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Haha, James, I didn't think you were joking, but that is a pretty big log. Years ago we got a single rider Myrtle log from Preolenna that wouldn't fit between the bolsters on the jinker, so we...

Thanks for the advice James. I see what you mean about the lengths of bars etc. What I have planned is a similar thing to a Lucas Dedicated Slabber with ground mounted tracks similar to some of the...

I've just been talking to a gentleman from GB Forestry about some chainsaw bars and chain sprocket alternatives for my slabbing mill build. Their stuff seems to be pretty good quality and I know...

Thanks BobL, that's the sort of stuff I need to know. I did originally plan to use a Tecumseh 11 or 12 HP engine off an Ariens ride-on mower until the Kawasaki came up. I thought that the power...

I've been going through the process of collecting parts for a sawmill that I have wanted to build for a while. I have a Granberg style mill that I haven't used much, but I wanted to make a more...

Hi Begsy,

Here's a couple of videos that should get you started:

Going Bush - Season 4, Episode 5 - The art of shingle splitting - YouTube
Making Roof Shingles With Hand Tools - YouTube...

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I forgot to say that the timber is very pretty. I love the nice dark colour. It looks like your mill does a good job.

Simon

That log looks a bit like Silver Wattle or Blackwood. I'm no expert, so take that with a grain of salt, but the limited view of the bark looks a lot like Acacia rather than a gum.

Simon

Plenty of valid points there Old Hilly. I have thought about the in-feed and out-feed tables and my initial thoughts are some pieces of angle iron that I can run some grooved bearings along for the...

A bit sort of off topic, but someone might be interested.

I generally do what some other people have suggested with the smaller limbs on fallen trees and that is to cut them to firewood length...

Just an update on my saw bench project. I have ordered a 16HP Chonda engine and a 3" double belt pulley to go with the 3 1/2" double pulley fitted to the arbor. I am hoping that combination will...

Old Hilly, the saw is a table saw arrangement, not one of those tractor swinging saw table setups. It needs some modifications to make the table part bigger etc to do what I want to do. My Jet 10"...

Thanks BobL. I agree, those saws have a good reputation for unplanned amputations, but don't worry all the limby pieces I have are only about 6 foot long and about 3" diameter. Plus I had to...

Hi,

So today I went slightly crazy and bought a small sawbench that was advertised on Gumtree. Similar sort of thing to the old tractor powered three point linkage firewood swing saws only this...

Thanks for the suggestion Mapleman. I think that I have been fixated on making thick slabs and haven't evaluated many alternatives, but you have changed my thinking. I never really considered...

Thanks for the advice so far guys. My initial thoughts were to go for thick slabs at 75mm or more. Now I'm thinking some thick and some thinner ones might be better - say around 40mm like some of...

Hi from sunny Tasmania!

I have a couple of shortish Blackwood logs about 2.4m and 1.8m long. The first one is around 600mm X 750mm average diameter and the second one is similar but tapers to...

Hi, I have a Rezap Battery Doctor charger that happily charges alkaline batteries. Some of the cheap alkaline batteries will recharge three or four times without problems. The thing that you have to...