On-site Tree Milling Service fromForest 2 Furniture
Many families grow up in
the same house and as the children playing in the garden grow and mature so too
does the environment around them.
There are many reason for felling trees in domestic settings; disease, storm
damage, over grown or in the way of a proposed building project.
All of these are valid reasons but what to do with the felled tree;
Rather than having the trees that you and your family have grown up with and
have come to love cut up for firewood why not have them milled into planks,
dried and made into furniture.
The same system we use for milling trees in forests
and woodlands can be used in gardens and most domestic settings in particular
areas with restricted access.
The photo below shows one such tree that we were asked to mill into planks in a
clients garden.
Below are examples of such trees that were just too nice to
be cut up for firewood.
Vicarage Yew
After getting permission from the local council, the tree
had been felled to make way for a building project.
Although we don't condone the unnecessary felling of trees we do understand at
times this has to happen.
Because the cutting equipment we use is so portable we are able to get into
most gardens, even ones with limited access and plank trees in situ where
larger conventional planking machines would be unable.
Once cut we were able to carry the planks out through the
garden gate, transported to our premises were it will left to dry and in a
couple of years will be ready to make into a beautiful dining table.
A fitting end to such a lovely tree rather than being cut up for firewood.
However, there are many hazards with cutting trees from
gardens and public areas.
In the photo below it is clear to see that this tree had been used in the past
to hold up electric power cables.
If we had not found these nailed in porcelain connectors before cutting started
the results would have been disastrous.
A flexable approuch to Tree Milling:
Control plank thickness: If you have specific use for the timber and have a cutting list we will be happy work to it.
Advice on how to store and air dry the timber.
Kiln drying service (length at present limited to 2.4m)
No need to go to the expense of having felled trees collected by lorry for milling off-site
Not all trees are worth milling............
Where possible we like to check the trees ourselves to
confirm suitability for milling but sometimes a call will come in from a local
arborist who has cut down a tree he wants milling.
One such call came in
a few weeks ago and the following pictures tell a sorry tale.
What we were told about the tree was that it was about 3
feet in diameter and 8 - 10 foot long with a bit of rot near the base (remember
the 'bit of rot' phrase).
This is what confronted us when we arrived on site
Even when access is limited as much as is shown in the
photos below, we are still able to get our milling/planking equipment in.
Due to the amount of rot and decay of this tree the first
cut was set 12 inches deep, normally it would be 4 inches.
What we ended up milling was a trunk 6 feet long 4 feet in
diameter and so rotten that it was just dust being produced during the milling
instead of shavings.
Four cuts down and we hit 2 nails, time to call it a day on this one.
If you've found your way here by mistake and would like
to know more about who we are and how we make beautiful pieces of
furniture from storm-damaged trees grown in Sherwood Forest and the
Dukeries please visit our main website www.forest2furniture.co.uk.
