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26th January 2021, 05:50 AM #1
Another CSM setup
Howdy y'all. This is my current setup: GB 44" double ender with aux. fuel tank and winch. My adjustment clamp for the powerhead side
uprights are beginning to slip some. I am going to add locking collars to the uprights.
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26th January 2021, 11:55 AM #2Senior Member
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Cool setup mate
That log should have some nice grain and figure
Was it 'firm' to mill or did it slice like butter?
Is it Ash too?
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26th January 2021, 01:39 PM #3
Ash was hard as a rock! Did a little more sharpening on these logs. One of the pictures I put some bar oil on and it really brought the grain out! Alot of ash on the ground and dead standing timber. The Emerald Ash Borer has wreaked havoc throughout the South.
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26th January 2021, 01:52 PM #4Senior Member
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26th January 2021, 02:36 PM #5.
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Here in Oz Ash would be considered a relatively "soft" hardwood.
On a comparative scale
Ash is nominally rated at 1300 lbf
Tasmanian Oak (widely used here in Oz) is 1350 lbf
Hickory and Pecan are about 1800
Jarrah also widely used by Aussie furniture makes is ~1900 (I consider this a moderate hardness timber)
Osage Orange is about 2000
The most common timber I mill is Spotted Gum - this is about 2500 lbf. This is a weed in my state and commonly grow s way too big for suburban suburban yards which is why the tree lopper I work with has a log of these to take down.
I have milled some Red Iron bark and that is about 3000 - now that was really hard and has the added complication of a resinous bark that picks up and retains grit - does nothing for chain sharpness.
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26th January 2021, 03:19 PM #6Senior Member
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Is this normally the case when you mill Ash?
Or is the log simply 'harder' than normal?
That hardwood log is quite big and gnarly too
She'd be firm cutting I reckon
Have milled many species of Eucalypts over the years...and a few 'tough' exotics
That's why I love milling 'Red Cedar' LOL
That Ash is very figurative though
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26th January 2021, 06:32 PM #7Senior Member
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Tallowwood is around 2000 and Brush box 3000
I have milled some very large examples of both these species
The Brush box was around 1500mm d.b.h with a short bole...very very firm wood!
Probably much higher rating than 3000 i.m.o
Tallow too can be very hard as well
Particularly the big old paddock grown ones which tend to buttress
Likely greater than 2000
Age/size /provenance of the tree really makes a difference to hardness/density of the timber
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26th January 2021, 07:28 PM #8.
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Yeah I forgot I’ve milled quite a few brush box. Like Tuart , some of the BB I milled output the odd spark, apparently it’s from small silica grains deposited inside the trunk when the tree becomes water stressed. The tree looper told me about this. His crew removed dozens of street BB - those from high ground we’re the most eater stressed and all made more sparks than those lower down. Really knocks the chain around.
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26th January 2021, 09:57 PM #9
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26th January 2021, 10:01 PM #10
I had let it season a little to long.
As with any wood, I should have milled it right away. I did anchorseal the ends after bucking it.
Trever
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26th January 2021, 10:09 PM #11
Hardwood milling
Planning on sawing more poplar, sweet gum and hopefully sugar maple before Spring, I hope.
I will keep an eye out for Hickory, I like it. Oh yeah, white and red oak ad well!
Trever
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