QUIET ON THE MILLING FRONT

**dusteater** · 19th May 2014, 10:06 PM

Looks like it is a bit quiet on the milling ,no doubt due to the weather ,I managed a couple of days before the next front comes in ,due tomorrow.So I`ll post some pics of a difficulty I think I have solved and may be of use to other formites.Maybe someone has already come up with a similar or better solution

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My dilemma was that most of my milling is Sheoak and 90% of the logs are an irregular shape to say the least,having only a Westford slabbing mill with Stihl MS660 ,it was a bugger trying to put a rail on the log to get the first cut,especially if you want to cut with the grain and only have a couple of inches of surface to deal with.

So the first project deals with logs up to a meter or so and uses only a chainsaw and relies on a good eye and a sharp blade [I use skip chain] but this idea could be good for people who cant afford a mill setup and is portable. The materials are an old sash clamp a steel plate and a large block of pine wood.I find this fast and effective .

The second project is for logs up to 2.5 meters , and is simply a swinging rail that can sit on the smallest surface area and then use the Westford mill to make the first cut. Of course the major problem is still getting a 2.5 meter log onto the cutting area ,thank **** for the old tractor.

**dusteater** · 20th May 2014, 02:08 AM

Sorry about the pics, I did rotate them before I posted and they`re all the right way in my picture file ,so who knows?

**dai sensei** · 20th May 2014, 01:18 PM

Good to see you posting again.

Simple sash clamp idea for those of us cutting on our own. You also used to have that spikey claw thingy didn't you?

I loved the idea of the swing mechanism for you mill

So how was the break? I've been back in Melb for 2 weeks already, getting prepared for the coming winter, in lieu of the tropical warmth that was planned

**Willy Nelson** · 20th May 2014, 10:58 PM

Wow
That is stunning looking Sheoak, if the colour of the sawdust is anything to go by. More piccys please Dusteater.

Next Monday, I hope to be milling a very large Carob, a Brazillian and a Japanese Pepper tree, photos to come

Everyone should be milling now, nice and cool

Willy

Jarrahland

**BobL** · 20th May 2014, 11:43 PM

Originally Posted by Willy Nelson

. . .Everyone should be milling now, nice and cool

I've got another milling job coming up as soon as this playground I'm working on is finished.
Guess what - 'its another playground!

**dusteater** · 22nd May 2014, 12:26 PM

Doing a bit of a cleanup around the yard yesterday and decided to take a slice off a stump that has been there for a while,and to my surprise this is what I found ,I don`t usually mill this wood .Can anyone guess what it is? Hint...it`s local.

**Wood Collector** · 22nd May 2014, 04:51 PM

Jarrah that is starting to spalt. Cheers WC

**Miltzy** · 22nd May 2014, 05:19 PM

Holly Leaf Banksia??

**dusteater** · 22nd May 2014, 08:11 PM

Not Banksia,and not Jarrah ,this is the first time I`ve seen white spalting, usually Jarrah has black spalt,the white looks rather distinctive with the dark wood .Now there`s not that many dark hardwoods here in the south west.It has no commercial use but can be a useful timber.

**Willy Nelson** · 22nd May 2014, 08:41 PM

Hmmmmmm
At first I thought Banksia, but that got rejected. Based on your clue, I am guessing Red Tingle or Karri?

Willy
Jarrahland

**dusteater** · 22nd May 2014, 09:00 PM

Originally Posted by Willy Nelson

Hmmmmmm
At first I thought Banksia, but that got rejected. Based on your clue, I am guessing Red Tingle or Karri?

Willy
Jarrahland

Not that big Willy [I meant the trees

] although the national park next to us has the most northerly stand of Karri.
Hint....it occurs in a subcoastal strip from Perth to Bremer Bay

**dai sensei** · 22nd May 2014, 10:21 PM

Have no idea of timber but I am researching as I type. The white spots look more like dry rot (punky timber) rather than spalting, but similar in as much as timber breaking down, although effects timber integrity and needs stabilising.

**dusteater** · 22nd May 2014, 11:07 PM

Originally Posted by dai sensei

Have no idea of timber but I am researching as I type. The white spots look more like dry rot (punky timber) rather than spalting, but similar in as much as timber breaking down, although effects timber integrity and needs stabilising.

G`day Neil ,the white spots are as stable as the surrounding wood which surprised me also, but the stump was in the middle of a large stand of our Christmas trees and being a mistletoe might have some effect on the tree,only a guess. another hint it is not a Eucalyptus
Cheers Agonis

You must be looking forward to getting back home by now

**Miltzy** · 22nd May 2014, 11:07 PM

woody pear, have to be a paddock tree though??

**dusteater** · 22nd May 2014, 11:32 PM

Originally Posted by Miltzy

woody pear, have to be a paddock tree though??

No not Woody Pear.Hint...If you`ve been to Busselton you couldn`t miss them.

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