Jamespepperpot
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A garden bench I made for a client which will go in their recently landscaped garden. The curved oak board is from a tree removal I helped with in Groombridge about 5 years ago. Glad I made the effort all those years ago!
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Ive quarter sawn stuff with a chainsaw mill once or twice. I'm sure there are a few ways to do it but as I have a large mill I usually cut the top off flat then run the mini mill down the centre of the log but leave a few inches of timber at the bottom so it doesn't split apart. This means you can mill the log in the same position and not have to try and hold a semi circle shaped piece of wood upright. I'm not hugely into wide slabs as they can be a pain to move around and deal with - especially in a small workshop like mine. True quartersawwing isn't worth the effort with a chainsaw mill as you lose too much with the kerf. The timber is far nicer to work with when turning it into something
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Cheers Rough, I have the slabbing attachment for the Lucas now but often if I am only cutting slabs I still use the chainsaw mill. Quicker to set up and less kit to pack and unpack at the end of the day. Not sure how the cutting speeds compare but I'd say there isn't much in it.
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Here is the stump. Had quite a lot of Heartwood compared to other Turkey oaks I've seen
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The weird shapes look could be very old pruning wounds from when it was a young tree? I milled some Turkey oak last year which was pretty big and had some beautiful grain in it. Not sure how well it dried out but we stacked it with a whole load of timber on top then ratchet strapped it right down to try and hold the boards flat.
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Turkey Oak I reckon. Was it very hard?
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Re built the side of this old horse stable with some western red cedar from the clients garden. Probably my favourite timber to work with!
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Not my timber, I just helped out with the job. It'll be drying for a couple of years yet I would have thought. The slabs from the bottom of the tree were all solid and really beautiful though. Surprisingly no metal in it either! I usually do about 4/5 days with the Lucas mill a month, its a great machine. Wish I'd bought the bigger one now!
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I'm going to shamelessly hijack your thread with some pictures of an oak I helped mill with Chaffins in September. 2.1 metres wide!
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Another router sled design. The linear bearings are from a CNC machine. Very smooth and the only friction is from the actual cutting head. You could make it as wide as the steel bar sections. Expensive but it's probably as fast as a router sled would get without a proper CNC set up. A more powerful router would make it quite effective. I use cheap 1 1/2 flat bottomed bits off Amazon and re sharpen them every now and then.
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What a boring attitude you have. If you're rushing that much that you can't stop for a chat and a brew I think you need to charge more.
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Could it be the angle of the outside of the log causing the mill to rise up? Its hard to explain but I've seen it happening when I've been chainsaw milling before. Where the side of the mill gets pulled into the log as you're cutting it can be forced upwards sometimes.
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Cheers Will, I have sent a PM
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Meetings with remarkable trees, the Arbtalk version
Jamespepperpot replied to Steve Bullman's topic in Picture Forum
Bristlecone Pine Tree in Inyo County, Eastern California. The growth rings on these trees are unbelievable. I'm sure they'd make some wonderful furniture! -
NO Trees were involved in this. well, one was.....
Jamespepperpot replied to DrewB's topic in SRT (Single Rope Technique)
Awesome pics, I've always fancied going to Rapa Nui. I've been fascinated by how they moved and created those Moai and for what reason. Did it cost you much to get out there? Where did you fly/sail from? -
Looks like a Moreton Bay Fig I saw in California once. Ficus macrophylla
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Oak, sweet chestnut, larch, robinia, western red cedar, other cedars, most cypresses, Douglas fir. Some trees will be fine outdoors as long as they are kept dry and not in contact with soil.There are others but these are all the ones I've had first hand experience with and fairly common.
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Looking for a decent cordless chainsaw
Jamespepperpot replied to Matthew Storrs's topic in Chainsaws
I've used the Stihl, husky and Makita battery rear handles and the husky is by far the best for torque and battery life. Stihl is good too. The Makita is pretty naff and quite heavy. Heavier than a small petrol saw. I have Makita tools but the rear handle and top handle chainsaws are no where near as good as the husky ones IMO -
I keep blagging this page with stuff I've made as I've been fairly busy in my workshop recently! Here is a brown oak and oak cutting board I finished this weekend as a thank you gift for a friend's family. Hopefully it gets put to use!
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Going to church doesn't make you a good person. Being a good person makes you a good person.
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Just finished this Oak table for a friend out of wood that he milled. Some pretty fancy grain in a lot of the boards. I love flat sawn faces just as much as quarter sawn. I used brown oak for the draw boring pegs and its finished with osmo top oil. James
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If you don't need to know what they think don't listen to them. This whole thing is a step to far. It's cases like this where you start to see how our government and police and clamping down on our human right to be able to express ourselves. If this is the beginning where does it stop exactly? Sounds very Draconian to me
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Yet again our government clamps down on some of the little bit of freedom we have left... What about poor souls like me in my mid twenties with no credit card??? I'll be keeping any hedge porn I find from now on
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It always looks shiny in the photos as I had only just applied the oil which is a satin finish. Its called Peace of mind by Blue cheer. Awesome track, way before my time but I have a fetish for music from that era!
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Heres a time-lapse of my router sled
