mr kipling
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So top end then, I will visit local wood yard they get artic loads in so will probably be able to get the size I need, I feel I have got an idea for prices now. I got very lucky with the last tree for free it was about 12m long tapered from 30" to 25" but in a difficult location. When we dragged it out we found another one underneath that the tree surgeon had felled to clear a path for the large one. That one was about 25" to 14" x10m but had a wicked curve in it that stopped us getting two 5 m beams out. Chris
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I have one of these under a different brand for the garden and have chucked loads through it up to about 4", for the money I think they are brilliant. Not sure how they would stand up used commercially but I could not justify 3 or 4 grand for something to use occasionally. Chris
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Do you think this is caused by milling putting more of a strain on the saw ie revving for longer in deep cuts since using a winch I don't stop just plough through but pushing used to take a breather with saw ticking over. I'm guessing these saws were made for cutting primarily rather than milling. Chris
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Sorry way out of my tech ability but I searched oak tree trunk and its local to me so came up first cheers
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Hi, I will check those pegs tomorrow it does not seem to oil very well when milling but chain does get oiled running in the garage. The pump does not seem to make much difference the wire is connected to the lever behind the button though. I paid about 400 last year for the saw in good working order (oiling aside) and have just milled a fair quantity of oak touch wood all seems ok will strip it tomorrow and give it a clean Cheers Chris
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Hi, I have an 084 with the extra oiler button, this might be a silly question but are you supposed to pump it or just hold it in with the saw running. The reason for asking is with the saw off, manually pumping the button does nothing and with the saw running I can't tell but seem to get more oil just by holding it in cheers in advance. Chris
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Hi, I've seen those on ebay but need a butt at least 3.6 m long as want to cut rafters. Are those on the bay a fair price ? Cheers Chris
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We did Lands end to John o groats this summer and visited Edinburgh a few days before the fringe. We will get back up for the fringe one day but there was still a lot going on. We also travelled that little bit further to dunnets head just to lay claim to being the most northly family on mainland Britain just for a few minutes. The one thing we found was how big scotland is we covered about 1000 miles back and forth Glasgow,Loch Lomond,Loch Ness,Cairngorms Ben Nevis etc but there are no motorways so takes a lot longer to get around that said the scenery is great if not the weather, we went in August but had no problem with midges, but it was blowing a gale most days. Really glad we did it though. Cheers Chris
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Hi, I have been milling up an oak tree for beams for a garage I am going to build and I wanted to do it all in oak including the roof timbers but the tree was not big enough so I will need to buy another butt or the timber already cut. There is a local wood yard to me,but before I go there I was wondering what is the going rate in the South East per cubic meter, tonne or hoppus foot ,as the tree I have finished was given to me. Looking back through here at older posts 3-5 pounds hoppus seems the norm but that was a good few years ago. Cheers Chris
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Ok cool, long beam it is we have been milling up top half today and it's not been as bad although it's only 4m long so bend prob not showing as much. The garage I want to build is 6m x7m with pitched roof and cat slide, posts and beams are 8" plate is 4" on brick dwarf wall I thought we would be able to cut All the 6x2 for the roof from this tree as well but it's amazing how much wood it's going to take I think I might need another butt or two Cheers Chris
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That looks nice and straight I think tomorrow we will cut down the heart first, when we vertical milled the slab like you have, the beam pulls away as soon as we get a couple of meters in so we finish the cut with a gap of a couple of inches at the end we started. I will try to get pics up tomorrow. Cheers Chris
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Hi this oak is being used be for a cart lodge I'm going to build in my garden I cut the beams to 6m to save on joints but I could cut it in the middle and that would take the bow out, alternatively leave the bend in,but would I have to make the centre post a little bit longer or would the weight of a tiled roof push it down? Cheers Chris
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That's a pain, have all trees got that stress in them as have watched dozens of milling videos but not seen anything like that. I thought we could just mill through and through. Tomorrow we are going to start the top 6m of trunk from the same tree are these stresses likely to be in the top half as well, if so we can take your advice and saw accordingly Cheers Chris
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Hi we have been milling an oak butt today but have found when coming to the end of the cut the oak has been springing up by an inch or two we are milling through and through at 8" then vertical milling to 8" to give beams 8x8x6m long.When we lift them off there is quite a bend in them I guess this is tension but is there anything we can do or will it flatten out when they are stacked and stickered will try and get some pics up tomorrow Cheers Chris
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Hi I have a 16 plate 3.2 wildtrak ranger and get about 27 mpg not towing it's got loads of power but does not seem that fast 1st gear very short would prob get auto next time however love all the toys inside cheers chris
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Ha ha ha snc 52 I'm crying here funniest thing I've seen in ages
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Hi have just had one of these delivered perfect for the garden thrown a few bits through already and chomped them up nicely had to pay 1400 for it, they have put up prices as they said they were flying of the shelf does this get me membership of the club Cheers Chris
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Hi saw one of those at a plant auction a couple of weeks ago made £2000 was surprised was thinking about 600 did have a quick search on inter web but couldn't find anything either they do look handy though
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Hi looks good what length logs does it take cheers chris
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Cool ordered it cheers Chris
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Hi Dan yes gauge is 1.6mm on both chains what is the difference between 7t and 8t spur sprocket cheers Chris
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Hi I have a 084 with 36" solid nose bar think it's duromatic it has a 404 chain and the sprocket is 404 /7 can I change the sprocket to a 3/8 one as I have a few milling chains in 3/8 already and these seem to be same size. It would be cheaper than buying more milling chains in 404, if I can what would I need cheers Chris
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Hi thanks for the replies very useful I now know the weight ,best way to cut how to move and how to grade this is a top forum cheers chris
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Hi Agg yes it is an Alaskan mill did think about going down the middle but want to turn it into 8x8 beams and 8x5 beams as going to build a oak framed garage and going to mill and build it myself this is a hobby so not fussed how long it takes or if it would be cheaper / easier just to buy kit or beams i did read on here about boxing the heart but that seams wasteful from a log this size I have milled a 4 ft diameter oak before and just ran through and through at 8" then mini milled into beams and they appeared to be plenty strong enough,three are in my house and one over the inglenook fireplace we built, is there any reason for boxing the heart cheers Chris
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Hi Big J thanks for that will take a bit of digesting all those calculations so is a hoppus ft a cubic ft the butt is about 12 m long with not a lot of taper its on the deck but down a bank the owners have said its mine for milling but going to cut it into 3 m sections to winch up the bank as access is not great cheers chris
