Thread: My Lucas is not big enough!

Torment . . .

You could cut 4 x log rounds 500mm long and place under the end frames. You may have too use rope on all end frames (both sides) to support mill, down to some steel pegs or similar
regards John

Cheers lads,
I did indeed use 4 x rings from the firewood pile and then used 125x230 offcuts to build it to what i needed. Had to belt length of gal pipe into the sawdust pile to receive the pointy end of slabber stabiliser mid post. Will try and post pics tomorrow...

Good stuff sounds like you got it sorted

Pics as promised! Note the mill had to be built up to accommodate the size of the burl! Customer was happy, 8 decent slabs mostly 90mm thick, few 60mm slabs and still have the base of the burl about 600mm deep to slab, it started to move around, will flip it over onto the next decent log i face off and mill it that way

Nice work man, Ive got one down here a tad bigger than that i need soughted out if your keen for a down south weekend

I thought you were joining the "green team"? I'd love a weekend away but at the present moment i'm working 8 days a week trying to keep my tree lopping customers happy...
But i think if your going to make claims like that, it's only fair that you post a pic or 2!

Hey Darren, good to see you are finding time to use the mill. I have been handing your number to a few people lately as I still get calls and emails around once per month.

Ah cheers! Your responsible for my increased workload then. lol What happen to your lucas? thought it was going to be your new way of life...

Originally Posted by comgreserv

Ah cheers! Your responsible for my increased workload then. lol What happen to your lucas? thought it was going to be your new way of life...

Just emailed your number to another guy up here in Kalamunda

Sold the lucas as I found I had to much on the go and the capital outlay was to much to have it lying around idle. I loved milling and would like to one day get another just for myself but when it came down to it I make far more money building decks and timber landscape contruction stuff in the little bit of spare time I do have

Originally Posted by comgreserv

I thought you were joining the "green team"? I'd love a weekend away but at the present moment i'm working 8 days a week trying to keep my tree lopping customers happy...
But i think if your going to make claims like that, it's only fair that you post a pic or 2!

Yes its bigger, but the only photos i have are on my phone, the burl that is Na not joining the green team just yet, its just one of those fleeting thoughts you have when things get hectic

Good to see ya sniffin around again Burnsy

If you have the gear handy it is possible to dig a trench to drop the log/burl into. I once used an excavator so that I could reach the top of a big log. Then had him haul it out again when I was about halfway down. I was lucky that he was on the spot.
Not something I would want to do by hand.

I have a few logs that need milling. Is anyone willing to have a crack at dry Wandoo?