Alaskan 36" mill with some brown oak

[Rob D]

Brown oak is not a different species - it is wood from a tree that has some decay within it. Now I'm just not a fungus man! So not sure of the names as such but if you have an oak with that brown soft looking rotten wood explore further up the tree. If the wood further up is still sound it may be stained brown from the fungus but still solid. This is what you're after ! Brown oak gives a deep rich colour that looks stunning.

 

 

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[Ben Ballard]

Hi iam looking forward to milling some oak with my alaskan cool vids mate i havent used mine much but been using your vids for guidence cheers,iam sure one of the fungi that turns the oak wood dark brown is beef steak fungus

[Mesterh]

Excellent looking table and chairs:thumbup1:

 

Second it being beef steak.

[sean]

Brown oak is not a different species - it is wood from a tree that has some decay within it. Now I'm just not a fungus man! So not sure of the names as such but if you have an oak with that brown soft looking rotten wood explore further up the tree. If the wood further up is still sound it may be stained brown from the fungus but still solid. This is what you're after ! Brown oak gives a deep rich colour that looks stunning.

 

 

 

That'll be Beefsteak Fungus!!

[Rob D]

Yes I'm sure that's the one!

 

It does a great job - I've got some more brown oak to mill in the yard and will be posting a vid on that.

 

I'm going to try and video as much info as possible so that it will hopefully save people time... and also hopefully get some return on the timber they mill.

 

 

 

[Bart]

Stunning table and benches

[Darren]

Very nice dinning table, what finish did you use?

 

What saw was you using in the vid?

[plippy]

:thumbup:looking good rob:thumbup:

[Rob D]

Very nice dinning table, what finish did you use?

 

What saw was you using in the vid?

 

The wood was sealed using Shellac sanding sealer and then given a liquid wax finish.

 

The saw in the vid is an MS880 with a 36" bar.

[Rob D]

:thumbup:looking good rob:thumbup:

 

 

Cheers Phil. When I get back from hols I'll be doing much more vids and furniture making.....