Bennovet

Wish they were all like that life for a miller would be easy and  good ground 

Was hard get out and up the bank. Had to drop, unwind, and winch up a few times[emoji6]. Once on yard,lifted one side at a time and pressure washed. Then tidied ends up. This was all easy...

Ready to mill. Bit scary, as you only get chance.. 600x600mm at narrow end. 3880mm long. Having a go with an 076 and 36" bar on chilaskan
4" slabs..

I run 4 Caddy Maxi vans for work. Farm vets. For past 10 years always run on all season. Lots of mud/rain/muck/water etc on country lanes and lot better in winter too. (I used to offer my 4x4 landy in bad weather but nobody wants it)
No more fuss on changing winter to summer tyres (hard to get timing right in UK weather🤣).
Vredestein quatrac 4, not too expensive (60,-) front tyres do wear on these vans but last forever on rear ( if a wall puncture doesnt write them off). Buy 16 tyres at a time and keep them at local garage for fitting as and when required.

[emoji2] thanks for replies. Dont want to mess up. Will be centre piece dining table in new (to be built) house. Only have this oak to fell.. got loads of larch, but that is for cladding the garage/workshop

Thanks, will get some metal legs made, so just need the slabs out of bottom trunk..
Might get some structural bit milled out of higher up bits. Was really wondering how much 'wastage' to allow (cupping/warping).
Will probably use it 'green' in 12 months time and then rework once completely dried out in new house[emoji3]
Exciting! Nothing beats using your own wood.

Haha, well spotted. Was a bit of a puzzle getting it down. Had a lot of weight hanging into neighbours field, top left. Had to put 5t winch cable 4.5m up to pull opposite way. Hung it into huge beech tree this way. Then released winch cable and it landed perfect, parrallel and inside fence. Not bad for an amateur.. took me well over hour to get in done (safely). I have tractor to move/handle it..

Would like 2 large table tops and couple bench seats (all at 3m..) out of this nice straight oak. Any suggestions to thickness to mill? 100mm for tops? 70mm for benches? And then let it dry for few years [emoji6]

 

Cheers

I like mine, very good for ringing up off dirty or hard floor. Pretty sturdy too, worked again after i drove over it with tractor and bent lots of parts..

Yes they are Alder.

Thanks!

Are these Alder saplings? Got quite few mature trees, similar leaves but smaller on big trees..?

Open but covered, can take the lids off now[emoji12]

Nice train carriage how long did it take and what’s it going to be used for when done

It is a birthday present for wife, will be a shepherds hut to put on top of hill in field to enjoy outside time. Hugely satisfying with all your own wood, all bit oversize.. framing is 10x10cm, roofbeam is 6.1m longx 10cmx30cm. No sag there. Floorboard 30cmx4cm (planed).
Reduced cladding to 20mm, normally 25mm as shed/garage cladding. Need to take bit of workshop out as wont fit through doorway.

Waney edge (live) are very easy to sell. Sell them green, very quick turnaround and no stacking/storing

Use a lot of oversize larch for little hobby projects. No need to treat and easy to work with, just the resin can be a bit messy on tools/rollers/planer

Lime any good?

Nice- seems like it’s the time of year to treat ourselves! Hope it works out well for you.

Indeed [emoji12]

It was/is our dream car... last of the 5 cylinder diesels, D5, full leather..
Never found a car with better seats.. these are all electric too.
Wife also reluctant to let go but I just signed 4yr lease on Amarok, I rebuilt my Landy and got spare VW caddy maxi at work, also series 3 landy for weekend jolly,
so not realistic to think we use again... just so much emotion.. had all Volvo estates, 240, 740, 940, V70bifuel and eventually this one!!
We are 2nd owner and did 100k in it (lots of trips to Holland).
Has newish Xclimate tyres, 17", few little electric things that can be sorted. I drive it out the shed a few times every year and is permanently on trickle charge. Never fails.

Anyway, will have to be very close to 3.5k to consider.
It costs me nothing to keep[emoji6].

I have 55reg XC70 ocean race in storage. Couldnt part -ex it for peanuts.. so kept it under cover.
We now have a VW Amarok and Defender 110 as daily (work) cars.
2 years ago with all that snow the best car was the Volvo!! The perfect travel car, 6sp manual, 185bhp, nothing beats it in bad weather. (Only deep snowdrifts).
It is for sale to the right person[emoji6].

A bath caddy

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Relax and unwind with The Bath Tray Company reclaimed bath...  

Jigsawed roughly out of wooden kitchentop. 50x 4mm holes , then widened to 6mm from back only. Inserted led lights. Really cool effect

Felled this dead Oak tree for a client, they're planning to use it to build a garage/workshop. Not often you can build most of a building from one log.

How cool is that! Exactly what I would like to do one day..

Finally got my major doing the job i intended it for! Will be on the winch this winter[emoji106]

I've started to buy the new ryobi gear. It may be cheap but it does the job for me ( hospital maintenance), but still got my metabo gear for heavy duty work. Only problem I have now is 4 different types of battery to buy.

DeWalt battery mower

I found a 3500kg rated pin 50mm for clevis bar, local tractor dealers have these on shelf[emoji6]

I run 20" on 462, never wants more[emoji6]

Can anybody advise which planer to go for? I shortlisted DeWalt 733 and Triton 317mm. The reviews are remarkably good for the cheap Triton.

Building a shepherds hut. Waney edge larch cladding. Want to plane carcassing and floorboards. Structural 100x100mm, boards 40x250x5000mm

Wont be using it much after...