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26th August 2015, 09:48 PM #1Intermediate Member
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Black Ironbox log to mill, any ideas
My dad has scored a salvage log of Euc raveretiana black ironbox (tree was removed due to storm damage). It is super hard, heavy and wicked to cut. I have been told the tree accumulates silicon in the heartwood. The blunting of freshly sharpened chainsaws testify to this or a comparable process.
Log is +600 dia small end and about 3400 long. Timber inside the sap-line is very dark, nearly black.
can get to a swingblade Lucasmill 8.30 or a dedicated Lucas slabber. No way I would attempt the granberg. Very sure we couldn't get 2 slabbing passes with a freshly sharpened chain.
Seldom see this species in such size around town so we want to have a go at doing something. Ideas most welcome. and yes we're beginner level millers.
Maybe I can get a pic tomorrow.
RM
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26th August 2015, 10:27 PM #2
Never milled any myself but can relate to hard and high silica timbers. I've done some with chainsaw mill that needed 2 sharpens per 600mm x 2.1m slab
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24th November 2015, 04:35 PM #3Senior Member
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did you end up milling it? any pictures?
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