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It all depends on the individual tree. Basic things I look for are. Straightness of tree. Twist of grain. Can usually be spotted from examining the bark. Not too many large side branches. Evidence of old wounds etc. Old Oak with rotten sap wood could be perfectly good for framing or it may not be. Best thing to do is make an accurate cutting list and try to cut the biggest beams first. When it's cut you can examine for defects and decide if its good enough. If it isn't you can see if you can work around the defects to get one of your smaller beams. I prefer cutting timber put of bigger trees as you can see the defects earlier and work around them. However if the spec is for boxed heart the you obviously need smaller trees. Good luck and feel free to ask for design advice. Problem with using 4x4 as posts is that it doesn't give you the scope to properly support the joint above it. Sent from my GT-I8200N using Arbtalk mobile app

Re curved braces. These are best made from curved logs. If your cutting from small diameter logs uou can box the heart but from bigger logs it's best just to firewood the heart as it will have lots of big faults. Sent from my GT-I8200N using Arbtalk mobile app

Depends on the spec and the size of the tree. You need good quality oak for framing and i woukd suggest 4x4 is a little small for all but braces. You need to make sure you are lined up with the grain perfectly when milling, but seen as you only ask about cutting square section there isn't really a way to limit twisting etc as you can't quarter saw a square. The best way to limit movement is to erect your structure as soon after milling as possible and use high grade material. Sent from my GT-I8200N using Arbtalk mobile app

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Probably worth 50 but as j said. Will be hard work seasoning and maintaining that value.v Sent from my GT-I8200N using Arbtalk mobile app

That's one of the problems of having no building regs on conservatories. Builders can decide the foundation spec and price usually wins the day. Sent from my GT-I8200N using Arbtalk mobile app

Right click on bottom left corner of desktop. Click run. Type cmd. This will take you to a different screen. Type everything there. You can also use windows key and r to open run. Press windows key and r at the same time. Then type cmd etc.

Just bite the bullet and get a granbert ripping chain. You won't be disappointed.

I'll try to pick you some up and put it with all the other wood I'm supposed to get to you at some point. :what:

Much rather look after my kids than pay someone else to do it.

Where you based?

Looks interesting. What's it for?

Loads of good books on framing. One of favourites fir traditional joints is this one. [ame]https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/091146932X/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1469480648&sr=8-1π=SY200_QL40&keywords=timber+framing[/ame]

Will shrink but shouldn't move much if the correct joints are used. The reason for gun stock posts is so the whole of the joint is supported. For example 8x8 half lap scarf joint on the corner needs a 10" post so the join support has some spread on the joint thus supporting it all. Same for a scarf joint on a straight joint. They used to work the bottom of the post to 8x8 so it wasn't thicker at the bottom and take up wall space. Hence it looked like a gun stock. It wouldn't contain the post up the side though.

Your not dead yet so plenty of time for more.

£300 is my first bid. Would be more if access is better.

Do it green and use proper peg joints. You will be waiting a long time to season 8x8 oak. It's hard to know your design bit you may need 10 x 10 posts so ypu can form some gun stock posts to support am 8x8 ring beam.

As steve said. Log will still be green. If you want to use it for door Linings it will need to milled and seasoned until it gets to about 12 % max. My guess is its close to 50 as it stands. 40mm boards will take around 18 months to get down to this I would think.

Good luck with that. I'm only up the road from you and I've been looking for months.

Just gazump him and go with someone else. Ebay may moan but he's the one messing about. If you click in the listing you should find something that says cancel sale . Go through the motions. message someone else and sell it to them.

Speak for your self mate. My life sucks. I'm currently sunning me self in majorca for a fortnight, and when i return I'm looking at having to do a job I enjoy for 4 whole days a week! That doesn't include the time I have to Sacrifice in weeding my vegetables and cleaning out my pig and chicken house. What am I supposed to do for the other 2.5 days?

If your mill has an hour clock on it, it can be useful to recOrd how much it is actually in use. This can help you if the council do get involved. However if you use it all the time then ignore this. My dad has a small small holding and the council were asked to investigate noise complaints from his compact tractor. Turns out he'd owned the tractor about 18 months. And only 35 hours had been added to the clock since purchase. This helped my dad prove that his neighbour was an unreasonable arse.

Not sating you should quit. You say that trees self seed and grow all the time. But that's in their ideal environment. Sometimes keeping things in pots fir longer and increasing pot size over time can give you a larger healthier tree before you plant it out. This means it's more likely to thrive. I was merely staring that maybe a bit more effort is needed in your garden for that paticularl tree than in some one else garden

You can email him through his website. Steves skittles He only has a land line not a moblie. If you can't get him pm me and ill send his number.

Your going to have some fun learning how to set a bandsaw up. Takes a while to learn how . I recommend you watch some videos of how to be you tube. Assuming you don't already know that is.