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Thread: Milling for construction purpose
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7th December 2012, 05:26 AM #1Intermediate Member
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Milling for construction purpose
Hi all,
Ive got a shed to build and plan on milling some woolibutt for the job. drying and seasoning is important for furniture grade timber, though how important is it for construction of a shed? I realize there will be shrinkage/movement. Posts will be 175mm sq, 150x50 rafters, 100x50, a nice 8M @ 450x75 beam in middle for looks. Milling with Lucas and beams with chain saw.
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8th December 2012, 12:07 PM #2GOLD MEMBER
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Woolybutt is an ideal timber for your purpose. Class1
durability. Use it green for construction as it goes as hard as a bulls forehead when dry. Not an easy timber to season, a bit prone to collapse and splitting if dried too quickly.
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8th December 2012, 01:06 PM #3
Yep. Go green. Timber framed construction in hardwood, I think I am right in saying, was only ever undertaken in unseasoned timbers.
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PaulBushmiller;
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9th December 2012, 05:04 AM #4Intermediate Member
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Thanks for the reply. The trees have been down for a couple of years now. I didn't want to mill till i could afford the concrete slab. I used iron bark for the construction of my house beams and rafters of a mud brick house. All pre drilled and hand nailed and i believe the timber was fresh off the saw from the local mill i bought it from. the gas and air framing guns couldn't penetrate more than a couple of mm. I expect it will take a bit of effort. I suppose i should wait till i can afford the tin to protect the cut and installed timber too. Maybe mill late april.
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9th December 2012, 05:16 AM #5Intermediate Member
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you guys come across cheese tree before. I milled a small log and it had a very attractive light pink fancy grain too it. thought i'd do a table out of it. I've got cheese tree coming out of my ears at home. I don't know it's proper name. I'll through a piece through a thicknesser and post a photo up. Also of a nice cheese tree and berry incase i'm not making any sense at all
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9th December 2012, 12:37 PM #6SENIOR MEMBER
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Hi scott
Where you are your Cheese Tree is likely to be Glochidion ferdinandii. It's a pioneer species, and birds readily spread the seeds.
G. sumatranum (Umbrella Cheese Tree) is also native to coastal NSW but only in the Northern Rivers. We have lots of this one here and the darned thing comes up everywhere there's a bit of moisture.Brian
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