smoothjack

9 minutes ago, GA Groundcare said:

Charles (ArbRep) I believe has shut the business and gone back to South Africa. 
 

TH White are the UK importer for Jensen. Bill Johnson heads up their import side. 

Where in the UK are you?  Thanks for the info , im based on southcoast  no dealers local to me I believe its a pain in the arse , seriously tempted to change !

so which dealers are you guys using ?? I need some parts for  a 2012 a530 , arb rep services seem to be changing hands or something so gave me number of T H Whitye ?? never heard of em , does  anyone actually keep parts in stock anymore ? seriously considering changing to a timberwolf 230 just for the customer service and parts that are readily availiable , I love my Jensen but you cant fault green plant for there next day service 

1 hour ago, Darrin Turnbull said:

No.5 is my favourite 

I can’t decide which one I like the most .. there all bloody good .i keep changing my mind ?

1 hour ago, Stubby said:

I have commented at the beginning but I just have to say again THAT IS OUTRAGEOUS figure on that timber . You are so lucky . 

Thanks mate .. I feel-very  privileged that I have some boards that I may never come across again ??

On 27/02/2019 at 21:53, Conor Wright said:

Beautiful. Would love to see what they become in years to come. Timber like that is a rarity.
Great to see the young lad involved too, you could hold back a board for him in the hope he takes up an interest in woodcraft in the future! Would make for good memories!

Cheers .. hopefully he will follow in my footsteps .... ?

So I finally got to see all ten boards .. now all stacked up ready for  couple of years time ??

11 hours ago, gobbypunk said:

Nice boards very lucky , I would totaly be in the market for one of those if any do sell , but looking at your first pics there looked to be more than what you got milled , do you have any left . 

I have another large lump some smaller pieces went to someone else unfortunately .. ?if I can get another ten boards out of the other then I’ll be happy though .. 

8 hours ago, se7enthdevil said:

what size are the boards?

 

They are 64 inches wide on the flare and about 50 I think on the other end and just over 6 1/2 ft  long 

8 hours ago, se7enthdevil said:

what size are the boards?

 

8 hours ago, Gary Prentice said:

I can't believe how much elm just went for firewood twenty years ago. No one wanted it.

 

When I worked for the LA I felled a stem that was burred to around 4m. I arranged with my manager to plank it at cost for a local wood turning club, but there was insufficient interest to do it.

Yeh very sad indeed .. to be honest I think about stuff that I have logged over the years .. that makes me cry 

7 minutes ago, Rough Hewn said:

I'm tempted myself.
That's quite special.
Pm me if you want to sell one.

I may well get rid of a few as I need some new tools and I won’t get rid of them without letting you know 

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9 minutes ago, Big J said:

Stunning timber. Really glad it worked out with Copford. 

 

If you are looking for a customer to take the stack off you green, I can forward contact details.

Thanks mate .. great bunch of guys who know there stuff and 10 minutes  down the road .. forward me the details as you never know when needs Must and all that 

thanks for all your Advice ??

3 minutes ago, Rough Hewn said:

Really beautiful boards

Better than what I hoped to be honest .

2 minutes ago, AJStrees said:

Very nice timber indeed!  surprised to hear about elm! Round here nothing grows more than 18 feet before it gets DED!

Still plenty on the south coast but it rapidly disappearing ., in one week I’ve felled was is probaly one of the bigger ones left in terms of diameter .. following by climbing was is apparently

one of the tallest ones left I the uk measured at 130 ft in 2014 .. big of a privaliged week really 

1 minute ago, Mark J said:

Nice one. Bet you'd have been gutted if you'd milled it.

Well I’d certainly be covered in a lot more dust .. to be fair I’d have  been happy either way , but the fact I could actually get it to the mill was indeed a bit of a no brainer .. 

1 minute ago, Steve Bullman said:

Very nice indeed! Hope you put it to good use 

Thanks Steve .. it

most certainly will .. it’s being tucked away in the barn where I’ll be able to peak at it every now and again until  dry .. exciting stuff 

5 minutes ago, Stubby said:

Oh my God !  Outstanding ! ?

It is most certainly outstanding ! 

So last week as you may have seen on a previous thread we took down a rather large elm .. after some very helpful advice from here the decision to double end mill it was scrapped and off to the sawmill it went .. picked it up today and haven’t stopped dribbling since ?., ten stunning boards to look forward to ??

7 minutes ago, nepia said:

Blackwater Road I think.  If so the tree was a sapling when I was a member of the establishment in the background ?

That’s the one ?

19 minutes ago, Rough Hewn said:

You in Brighton?

Eastbourne 

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28 minutes ago, Rough Hewn said:

I chainsaw mill professionally all over the uk. Big J is absolutely right.
Don't turn that incredible tree into sawdust!!!

It won’t be I promise ??

Cheers for the advice big j ..it did cross my mind .but  I thought it would probaly be a bit on the large side but I shall make a call as there only ten minutes up the road .I totally agree on the waste you get from chainsaw mill .so if it can go on a bandsaw that’s a much better option . I’ve done so much chainsaw milling I think I’m getting carried away ?were fortunate enough to still have some pretty sizable elms left down this part all (although we have been taking them down all week) ?. I have some nice bits building up 

8 hours ago, Big J said:

Large elm is a rare thing. Please don't chainsaw mill it. Take it to a specialist bandmill and get it cut properly. On a 40" diameter lump (like that one is, I estimate), you'll get at least an extra two boards (more like three, as you have to take thicker top slabs with chain milling). 1 board at 7ft x 36" x 2" is 3.5 cubic foot, which air dried at £40/cubic foot (a modest price for such boards) is £140. Times that by three and you've turned £420 into sawdust that you'd otherwise have in your pocket. Couple that with the fact that the most expensive contracting mills will charge you no more than £6/HF for milling (£288 for the log) and the wastage from chainsawmilling is 1.5 times as much as the cost of getting someone else to mill it for you. 

 

If it was inaccessible and milling it on site was the only way to extract it, then fair enough. But it's already at your yard. 

6 hours ago, trigger_andy said:

Jut playing the Devils Advocate here;

 

If the lump is as the op states then its closer to 60"? Could this be milled on a specialist Bandsaw?

 

I'll guess he'll need to buy the Mill and Bar, thats about a Grand. Plus the losses you mention a Specialist seems to make sense. 

 

Will the Specialist take in a Log that might be full of metal? 

 

 

 

 

 

I already have the mill and saws big enough but the double bar and chain I would need ..hopefully there is no metel as this wasn’t the last piece .. this was about 6ft and up .. big j has  made a very good case though 

20 minutes ago, The avantgardener said:

Take it to Copford Saw Mill at Horam near Heathfield, East Sussex, they have one of the biggest woodmizers in the country and can mill that size and kiln dry it for you if required.

To be honest that did cross my mind but I was unsure how large they can go .. ??