Thread: Questions re felling & milling a Silky Oak in Sydney

Hi All,

A mate of mine has a largeish (approx 3 storeys high & 600mm+ diameter) silky oak growing in his backyard. He wants it removed. We both want to use the timber to make furniture.

Can anyone advise me of the following:
1. Who can both remove the tree & mill it for us?
2. Is it best for the milling to be done onsite (eg with a Lucas Mill) or removed to a fixed mill?
3. Should it be quarter sawn or is slabbing OK?
4. Would it be OK to slab it with a chainsaw mill & resaw & dress it once dired? (I have access to a chainsaw with slabbing attachment)
5. What size boards should we get cut? I was thinking a mix of 2" & 4" would allow for a range of options when resawing (obviously they would bave to be cut larger to allow for shrinkage)
6. Are there any tricks to stacking the cut product to mininmise warping etc?

Any advice greatly appreciated as we are both new to the world of milling. :confused:

BTW, Please don't flame me if I this is the wrong place to post this (I also have posted it on the Timber forum of this site) :eek:

Many thanks

Croz