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Think I just might keep on collecting 'em. It'll be hard but that's what I'm good at.
Had a local blacksmith make me up a very nice canthook the other day.
Works too.:D
Best,
richie

Well ifn you do get onto any Cadaghi keep it, very pretty grain, good colour and can have a bit of wave in it. I've milled a few as they were planted around Awfulville some years back as a "bait" to...

Hey, great pic, a set of wheels, axle and it'd be just like my mizer. Might have to put up with steel tyres tho.:oo: Excellent tyre wear I believe.

cheers,

richie

Sorry mate, my contacts down there were no help/otherwise busy.
Love to do it but wrong place & time right now.

rots of ruck,

richie

Hi Nifty, used to be Pinus elliottii way back in the old days but the shiny-bums have more than likely separated it from all the other pines, redrawn the needles cones and branches, recatalogued and...

Shouldn't be too hard to rig a motor to that - you could put them all on a thickish piece of marine ply and make the motor adjustable, ie the distance from the pulleys for good belt-tensioning -...

Yep. Telltale signs of something goin on inside,

Go for it.

richie

Sorry to owner of the tree, have too much to deal with at present
and Melb contacts weren't interested in helping out.
Would have loved to mill it tho.

Best, richie

You never stop buying clamps mate. Or making them. Chisels definitely, and spend your evenings learning to sharpen them. Lots of evenings.

Try a simple workbench for the shed. 6 to 8ft long, piece...

Now those are pretty!:2tsup:

Could you see it on the outside of the log?

cheers,

richie

Well I guess, at 63 this year, I'd rate as an oldtimer too but I still love dancing Swing flatout. Thats "jitterbug" to the older folks among us....And on teak [Crow's Ash] too. You're right about...

Well he'd be just a retailer, hence the markup. Or selling some for a mate.

I'm just off the highway south of there behind Tintenbar, give me a pm when you're next coming through and call...

Yes I was quite pleased with it, sanded down to 60, then a runover with 120 on the belt and hit it with some turps for the pic.
Didn't really use my Stanley 127:B, my Jap smoothing plane with the...

Not addressed directly to me I know but the Sydney Rose gum I mill around here can be very pretty, sometimes prone to stress [none of it plantation], very light and for the weight quite strong. I've...

Yes my old Stanley 127 hates me now. A 12"x1" board!

r

Old bit of camphor I had hanging round - got enough for another set if you want to call by. Not too exy. Had good colour that log.
[The other side's gonna look pretty daggy til I can get around to...

Hey Travis and Ed,

check out this brushbox board, 12" x 1" [approx], some are over 2.4 long.144340

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Our paths may cross as I'm moving to the Sunshine Coast this year some time.
Also coming up your way eventually on a trip around the block with my Woodmizer LT40 [Hyd]. She's only got a 35 hp Cat...

"full hydraulic bandsaw"...?? now you're talkin' Bob! I sense a man of taste here...:U:U
What breed is it pray tell?

cheers, richie

Gee thanks mate - :U:U
Actually saw one working at the Bris-vegas wood show a few years ago and liked it...they go at 100 gazelles per hour [at least] and rough-cut pretty well.
Had 2 guys tailing...

Wot? 11k and you have to push it????
:U
r

Yep, sounds like blackbean symptoms to a certain extent - mate of mine cant go near it anymore as he ran a big Sydney furniture factory some years ago - it was very popular then. Nosebleeds were a...

Hi Rifleman,
Hmmm..."very hard" doesn't usually tie in with 'fast growing' but who knows, in the tropics anything can happen....and if it grows like a weed why prohibit it's export? Might be their...

Yes the sawdust from Mylanta spp. can be mixed into a paste with milk and drunk to pacify upset stomachs and indigestion.

On a more serious note:
Up here Dunn's White gum is a great timber for...

