Yesterday was the start of my summer holidays so Today I got a mid week milling day when SWMBO was off playing with horses.
Today's menu was a Western Australian Marri (Corymbia calophylla) which is in the same family as the Lemon Scented Gum (Corymbia citriodora) that I have been posting all those pics of recently. I've milled Marri a few times before but never posted any pics .
This log is one of two main upper branches. Its about 14 ft long and 2 ft at the widest part.
I left the 64" rails on the mill and dropped back to the 42" bar so the 076 with a sharp chain just mowed through it leaving a significantly washboarded surface. I also only touched up the chain once, halfway thru milling the log.
The log was curved so to deal with the bent end I did this.
The boards are just tek screwed into the end of the log.
No two trees are alike as it always has red gum veins that make interesting patterns. Some people call it Red Gum but then again they will call a lot of other trees "red Gum".
The brown stains are sawdust impregnated resin that is blood red as you will see later on.
More pics in next post.
Today's menu was a Western Australian Marri (Corymbia calophylla) which is in the same family as the Lemon Scented Gum (Corymbia citriodora) that I have been posting all those pics of recently. I've milled Marri a few times before but never posted any pics .
This log is one of two main upper branches. Its about 14 ft long and 2 ft at the widest part.
I left the 64" rails on the mill and dropped back to the 42" bar so the 076 with a sharp chain just mowed through it leaving a significantly washboarded surface. I also only touched up the chain once, halfway thru milling the log.
The log was curved so to deal with the bent end I did this.
The boards are just tek screwed into the end of the log.
No two trees are alike as it always has red gum veins that make interesting patterns. Some people call it Red Gum but then again they will call a lot of other trees "red Gum".
The brown stains are sawdust impregnated resin that is blood red as you will see later on.
More pics in next post.
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opcorn: Nice figure on that wood Bob. Better to mill than play with horses! I see why they call it bloodwood. Are you going to sell the wood or make something out of it? 
