Rough Hewn
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It'll take a day to mill up. (On a quiet day) It's just another £3k+ project. Got a few on the go. [emoji51][emoji51][emoji51]
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Just got to move the last two tons of logs out the garden...[emoji848] Then find time to mill a couple of ton of 2x4" and 1x6" then construct it, insulate it, get fans, dehumidifiers etc. .... ...., Don't hold your breath. This will take months. [emoji106]
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I don't yet but I will be soon. [emoji106]
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Any ideas peeps what tree this is?
Rough Hewn replied to Bootroyd's topic in Tree Identification pictures
Don't think it's bird cherry, the bark is grey and smooth. Cherry is ringed and flaky. The bark does look a bit magnolia. Leaves do look like bird cherry, but also magnolia. Need better res photos of leaves if possible [emoji106] -
What length bar? Sounds like a bargain. [emoji106]
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People who should know better... Going on a thread, and completely slagging off what you do for a living. ??♂️??♂️??♂️
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The 044 is a solid saw. Should get a 20-24" cut from that. Keep an eye out for a cheap 056super or an051/075/076 can pick them up for £100-200 sometimes. [emoji106]
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Alaskan style mills are easy and cheap to make or buy a chillaskan. Have a look at the plywood Alaskan thread. Any 50cc saw will mill a 12" board (slowly). So much of our trees go for firewood and chip. We import tropical hardwoods and worry about deforestation. It's madness. Milling your own timber is like growing your own veg. Logs from foresters or arb types are very cheap. Milled hardwoods are rather expensive. And if you can get it kiln dried then you can easily recoup your investment. Chainsaw milling is no dirtier, harder, or dull than any other aspect of arb work. You'd be more than welcome to pop over to the yard one day and have a go on the mills. [emoji106]
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That's really helpful and insightful contribution John. ??♂️
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No idea, they were all a mess of broken branches, crowns, trunks etc. One was still vertical with a trunk about 7-8'. Must have been 60-80' tall. Bit hard to tell with the foliage.
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Has anyone seen the documentary about beavers felling trees..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Best dam video ever! [emoji12]
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If you're doing Lombardy in tight spots.[emoji12]
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My vote is gcrs. When a large fork hooks up, it's an easy 30 seconds to winch back up. Bollards are great when it's fairly clear. [emoji106]
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You could mill the stem if it's large enough, just strip and burn the bark on site. [emoji106]
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Southampton graveyard hornbeam?
Rough Hewn replied to spandit's topic in Tree Identification pictures
I'd go beech. If it's coming down, I'd buy that crown piece. [emoji106] -
Back releife and musle flexablity
Rough Hewn replied to Aaron Johnstone's topic in Training & education
Get a 3 ton digger with a decent grab. For moving logs. That would sort my back out. Climbing? 27m spider mewp. [emoji106] -
Support to stop warpage. Also to reduce moisture loss from above and below the end grain, reducing splitting. The mc of the final product is dependent on the resting place. Farm house with no central heating 12-14% should be fine. Underfloor heated/well insulated with central heating 7%. I've put oak at 12/14/16% mc into a bookshop as a counter. Only 20mm thick. It went bananas after about 2-3 months. [emoji51]
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Smart innovation [emoji106]
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What will you be milling? [emoji106]
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Best time of year to coppice / pollard?
Rough Hewn replied to sandspider's topic in Forestry and Woodland management
Nope. This is from personal experience. Im talking about British hardwood, Not Tennessee softwoods. No old wives involved. -
I know two guys who trained in their fifties. (Climbing) Worked with both of them. Great guys. The skill sets/problem solving they bring along extra are priceless. I've also known guys in their twenties who can't hack it. I'd never climbed until last year, after over ten years of arb. Got 20' up and to my surprise, my balls shrank into a super miniature black hole and I prussiced back down. I can climb, but not above about 6'. Try it before you go full bore. Personally. I'll never do anything else. [emoji106][emoji106][emoji106]
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North of Manchester, It was a bit windy, but the lad did good. [emoji106]
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The ancient Greeks defined "justice" as doing good to your friends and bad to your enemies. [emoji51][emoji51][emoji51]
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Filmed Spuddog teaching his apprentice big tree felling. [emoji106]
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I worked one twelve hour night shift in the factory laundry for Gatwick airport in Crawley. My job was to collect a folded airline blanket from one conveyor belt, turn 90 degrees and put it on another conveyor belt. 6pm-6am. Then at 5.45am the agency type arrived to inform everyone the transport wasn't arriving for another 6 hours. 18 hours of ************ There were people who'd been there 20 years....
