Timber milling Rockhampton

[aus got wood]

Hi all, im chasing anyone in the local area that mills some sizable slabs. I have 2 big mango tree getting cut down and have access to a decent size tamarind I would like to possibly mill. Cheers

[GraemeCook]

Hells bells - mango timber - finally found a timber that is not in Bootles.

Even when we lived in the tropics, I never heard of anyone milling or using mango - except the fruit.

Wish you luck in finding someone with a mini mill who can help. A photo might help.

You will probably find that commercial mills are not interested:

• three logs are not worth their effort,
• they do not know the ideosyncracies of mango, and
• garden trees may hide naties such as imbeeded bolts and wire.

[TTIT]

Don't like your chances! I'm out in Emerald and we don't mill Mango here anymore as it is nearly always "loaded!" There is an old-wives tale that says driving a chunk of steel into the tree will give you sweeter mangoes . . . so when a mate first got his Lucas mill out here he hit a car axle in the middle of one, he had to learn how to solder new tips on the blade sooner than expected! Star-pickets, horseshoes, railway spikes, you name it, you'll find it in a Mango tree