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Finished stacking this years milled Oaks planks today. Got 3 days on-site milling to day then I can start on the Sweet Chestnut next week
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I think county you're in, area covered, milling capacity. That way no one has to give out their exact location or list equipment, not that I've got much left now having been visited 3 times!
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Honda Crv, great little motor. Use mine for towing the mill and for pulling trailer loaded with trees out of the forest. Older shape rather then new as new is not so rugged, having said that I've got one of each and only get to drive the new one when we go on holiday as wife seems to hide the keys!
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All my invoices state; Payment due in full on presentation of invoice. I did have one who said they'd pay at the end of the month, to which I replied that's ok you can have your stuff at the end of the month and promptly put it back on the van, I've never seen a cheque book appear so quickly!
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Couple of Oak planks from yesterdays milling. Thinking when dry, if the rot is completely gone I might fill with a coloured resin, make a nice coffee table top.
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Finishing off some Oak logs that have been lying around for a couple of years, need to get them cleared from this site before starting on newly felled Larch. Despite being down for at least 2 years and left lying anywhere I'm getting some nice boards.
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With jobs like this it's best to work out what you'd charge and leave it at that. Working to a price quoted by someone else is never a good idea, as you don't know what they had in mind when giving the price.
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No problem, Pm me.
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I've had an enquiry from a guy not far from Buxton, Derbyshire who wants a large Beech he's had felled milling. Any of you fine gentlemen interested on taking it on? My days of chainsaw milling are starting to drift away so if you're interested PM me.
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Never had a problem selling it, people want it kiln dried though. Found when furniture makers were educated about it that's what they ask for now over Oak. I prefer working it to Oak, sands well and takes most finishes, made 250 sq/m of floorboards for a client 4 years ago, looked stunning when down.
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I've got a 17.5 acre woodland of it to go at, that is until the owners get a buyer for it.
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I've been milling Sweet Chestnut today. Not had any for years, sold my my last boards a couple of weeks ago. Lovely stuff to work with.
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Not very good for table tops either!
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Those boards look to pink to be lime, looks more like London Plane.
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I found I got better results if I had air dried the thicker stuff for at least a year before putting in the kiln 2" was left in for at least 4 months, 3" ended up being in for best part of 6 months mainly over winter months, if you angle the collector roof correctly you'll benefit from the low winter sun too. The one I built only took 8' lengths as that's all I had the space for, so I donated it to the rangers at NNR Sherwood Forest as they have a small alaskan mill. Didn't get any problems with checking but that only tends to happen if the wood is dried to quickly. Solar kilns are environmentally friendly but can never be described as fast.
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On my trailer and on the ones woodlands do, the mud guards are removable to allow for ease of loading
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getting beach down to 12% MC.... and other timbers
Forest2Furniture replied to farmerjohn's topic in Milling Forum
Going back to your original question I agree with Big J, you can't fast dry slab timber. I had a client that chose to ignore my advice of leaving some fresh felled and milled Sweet Chestnut for a few months before kiln drying and he ended up with £1K of honeycombed planks good for nothing more then burning. All my boards are sticked out and air dried in an open barn for at least 6 months before going anywhere near a kiln. -
Might be that the Beech I've milled had been down a few months. Had no problems milling Ash at all though.
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I ran a solar kiln for about 8 years, fans at the top open vents at the bottom, baffle board across the top of the boards inside surfaces painted black. Successfully dried 1"-3" Oak, Yew, Sweet Chestnut and others, just takes a little longer then other kilns.
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If you think the Ash was hard going wait until you hit the Beech, it can be a git to chainsaw mill. Mill it as soon as you can from being felled and sharpen chain after every cut. Good luck
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I find the hand winch quicker to set up, no need to connect to power supply etc, bear in mind it has to be removed from the mill before milling. The hand winch I use will easily winch up a 30" diameter walnut trunk 10' long, mines not got the rail extensions. It's not a woodlands trailer it's one that the new UK rep Chris was offering when I bought the mill. Not a bad trailer, I've made a few changes to it as I've gone along such as removable mud guards, jacks etc, double wheel jockey wheel I find great for moving when on softer ground.
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I've had my trailer mounted mill for about 2.5 yrs now and have always used either 12v winch or hand winch and ramps to load the logs, I have to say I prefer the hand winch.
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It was, nearly killed me loading it.
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One of the two burls I'm removing. Had to use a 4' bar and on the second burl I had to go in from both sides.
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Got no idea, probably do what I normally do, think of a figure and half it!
