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ARV

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  1. Yep, doing that also stops chain oil dripping onto the hot exhaust!
  2. We had a big Beech log from a local estate to mill. 3m X 1.5m dia. After purchasing a mill and first cut system from Rob D a few months ago, we finally got round to milling the log last week. I say we milled, actually the tree surgeon who felled the tree came in and did most of the milling with us assisting. Milled the slabs at 2.5" and 4". Took us a day and a bit to mill which wasn't bad, just glad that we had the machinery to shift the boards. Some lovely colours and flaming in the boards. A bit of shake in a few of the middle boards but nothing too bad.
  3. It used to be Otter farm.
  4. A friend has quite a few bushes on their farm (heron farm nr Honiton). I saved some seeds from them. Stuck them in the fridge for a month or so then potted them up. The plants are 2yrs old and about 1.5ft tall.
  5. Did you buy a bush, or grow from seed? I've got 6 or so plants in pots, grown from seed. Wondering how long it might be until they start fruiting?
  6. ARV

    Wood ID

    Reading up on Grand Fir and Red Fir (and the other fir species in general), to be honest it could be either of them. So I think we can say it is a Fir. Without the bark and without doing some microscopic investigation I don't think I'll be able to say more than that. Cheers for the ideas though.
  7. ARV

    Wood ID

    We get some Douglas in every now and again. The bark doesn't look right and the coloured heartwood isn't red enough.
  8. ARV

    Wood ID

    We had a stem come in amongst some WRC. Anyone got an idea of what it might be? Fairly heavy, no significant smell when milling, slightly reddish heart wood. There wasn't a lot of bark on the stem when it came in. It might just be a spruce, but the bark seemed a bit more textured than what we usually see on spruce logs (but then the stem was quite a bit bigger than we usually see, around 55cm diameter.) Andrew
  9. https://www.scotland.lantra.co.uk/women-rural-economy-training-fund
  10. https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.gov.scot/news/additional-funding-increases-training-support-for-women-in-agriculture/&ved=2ahUKEwiV4KKwiuvyAhUVR0EAHQw-CIEQFnoECCoQAQ&usg=AOvVaw3UNiGS3vDImFaX151G0Uyi&cshid=1630956536693
  11. I was taking out some Leylandii for a customer last week. They had a climbing rose growing up through a yew that they want to keep, but wanted the rose cleared out. When I looked I was struggling to find where the rose was rooted into the ground. Mainly because I was looking for a thin greenish stem. Not a stem the thickness of my arm! In the shade, I thought it was just another branch of the yew tree until I followed some of the rose stems back! Ended up just cutting the stem out and leaving the top for an excavator to pull out.
  12. Cubic feet / 12 = board feet. So 1 ft³ is 12 board ft. If you are working on prices, £8/board ft (*12) equals £96 ft³. Or you take the cubic ft price and divide by 12 to give a board ft price.
  13. Where abouts are the boards?
  14. Hi A customer has asked us if we know any Alaskan millers in or near Edinburgh. A residents group has an Oak stem that they'd like milled. He specifically mentioned Alaskan milling so I'm guessing there is limited access. He's sent us a picture, but no dimensions, but looks to be 3-4 ft diameter. I've asked for more details and will post them here if/when I get them. If anyone is interested, send me a message with your details and I'll pass them on to the customer. Andrew
  15. Yes, my Dad was Chair of the Parish council. A lump of Portland stone to keep it fairly local.
  16. That'll explain why a lot of the roads/lanes In Dorset have a ruddy great bank on either side. I went to school in Dorchester (25 odd years ago). My parents and brother live in Shitterton.
  17. Are these prices for the board size AJStrees quoted (approx 4ft³) or per ft³?
  18. Ouch! What the hell is that? The rest of the boards look stunning though.
  19. Yes, Beech, Sweet Chestnut, Oak, Sycamore and Elm as well as the Cedar, Douglas and Larch. We just need more time!!!
  20. Today's milling... First find your logs!!
  21. We have a moretens ph260. Which from what I can see is the same as the Logosol/woodmizer machines (but a few years older). We mainly run WRC and Larch through it. It's a good machine and has definitely earnt its keep with us (though we did buy 2nd hand). You need to have decent dust extraction sorted. We've found that it's worth picking a couple of sizes for cladding and sticking with them so you can mill and build up a stock of the rough sawn boards to give them time to air dry! Switching between different profiles can be quite time consuming. It's not too bad switching between different types of t&g Cladding, but switching from t&g to par could take an hour or so as you have to adjust the height of cutter blocks and all the fences and pressure rollers.
  22. A Sycamore today. Borax applied and stood up under cover now. A few nails in it unfortunately, but we got it for the cost of a hiab hire (along with a couple of Oak stems and a lump of horse chestnut)
  23. Glad we have hydraulics on the mill (though they struggled a bit) and a telehandler to shift the beams!
  24. Finally milling something other than Cedar and Larch. Contract milling some 8in X 8in X 20ft Oak posts/beams. With 40mm boards from round the sides.
  25. Bit late to this thread, but there are some reasonable trees round the back of Blackford hill, along the hermitage of braid. Along from agassiz rock. Copy this into Google maps to see where I mean. 55.920744,-3.193388 .

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