AJStrees

Looks like sapele I reckon. Not sure how long they have been importing Iroko. Yellowing might just be some uv damage from the sun on the varnish or whatever the finish was on it.

Gorgeous! The wood as well. @Rough Hewn how long is it taking to go through that with the 881 any idea per board? Just wonder how much faster it is with that size saw. I appreciate there are all sorts of variables but it would be interesting to know the average time it takes to cut a board in that length.

Hot today, thunder and heavy rain tonight..... Come on rain!

Do love them colours.

Love it!

Sorry Steve, can't help you there. Don't own any. Would like a pair though one day. good idea, something to add to the Christmas wish list.

Lucky you. Have had too much grass to mow over the growing season. Haven't had a chance to hit the mill for a while. But do have 4 large oaks that need milling up and transporting. So that will keep me busy.

The ground around there don't look too good. I reckon same as @Khriss. Water and mulch, looks like it could do with a bit of love. Potentially there is also some sort of moth that chews on the leaves. Over here in UK we have the leaf mining moth that feed on the leaves of the Horse Chestnut as an example.

Ah. Okay good old osmo. Seems to be quite a good product.

Nice. I suppose there is always the old french polish (shellac) option too.

very nice looking work. is that resin or varnish you are using on the surface? 😁

Yeah that is a big elm. I see you leave the dogs on the chainsaw. Do you prefer to keep them on? I prefer to take mine off, the saw does look less manly without the dogs. But I think you can get a little better connection between the saw and the mill. Haven't had the clipping problem myself, but then I have a chinese mill.

I’m surprised there is still elm like that around it must be few and far between surely. Great work though. Certainly envious not having a panther mill myself. Must make changing the heights a lot easier and less faff.

That’s some crazy banging colours mate. I like the way you have set your ladder to not waste any of the log. But I guess with a special stick you don’t want to waste any.

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From past experience (which is not as much as many on here) but I have had some. Teething problems I had as a novice miller. I have attempted to explain this simply so hopefully you get what I am meaning. 00. It is hugely important to make sure your chain is perfectly sharp and it goes without saying, definitely a well sharpened chain will be the first thing to look at. 0. the straight edge bar one uses on top does need to remain straight while cutting. I normally use a metal ladder and this bends and moves very little if at all. 1. In the past I found that the cross bar on the mill was slightly off on one side due to a nut that was not properly tightening up, this led to the mill becoming wedged between the straight edge on top of the log and the chainsaw bar and the cutting became increasingly hard to do. I took the mill apart and put it back together with a better nut and this solved the problem. 2. On another occasion I was using a lo pro bar and after some time milling with it the teeth on the sprocket nose had broken off and the bearings inside the nose has jammed into one side of the sprocket nose, this started to make the cutting uneven. It was not obvious that there was a problem until I took the chain off. The bearings on the lo pro bar were particularly small so it did not seem obvious until I took the mill and saw apart. I learned these points the hard way. Potentially if there was a course and a troubleshooting manual for milling, life would be more simple. In the meantime you can always read the Will Mallof book on milling and get some advice from millers on here.

Yes sure. Just wondering how big, lengths, etc.. its gonna take days...... surely.

Crikey what you gonna do with that?

Applied Tree Biology by Andrew Hirons gives you a lot of information about as the title suggests Tree Biology. Quite interesting stuff and relevant. Lots of others available.

Sycamore moth caterpillar per google. It’s rolled up and very hairy.

I think Micks right. Both ivy. Ivy is a woody stem plant and if left will grow big. Good for the birds and the bees.

Looks like alder

A few blusters going on.

Tidy looking number that be isn’t it what.

I do like red though. 😀