Thread: slabs and flitches needed now!

Originally Posted by MAPLEMAN

We burn heaps of flitches as well! Good on him,he can come collect ours as well.Met a few woodturners lately that want it all (TIMBER) for nothing,so go easy on this bloke,he's not the only one looking for a freebie

well said that man

Originally Posted by MAPLEMAN

Met a few woodturners lately that want it all (TIMBER) for nothing,so go easy on this bloke,he's not the only one looking for a freebie

You've only met a few? I used to give them free access to the resaw pile until I got fed up with the whinging that they might have to actually drag a few bits of timber around for their freebie. These days I mostly tell them to bugger off, only not so politely,at the first sign of a whinge. They also get to leave whatever they've taken.

Having said that, there are a few people who are a pleasure to deal with and they're always welcome.

On the subject of flitches, I don't get much that would be of use to anyone. I resaw all my flitches to recover either a slab or the last board I can.What's left is the sapwood.

Originally Posted by itsposs

I dunno I d think for around $1 an inch that some flitch candle stick holders,photo frames an small furnishings go for at markets an gallery's, I think that they d have to worth some thing? What s Tassie ash worth a cube

Mountain ash, tassie oak, eucalyptus regnans, swamp gum or what ever the hell else you want to call it, is worth a little bit more than pine and the price reflects what it is , pine is worth very little cause it is crap and mass produced and then ash is not far behind it...there are thousands of cubic metres of it milled every day in victoria especially since the fires of 2007 and the black saturday events.

pine ( radiata) is a wonderful product it is grow to perfection and for a price.
most useful purpose grown tree in aus.
you can get 3 rotations in over the span over your working life and turn quite a handsome profit.
I raise the challenge for any one to put forward an educated argument against it.
And not just some bigoted rant that waffles on with no just cause.

Originally Posted by Krunchie

pine ( radiata) is a wonderful product it is grow to perfection and for a price.
most useful purpose grown tree in aus.
you can get 3 rotations in over the span over your working life and turn quite a handsome profit.
I raise the challenge for any one to put forward an educated argument against it.
And not just some bigoted rant that waffles on with no just cause.

Unfortunately pine is see as cheap and unfortunately many products made from it are poorly made. This means it has a life cycle of just a few years before it ends up as landfill. Pine continually panders to poor craftsmanship and a throwaway society. If you pay $50 for a poorly made pine chair after 5 years you don't worry about throwing it out - if you pay $500 for a well made jarrah chair then you will look after it and you should be able hand it onto your grandkids. Same goes for houses.

From a completely different perspective, ecologically I worry about vast acreages of our country being covered in pine and I am opposed to clearing our existing forests to plant pine. I support well managed native forests and lets stop using products for 5 minutes and then putting them in the rubbish bin.

Originally Posted by Krunchie

pine ( radiata) is a wonderful product it is grow to perfection and for a price.
most useful purpose grown tree in aus.
you can get 3 rotations in over the span over your working life and turn quite a handsome profit.
I raise the challenge for any one to put forward an educated argument against it.
And not just some bigoted rant that waffles on with no just cause.

So true,many industries thrive because of the humble pine.Yes,we should be growing more native based plantations in this country,sooner rather than later .Once we have a huge critical mass of trees established,then it shouldn't matter if we only get 1 or 2 lifetime rotations;it's a numbers game! Go to bunnings and see how much a piece of pine will set you back,it's worth money alright.

Originally Posted by MAPLEMAN

Go to bunnings and see how much a piece of pine will set you back,it's worth money alright.

pitty the bloke who mills it gets bugger all. i can sell pine wholesale as mutch as i can cut but you only get $250-350 per cube.

i would like to see native pines grown in plantations more. there is a pine plantation accross the road i have to start falling next week. only small 8 acres of slash. but there is a small patch of hoop down teh front probbly 40 trees in an area 20m x 10m. tehy are bigger than teh slash and were planted at teh sme time.

Originally Posted by Travis Edwards

Mountain ash, tassie oak, eucalyptus regnans, swamp gum or what ever the hell else you want to call it, is worth a little bit more than pine and the price reflects what it is , pine is worth very little cause it is crap and mass produced and then ash is not far behind it...there are thousands of cubic metres of it milled every day in victoria especially since the fires of 2007 and the black saturday events.

Regarding the pine, it has it's place, internal building, treated pine for outdoor uses such as board walks and verhandas etc. It is also used affordable furniture. Becauce it mass produced, the price is low. If it was not for plantation pine, a lot of our native forrests would be gone, I believe that is what happened in NZ. They have used radiatta pine in thier housing industry for decades. I don't think pine is crap at all

Originally Posted by weisyboy

pitty the bloke who mills it gets bugger all. i can sell pine wholesale as mutch as i can cut but you only get $250-350 per cube.

i would like to see native pines grown in plantations more. there is a pine plantation accross the road i have to start falling next week. only small 8 acres of slash. but there is a small patch of hoop down teh front probbly 40 trees in an area 20m x 10m. tehy are bigger than teh slash and were planted at teh sme time.

If all you get is $250 - 350 per cube, why not leave it to the big mills

Originally Posted by johnnyroberts

If all you get is $250 - 350 per cube, why not leave it to the big mills

Family , food , table ?

i dont cut wholesale pine i cut it for framing and stuff that i can sell retail.

still only worth like 600 a cube retail.

hardwood wholesale is worth $700 - $1000. and retail $800 - $3000

$300 a sawn cube?? If you were lucky enough to get 50% recovery on your sawlog(s),then you are only getting $150 a log cube to mill it!!,minus the cost of your logs.Crikey

Originally Posted by Manuka Jock

Family , food , table ?

sorry, I did not think

works out to about $100 a cube to the miller.

less transport.

so ya workin for peanuts.