Thread: A milling challenge

cant wait to see the pics

How long is it? It doesn't seem too far out of reach for a Lucasmill.

Did someone know the log was there or did someone come across it by chance? I'm just across the river from here overlooking the water, maybe we need to have a look into underwater logging

I didn't measure it but at a guess, 7 - 8 metres long. I understand the Lucas only has a 4.5 metre rail.

The logs were placed in the river for safe keeping when the Living Boat Trust's shed was built.
Timber from these logs will be used for building a coastal ketch.

Originally Posted by snowyskiesau

...Here's a blue gum log that's just been pulled up from the Huon river at Franklin....

I had an original image in my head about a dam.

Originally Posted by snowyskiesau

....The logs were placed in the river for safe keeping when the Living Boat Trust's shed was built.
Timber from these logs will be used for building a coastal ketch.

And there you go ruin it for me.

Like shedbound, cant wait to see the images, especially the timber itself. Thanks for sharing, this sort of stuff fascinates me

Originally Posted by snowyskiesau

I didn't measure it but at a guess, 7 - 8 metres long. I understand the Lucas only has a 4.5 metre rail.

The logs were placed in the river for safe keeping when the Living Boat Trust's shed was built.
Timber from these logs will be used for building a coastal ketch.

It depends on the Lucasmill a bit, the bigger ones have 6.2m rails and I can cut just over 6.5m with that. There are extensions and longer rails out there.

I'm sure there will be a nice keel hiding in there.

Originally Posted by Bernt

It depends on the Lucasmill a bit, the bigger ones have 6.2m rails and I can cut just over 6.5m with that. There are extensions and longer rails out there.

I'm sure there will be a nice keel hiding in there.

The mill that's available (and the operator),only has 4.5 metre rails (or so I understand)

I's not big enough for the keel

wait a few weeks you could buy a re saw from the gunns mill when it does up for fire sale

Originally Posted by snowyskiesau

The mill that's available (and the operator),only has 4.5 metre rails (or so I understand)

I's not big enough for the keel

I had a look at the longest I have milled, 7.0 m is just possible. If that is long enough for the keel, I'd be happy to donate my services to the Living Boat Trust helping milling the log.

Originally Posted by Bernt

I had a look at the longest I have milled, 7.0 m is just possible. If that is long enough for the keel, I'd be happy to donate my services to the Living Boat Trust helping milling the log.

Bernt,
Thanks for that offer! I'll talk to someone today about what's going on.
PM sent.

Well dropped in at the shed today and they have already started to mill the log!
A first pass with the chainsaw mill.

I've asked to be told when next they decide to start cutting but I'm not hopeful.

Bernt,, mentioned your offer and it just has to make it's way to the right person - it's a committee so could take a while.

No worries, my details are in the local Cygnet and Channel classifieds paper if help is needed at any point.

Unless your miller has lost his extensions that came with the mill or didnt have them if he bought it second hand the mill should have 6.2m full depth rails and half depth extensions for each end (so a set of 4) this will mean that right from a 10-30 down to a 6-18 you'll be able to fit a 6m log in no problems. By the sound of it your guy is only using the 6.2m full depth rails and has no extensions, therefore can only fit 4.5m between the rails - for the cost of those small 4 extensions it would give him a lot more felxibility to his milling if he fired off an order to get them.....

Originally Posted by Sigidi

Unless your miller has lost his extensions that came with the mill or didnt have them if he bought it second hand the mill should have 6.2m full depth rails and half depth extensions for each end (so a set of 4) this will mean that right from a 10-30 down to a 6-18 you'll be able to fit a 6m log in no problems. By the sound of it your guy is only using the 6.2m full depth rails and has no extensions, therefore can only fit 4.5m between the rails - for the cost of those small 4 extensions it would give him a lot more felxibility to his milling if he fired off an order to get them.....

I thought the same thing, from the look of the documentation I have got only the model 8 and model 10 mills come with the extensions as standard. I know someone out that way with an older model 6 mill, it has steel rails so maybe those are not compatible with the aluminium extensions?