Now I want to mill timber

[Rae]

Hi, I have been working with timber as a hobby since I was a kid in primary school. Best effort to date is the fit-out of our kitchen with jarrah slab benchtops and and a jarrah/radiata and cypress pine mix for the cupboards etc. I just like everything about timber. I live in the SW of WA on a bush block and have access to jarrah, casuarina and marri from the remnant area plus a host of other trees I have grown.
Since attending the Australian Forest Growers pre-conference tour last month in Tasmania, I now want to get into small-scale timber milling.
I have got questions and that's why I am here :)

[BobL]

Hi, I have been working with timber as a hobby since I was a kid in primary school. Best effort to date is the fit-out of our kitchen with jarrah slab benchtops and and a jarrah/radiata and cypress pine mix for the cupboards etc. I just like everything about timber. I live in the SW of WA on a bush block and have access to jarrah, casuarina and marri from the remnant area plus a host of other trees I have grown.
Since attending the Australian Forest Growers pre-conference tour last month in Tasmania, I now want to get into small-scale timber milling.
I have got questions and that's why I am here :)

Feel free to ask questions here especially if it is about local timbers and milling conditions but for a much wider range of advice and experience I recommend visiting the Arborist Site, especially the small timber milling forum, Milling & Saw Mills | Arboristsite.com (http://www.arboristsite.com/community/forums/milling-saw-mills.62/) If you intend using a chainsaw in the milling process the CS Milling 101 Stick at the top of that forum has a lot of info.

[crowie]

G'Day & Welcome to a top forum "Rae"....
There are quite a few members in Perth and across West as well as across the whole country plus worldwide.....
You'll find a heap of helpful & knowledgeable blokes & ladies on the forum and for most very willing to assist.
Make sure you show off your handiwork as everyone loves a photo, especially WIP [Work In Progress] photos with build notes.
Enjoy the forum.
Enjoy your woodwork..
Cheers crowie

[old1955]

Welcome to the forum Rae.

[JJF]

welcome Rae https://smileys.surlatoile.org/repository/Divers/salutations-489.gif

[Iron.and.Bark]

I am pretty new here, but have been milling those timbers mentioned for quite a while. Happy to answer any questions as best I can. Are you looking at dimensional timber or craftwood (slab style)?

[Rae]

Thanks for the welcome everybody.
I'm not sure what we'll be milling, the size of the timber will probably dictate what we can saw out of it. I have been eyeing off a sheoak in the front yard that I think would make some really interesting natural-edged shelves and I'm sure we can get a couple of decent lengths out of it.
I'd like to make some display cabinets for rock collections, make some built-in cupboards and get into some finer timber construction.
First of all we have got to get the saw fixed up. Hopefully we'll get our act together by the new year.
I am sure we will need a lot of help between now and the first cut :)

[Christos]

Welcome to the forum.