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Worth their while in that they would not have to cart them to landfill as generally mobile chippers only chip up to 300mm and then it gets taken to landfill where there may or may not be a bigger chipper that will handle large trunks and stumps. They are never going to make money out of it unless they have a lot of quality sort after timber which is unlikely.

Personally I am not willing to buy logs unless they are very good quality, for a specific client or project and delivered to me. Even then the price paid is not alot. The timber is really only worth money once it has been milled and dried and there is a fair bit of time and money goes into this. Like value adding on most things, raw product is not worth that much unless you have bulk of it that can be supplied consistently.

You may see the detail on this picky. I used a buttress thread with from memory a set of spider gears from a diff to give me the right angled drive to connect the other side. A bit of a shame I had a young family and a mortage with nothing to spare, as I could have re made it with extra hp etc. Where would have it ended?

I got over selling it very quickly, and put my spare time into making grand father clocks.

I would like to see a picky of yours you made, but I no longer have the desire to own a mill. I will twist Burnsy's arm into coming down some time and milling some red gum, and we will have timber sawing and flying weekend, and maybe a yabbie or two.

Bit of an update as to what else I have been up to. My daughter has just got to the mobile stage and it is outside weather so the decking ballustrade had to be fast tracked. Timber was cut from a green lemon scented gum three weeks ago, all ballustrading design and timber dressing by me

That's just such a nice piece of equipment Burnsey... and in the right hands obviously pretty versatile...

Nice job on the ballustrade...

That looks nice and fancy.

How will the Lemon scented gum stand up to the weather?? It looks like a nice type of timber for furniture.

Should be fine in the weather as it is used along with spotted gum in the east for fencing, decking and other construction. Have been pouring the oil into them to help stop them drying to fast in the sun. Bit of a trial really to see what I can do with green timber.

It is a bit fancy - makes me feel like I am at a flash pub when I sit out there and crack a tin.

Thats one very nice looking house burnsy.

Hi Burnsey, my phone ran out of power during our chat. As discussed, I live near you (Mt Helena) and have recently been bitten by the wood bug:) Those posts on your deck look amazing. I'll be in touch when I need some milling done.