Abit of vintage dolmar 144 milling fun

[Iron.and.bark]

A couple of slabs I milled using a dolmar 144. 8 tooth 404 chisel chain, ground to 10°. Using a hard nose bar (didn't have chain tension right, hence the surface finish which is below my normal quality).

Not sure how well the phone camera will capture the figure in the grain.







This is West Australian sheoak, (figure is lace - quite rare). What I specialise in. 2 slabs are around 20 inches wide at most narrow point, by approx 7 foot long. Will be destined to become a 6 seat kitchen table. Piece on right will be high pressure washed, sandblasted and made into a free standing sculpture.

 

[Redfin]

Beautiful wood.

 

[mdavlee]

Very nice looking stuff

 

[Iron.and.bark]

Cheers guys. These logs normally look like they are not even worth cutting up for firewood. So there is abit of an art to milling these. Setting up takes a while, you have to back cut them to reveal the figure, as opposed to quarter sawing.

 

[Iron.and.bark]

Just abit of a follow up.

Squared the edges up and hit a mates bandsaw mill.


Mounted on the mill


Going through the cut.


Finished. Book matched. Not quite a speccy as I hoped. Still eye catching though.

 

[TimRD]

Looks like the beginnings of a fine table to me!

 

[Iron.and.bark]

Todays bit of fun. Abit of rock in this section, so 404 chain that was expendable was used, hence finish not upto normal stadards. Only 2' × 3.75', but pretty (not to mention sized almost bang on the golden mean). Mixture off quarter sawn and backcut within each slab thanks to the medullary rays.






Now time to go escape the tourists in this stupid holiday season, snapped this yesterday. 2 mile walk and no one around.