farmerjohn

Has anyone milled much cherry? is so any advice would be appreciated, is it as temperamental to dry as oak? or a bit more forgiving? Regards, John

I have a lathe for sale, am i allowed to post details and photos on here in case anyone is interested, not really arboriculture but timber related. Regards, John

hi Clinton can i ask what model and spec TK you went for and a idea of the cost if its not too cheeky. If you get time i'd like to see some photos of it too. Regards, John

what thickness is that big slab o'oak

i think i'll let alec answer that one

yes alec, have replyed to nadia, and am very intrested still. i did notice your email was not included in the group so was going to email you to see if you were still involved. When i ordered my first on it was recommended not to put it on a saw bigger than 40cc, but that was not mentioned in the paperwork of the new one.

cheers alec, did the new toy arrive? had you had chance to press it into service yet? regards, John

i have the chance of 1 or 2 more trees of the burr oak type photoed in my recent post 'first weekend milling' the problem is the land is to change hands in 3 months or so and it is doubtful the new owner will sell me any, do i fell now or leave it a month due to comment about trees 'biology' its too nice a timber to miss out on, but at same time if its going to be ruined i dont want to take down a good tree if the timber will be sub-standard. the others were very well behaved timber, boards did not curl up when being cut, no shakes or rot at all

I presume that it is to late in the year to be felling trees for planking? i'm in cumbria, so its now really warm yet, but been a really mild winter. I have the opportunity of going to look at some ash and oak, and getting them down this weekend, would it be left till next. if i did 'gather them up' i would not be milling the oak till winter' thanks, John

regarding the hessian i saw a youtube vid on an American mill and they did that, i have half a roll of debris netting knocking about here so was going to use that as theirs plenty of air flow through it.

i'm hoping to power through it on the jobs i got lined up this year so need to get a good stock on, plus furniture i want to have a go at making

i'm hoping to power through it on the jobs i got lined up this year so need to get a good stock on, plus furniture i want to have a go at making

CHEERS ROB, out of interest, if oak was stored inside out of sunlight would it be OK to mill for another month? how come thiner oak is less susceptible to checking than thicker peices? i though it would be the other way around as thinner stuff has a greater surface area per cubic foot and would dry quicker.... or not!!! Also BigJ i have been talking to alec a bit recently and he mentioned a way of quarter sawing without turning the log each time by quartering and propping on the angle, do you know about this? does it work ok? if so any chance you could describe the process to me? last thing, do you still have any of that elm left for sale?

out of interest when do others stop planking and air drying temperamental timber to dry such as oak?

quick follow on thread from last weekend being my first milling, had another bash yesterday with some more oak from the same tree as the photos from last post, but a bit further up the trunk and a lump of beach that looked moldy and heavily spalted. I thought i was in for some more top quality 700mm wide oak boards and some rotten beach, Please see pictures below to see how wrong i was on both counts!!!

Hi All, i have been wanting to get some oak milled up for some time (over a year since it was off-rooted) but various factors, mainly time and somewhere descent to store air drying timer (time again to get area set up) have slowed me down. Last saturday i finally got my timber to the mill and had a awesome day getting through most of it. It was very hard work, not so much the milling but the re-stacking of the planks off my trailer into stickered piles the following day. The 65mm thick oak 650mm side and 8ft long nearly beat me, i could only just about lift them about. That said, after all the hard work i am feeling very chuffed with my timber, and are rearing to get back to it this weekend (finger crossed that the weather will be as good again) to get some more ready, just a waiting game before i can get it into the workshop and start making things from it. I plan to put another pallet on top and stack same height again, get some weight on, tin sheets and maybe scaffold / derbies netting over the front to help shield from sunlight. I need to put soom bearers from the ground under the overhangig oak on the left hand side of the left stack and sticker the unsupported ends too. Regards, John

prob way off with this suggestion........., but you can easily get Eucalyptus marginata (jarrah) in the from of railway sleepers, i got some from a massive yard in yorkshire, i am going to re-saw it down with pto saw as bandsaw would not look at it, once you get 1 1/2 to 2 inch in colour of the treatment is gone and its really nice red, just a idea as it should be a long way to being dry.

Very nice looking deere too

Has anyone come accross this make before, Portable Sawmill TTP-600 | eBay is looks very good value for money, not the biggest capacity, any comments welcome

its an interesting subject this, I am doing quite a lot of work with a biomass boiler install company at the moment, I am looking at making a kiln for drying both firewood for myself and milled timber for jobs. I am having a biomass boiler fitted to heat my house and a bungalow behind, if i put the kiln on i will also be able to claim RHI payments for that too My kiln plan (which is in my head) is based on a woodmizer modular kiln system, but instead of using 3 phase electric heaters i am going to try and use heat exchangers run from the gasifiation boiler. a clever but cost effective electrics system to control temperature and humidity. will make post on here when i get a bit further on with the project PS if anyone is interested in a cost for a log gasification / chip / pellet boiler PM me.

yeh, just saws (uk Hudson distributor) quoted me £6500 for the saw, Hudson in America would do the saw delivered to Liverpool docks (same CE saw and shipping) for $7771 USD which according to Google works out at £4708. both exclude vat and delivery in UK.

what about this Portable Sawmills > H 360 | HUD-SON Forest Equipment works out about £11k i got a quote from them to ship me a hudson oscar 230 and it was $1000 usd ($300 carting which i presume is to get it from them to docks in usa) and $700 to ship to liverpool docs. i delt with a guy called mark major, they are excellent, i'v bought a few smaller items from them and they dont bat an eyelid when i ask to ship to uk. if you want his email address PM me, Cheers. PS only thing is its not CE marked.

Hi, i have these hollow disks from trees i have removed with rott in them, apart from mirrors anyone got any suggestions of what i can make them into? The 3 ash's are about 600mm diameter and the 2 oak's are 800mm diameter. colours not shown up so well with phone camera!!! Cheers, John

what can i go up with a MS650 (85cc) i was looking for a saw a few months back and ended up with a absolute bargain, pin holding handle to casting was broken off, shtil wanted £250 for new casting but i got my local fabricator to drill out broken pin, tap and fit a new one, MS650 for £280