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5 hours ago, Rough Hewn said:

Last bit of walnut milled between rain showers️️️

WOW stunning

No mate nor had i till a few weeks ago when my mate who is a head gardener for an estate said that they had one to fell due to disease. He said he will miss the nice sweet toffee candy smells it gives off this time of year. Google it Cercidiphyllum -japonicum

Milled up some Katsura the other day. Not had any before quite pleased with the outcome. Most boards are 2.2m x2'' t and up to 27'' w. All sat in the kiln slowly baking.

Mydome driveway alarm. Alerts you in the home which is great. Apart from the cats setting it off in the early hours.

Stop panic buying that's why the shops are empty. I'll keep milling for as long as i can to pay the bills and be my family's hero by keeping a roof over our heads.

5 minutes ago, maybelateron said:

Sorry, but that is not acceptable. I don't mean to sound arsey etc, but the point is you are mixing two people from different households and that it what needs to be avoided. Although I am now a full time tree surgeon, i was once a full time GP, sop hopefully I can contribute sensibly here.

Could say the same about all the half wits panic buying Standing so close to each other for ages just to keep a clean arse.

Yep your more likely to spread or catch it going to the shops.

I read that you can go to work if not able to from home and that you can have one form of exercise a day. It's essential for me to work and exercise .That's me sorted. 

Surely it's essential for us self employed to still work to pay the bills if not getting much help. I'm lucky with the milling that i do i work alone in the middle of nowhere. I guess with the tree teams it's all about trying to keep the safe distance not just from jo public but from each other clean hands not touching your face etc. With all the panic buying going on most people won't even notice us as be more worried about how much bog roll is left on the shelves. 

Same mill all mine

Milling a bit of Walnut today with the Panther.

Made a start on milling some timber at the Arboretum in Romsey today. Getting some nice boards from this Oak. 10 ft long and just over 3 ft at the widest point x 3'' T.   

This is what i had a local chap make for me. It's sat on an 8x4 bench and can fit around a 6ft x 34'' slab on it. Works very well. Have a 2'' planning bit fitted can be a bit slow but adds more value to the board showing off the grain and character more. If the board hasn't to much twist it takes no time at tall. Finish is so  good that just needs a belt sander run over it. This was the first one that he had made and has made a few changes since. Slab is Beech 1670 and 26 at widest point. Just under an hour to flatten and sand. I find by doing this it helps to sell the larger slabs as most hobbyists don't have the equipment to do this. 

This is the set up i brought  from Per at LOGOSOL . Once you get one end up on the first step it does make it easier to lift up on the log bed. I've just fitted a trailer winch to the top of a short accrow prop that works ok on the bigger lumps. 

Cheers Khriss. I milled myself a 1'' thick slab for a piece of wall art. Looking forward to getting it out of the kiln in a months or so time.

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Out with the Panther milling up some stunning Yew.

I sell all my timber on my fb page. As above reaches hundreds of people  get a few shares and a few followers. I can't fault it.

38 minutes ago, kav said:

Awesome few days milling for 3dWood/Nick Speakman Sculpture. Cut a load of big Oak and Cedar plus a bit of Wellingtonia and some funky sycamore. So glad we had a forklift and also this super handy lifting chains!!

Good job and nice timber Kav

Nice bit of Yew coming off the mill today. Oh and an Elm crotch.

Hi yeah it can be a bit daunting to start with but the best guy to ask is Rob from Panther as i guess that's who your buying from. I think i read somewhere that the 880 might be to big to run a low pro setup i might be wrong. I run a low pro setup on the ms660 ok.  All the best and enjoy.

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Yeah no probs Mark seen a guy cut loads on his 130. I cut all mine with the Alaskan and Farmers mill. love to have the HM 126 one day but storage is my problem. Let us know how you get on.

I use the Logosol sauno kiln. Built an 8x4x4ft box. Will dry 2'' t softwood in two three weeks. Hard wood 2'' t i have the temp right down and takes between six to eight weeks to get to around 10% mc. I to was looking at the heater dehumidifier fans system but just like the idea of keeping it simple with one unit plugged in. I can mill and load timber in the kiln the same day but Oak and Sweet Chestnut need to be air dried for six months due to the tannin. I brought the 2kw vt3 from Logosol and got some styrofoam online for the box and in total cost me around £1100. 

The last Birch i milled that had some burrs on went nice a dark when oiled a bit like the Olive Ash you're milling. You're getting some nice boards.

Good handy mill to. Always using mine. I'm defo going to give it ago with the li saw. Be very handy back in the workshop as well.

This is my F1 setup i can see a few changes that may help the set up a bit easier.  Great set up by the way.