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Love the mill though, any more pictures? Ive toured a few Rum Distilleries in the Caribbean and always take the time to marvel at the engineering thats gone into these old Mills.

I’m North East Scotland, just outside Forfar. Interesting points regarding the cogs. As I understand it quarter sawn like the bottom picture is the most stable but the top plain sawn I guess with the more cross section of the grain the cogs are stronger?

Hey Andy. I have some 3-4 year air dried Beech available but due to being away for the next 2-3 weeks and being in Scotland I’ll assume you’ll find something closer. Curious why you prefer/need plain sawn and that quarter sawn is the worst of the bunch?

Im lucky enough to have over 12 quite majestic Scots Pine in the Garden. I dropped a few and they burn beautifully. I know what you mean regarding old Pine. I removed the flooring from my 1880 farm house and burned the lot. Amazing smell and burned beautifully. Larch is another tree Ive got growing in the Garden, some nice 25"+ DBH trees. Ive got about 20-30t of Larch processor grade Larch coming over the next two weeks and thats another softwood I really like to burn. Not a fan of burning Sitka either.

Two reasons quickly come to mind; 1, as previously discussed the contracts for this could potentially be going to their cronies. 2, at this level of testing they’ll suddenly and unexpectedly be blown away by the shear number of positive results and have no other option than to introduce the next lock-down. If all the old and vulnerable are vaccinated and as the scientists say (but dismissed by Handcock) we’re on the cusp of heard immunity I can’t see any justification for this at all. I for one will take and send off the tests religiously, but will spoil them. I can see a huge number simply not bothering at all. If that pans out could to be true will there be more laws passed enforcing the testing? The tip-toe of draconian laws is not just getting those you consider “Conspiracists” worried. The Tory back-benchers are up in arms about this as is various newspapers.Are they all conspiracy nuts as well? Or could they be seeing the dangers of allowing a government to get drunk on absolute power? I’ll preempt your standard retort along the lines of “but why would they do this if it means they’ll be voted out at the next election?” I don’t have the answers for that. But if MP’s and people far above my pay grade with their fingers on the pulse find it deeply worrying perhaps you should too? The Guardian view on the coronavirus bill: strengthen the sunset clause | Coronavirus | The Guardian WWW.GOOGLE.CO.UK Editorial: Emergency legislation to combat the Covid-19 outbreak is necessary. But so is proper parliamentary scrutiny of...

I make plenty kindling out of softwood too. It’s handy having a small sawmill for this. Rattle off a few 3/4”-1” slabs, or keep the sapwood cuts back. Chop to size on the chop saw then cut into kindling with the hatchet. Goes amazingly fast.

Not quite. As I mentioned many including myself mix soft in with hard. Some burn purely soft either for economic reasons or because they see it as just as good or in some instances they sell the hardwood to those who demand it and are quite happy to burn the soft for themselves. And the title of this thread is Pine as Firewood is it not? So regardless if I burn it in the kitchen or the living room it’s still firewood.

On the contrary. Burning softwood in kitchen stoves is preferred by some. Quicker to heat up so you get your oven up to temp quicker and also allows you an increased degree of oven temp control some of the reasons you list above. Once the kitchen stove is up to temp and we’re not using it for cooking but instead to heat the room and/or the water then depending on the hardwood it will get just that. When burning dense hardwoods mixing in some softwood is also preferred by many. I’ll have a lot of English Oak next season. It certainly benefits from a ratio of softwood mixed in.

Yeh, but you’re posting newbie links knowing full well most here aren’t purely to generate more clicks.

But I dont have a youtube channel and I dont particularly like the steam of spam you post up promoting your mediocre channel where you're mostly teaching grannies to suck eggs.

I never said I mill at that. But if someone wishes to mill at that thickness it allows them that option. I dont plan on having stock around for the time it takes to season 4". 3-1/4" suits me fine for the thicker end of my requirements and the Im yet to be asked for anything thicker. I will take Sauls advice on though when I tackle the 52" Oak and Mill it at 4"+ but thats purely down to the width and spiral in the stem.

Also allows you (with a bandsaw anyway) re-saw and still have full 1" or 2" Boards.

Don’t be daft. He’s waiting on someone to pipe up and say they’re willing to do the job for the price he dictates. [emoji23]

Not sure? Maybe not bind together properly? Just create a wet muesli. You know the water that dribbles out opf frechly cut logs when you put them on the Splitter just before a gnarly bit gives? Maybe the same would happen here? I see they all require the moisture to be below 18% and some as low as 12%. Unless you're milling particularly dry logs it does not seem like an easy proposition to get the sawdust down to these figures from what little research Ive done. Shame really, for a £2500 investment you could knock enough out to pay for itself in a year easily.

When watching the video they no longer use this £1700 machine and now run a £13k plus vat machine instead. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dulwjd5kTOg&t=107s&ab_channel=BespOakInteriors

He mentions the sawdust texture they are using. Leslie best get on the blower to them and let them know sawdust is sawdust.

My Logosol has never been kept under cover. It’s outside 24/7 and has been for 28 months of ownership. The only rust on it is on the split weld on the band cover that was replaced without question. I’ve just had no reason to replace it as it still works well. I forgot that I had an issue with the Briggs engine. The Oil level sensor caused intermittent issues for weeks. Johnsond sorted me out on that. Just unplug the wire.

Well, I guess the proof is in the pudding. Be sure to post up what you actually have to pay.

I think all manufacturers have moved on in quality and design. Only time will really say if one is better than another. The fact there is still many old Norwoods and Woodmizers earning their keep is a testament to even their older build quality.

How do you know that a team can do more than 4 of these jobs a week? What are you basing that on? You’re certainly entitled to have an uneducated opinion.

There’s an old adage banded around here that I’m sure someone will post up. You seem to think that’s £400k is one mans wage, it’s far from that. That theoretical figure does not take into account most crews are 2-3 men. Whilst not divided equally it certainly takes the wow factor off of £400k. Then there’s the machineries outright cost and maintenance and all the fuel costs which can be substantial. And when do you think they go around looking at potential jobs and quoting for them? This cuts into earning potential as does maintenance and down time for damage. I’d not be surprised if a £400k turnover resulted in a wage under £60k for the owner.

This bad boys just hit the internets. Not on the UK pricelist yet but with the HD36 coming in at £7500 inc vat perhaps it will be under £10k? 36" wide slabs? Yes please!

My mate who runs a firm in greater London and my brother (not a Tree Surgeon) when he was down there say they had so much work they could Cherry pick what they wanted to do. I told my mate about this job a couple of nights ago, he agreed it was a £2k job but as soon as mentioned there was some grumblings over that price he was not interested in hearing a word more. Simply not worth his crews time when he has so much other work out lined up. Ive repeatedly said the Op needs to get three local quotes to get a better idea of what the price is gonna be, and Im equally sure there will be some pikey who will come in and bash it out for peanuts, but pay peanuts and get monkeys.

Racist horses? Whatever next.

He's mentioned the Mills he's interested in and considering, coupled with the fact he's looking for an entry level model but is also considering getting the 130max surely that answers your question?