Project Wood Working

Fresh Elm

My worlds are colliding! Not really, but Im going to make this a double post. Ill also post it to my housebuilding blog. See the sidebar for a link. I just had some Elm milled by Roy and Terry at Sydney Forks Sawmill. This is wood that grew along
Kings Road in Sydney. The butt of this particular specimen measured about 36 inches across. I managed to get some beautiful boards from this tree but the largest logs had a bunch of nails and mystery metal embedded in them so we had to stop sawing them. In case you dont know, metal can make for a pretty grumpy sawyer. I prefer a happy sawyer. The logs we couldnt mill will get used for carving, turning and various other woodworking endeavors before going to the firewood pile. The stacked boards will have to air dry for a year at the very least before being turned into furniture for our house and other projects and commissions.