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Thread: WA Blackbutt bonanza
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10th June 2010, 09:18 PM #16SENIOR MEMBER
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$400 per hour
Yep sad but true. I went up to catch up with Bob on a couple of ideas and it took 2 and a half hours to play around with the big fella. However i had just cut 5 cube of flooring blanks for him, so slabbing the big log came off the bill. He said to me how does a grand sound so you do the math.
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11th June 2010, 09:22 PM #17I am told that sharpening handsaws is a dying art.... this must mean I am an artisan.
Get your handsaws sharpened properly to the highest possible standard, the only way they should be done, BY HAND, BY ME!!! I only accept perfection in any saw I sharpen.
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11th June 2010, 09:36 PM #18woodmiller
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Nifty I've done the math and I reckon you did well. People don't seem to realize it's not about how much money the sawyer made in this case it's about what it is worth to you. Id gladly pay him a $1000 bucks and come home with a truckload of slabs bandsaw cut. Reality is it was probably cheaper than someone and yourself spending all day on a lucas with not as nice cut and losing a slab with the extra kerf. Smart working for both with a win, win situation. Well done
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12th June 2010, 01:56 PM #19SENIOR MEMBER
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Value for money
I think it was too. Considering the effort to recover the log, freight to and from the mill and the cost of milling, one out of fifteen slabs recovered basically covers costs so all good
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3rd July 2010, 06:47 PM #20timbermill
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slabbing
hi all i myself own a forrester bandmill it will slab just under 1 metre and i charge $150 an hour +gst and a lucas that does 1500 wide if anyone is interested
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9th September 2010, 01:24 PM #21New Member
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RE ; Big blackbutt
A relative of mine has two enormous blackbutt logs, not too far from Myalup. one is about 9m long 80 cents wide top to bottom. the other is about 3m long 120 cents wide.
He is a farmer not a timber man. but was thinking of getting them milled.
he has two questions.
are they of most value slabbed or as boards?
how much could he expect blackbutt to be worth? (ie. is it worth his time/effort). thanks in advance
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9th September 2010, 06:11 PM #22SENIOR MEMBER
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Value is in the eye of the purchaser. Slabs are propably more valuable by volume, however its possible to have boards be worth up to 5k per cube for the right stuff. Blackbutt is probably our most valuable timber in WA for 2 reasons. Its hard to get hold of it now because it only grows along waterways and it also has a higher fire retardency rating than the other WA natives. However if the logs have been down for a long time, blackbutt can be prone to severe pinhole borer attack, it makes the timber look like a leopards skin. My conclusion, any blackbutt in good nic is worth milling, if i hear of logs available i grab em quick smart
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9th September 2010, 06:53 PM #23New Member
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thanks for the reply. sorry for highjacking your thread
regards
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