Thread: Storm damage timber & helping out

Well I'm finally home again, fed and showered, trying to relax. What a day, it was physically exhausting for a big bloke like myself, but I really enjoyed it. Not just the hard work, but the company of the other forumites. There were seven of us, all working madly with chainsaws and mills on numerous different properties - Weisy was the only one with a camera, hopefully he will post the pic he took soon. We may have only touched the extent of timber in the valley, but I'm sure it all helps.

We all took home beautiful timbers. Today I took home a heap of large Blue Gum forks with what I hope is beautiful feather grain, adding to the heap of Blackwood I took last weekend. I'll take some pics tomorrow, it's a bit dark now. I've sealed all the logs, but there is a heap of work still to do cutting up blanks and perhaps a bit of rough turning if I have time.

There are a few of the group coming back tomorrow, Weisy will probably be there all week, there are a heap of big logs to mill up.

If anyone wants to score some free timber, there is still heaps to be had, it just takes a bit of effort.

im on the coast for the weekend so pics will have to wait till sundy arvo.

you guy wouldnt blive it i ended up turing right at the top of the hill and the bloke who ownes the place is my neighbors father so i stayed a wile and chatted wile that bit of rain came over than i had to clear out home.

ill be therr during the week not sure witch days yet probly wednesday, thursday, to mill those logs and pull out more. i could spen the next mounth there full time and still not get it all.

i ended up with

2 - 600mm x 6m tallow wood
3 - 500mm x 6m tallow wood
1 - 500mm x 6m bluegum
1 - 500mm x 4.m bluegum
12 - 300mm-600mm x 2m bluegum/bloodwod

That was what was easiily acesable on 2 blocks. when i go back and mill this lot i can cut and mark another.

4 - 600mm+ x 6m talowwood logs
and limitless fence posts.

i only need logs round 6m as i am cutting fencing rails there is a limitless supply of shorer logs 1-3m long and up to 1m diamiter that anyone is welcome to. species are bluegum, bloodwood, box, talowwood, silky oak, fig.

if anyone wasnts it i can mill it for you if ya willing to tail out and pay for petrol/saw tips.

never seen so many chainsaws going in one place before i counted 12 going at once. shee made the valley ring.

p.s it wasnt that harder work niels just being a baby

Originally Posted by weisyboy

im on the coast for the weekend so pics will have to wait till sundy arvo.

you guy wouldnt blive it i ended up turing right at the top of the hill and the bloke who ownes the place is my neighbors father so i stayed a wile and chatted wile that bit of rain came over than i had to clear out home.


p.s it wasnt that harder work niels just being a baby

Huh , you sat inside while we worked in the rain ?

The area where Neil was cutting was hard slough to get up to , and to carry timber back from .
dai sensei , you sure know how to pick ya spot


Thanks for the day guys , it was fun .

I'm disappointed I couldn't make it. My extended family organised a get together yesterday for some photos and only expected it to take an hour or two, then I had planned to join you to help out. That hour or two turned into an all day affair.

if anyone ig oing back today there is a bit of silky oak in te place second on teh left lengths abpout 2m long from the top of a big tree. someone got the rest already.

Originally Posted by weisyboy

..it wasnt that harder work niels just being a baby

Cheaky. It was all right for some who could drive straight up to the logs.

Originally Posted by Manuka Jock

Huh , you sat inside while we worked in the rain ?

+1

Originally Posted by Manuka Jock

The area where Neil was cutting was hard slough to get up to , and to carry timber back from . dai sensei , you sure know how to pick ya spot

Yeh sorry about that, but I was trying to help Dennis, and all the logs on his property were hard to get to. The so called access road turned into a soft bog track, it was almost impossible to walk through, let alone drive on . Mind you, I still think his blue had the best forks, hope I can finish them and do them justice. I'll probably go back after Easter, that's the next time I'll get back there, for that 4' dia x 2.4m blue with a giant fork we left behind. I'll make one of the fork bowls and a few pens for Dennis, he will just have till wait a year or so to get them

Originally Posted by Denim

I'm disappointed I couldn't make it. My extended family organised a get together yesterday for some photos and only expected it to take an hour or two, then I had planned to join you to help out. That hour or two turned into an all day affair.

Chooks was going back today. Still plenty of help needed and timber to be had.

Originally Posted by Denim

I'm disappointed I couldn't make it. My extended family organised a get together yesterday for some photos and only expected it to take an hour or two, then I had planned to join you to help out. That hour or two turned into an all day affair.

if ya free during teh week ill be there a few days.

Originally Posted by weisyboy

if ya free during teh week ill be there a few days.

I might as well do , there doesn't seem to be any carpentry work about for me .
If I can sus out the bus/train setup that is .

shame its just a bit to far to be viable for me or i would be there ,i have a sister that live at the gap too think they only got a few broken windows ,

Originally Posted by weisyboy

im on the coast for the weekend so pics will have to wait till sundy arvo.

you guy wouldnt blive it i ended up turing right at the top of the hill and the bloke who ownes the place is my neighbors father so i stayed a wile and chatted wile that bit of rain came over than i had to clear out home.

ill be therr during the week not sure witch days yet probly wednesday, thursday, to mill those logs and pull out more. i could spen the next mounth there full time and still not get it all.

i ended up with

2 - 600mm x 6m tallow wood
3 - 500mm x 6m tallow wood
1 - 500mm x 6m bluegum
1 - 500mm x 4.m bluegum
12 - 300mm-600mm x 2m bluegum/bloodwod

That was what was easiily acesable on 2 blocks. when i go back and mill this lot i can cut and mark another.

4 - 600mm+ x 6m talowwood logs
and limitless fence posts.

i only need logs round 6m as i am cutting fencing rails there is a limitless supply of shorer logs 1-3m long and up to 1m diamiter that anyone is welcome to. species are bluegum, bloodwood, box, talowwood, silky oak, fig.

if anyone wasnts it i can mill it for you if ya willing to tail out and pay for petrol/saw tips.

never seen so many chainsaws going in one place before i counted 12 going at once. shee made the valley ring.

p.s it wasnt that harder work niels just being a baby

Sounds like Cyc Larry again, the sound of saws going for weeks/months the SES(EMQ) requested 700 C/saws I'm not sure how many they got but I can tell u one day all you could here and smell was the sounds and smells of two strokes and lines of trucks removing waste.

I flew over most of the cyclone areas ( Rescue 510) multiple times over the next few months and the amount of timber down was beyond belief AND still there on a few friends farms waiting for me in gullies and on mountains getting to them is the issue.

Shayne

Some of the timber photos. The Blue gum crutches and a close up (all have feather grain ), 5 logs of Black Wattle (up to 500 dia and around 1.2m long), a couple of Black wattle burls from 1 tree, and a piece of Tallowood (thanks Chook). The last shot is what was left of my brand new skip chain when I hit something in the second log when splitting it down the middle freehand, I had to grind off at least 1mm to get teeth again . I couldn't see anything in the log, and the fork was from at least 10m up .

here are some photos.

#1 the group of us ill let others who remember names explain who was who.

#2 and #5 are some pics of the beautiful countryside

#3 is one of my tallow wood logs about 600mm at the end closest to camera

#4 is the biggest of the logs i got (so far) the end you see in the distance is over 800mm and down by the but it is over 1m me saw wasn't big enough to cut threw it were it was thow. it is only got a 25" bar.

You Guys are amazing!! I've been reading this thread with great interest. It's such a bonus to see some great timber not being wasted while helping out a community.

cheers
Wendy

common wendy you know you want some