use for milled timber

[SteveBullman]

i made this fence in my garden from douglas fir. i thought i'd share it because i think it might be a good thing to sell on to the more sentimental customer who feels bad about losing their trees. have it milled on site for them,stick up a fence and they have a nice reminder.
i stained it with boiled linseed oil to bring out the grain

 

[Gumneck]

Very cool. Nice job on the fence.

I like the playset for the kiddies too. Good idea with the round poles. I made my kids a fort/swingset combo but used square timber. I like yours better.

 

[SteveBullman]

i bought the playset. now i have one though it would be a doddle to copy it and make a new one.

 

[Big A]

Customer wanted a bench hewn from the butt of the tree we did today as a memento too, cool idea but shame we were pushed for time to finish it off nicely but she was happy so..... nice fence mate, where did you get the mill?

 

[treeseer]

I'm in the process of building a 20x24' addition to the house, using pine from my own land for the structure and ash from a job for the floor. I thought it'd be cool to live in a structure made of wood I cut. Dam pines were blocking my view of the sunset anyway.

I work regularly with a guy who has a woodmizer, bringing him in to mill wood for clients or to take elsewhere. With the price of lumber going up, it makes a lot of $en$e. Sometimes clients want wood turned for bowls etc. too It's sentimental AND practical.

Good article in the May Tree Sevices mag on milling urban trees.

 

[SteveBullman]

i bought the wood from shrublands
£75 for 40meters
first time ive bought milled timber so i have no idea if i got a good deal or not

 

[Big A]

Mmmm, must buy mill, and beer.

 

[Thor's Hammer]

made a kitchen for us with milled elm i felled myself (sorry about crapy pics, gotta get a new camera)

 

[SteveBullman]

lush

 

[teressa green]

you finished that washing up yet,,,

 

[Koa Man]

Nice fence, but termites would destroy that pine fence in short order in Hawaii, unless you that the boards pressure treated first.

 

[Tree Machine]

Koa, do they mill Macademia trees? Those things grow straight as poles. I would think after 60 or 80 years of producing nuts, these trees would be getting pretty big. Occasional storms would knock some down. The certainly have a lifespan.

Have you heard anything of milling Macademia? Curious.

 

[Koa Man]

TM,
No one mills macnut trees because the wood splits in short order. Woodworkers will use small pieces for inlays and such, but all the mac wood logs I brought home (for smoking food, great flavor) has developed numerous splits thoughout the whole log.