General trunk dimensions would be nice if you could....[unless it's gone that is]

thanks, richie

Tom, got a few boards ready, bound up with tape and cardboard, couldn't fight my way thru the Greyhound's imported telephone girl b/s, no depot locally so went thru PO.
Need an address mate, can you...

no worries mate - the weather hasn't been helpful either, Just milling some old dry cedar fragments from when I had the Granberg jig, been in the pigsty for 20 years...[without pigs of course]:U
Now...

Sorry Tom, a bit slack of me but busy as a one-armed paper-hanger with the crabs up here.
What buslines go thru your Lakes Entrance? I'll make some enquiries up here anyway. Should be waiting for...

No wuckers Joel, I'm just at the top of the hill from Teven so bringing them here could be easy.

Hear from you. cheers, rich

Thanks guys for the bus info - I send avos down to Sydney now and then that way but never thought of it for timber...[DOH!!] :doh::doh:

Sending some planks down to Tom....[it's on its way this...

Hi Joel, cant get more local I reckon.
Did some the other day for Randall who mentioned he spoke to you about me and the 'Miser.
Can save you plenty of sawdust. Thin kerf, 2mm.
I can call by...

Hey Carl, it was good to meet you at the wood-show. I'd like to see your kara bench in action - I'll call you in advance if I'm up that way at all.
Looks like I'm moving to Mooloola where a mate...

Hmmm..nice big blade and looks fairly low maintenance...if you want all the goodies like log-lifters etc you gotta eventually pay the dues - TABS, as my old neighbour had carved on the barge-board of...

And maybe a plain colour...unless you want a camphor laurel cat? ....tortoiseshell anyone?:oo:

Sure we can help but get a bit specific pulease.:doh:

cheers, richie

Hey Salty72,

you mean with a woodmizer?

r

No wuckers Sig, feel like I've got some support now that I've 'met' Nifty over in the west:) Half converted Travis too when I was down there.

Actually not too competitive but might get to Gympie...

Hi Nifty, say g'day to Brian for me eh?
Maybe a little more than 10 litres:B, depends what I'm cutting I guess. and it's the 3 cylinder, 'bout 2 litres I think.[34hp too] Duncan over in Vic has the...

Oh so you're a miller now eh??:U
Bout time!

Onya mate...the way you can stir the pot I'm amazed too!
Reckon ya deserve a good polish......:oo::U

Thanks for the good chats, get that knife on...

Yeah true, maybe 50mm tabletops, rails and legs....

Gotta admit longer lengths are nice though.

r

Thanks for that Carl.
r

Really?
What, you mean the blue stain?

I was talking about keeping hardwood from too much cracking.

rich

Easy with a woodmizer...and not much sawdust either...:U

richie

Dunno about the pool solution but I do know a few millers who run sprinklers over the logs until they are ready to cut - seen it quite a bit. Soaker hoses etc.
Hey...Maybe the missus could re-dye...

Haven't planed it mate but I'd think not. And as long as you dont drink it you'll be fine I reckon; we used to coat all our house-posts with it, drill diagonal holes down into the post to fill with...

Cudgy I'm in the N-Rivers too and a mob up Mur'bah way will kiln-dry for round $150/cube [I've heard] Ring around. Prob similar in the blue mountains. You can also google for solar kiln designs. I...

Hi John,
Some time ago I milled some wharf pier timbers, about 30 logs, 16 inches diam approx which had been pressure-treated with creosote. They were one of the euc spp, maybe blackbutt? - very...

Yes I can see it now::U:U:U

[Use frantic sports announcer's voice].... " 9.7, a 9.8, he's in front now, no he just breaking even with the Russian competitor according to our figures here at the...

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Well Lemon-scented is a lovely timber Ray - usually a wide darker band down the middle [with the ones I've milled anyway] I'm too far away to help out there, and your neighbours might...

Yeah I reckon you probably would have mate - it's only cedar after all, no bark I could see but it looks pretty pink so would be still wet.

Steve it's not the ideal place for a cant hook unless...

Hi Imagery,

I'm in Northern NSW behind Ballina and do Arbourtech stuff with all sorts of scrapheap/woodheap timber - give me some rough dimensions and I'll see what I can do. It doesn't look too...