Thread: Firewood?? - Rescue Mission

Originally Posted by vsquizz

There's at least 3 houses in the DonnyBrook over here (I'll pay for that one)

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Donnybrook near us only has two houses, so you can probably pay for them too while you are at it.

Whats with all these Donnybrooks anyway, are they were the StarGate is located???
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P

Originally Posted by bitingmidge

Donnybrook near us only has two houses, so you can probably pay for them too while you are at it.

Whats with all these Donnybrooks anyway, are they were the StarGate is located???
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cheers,

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Originally Posted by DanP

That's a huge log in the middle pic of the second post. Big enough to back the car in. :eek: Good work Squizz, you gunna ( ) convert it to a garage?

Dan

I'm a Gunna...do something if me mate lets me.... Actually Dan, Swan River Blackbutt (not to confused with the 28 other Blackbutts {hold jokes you funny buggers, thin ice} around Australia) rots pretty quickly if left on the gound. This one would be well gone in 2 years if its left. Its excellent hardwood if seasoned and doesn't suffer from rot. 12 months and even I'd fit inside it.


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Originally Posted by ozwinner

No, hes gunna cut it up and send it East to us poor buggers with no decent timber.

Al

Ha Ha Hohoh Heheheheheheehe

yous is funnee guys

hehe "send timber East" HaHaHa

We sent Patersons curse and double gees over to you guys and we got no thanks what so ever.....



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Originally Posted by vsquizz

Al, Also note that poofy hire chainsaws have special blades and chains that aren't available to the genneral public any other way. They can cut through gravel, nails, steel dogs and even 1/2" Bridge Spikes

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What are the special chains? I would like to know.

Gwoody, I was taking the p***. I thought the at the end would give it away.

Sorry to lead you astray.

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Hey i thought that there are 3 houses in Donnybrook (Donkybrook) ahh maybe some one should look under one of those logs.

i think they are carbide tipped chains

Actually I hired a chainsaw with one of those blades on it once. Special alright, when you give them back their blades don't have any teeth on them!

When I was young and stupid, I nearly paid for the cost of restumping a house (1800 high stumps) by pulling out the old creosote encrusted 100 year old hardwood ones, cutting them into 50 mm thick slices and selling them as landscape stepping things for a small fortune. (we also had bags of matching sawdust "mulch" at a similarly outrageous price.)

I think the hire place stopped hiring chain saws after that.

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Hire chainsaws is like hire cars, all they need to go is fuel. They are terriffic, i mean ya can't hurt 'em no matter what ya do to 'em.

Not being able to sit around for too long with a new load of timber I thought I'd have a peek. I was a bit concerned about the medullary ray fractures so I grabbed one of the worst sleepers and ripped a board. In one of the pic's the fresh cut board has been wiped with water to give an idea how it might finish.

Nothing like well seasoned timber

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The sleepers are roughly 10" x 5" (240 x 130 to be precise). Ripping 30mm boards off the width is going to give me a lot of quartersawn 130mm wide boards that will need at least 20 mm ripping off the width. The sleepers were laid across jarrah logs to make the bridge. Gravel on top and water below.

One side of each sleeper has grooved out where the gravel and moisture laid. The recovery rate is not going to be terrific but better than I thought. Each 2.4 metre length of sleeper has a couple of spike holes. I tend to think this will be best lived with for solid but rustic furniture rather than trying to remove all the defects. A board that has the remnant of a spike running off its face can just be turned over and it wont be seen on table tops etc.

The quartersawn doesn't provide a lot of natural feature but it will be stable and the colours in some areas are excellent.

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If you haven't guessed I'm pretty happy that I didn't bring a bunch of firewood home with me .

I am going to have to get a metal detector though. ... a bandsaw for re-sawing would be good as well, and a thicknesser, and....
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Very nice squizz, looks like top quality firewood to me, Funnily me heater takes 8 ft lengths, so you can send a load to me with no need to cut it into little lengths.

More seriously, I called in at carbatec in Sydney on my way home yesterday and looked at band saws. seems their 14 in jobby with a riser kit may be the way to go for re-sawing.