Thread: Oversize Walnut Log Stash

TD, I know nothing about the mill that you'll need, but some pics of the logs might explain your dilemma . . . and make quiet a few Aussies drool

Grab yaself a Lucas Mill mate. Holy s..t did I just say that Welcome to the forum too mate

welcome td. and pics will help us help you

You may want to try the arboristsite forum, bit closer to home for you on available mills

Hi TD,
Welcome to the forum
Some pics would be real good, a while back when doing some net surfing for milling setups I found a mill (in US) setup on a frame with what looked like a slabbing attachment driven by hydraulics, they used this for big logs, but I got know idea where I found it now

Pete

Thanks to all...I get the message.... Pictures will be coming soon. Pete, wish you could remember a little more about that mill. Sounds like it is up my alley. Would it have been anything like the Lucas or Petersen? Again, thanks to all the suggestions...hope to hear more once pics are up...Thanks
TD

TD, welcome to the forums.

As Neil says you will get more specific information relevant to west coast USA timbers, mills and processes by going to the arboristsite milling forum.

Neil's link is not working so here it is again
http://www.arboristsite.com/milling-saw-mills/

You'll see me there too as I post there under the same name as here.

Originally Posted by toppdawg46

Thanks to all...I get the message.... Pictures will be coming soon. Pete, wish you could remember a little more about that mill. Sounds like it is up my alley. Would it have been anything like the Lucas or Petersen? Again, thanks to all the suggestions...hope to hear more once pics are up...Thanks
TD

From memory they were a regular sawmill but for big unusual logs they used this other setup, the basic design was very much like a Lucas, from memory I think they made it themselves, I seem to think it might have been a pair of brothers but not sure, basically a frame with four posts, the frame had rise and fall on the posts, the slabbing chain/bar was carried by the frame, the pics I saw (from memory) might have been cutting a Claro walnut, might have been that that made me search that way.
Wish I could remember where I found it

Pete

Walnut logs I've gathered over the years. The logs are not only huge but are also very irregular shaped...not nice and pretty and straight. One 72" timber is a very large crotch piece which has been envied by more than a few

If you post some pics then we can drool over them too.

Greetings, again:
In re-reading the post replies and going out and taking these pictures, I'm not at all certain what you folks expect...nothing I see that I haven't looked at many times...not that impressive. I did notice another post showing a massive walnut slab from another member...my gosh, I've never seen such a huge piece. Unfortunately, none of my stuff is cut yet so can't see whats really there except that I had a local fellow help me cut a piece of ours with a small chainsaw jig...two days later, I had some visitors and they bought the slabs on the spot...I probably gave them away, I was so excited to find someone was actually as interested in the pieces as I was. When I look over this mess, I'm reminded of how many years it has taken me to collect these pieces. Some have questioned whether they will have any value because of their rustic/rough/weathered appearance...not to worry. I've cut open these wonderful beauties...they gorgeous. The only explanation I have for their well-preserved inside look is the oil in the Walnut and our extremely dry climate. Anyway, let me know if the pieces I've posted do them justice and thanks for all the encouragement.

Wow, I'd love some of that.

Hi TD,
It is more often than not that the knarliest most horrible looking logs produce the best grain patterns, I spose the question is how they have faired being out in the weather and wether they are attacked by borers/bugs/fungus. If they are anything like Huon Pine which can lay in the water /up on the beach/where they fell and still be perfect. How long before we get to look inside?

Pete

hi mate i am interested in purchasing some comphor log .
Please email us with contact details to sylei92@sina.com.
thanks! .

What a shame the ends weren't sealed when felled. You may find end splitting has spoiled a lot of good wood. None the less, Im sure you would still get some good stick out of it. Large bandsaw would be the way to go as kerf waste is minimal. Your crotch piece at 72'' would be,I guess, the top of theY, so could be cut back almost to log dia. Its the middle of the crotch you are after, the wings are not critical. Any wide slabbing mill would be able to do the job, but kerf waste would be greater. It would be far easier to bring the slabbing mill to the logs rather than transporting the logs to a large bandsaw mill.