trigger_andy

I was thinking the exact same thing. This sub forum seems like a protracted market research questionnaire these days.

Aye fair enough. £2-300 is on the low side but I was taking into consideration its only one Butt and maybe someone would be happy to Mill it for that price? I know I would be.

I seriously doubt a Mill will take the log. Its not worth their time and the chances of it being full of metal will put them right off. If you're wanting it milled I think you'd either have to sell it for £100 and forget about it or pay someone £2-300 for a days Milling, keeping in mind they'll want chains/bands that get chewed up in whatever metal might be buried in there covered.

I buy hardwood from a local estate for £30 a ton, they load for me and off I go. Have to split and stack myself obviously.

Depends on the effect you want I guess? If its for a piece of feature furniture then I can see why you'd leave the stumps on, but of its for nice straight slabs then I can see why you'd want the butt as straight as possible. I guess to get the features you'd need to mill it on a 48" plus Alaskan.

Why did that sound like a Joke?

You really should look into it. I think there is so much people Alaskan or Bandsaw Milling these day that it would be worth building one for sale. You just have to look on facebay these day to see how much slabs are for sale to give you an indication of the demand. Or ask RobD for a ballpark on how many Mills he's sold, would be a good indicator for demand.

Im guessing thats not the first time you've been asked.

I have also been using a ladder for two years then bought a First Cut System off of RobD. Well worth the money, so fast to set up and break down and real quick to make 100% level.

Interesting bit of kit. Half the price of the Woodpecker but about half the parts and seems much more rough around the edges as well. Dont see the advantage here?

Is Holm Oak saught after?

Im a bit of a noob when it comes to Routers but Im lead to believe there is a massive range and power variants. Potentially you've been using the same range of routers Ive been most of my adult life, which is piss poor. There is some monsters it seems and they look like they have very little trouble with what is being asked here. The Woodpecker site has a range of compatible Routers.

Hey, Id be interested in what he came up with for sure. Cheers.

Been there too.

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The Ovens have a special coating. So although the oven is Self-Cleaning the Shelves (potentially) and chrome are not so have to be removed. I tended to leave one shelve/tray in at a time and it came up a treat. All thats left in a greasy oven is a small pile of fine white ash, comes up like new. Im not sure why your Stove's glass does not self-clean? Mine did when I had an air-wash one.

How are you determining the Saw is running well? It might need tuned? Another consideration is dirt in the carb blocking the jets gave me bother with my 066, stripped and rebuilt with a gasket set and a can of carb cleaner did the trick. Or just buy a Chinese carb.

I'm not sure Pyrolytic Oven's we have these days have a 13amp Plug? I'm sure I needed a 16amp fuse for mine. The last bog standard Oven I bought had a 13amp plug though. Pyrolytic is the way forward though.

Its carbon neutral. I really dont see what the issue is? Im off outside to burn a few plastic barrels in protest at such a thread.

Still getting a wavey cut with the Logosol. Ive done everything I can on the Sleepers. Everytjhing seems to be 100% true. Ive spent days setting it up to within 1mm tolerances. Lots us suggestions for the waveness from the blades, to how hard I push to log tension. When Im home next I'll get the Mill mounted on the Trailer and take it from there. Im working a lot just now and the Over Times just to goo to pass up. Then we're off on Holiday when I get off of here, then back to work for a Month. Will be mid November before I get a proper change to do anything at home now. Yeh the Oak is 14% from being in the Polly Tunnel for a year. We live in a cold drafty Farmhouse so hopefully it will be ok. Its all planed up for a small project for my 19 month old. a Teddy Zoo. Been stabalising for a month or so now and looks as good as when it came off the Planer. I bought a new Morticer when I was home last so I'll get the Zoo, and my daughters bed built with that when I get the time. Plus Ive a load of Oak to Mill, plus a few jobs lined up for the Mill too. Just no bloody time right now.

I think thats just a thicknesser? I really want one of them, just now I only have a little 8" SIP Planer/Thicknesser. Its done some nice work on a few boards I milled and dried a year ago. Will make a few nice inside projects. Hey

Nice toy! How much are you for one of them?

Not bad at all. Maybe its because when I process Ive been lumbered with the gnarly hardwood. I see theres a stack of poker straight birch waiting for me when I have time, that will be a dream come true.

Well handy. Why do you leave the split logs so long? They must be close to 1m long, no? I see a local firewood processor stacks them at that length too.

Sure, but that must be constant processing with little breaks and you get jams etc.