muttley9050

Hi all. 

Anybody got any good contacts for oak sleepers that don't have considerable amounts of sap wood/bark?

I need 40 at 2.4m x 100mm x 200mm.

Cheers

20 minutes ago, Stere said:

Don't like the idea of treated wood next to veg beds but it seems to be the norm so maybe its not an issue?

 

 

Not ideal I don't think. Oak sleepers can be had for not much more than treated ones.

On 08/07/2022 at 14:31, trigger_andy said:

Well who knows indeed. 

 

It was very flat before the machining, it seems like its not moved at all in the 20 years its been drying. 

 

Im quietly confident its not gonna move any further to be honest. But I'll report back if I'm wrong, Im happy to admit to my mistakes.

Not mistakes. Just timber. Particularly oak. If it dried flat you may be lucky. 

On 07/07/2022 at 10:40, trigger_andy said:

You think it might move? 
 

its 5” thick and been drying for over 20 years. It’s also been kept in my workshop that regularly reaches 23c during the day for over a year. 

My answer to that is who knows. But, the likelihood Depends on how bad it was before you machined it. 

If it was very wonky before you machined then likely to move again. If it was nice and flat before then it will probably stay that way. The chances of it staying dead flat are very low imo. 

On 05/07/2022 at 19:25, trigger_andy said:

Finally got to the stage of adding the Osmo hard wax to the unit. Will dull down to a mat sheen but happy with the result so far.

 

Just need to build the lower shelf now.

 

 

Nice work. Shame about the measuring duck up. Hopefully the top stays flat ish. 

On 03/07/2022 at 14:54, Steve Bullman said:

Actually the default is what you switched it back to, you just have changed that yourself somewhere along the way 😀

How do you change the view Steve? 

Links go blue for me. Why didn't mine work?

Sure thing.  Here's the first one I found.  There are many others!
 

I thought that is what you meant. Just progress I suppose.

@gobbypunk

Can you give an example picture of where you have seen this?

Definately an ice box, very similar one in our garden

Problem with boards that long is that by the time you tidy the dirty split ends up there is nothing left. . They are only fit for chopping boards. I wouldn't mill or market them.
Andy is probably right £300 would be a real decent price.

It's fake, you can see the cut line in slow motion, made me laugh though! [emoji185] 

I thought something was going on but couldn't see an edit myself

 

How come the other guy doesn't get covered too? He is just as close

Im selling nice seasoned ash slabs at about £60 a ft3 at the minute. Don't see why beech shouldn't sell for the same. All depends what it looks like once milled.

Seems like a waste of weld mesh, surely they would dry out just as quick in a pile with the top protected. Not like the weld mesh is going to help you move the logs around.

Fencing pliers and a hammer on the hip just incase.

I don't think it's possible. Wet and dry and a respray. I assume they would of rubbed it down before painting anyway or it would be peeling off in sheets so safe to assume original red is pretty damaged already.

Anyone doing quarter sawn timber on their bandsaws? I presume it would be a much better cut for structural timber?

Quarter sawn timber is generally used for stability in things like wide boards for joining etc. Usually where one dimension is much bigger than the other dimension. Structural timber is generally squarer (a square beam cab never be quarter sawn) and the focus would be on grading through grain line, knots size, dead knots, boxed heart etc.
Quarter sawn can be more stable but not necessarily stronger so no it isn't really a focus when cutting structural timber.

I think it depends how much your trying to bend something. I've made a few sticks in the past. They are seasoned and then steam straightened. But it is only mild bending to get them a bit straighter. For major bending ive always had better results with green timber.

With this hatstand I would just leave it be.

 

 

It's nice that where I live is another thing you claim to be Expert in.

Surely it’s only insulting if you don’t actually live in a sex Kommune?

Yeah well done. Good input

Says the guy who lives in a sex komune. 🤣

Good to see your main input is still personal insults.

Seems pretty factual to me

That obviously includes the cost of the cooking staffs wages, pensions, cleaning, computers etc. the amount that goes on the food would most likely be under 30p

Why obviously? Could easily be 75p food budget too. More info needed to be sure.