Milling English Walnut
A brief snapshot of milling some of our latest stock of english walnut.
Sorting new walnut stock
Posted on Saturday 14th April 2018
Following the recent sawing we have been sorting through the logs. The large hollow butt we spoke of last year we had quarter sawn as there was a large cavity to one side. This meant we could still salvage material from both sides even if the widths were greatly reduced. The colour and figure made it worth all the effort. There are numerous possibilities for for this log, anything from gun and rifle stocks, guitar sets, electric facings with a huge amount of very pretty small pieces which will go out to turners I dare say. I've included some snap shots I took whilst sorting and redticking
I have added some extra pictures to try how show how diverse the material is, it has everything from straight marbled grain, rippled quilted areas in what was the plate flares with some nice burry areas in one of the quarters. In the main with the exception of a few cover boards and slabs the log is sawn at 80mm.
New saw being rebuilt
Posted on Saturday 14th April 2018
Recently I have had a number of requests from old clients to do some resawing work for them which I have had to decline as we are in the process of putting in a new saw which is currently being rebuilt for us. I thought I would share some images of the work they are doing. For the machine buffs, it is a Wadkin Dr36 denoting 36” wheels standing at eight half feet tall and weighing in at over a ton. This will give us a far greater depth of cut. Often in the past we have had to break down larger boards to under 14” to get them through, this is not always the best choice with some material. It should be rebuilt by the summer by which time I hope to have rebuilt the workshop.
Rippled gunstock grade English walnut
Posted on Thursday 5th April 2018
The pictures say it all really