trigger_andy

I see a lot of ring shake in Oak. If I was asked before seeing this post Id have thought it was one of the most common species to get it. Never seen it in Elm, or at least the Elm Ive milled and Im yet to mill Sweet Chestnut in any meaningful quantities. 

Ive a mate who is a Timber Framer and worked with Oak since he was 15 and see's ring shake all the time, its the first thing he checks for when selecting an Oak Log. Star shake is another issue but not as common as ring shake (from my own experiences) 

16 hours ago, lfelton said:

If you were a bit closer I’d be round like a shot!

Where are you based?

11 hours ago, lfelton said:

Thanks Andy, would that be delivered or collected?

Really depends. I sometimes get a 10t bogie delivering me Larch or Elm. You'll pay a small premium for getting that size of delivery over an Arctic. I think I paid £700 for the last 10t bogie of Elm but there was maybe 6-7t in it. 

9 hours ago, lfelton said:

Very roughly how much should I be looking to pay?

£120-£200 a ton Id say. 

2 minutes ago, trigger_andy said:

I can mill 5.7m on my Bandsaw but I if Im re-sawing already squared off beams then its easy to slide the beam down the bunks and finish the cut. 7.4m would not be an issue. I did this recently for a customer as he needed 20 beams like this done. 

 

You're way to far away for me to do something like this but Id be wanting £300 if you where closer. 

10 hours ago, Adam Bl said:

Evening, thanks for the info. Have spoken to Valley and they can’t help unfortunately. I am not looking to waste anyone’s time. I just want to get a 7.4m length of Opepe resawn. I get it’s a hassle for a lot of people and no problem. Hoping someone out there might be able to help. I think a vertical bandsaw might be better as the timber could move as it’s pared down the middle. The timber was order for the renovation of a bridge but never put in. I need to get two sections of equal size at its full length. I understand that in an ideal world you wouldn’t cut the timber in this way but unfortunately it’s tricky to find this timber at this size and in this manner. If it bananas I believe I can still make it work as I am tensioning the lengths together using steel bars. So hoping I can straighten it out. Probably too much to explain here but if you think there is a mill I might just chat to appreciated. I don’t fancy my back up plan but sometimes needs must. 

I can mill 5.7m on my Bandsaw but I if Im re-sawing already squared off beams then its easy to slide the beam down the bunks and finish the cut. 7.4m would not be an issue. I did this recently for a customer as he needed 20 beams like this done. 

You're way to far away for me to do something like this but Id be wanting £300 if you where closer. 

51 minutes ago, dan blocker said:

Exactly, work is work?

Depends on the profitability of the work though. If you can make £150 an hour with your own work and someone wants something re-sawn they dont normally want to spend more than £50 an hour. Even then they scoff. Plus the hassle of stopping what you're already doing or planning to do is not always that straightforward. Is there metal in the junk they're bringing in? They're not gonna want to spring for a new band plus your down time. You spend more timer dealing with messers and dont make a penny out of them. 

On 06/03/2024 at 12:52, Pufuleti said:

Hello.

We had some beech wood chips delivered to landscape our garden. Unfortunately, it was enough only for 2/3 of it and we really like the reddish hue of the beech.

So we are looking for 1 more load of beech woodchips. For the right woodchips, we will make it worthwhile for you. We leave in CR8, Purley.

 

 

Thank you

That colour will not last more than a few weeks, a couple months at best. Then it will just turn grey.

On 02/06/2012 at 07:58, Big J said:

I wouldn't expect to get very much money for that log. The only section worth milling is the very first one, as the rest is far too branchy

Id not bother even it if was dumped in my yard and Dave milled it for me.  

On 01/06/2012 at 23:30, Dts trees said:

hi Guys and girls i have a Oak butt for sale 1.3m at the widest point upto 0.76m at the tip. 11m in length. here is the pictures of the Oak, access is not great. only one way in could just about get a medium sized lorry into the field to pick it up. Once in the field there is plenty of room to work in. I do want good money for this otherwise will cut for firewood for the client. It came over in the recent freak wind we had, so soft landing most of the limbs took the pounding on the ground. I tried to cut the end near to the stump but my saw is not big enough to cut through! so very much dout there is shake in the main trunk.

please pm me if interested. It is located on the outskirts of Haslemere, (Surrey for people who don't know where it is!)

