Thread: Rose Gum

Eli @ $300 per cube for sawn - not worth switching the saw on, even if it is waste.
I've only 1 customer in 7 years has wanted anything to do with flooded gum.
I sliced some into studs for wall frames in my own house but thats it

Ye mite tell him to pull something desent out.

Lovely timber in its own way. Just subjct to splitting, Big River Yimbers has successfully used it for ply.

Have beenlooking on www.timber.net.au and they say ist not suseptable,and if i remember correctly we used to cut 3"x1half roof batens when i worked at ford timbers (saw mill),is that rite?

Eli when you say susceptible, what are you referring to, it's tendency to split? or it's susceptibility to Lyctus borer? The former - yes it is susceptible, the later - no it isn't.

It isn't bad timber as mentioned already, just market-wise there isn't much for Flooded Gum specifically.

Originally Posted by Sigidi

Eli when you say susceptible, what are you referring to, it's tendency to split? or it's susceptibility to Lyctus borer? The former - yes it is susceptible, the later - no it isn't.

It isn't bad timber as mentioned already, just market-wise there isn't much for Flooded Gum specifically.

Yes you are rite,I wes referring to the lyctos borer.

lots of rough sawn 4X1 FG goes to Boral at Herons creek kiln dried for endmatched T&G fooring.

Originally Posted by pommyphil

lots of rough sawn 4X1 FG goes to Boral at Herons creek kiln dried for endmatched T&G fooring.

Ye we youst to cut 6x1 1/2 at Hurfords to be resawn and make overlay.But they dont sell mutch fooded,and unfortunetly they dont want anything to do with it.

Eli, until your cutting is spot on with a Lucas, many places don't want anything to do with it and even then, some places have had such bad experiences with 'hacks' running mobile mills trying to pass themselves off as sawyers, they still will not touch timber from a mobile mill - it really peeves me off

Thats rite i aproched a locel budget btimber yard and he told me he dident take lucas sawn only from convenchonal mills.Becaus of its usuely bowed.Witch realy pised me of to.Becaus i now that if you cut the timber out of good logs and in the corect way you can acheav the same resolt.

gotta love ya lucas

Might be better to try and find a local cabinet or furniture maker prepared to dry and dresses the timber for their own use. They are often prepared to take the wood a bit rougher for the right price.
I also struggle with feed stock from swing blade mills as it is too inconsistant. If it is all oversize you can set up the moulder to compensate. Same if it is all undersize but when it is both there is little you can do but set up for oversize and put up with all the misses and skips in the moulding.

I;d suggest going direct to your local cabinet makers with small parcels rather than trying to supply the big guys.

cheers
Steve

Thanks steev,For the advice and yes i do love ye old lucas.

Beets the granberg mine mill i usedto use.