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Thread: Milling of the big "Mother Log"
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2nd June 2013, 10:16 PM #1
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Milling of the big "Mother Log"
Hi all.
Thought you might be interested in a few pics from our last project, affectionately termed "The Mother Log". We tried a few times to move it, via crane, 400hp tractor, tilt tray semi with 25 tonne winch but to no avail, so end up milling it on the spot.
Docked the log back from 9m to 7.6m long, and it roughly averaged 2m in diameter, but up to 2.7 at the widest, covered in burls all the way along. Estimated the weight at 20-25 tonnes.
Milled two full length slabs, the largest weighing about a tonne. Even made a 6m spreader bar to lift the slabs without breaking them. Also milled book-matched sets of 700mm wide slabs and many sets of boardroom and dining table sets. The all displayed great birdseye, burl and fiddleback.
It took a day to prep the log, 6 days to mill, a day to shift the milled timber and another day or two to clean up the site. Not a cheap exercise, but dream big I say, dream big!
Anyway, hope you like the pics.
Cheers
James
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2nd June 2013, 10:21 PM #2
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Wow, that is a log
So what is the timber, red-gum?Neil____________________________________________Every day presents an opportunity to learn something new
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2nd June 2013, 11:02 PM #3
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James, can I come and play in your sand box? You sure do have some pretty cool toys!!!
Just do it!
Kind regards Rod
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2nd June 2013, 11:06 PM #4
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Looks like load of decent firewood to me
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(Thanks for sharing by the way, nice haul).-Scott
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3rd June 2013, 09:55 AM #5
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Lovely. Good effort.
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3rd June 2013, 10:49 AM #6
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OOHHHH yeah
Now that's a log.
One day.....soon.
Andrew
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3rd June 2013, 02:16 PM #7
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3rd June 2013, 02:59 PM #8
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We need another sub-forum as this is in the wrong one Small Timber Milling ?????
Absolutely amazing.
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3rd June 2013, 07:18 PM #9
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Originally Posted by mach70
I second that mach70. "Mucho, moreer log milling"
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3rd June 2013, 07:52 PM #10
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wow
Now you need to find a boardroom or two that need tables.......
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3rd June 2013, 08:04 PM #11
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James
Absolutely fantastic! And the timber is........?
Thank you for posting.
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3rd June 2013, 09:48 PM #12
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Sen-bloody-sational!
I take it you'll be finishing it with handplanes?
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How do I write wolf whistle as an onomatopoeic word??
Sensational stuphph!!!
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3rd June 2013, 10:10 PM #14
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Wow, wish I had been there to see that job.
Nice work James,
Cheers, Ian"The common law of business balance prohibits paying a little and getting a lot.. it can't be done.
If you deal with the lowest bidder it is well to add something for the risk you run.
And if you do that, you will have enough to pay for something better"
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3rd June 2013, 10:13 PM #15
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A few more pics.....and how we did it.
Hi all.
The grand old tree was a river red gum. It was a fair effort to prep and mill it, with Krunchie, Tony, Glen, Matt, John and myself all involved.
The process of milling was as follows.
1. Mill boards off the top until a suitable slab face was reached, mill raised by 4 pallets at each corner.
2. Mill two 70mm full length slabs.
3 Mill boards down until the maximum width of the mill is reached, including shuffling end frames, which was at the top of the heart area.
4. Rip a full lenght billet approx. 700 x 800mm out of one side of the log, push the billet off and mill the remaining narrower section.
5. Lift the billet back onto the flat base, and slab consecutive backsawn birdseye slabs for bookmatched sets.
6. Remove the pallets and lower the mill, then mill the last of the log.
7. Clean up about 10 truck loads of sawdust!
A great effort by all those who worked on the job, all completed safely.
Cheers
JamesMOTHER LOG MILLING 032.jpgMOTHER LOG MILLING 039.jpgMOTHER LOG MILLING 050.jpgMOTHER LOG MILLING 053.jpgMOTHER LOG MILLING 068.jpgMOTHER LOG MILLING 093.jpg
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