown oak and oak cutting board I finished this weekend as a thank you gift for a friend's family. Hopefully it gets put to use!