Thread: Milling Black Wattle

sealing the ends before cutting is always a good idea . you need to even the drying out . thickness depends what you are going to use timber for ????give the log a good wash and put it on some bearers , and away you go and go .

I reckon the ends need sealing within an hour of being cut even as a log - so go out and seal them then come back and read the rest.

So now the ends of the log are sealed - i reckon 75mm is too thick unless you have a reason for that.

I cut to 50mm to 55mm under 600 wide and 65mm over 600 wide. This allows for a finished slab (cleaning the saw roughness and a bit of cupping or twist) of about 35 -40 mm (under 600 wide) and about 50 mm for wider slabs.

65mm should almost allow for resaw (thin kerf) to 2 x 1 inch boards.

Remember drying takes about 25 mm per yeart so 75mm over 50mm adds another year to drying time.

Dead for 3 1/2 years and still standing would be that close to totally green it doesnt matter.

Hope that helps

Cheers

I sealed the ends half an hour after putting up the first post, lest I get my fingers rapped

Well done troppo

Be nice to see pics of the slabs when they are sliced

nice looking stick.

how big?

what length bar u running on the 97


love teh fiat pitty about teh allis. we have a few fiats machines left (before teh allis) always had them.

Originally Posted by weisyboy

nice looking stick.

how big?

what length bar u running on the 97


love teh fiat pitty about teh allis. we have a few fiats machines left (before teh allis) always had them.

7metres by about 600mm at the widest


36" for mill and I got a 24 for cutting. Although feeling the weight of the 395 with the 36"bar makes me think I'll stick with my tried and trusty Husky 55 with 18" for limbing and cutting smaller stuff.
I don't want to finish up with extra long arms


Glad you like the Fiat, they made some nice machinery in their day. We've got a Fiat Tractor too well engineered and built machine, can't seem to kill it!

Love to see some pictures of your mill also. What did you seal the ends with?

I havn't got a mill yet so still on steep learning curve, thanks to all you guys

Cheers
Mark.

Looks too light in colour to be blackwood (acacia melanoxynon) looks closer to silver wattle.

This is blackwood https://www.woodworkforums.com/member...llers-my-mill/

this is a little piece I cut freehand out of a rotten log yesterday while looking at several 700mm plus diameter still standing blackwoods which I am going to drop and mill.

The rollers there are the ones I machined up today for my new rail mill I am making.

Originally Posted by gonetroppo

................... this was a black wattle that had been dead for three and a half years. I think what is called black wattle here is Ac. Melanoxylon or Ac. Leiocalyx have to check it out.
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Originally Posted by Travis Edwards

Looks too light in colour to be blackwood (acacia melanoxynon) looks closer to silver wattle.

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Travis might pay to re-read the first post - he said Black Wattle not Blackwood.

Cheers

Originally Posted by Calm

Travis might pay to re-read the first post - he said Black Wattle not Blackwood.

Cheers

Nothing WRONG with my reading Ac. Melanoxynon is BLACKWOOD which is actually classified as a wattle. What I was saying is that it is too light in colour to be ac. melanoxynon It may be the other one he stated but I dont believe that it is melanoxynon.

Looks like you should have read my post more carefully calm

yep our northen accias dont become blackwood till they leave qld ,funny that though some of them pass quite well

Originally Posted by bobsreturn2003

yep our northen accias dont become blackwood till they leave qld ,funny that though some of them pass quite well

That aint Acacia melanoxynon
https://www.woodworkforums.com/member...llers-my-mill/

These photos in this link are acacia melanoxynon.

There is no where near enough darkness in the fresh cuts even for a tree that has been dead 3 years

The tree I cut the above linked timber from would have been lying on the ground longer than yours was dead I would suggest that it is the leiocalyx you suggested it may be but it is not melanoxynon.

It is a nice log though!!!

Having had a good look at some books I now think its actually Acacia celsa also called Brown Salwood. Guess Black Wattle covers a multitude of stuff depending on where you are

Acacia celsa - WATTLE