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Nottinghamshire Police arrested some little scrout with these on him. If you recognise them get in touch with the boys in blue. https://www.nottinghamshire.police.uk/news-article/do-you-recognise-these-power-tools?fbclid=IwAR3bbaVhsiHnfnjzodFCCxTz5stBGPcu2AWv2phBF5VEwVsnvo1dIKiiFdQ
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Nope, router & table. Not a huge fan of spindle moulders, you've got a better chance of survival standing in front of a chainsaw when the chain snaps then a spindle moulder when a cutter comes out, believe me they stop at nothing not even brick walls!
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The boards had been air drying in a covered area for about 2 yrs and then machined to thickness before going in a warming room/kiln for 6 mths after which they were machined to width, cut to length squared off then tongue and grooved all round. No worries about derailing.
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I did some in Sweet Chestnut a few years ago, 250 sq/m in total. Looked stunning once polished if a little to perfect but not my choice that's down to the customer and as we all know they are always right!
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Not entirely sure of the cost for the floor board bit as it was a huge tree which yielded some 80cu/ft of milled timber most of which was used in the interior of an outdoors kitchen and window boards in the house. If you take into account the milling of the tree and he machining, he ended up paying somewhere in the region of £50 per sq/m for English Walnut floorboards which is about £80 less then the normal cost.
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My work here is done. It's in the hands of the customer now but hopefully I'll get to see it and take some pics when it's down.
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Having milled a fallen Walnut tree for a guy about 3 yrs ago and now the boards have been dried I've machined the remainder of the milled timber into some lovely floorboards, that will be laid in the hallway of the farmhouse close to where to tree grew.
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It's not a brilliant system but it's worked fine for the last 3 years.
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Just found the formula, didn't look hard enough.
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I know there is probably a formula for working this out but does anyone have an idea what diameter log I'd need to get a 14" square beam out of.
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Me too, I've got half a Sweet Chestnut trunk sitting in the woodland I started 4 weeks ago and it's pi**ed it down ever since. Not bothered to cover it up, currently serving as a picnic table for the local wildlife and squirrels!
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Lump of Elm on the mill today, been down a couple of years no rot, some lovely grain to the boards.
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Capacity of the mill bed is a nats over 10' 4" so 3m is about right plus the kiln will take 10'ish
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Sweet Chestnut, it's one I felled in February and been putting off having to mill. The tree is about 40' long, the rest of it once winched out and cut into 3m lengths will fit on the bandsaw mill just not this bit.
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It would be fair to say I am no longer a fan of chainsaw milling but when a stick has this number of burrs and won't fit on the bandsaw mill needs must.
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I don't know where you're getting someone to do a days milling for £2-300, baring in mind this tree is in Essex it's likely to be closer to £450 for days milling. Like with all these trees in back gardens, they look nice and the owner believe it's worth a fortune but by the time you've taken in to account, access, milling and transport the likelihood is the sawyer will want paying.
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First time I fitted a ripper37 band it took me nearly an hour to track but since then (nearly 3 yrs) I've never had to touch the tracking when fitting a new blade. Just changed the belt on the follow wheel for the first time, had to do a slight adjustment to the tracking but took less then 20mins to get right. If in doubt refer to the user manual, if you haven't got one then you can download it from the main woodland mills site.
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Due to the high ranking of my website I'm getting a lot of milling jobs outside of my area. Any jobs I get like this I list on here.
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Send me a PM with your contact details and I'll pass them on.
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Anyone interested in milling a yew tree in Croydon?
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Forget the hourly rate, give him a day rate. I charge a day rate with no discount for half day (as there is no such thing as a half day) It includes fuel, 2 bands and travel upto 50 miles for my postcode. 2 bands will last about 8 hrs providing the bark is clean and the tree is green, if they've been down a while the bark will be dry and brittle, this will dull the teeth quickly, if they've been skidded out of the forest the bark could be full of grit and stones all this will dull the blade. £30 an hour is working for nothing, don't sell yourself short.
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I've been contacted by a guy who has a felled Beech tree he wants milling into slabs so he can make tables. The tree is 3-4 foot in diameter and about 18' long, access is via a 30" wide garden gate, so it would have to be a chainsaw mill and hand-ball the planks out. As normal pm me if you're interested and I'll pass your details on.
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I've had an enquiry today for a milling job in Exeter! It's an Oak tree that will need to be milled in situ, Let me know if you're interested and I'll pass your details on.
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Ripper37 every time no need to alter tracking after fitting new blade. Old one off, new one on tension and away you go 5 minutes turnaround.
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Woodlands Mill for hobby work. Your thoughts please
Forest2Furniture replied to Johnmac's topic in Milling Forum
Just seen this thread. Might not be any good for you John if already purchased but to any one else thinking of getting the woodlands mill my advice is DO NOT buy the 10 blade pack, save your money and get some ripper 37 from Stephen Cull. The ones that woodlands sell are a bit on the small side, don't last as long as the ripper37 and are a bugger to track or were when I bought my mill in 2016, still have 8 of them un-used.
