How to mill Video

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[Rough Hewn]

Another quality video blaisey. [emoji106]
Personally the wider the board the thicker the slab.
Getting into milling 4" boards with wide butts.
The cohesion of fibres is better, less distortion and so much less sawdust.
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Got a big sycamore milling job on Monday, If I can cut 4" for the client I'll post some pics.
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18 minutes ago, Rough Hewn said:

Got a big sycamore milling job on Monday, If I can cut 4" for the client I'll post some pics.

Mind if I ask what kind of day rate you or anyone else that feels happy to chip charges? Ive been milling my own products for 2 years now. Have a 48" and 36" Mill with 36" and 48" Bars. If I can get the work in I'll get another 088 and a bigger bar too.

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Mind if I ask what kind of day rate you or anyone else that feels happy to chip charges? Ive been milling my own products for 2 years now. Have a 48" and 36" Mill with 36" and 48" Bars. If I can get the work in I'll get another 088 and a bigger bar too.

£325 a day if you supply a labourer or £425 if I do.
880 with 4' mill and 661 with 3'.
Normally a 9 hour day.
Travel on top, and all running aspen and bio oil.
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1 hour ago, Rough Hewn said:

£325 a day if you supply a labourer or £425 if I do.
880 with 4' mill and 661 with 3'.
Normally a 9 hour day.
Travel on top, and all running aspen and bio oil.

Thanks for the info, much appreciated.  

 

So the £325 includes fuel and oil?

 

Out of interest how much slabbing would you get done in 9 hours?

 

Ive just bought the Panther First Cut System. 3 x 1.5m sections so setting up time should be greatly reduced from my normal ladder set up. Looking forward to using it.

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3 hours ago, Rough Hewn said:

Got a big sycamore milling job on Monday, If I can cut 4" for the client I'll post some pics.

please do or even a vid cos i will be doing the same in the next week or two and only used to conifers

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Thanks for the info, much appreciated. [emoji4] 
 
So the £325 includes fuel and oil?
 
Out of interest how much slabbing would you get done in 9 hours?
 
Ive just bought the Panther First Cut System. 3 x 1.5m sections so setting up time should be greatly reduced from my normal ladder set up. Looking forward to using it.

2 x ten foot long, 3 feet wide.
3 inch slabs mainly.
Includes fuel and oil.
A ladder is the fastest setup I've seen.
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27 minutes ago, Rough Hewn said:

2 x ten foot long, 3 feet wide.
3 inch slabs mainly.
Includes fuel and oil.
A ladder is the fastest setup I've seen.

Thanks again,

 

so maybe 12 passes in 9 hours plus set up time with the logs and chain swapping/Sharpening? Not bad going at all.  

 

Do you ever get days when it all goes wrong? What do you tell the customer then?

 

Always found the ladder great on Oak Rounds like you're milling in that picture, no issues at all. but when you get some lumpy logs its a pain to set up I find. Wedges, spacer blocks etc. The First Cut System looks the Dogs Bollox plus it breaks down into 1.5 meter sections so easily goes in the back of my Jeep. 

 

How do you advertise for work?

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Thanks again,
 
so maybe 12 passes in 9 hours plus set up time with the logs and chain swapping/Sharpening? Not bad going at all. [emoji4] 
 
Do you ever get days when it all goes wrong? What do you tell the customer then?
 
Always found the ladder great on Oak Rounds like you're milling in that picture, no issues at all. but when you get some lumpy logs its a pain to set up I find. Wedges, spacer blocks etc. The First Cut System looks the Dogs Bollox plus it breaks down into 1.5 meter sections so easily goes in the back of my Jeep. 
 
How do you advertise for work?

My first solo milling job went horribly wrong,
Several large ash stems in London.
Guy said they'd been down a few months, more like several years.
Couldn't even finish one cut without blunting the chain.
8 hours two full cuts.
Buggered 48" chain.
I hate milling ash now.

That's cedar in the photo, cuts great.
Oak is considerably denser and much slower to cut.

These days I run the 661 flat down the top of the log to remove crap and lumps. Ladder straight on with straps and a block at top end.
I drill the rungs on my ladder and screw direct sometimes.

I post photos on Arbtalk to advertise.
But be prepared to drive long distances as they are rarely local.
Often a client will ask their tree surgeon about milling then they get hold of me.
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