Thread: first payed milling job.

Originally Posted by Ibanez

this is is off topic but love your ceramic work, my grandfather was professor of ceramic etc at Caulfield Tech Now RMIT in the 40's 50's 60' s, so I know good stuff, well done.

Shayne

Really? What was his name? (BTW Caulfield is Monash now isn't it?) Thanks for the complimenr too. (This place is amazing isn't it?)

Originally Posted by tea lady

Really? What was his name? (BTW Caulfield is Monash now isn't it?) Thanks for the complimenr too. (This place is amazing isn't it?)

Its changed a few times, William Ride

Hey Carl, you need to learn where to stick your mill, sometimes moving the log is much better. A few times I've soldiered on milling up/down a gradient, but it's for mugs and even though the power head is on wheels and you don't pull the full weight of it, it sure gets to feeling like it after awhile.

I charge extra if the logs aren't in a pile ready to mill, charge extra if I have to move the mill around the yard to logs. Mind you my milling rates are lower, but I like milling not moving the mill or snigging logs around.

I'm just cooling down now in our bedroom with A/C, shirt is still wet from sweat. I've been chucking a ceiling up after dinner. Toady has been a good day for swimming - bad for milling

Hey did you do some milling of Silky Oak for a Lady called Joy at the gap?

Originally Posted by Sigidi

Hey Carl, you need to learn where to stick your mill, sometimes moving the log is much better. A few times I've soldiered on milling up/down a gradient, but it's for mugs and even though the power head is on wheels and you don't pull the full weight of it, it sure gets to feeling like it after awhile.

I charge extra if the logs aren't in a pile ready to mill, charge extra if I have to move the mill around the yard to logs. Mind you my milling rates are lower, but I like milling not moving the mill or snigging logs around.

I'm just cooling down now in our bedroom with A/C, shirt is still wet from sweat. I've been chucking a ceiling up after dinner. Toady has been a good day for swimming - bad for milling

Hey did you do some milling of Silky Oak for a Lady called Joy at the gap?

All being said and done did u get payed enough and is $$ in bank yet, and yep Sigidi its been a great few days for swimming as the monsoon is just above me now ready to pounce,

Shayne

Originally Posted by tea lady

That sports water is good stuff if you really need hydration. You can get powdered Gatoraid to add to your own water. If you loose salts you can't keep the water in your body anyway....I think that's the theory.

I still find either white hot tea with sugar or cold tea with lemon and sugar works for me on a hot day (until it's time to knock off for the day when the thirst can be slaked with beer).

i charged him extra for docking and rolling the logs.

the log was to heavy to snig with the ute 900mm at the big end and 4m long believe me i tried to get it out i woulda had to pull it up hill.

its suposed to be a plesent 27 on Sunday

I used to pour water over my head when working in the heat, cools you down fast.

so i got it finished in just under 2 hours this arvo.

it cost him $580 to get us to dock the log up and mill it.

approximately 3 cube in all. allthow we had to waste half the biggest piece approximately .6 cube as when the tree was blown down it split badly in 2 directions.

we ended up with

250m of 4x2s @ $5.50/lm = $1350
32m of 6x 1 1/2 @ 8.75/lm = $280

about 1.44 cube of timber from 2.5 cube of log so about 57.6% recovery if my working is right.

i normally tell people the timber will be less than half the price of buying it when i do a quote.

allan no one has rung me about milling a silky?

Originally Posted by weisyboy

allan no one has rung me about milling a silky?

I only ask as I was talking to a lady named Joy from the Gap who had a SO drop on her house and talking about me milling it, then nothing and eventually I contacted her back to see how things where, someone else was slicing it up?? oh well ya get that

i think Keith did that one

Hi shayne ,just wondering where you were milling out around japoonvale,im based in Innisfail and would like to catch up with you and have a yarn,tungstein.

Originally Posted by weisyboy

i think Keith did that one

I can confirm I did, I cut it up into slabs and hit 4 nails but the timber was worth it

Keith if you don't mind, I'd be interested to see why I lost the job - because of price or availability or what, could ya PM me?

its always good to get feedback on why a job was lost but its not often that the chance comes up.