Michael sent me these pictures, he is a member of the Cooroora Woodworking Club in Cooroy in Queensland Australia. The club has its own saw mill and above you can see a board being lifted off after being cut. It looks like an Alaska type saw with a pair of guide rails to keep it running true, particularly useful on the initial cut. They get most of their wood donated by the council so it's effectively free timber, I wish we had a club like that around here!
Here are a couple of nice projects made from the proceeds of the saw mill.
regarding the sawmill,it is actually a Lucas with a slabing attachment, quite different than an Alaskan saw mill. Check them out they are quite the saw mills!
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You're right, I've never seen anything like that before. Thanks you.
DeleteI would love to see such a club locally David. How fantastic would it be to have access to heavy milling equipment and a stock of fine material.
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Indeed!
DeleteDavid, what species of wood is that slab off the sawmill? Gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteIt looks like Munch's painting of the scream....sort of.
DeleteI'm really not sure, it looks a bit like olive but they have completely different woods down there. All the best, David.
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