Thread: things you find in trees

I have only hit 4" one nail and and some stainless steel wire although I haven't milled a lot of trees. I have seen the remains of a bar and semi toothless chain after trying to cut through a hollow trunk that someone had filled with concrete - Not nice!

I bet it was a bag of concrete put in the tree on a fence line and they forgot to go back and get it, cypress trees are great for holding things!

G'day.
Our double canadian breakdown rig was cutting a large Spotted Gum taken from Bom Bom State Forest near Grafton.

The 6ft dia chromed springset circular saw detonated, sending teeth into the bullet proof glass of the control cab. When the operator changed his pants, we had a look at the log. Embedded in the log was 3 axe heads and 2 adz heads.
We found out that the log came from the old "Devines" homestead sight from the late 1800's. The tree was located next to the blacksmith's shop and was the test tree for new axes etc.

Originally Posted by glock40sw

G'day.
Our double canadian breakdown rig was cutting a large Spotted Gum taken from Bom Bom State Forest near Grafton.

The 6ft dia chromed springset circular saw detonated, sending teeth into the bullet proof glass of the control cab. When the operator changed his pants, we had a look at the log. Embedded in the log was 3 axe heads and 2 adz heads.
We found out that the log came from the old "Devines" homestead sight from the late 1800's. The tree was located next to the blacksmith's shop and was the test tree for new axes etc.

Wow

bullet proof glass

Sheer bloomin' luxury mate. Real men stand on the sled!


Well boss came in yesterday with log with a shiny bit in it. Turns out it's a handgun bullet. Good thing it was lead, cause we used the Lucas Mill on it.


Beat that

i've found numerous nails and once even a rope,no evidence of it from the outside at all.on one log after i'd destroyed a circular blade the ex-owner of the tree said he remember banging in 3'' nails for pot plant holders but forgot to tell me first!

well axe heads beat the hell out of a drill bit. one job i had a look at had half a basket ball ring hanging out of it.Bullets are grouse! do no damage .I had a red gum slabbed up ,a client bought it i got it drum sanded an up pop a group of 22 bullets, he cracked it wanted his money back until i convinced him it would be a great talking point (fortunately he couldn't tell the difference from a 22 bullet to any other.) i told him the log came from glenrowan and possibly ned kelly might have used it for sighting in his gun. I know telling a few fibs doesn,t get you anywhere but it was a good story he was happy , the problem is i could have sold that slab a dozen times over.

I think Glock's axe heads got to take the cake, but here are a few bits we got from a single household Mango myself, Soundman and TeeJay milled a while back.



I was amazed the chain cut through all of them, even the bolt without breaking.

In an old AWW (end of 1989 I think) a bloke in Queensland found an old pocket watch that had been left in the crotch of a tree. He managed to expose it without damaging the watch, and planned to leave it in situ in a table top.

nails,bolts,rail spikes .Would send one blade per week for retip
have cut through 1/2 inch before i try to clean the timber as best as i can but dirt and stones mess up the tips also.

Originally Posted by AlexS

In an old AWW (end of 1989 I think) a bloke in Queensland found an old pocket watch that had been left in the crotch of a tree. He managed to expose it without damaging the watch, and planned to leave it in situ in a table top.

That reminds me of a holiday Job I had as a student in a cement slab making factory. One of the guys I was working with lost his expensive gold watch and several days later it turned up embedded in the top of a cement slab with the shattered glass face staring out forlornly. He took it home and painstakingly partially chiseled it out of the slab and had it as an ornament in his lounge room for a few years.

Stones, nails, wire, and a beer bottle. (empty)

has any one tried using a metal detector, I've heard a cheap one goes for around $400 .it would have to be allright on resawing salvage timber but i doubt it would pick up 6 or 7 " into a log and you blokes, i guess would be the same as me ,you see the stain but does that mean you stop. I dont if i'm using the slabber I'll have a go,but i hunt for metal if i'm using the swing blade .any ideas?

G'day.
Back in the forest protest days of the early 80's, the tree huggers were driving spikes into the trees.
We had to scan each log with a metal detector after destroying 2 Canadian saws when they hit the spikes.

We still have the holes in the roof of the sawmill where saw teeth exited the building.

did they work ok ? and if you got a noise from the detector did you just give the log the flick or did you try and recover any timber?