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Has anyone actually worked out the m3.?

Register plate may need to be cut round niche. Other than that it won't be a problem.

I want one!!

Machining up some sycamore for a sale. Looks nice. Don't waste it

A decent 4 sided planer will take care of all deviations. They're a lot of money though. If I had 2 7m logs I'd be cutting in to four 3.5m logs. Resawing a straight edge once seasoned is doable. Can do so on the lucas too. I just prefer to get the wood in the workshop and crack on in there. Get a much cleaner cut too. All the other processes are still a ball ache if the woods too long. A small fault in a really long bit of timber makes a big gap. Lost a lot of work photos when my computer went tits up a few years ago but will see if i can get some. Starting soonish making a load more. 8" boards I milled about 6 years ago. If you haven't milled yours yet your a way off machining anyway. For me 2 years air drying and a few months inside is a minimum.

Done this a few times Andy. There is a few ways to go about it depending on what tools you have. I wouldn't go wider than 8" because if they cup then its huge with wider boards. I also wouldn't go longer than 3 to 4m. Any longer is a nightmare. I stick to 3m. Mainly because I have a 3m rail for my track saw. I find it easier to put first straight edge on with track saw. Then thorough the table saw to Paralell the second edge. Then through the spindle moulder. Your moulder will be fine for this job. Is i was desperate for longer boards I would probably extend my track saw rails but then it becomes hard to move about. No joins in the length of the board looks shit anyway. You can just use a loose tongue to join the ends. Easier than trying to mould the ends. just use a biscuit cutter in a router to groove all the ends and make up a load of loose tongues. You don't need a 4 sided planer. I use the above method and up to 3m boards I can do it by myself easily. Longer boards it's easier with another pair of hands.

Some nice long boards there. Hopefully they dry nicely.

Did you season this lump before cutting or did you just cut it green?

You want the stump as a table leg and the elm cookie as the table top?

Big ugly oak today for a customer. It fell earlier in the year and I dismantled it last week. Wanted as many 6x6 as possible.

The bigger one is 5ft Ish The smaller one is smaller than 5ft ish. Would look nice on a wall. To be fair every one who has seen them has asked to buy one.

It's the lucas mill 830 with slabbing attatchment. Not a dedicated slabber.

Bit of nice brown oak too today about 1m wide.

Near Milton Keynes. No idea how they will dry though. Wanted the stump with a flat top really for a table. Slabs are a byproduct

Oak root fun

Enforced infertility is the way. Nobody has to die.

Root out of woods, and in place to clean up and get mill on on Monday, should be fun

Root ball moved. No sign of worm. No rot. No shake. Definately going to mill.

Will do that on the next one. [emoji106]

Had this same email about 4 different vans on ebay lately. Only ever one photo. Obvious they are scams. I just do it to wind them up a bit. Hi James, Thank you for your interest. It is still for sale and available for viewing in Portree, Isle of Skye. It has been very well taken care of and recently serviced. All paperwork is available and in my name. It belonged to my late brother who unfortunately passed away a few months ago. He really was the type of fella who loved taking care of his stuff. Everything works as it should, with no faults or hidden issues. It is free of any finance or loan. Full documented history is present. Unfortunately, I do not reside in the UK and the reason I am selling is that it cost too much to change the registration (from the UK to Austrian papers) as well as the delivery fees to Berlin, Germany (that's where I mainly work and travel to see my family) which are considerably high. The UK Brexit also involves customs/duties for export. My last asking price is £7000 including delivery to any UK mainland address. Whereabouts are you located? Let me know if you are still interested so I can send you additional photos and other details. Kind Regards, Markus May (From Berlin - Germany)

I've got a hunch Andy didn't mill that bit though.

Would look nice as a coffee table though

Walnut is pretty stable so it doesn't have to be, although if it was decent wide walnut I would give it a year to minimise drying defects.

This old dead standing oak fell in the woods last year, taken most of the fire wood off.been dead at least 20 years Trying to decide wether to mill the rest of just log it. Just under 3ft diameter. Probably 4m left. Looks like a fair amount of insect attack to the heart. Will bring a digger down at some point and move the root ball. That will tell v what the bottoms like. Got a very nice 5ft diameter oak that fell also to mill so not short of fallen oak at home. Any one milled any oak this far gone? Any one any thoughts? Think I will try to make tabke from roots one day.

Cheers Looks like you got a sale. Will sell the bar and chains I have with the three 051s