Big J
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I have a spare 42 inch bar and chains that I no longer need as I've bought a 50 inch bar. I need to have a look at it but think it's a Cannon superbar. Not excessively used, and plenty of chains. PM me if you are interested. Jonathan
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Just taken delivery of about 15 tonnes of lovely large Oak butts. All 9ft long or there abouts, 30-38 inches in diameter, almost all pippy or burred. Standard method of attack is to chainmill them straight up the heart and pop them on the woodmizer, leaving boards up to about 19 inches wide from each half. Popping the whole log on the woodmizer would be daft as the amount of turning and shaving would leave a lot of crown cut boards and no waney edges. Anyway, I'll pop some photos up next week when I get stuck into some of the logs (when it cools down a bit). If anyone is interested, I can send up to 60 cubic foot down on a double pallet for about £140, at a price of £18-22 a cubic foot depending on quality, quantity and cut. Jonathan
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Classy video Rob! That's a very good price for something that will ultimately never need to be replaced. The timber alone is worth more than that, albeit I assume you are using lower grade Oak. Jonathan
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Good to hear that. As you say, fingers crossed that the new one is better. As a relative Rayburn newbie, I've been told that running cooler water through the boiler is a likely cause of corrosion and laterly failure in boilers. Does the inhibitor in the system not prevent this?
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If they are only going to be 3-4 inch branches, would a reasonable sized chop saw not be quicker and safer?
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I've got lots of it air drying at the moment - come back to me in about 18 months!
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All the very best for the procedure Bob, and for a speedy recovery. Jonathan
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Just lovely timber there Ben and may I compliment your milling - very clean finish!
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Good photos! Only place I've seen lizards in Scotland was on the way down Goat Fell on the Isle of Arran. Warm day in September and saw 19 in about 200 yards. Jonathan
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I swear that I sometimes see what I want to see - this is an ancient thread, but I still read it on this occasion as 'Rate my minge' on the new posts list! *Grabs coat and heads to specsavers...*
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Pictures tell a thousand words - here are a few boards that have gone into the kiln. Lots more like it available:
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Guarantee no one will tailgate you towing that!
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Now if you had been in the US, you would have been in serious trouble. I don't think that I have ever seen a picture or video of a tree surgeon with proper PPE on there!
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As I see it, you have two options. Firstly, you bring in a Chinook or secondly, you bravely run away! Look forward to seeing the pictures if you do do it though!
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Nice. You've got the start of some brown Oak there too.
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Any one know of a Oak timber supplier for beams, posts etc
Big J replied to David Riding's topic in General chat
There is every chance that I could supply at least some of what you need. We are working on a windblow job at the moment with some nice, long beam grade Oak. Up to 6.2m. -
Might be cheapest to send via courier. I sent boards at £11 a board before, but had to stretch the truth a little regarding the weight. I've got some photos my friend took today of stuff already milled. As soon as I get them, I'll post them. Lovely timber
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Man, that's one big ass ugly lump of beech! Still no decent sticks off this job Tom?
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That's crap! 15 months old is very new for such a serious failure. I hope that you get somewhere with the legal route. Got up on the roof last night (in the dark, with a head torch - single storey, so never fear) and swept the chimney. We were down to two inches of flue at the top. Now it's been swept, it's drawing beautifully, but the hot water has decided to stop working - no pressure at all. I suspect an air lock in the hot water system, but don't really know how to address it. I'll tackle google in the morning.
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A cubic foot is 1728 cubic inches, so a board 24 inches x 1 inch x 6 ft would be a cubic foot, or 18 inches x 1.5 inches x 6ft, or 12 inches x 2 inches x 6ft....and so on. Hope that helps!
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Cutter required west of Edinburgh
Big J replied to Big J's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
7 miles paddy. -
We have quite of a lot of smaller diameter (up to 18-20 inch) burr elm logs in the yard at the moment available for sale. Can be milled to order and lengths are 8-10ft. Rich colour as felled when live, wacky figure and plenty of burring. £20 a cubic foot, delivery by pallet. PM me or call on 07832 106156 if you are interested. Happen to be heading down south as far as Derby this weekend with a trailer so if you are quick you might even get hugely discounted delivery! Jonathan
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Cutter required west of Edinburgh
Big J replied to Big J's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
In need of a part time self employed cutter again. I'm pulling back from cutting myself, as the new yard and acquisition of a woodmizer are eating up all my time. Looking for someone 1-3 days a week, self employed, self reliant and able to work under own innitive. Working with a very experienced foreman cutter who will keep you right in the stands. Need to have plenty of commercial forestry experience, including self selecting hardwood thinnings. Rates of pay dependent on experience, to a degree. References required. Work is ongoing and the site is lovely. PM me if you are interested. Jonathan -
Complete Sawmilling service Scotland and Northern England
Big J replied to Big J's topic in Milling Forum
Quickest fence in the world to erect too. Excluding putting in the posts (which was a bit of a trial), we got up 50ft in 2 hours. It's just flat sawn larch. -
Complete Sawmilling service Scotland and Northern England
Big J replied to Big J's topic in Milling Forum
Good to hear. Getting more confident on it now (put about 100-110 cubic foot of flat sawn, but mostly oversized hardwoods through it today on a short day) and have the woodmizer rep coming to give me a days training this week. I've been paying close attention to them each time I've hired one in over the past 14 months, so they are familiar machines to me. Operating them is a different matter, but I regard myself as sufficiently anally retentive to be a reasonable sawmiller! Years of chainsaw milling have also given me quite a bit of patience, so I won't rush a cut. Robert, consider yourself PMed!
