Forest2Furniture
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You can't speed up the drying time of Oak and get perfect boards at the end.
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The tree in the photo still has part of its root plate in the ground and therefore will still have some water flowing through the pores. Planks milled from a felled hardwood log regardless of how long it is since being felled all require about the same amount of time to dry, with Oak it's a year per inch of thickness. Even if you put them in a kiln, you're still better to leave all tannin woods a year to air dry first.
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Ideally you'll need a side mill as well as a standard chainsaw mill otherwise you'll have difficulty getting the beams square.
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Think you need to change insurance company. My insurance is new for old next day replacement. Mine payed out full RRP even when they knew I'd get the stuff at a discounted price. All they wanted to know was if I was VAT registered or not.
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BLOOD That's what the police want, they're not interested in coming out unless there's blood, preferably the b*****ds that nicked the stuff. So my advice would be to fit razor blades around the locks
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What he said
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Chinese bandmills- any of these look familiar?
Forest2Furniture replied to wills-mill's topic in Milling Forum
That looks scary, please tell me no one is actually buying these! -
Oversized elm log - anyone want to chain mill it for me?
Forest2Furniture replied to Big J's topic in Milling Forum
So tempting but to far away! -
Whether it's machined green on dry it smells like dog poo!
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The grain & colour is very similar to the wych elm I milled last year
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After a few alterations to the trailer, such as removable mud guards, winch brackets, ramps. The mill is mounted, mobile and ready for its first paying job next week. It's just unfortunate that the tree next week is to big to fit on the mill and will have to be cut into quarters first!
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The trailer I got from Chris Pearce, although made to woodland mills design needed some alterations to make it safer to transport the mill. Clamps to lock the mill in place have been fitted as well as removable wheel arches for when loading trunks, just got to make the ramps and winch attachment then good to go.
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Any experience with Norwood LumberPro HD36?
Forest2Furniture replied to morten's topic in Milling Forum
That price is for the machine, the extra goodies such as ramps, winch and trailer will add another £3k to the cost! -
Hi stuart, might be worth you dropping Jeff Segal a line at timberyard.co.uk. They're based in London milling up unwanted trees.
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Thanks for the warning, I'll bear that in mind. Having read the manual cover to cover I think some of the instructions are open to compromise
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Thanks for that. It clears up a few issues that Chris at Woodland Mills wasn't able to clarify.
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As far as type approval goes the law is a bit confusing but I've found this which helps a bit. The Law for Trailers.
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I think it's 4" x 2" which I did question but he says they've had 1.5 ton logs on it with no problem. 750kg suspension units unbraked
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Once the outer card box is removed there's a metal cage frame that protects the mill from damage in transit. Most bits come out easily but if you haven't got mechanical lifting equipment then taking out the main unit by hand is interesting
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I bought the HM130 Well packaged which is good considering how many times DHL must have loaded and unloaded it. I bought a galvanised custom trailer made to Woodland Mills spec from Chris Pearce who's the woodlands mills guy for the UK and have started to build the setup on that. Hoping to finish the build on Sunday.
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Given that the thread is posted in woodland mills, have a wild guess!
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Only taken DHL 3 weeks to deliver the mill from Sweden - Retford via Coalville - Warrington - Wakefield - Coalville - Wakefield
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Which oil/polish to use on chopping board?
Forest2Furniture replied to jamesd's topic in Woodcraft Forum
If you're making chopping boards, then you are expecting people to cut onto them. In which case you want a finish that soaks in not one that dries hard on the surface. I know a couple of guys who make cutting/serving boards and they use a good quality mineral oil, because of people various allergies to nuts etc you should try to keep away from any of the nut based oils. -
Questions on The Kiln Drying Process
Forest2Furniture replied to Oli Jersey's topic in Milling Forum
I've got a client who used that stuff and then covered it all with black plastic sheeting, I think he used damp proof sheet. He was drying sweet chestnut and I'd told him to leave it for a few months to air dry as like oak it has a high tannin content, the kiln worked fine for the first few firings. Then he got a bit cocky and decided to mix green elm and green sweet chestnut at the same. They had to go through the steam process twice as after the first time all the timber was covered in a white mould, eventually the Elm came out reasonably well as it was on the bottom but a little warped on the longer boards. However, all the sweet chestnut honey coned and took up the brown of the elm. He ruined 40 cubic ft of sweet chestnut and was less then impressed when I told him he'd dried some nice firewood! -
It's not just the time something takes to make that should be taken into consideration but also the time it takes to train and learn the skills. I often get asked at shows how long it has taken to make something and I reply about 35 years because thats how long ago I started out in this game. As for your mate charging £1500 for 10 days work that equates to less then £19 an hour including materials assuming he works an 8 hour day.