 

 

 

 

Firewood it. 

On 16/03/2024 at 00:26, Turnorburn said:

Hi. 

 

Been reading the forum for a while and enjoy the banter, well most of the time and now ready to have the piss taken out of me for this. 

 

I'm a hobby woodturner and also have a stove, so no mistakes just round firewood. 

I'm not looking to make money from turning as feel it would be futile but though it might be possible to swap bowls/other turned things for wood for both turning and burning. Ideal scenario would be tree surgeons offering bowls etc from a tree that has some sentimental value and charging client more for this. Then leave the wood with me and Id turn what I like, send on the bowl and burn the rest. 

 

Does this sound reasonable? Think it might not be as a pain to be reliant on someone else etc and potentially many other reasons I've not thought of. 

 

Any thoughts welcome. 

 

Thanks

 

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Some of the Bandsaw milling I do comes from Customers wanting their blown tree's repurposed. 

Thinking about it more and looking more into Earthballs I’m not so sure now. 
year round they are never bigger than in the pictures and generally Hazelnut/Cob sized. They certainly are not potato sized. 
The dogs eat as much of them as they can dig out.

They never go near actual Earthballs when they do grow above ground. 

4 minutes ago, Paul in the woods said:

I think it's an earth ball, often confused with puff balls but not edible and considered toxic.

 

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This seems to be what they are! 
 

The Dogs love them and have saught them

out for the last 8 years and seem to be fine. 

It’s a hard crunchy shell.
They seem to be like this year round and always this size.

Never see them above ground and don’t see regular puff balls above ground either. 

Lots of ther mushrooms though including a good crop of Chanterelles. 
They’re always 1-3” deep and growing within a fine mat of roots.

I’ve three Samoyeds and they all love to snuffle out these things. They’re about 1-3” below ground level and in the local woodland. They seem to zero in on them and once they’ve dug it  out they’ll eat it then move onto the next one. They must dig up 10-15 each on a walk. 
 

There is no real smell to them and the insides are a very fine dark brown powder. 
 

On 15/02/2024 at 05:45, difflock said:

Like they are now going to be classed as cars with commensurate levels of emissions based car tax!

Awesome! I hope the prices come crashing down so I can pick up a bargain. 

10 hours ago, topchippyles said:

Beautiful Dave 

Valentines day was two days ago Les.

On 07/02/2024 at 23:43, gand said:

Young lad at work tried making a joke about it all yesterday, including other types of cancer and this was in front of the boss( just been through a rare type of breast cancer, and he's the inlaw) The boss didn't say a word, but wasn't best pleased and walked off. As he's that sort of bloke. What makes it worse the lad's partners mother has stage 4 breast cancer. All I can say it struck a nerve with me and he nearly ended up with the breaker bar wrapped round his head. He tried justifying his words with some shitty argument, but it didn't cut it. He's a very clever lad, but numb as

The only issue with that attitude is as you exit your prime he'll be entering his and what goes around comes around. 

Ive got 1m wide Ash slabs that where milled at 5"-6" thick over 20 years ago and Ive re-sawn them to 2.5" and they've held up well. 

4 minutes ago, landart said:

Around 1 and half to 2 inch preferably photos would be appreciated i would have to get them transported

Sent you a PM

3 hours ago, landart said:

Hi after 2 in num 4 meter shelves has anyone got anything suitable

Yes

Just now, doobin said:

Jesus you’re keen!

 

Gonna need to fit heated handles soon. 

The car was idling all day just to dry out gloves I had on rotation.  Was fine once you got going but stopping for lunch and getting going again was a killer.

Just finished 4 days milling for a customer out in Banchory. Had two helpers the first two days then one helper the second two days. Plus the loaders. 
 

Milled an extensive cutting list out of DF & Larch. 
 

95 x 3.6m x 8” x 2”

95 x 3.6m x 6”x2”

60 x 3.6m 4” x 2”

20 x 6” x 6”

65 x 5” x 3”

He thought I’d get it all done in a day. 🤣

Was down to -4 a couple of the days with heavy snow coming through.

1 minute ago, eggsarascal said:

How your emails are being blocked?

He said to ask him. 🤷🏻‍♂️😁

How do you know?