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Irish Chainsaw Mills Milling 200 year old Beech Log

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  1. Terry Goggin

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    200 years old Beech Log 8 ft long and 43 inches in diameter milled with a Sthil 661 with a 36 inch bar and the Logosol guide rail system .. the job took about 10 hours on my own and produced about 65 cubic ft of beautiful Beech slabs.
     

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    More pictures of Beech slabs
     

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    Those look fantastic Terry! :thumbs: I didn't know that beech could get spalted like that.
     
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    most Beech over here over 50 years old has spalting in it and the older it gets the more spalting in in it
     
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    awesome work terry, well worth the effort! whats the plan for the slabs?
     
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    O sell them on ASAP ???? And move on to the next large oak log happy days milling
     
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    Fine slabs, Terry Goggin! Some wide stuff there, man! Niiiiiice!
     
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    Just beautiful Terry. Very little checking. Finished slab tables of that size around here go for north of $1,000 ($CDN).
     
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    WoW, that is so cool!
     
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    Hi Steve i would be lucky to get 100 euro here per slab thats around $80 on a good day the market is very poor here :rofl: :lol:
     
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    As always Terry, it's a real pleasure to see your work here.
     
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    That is funny Terry, considering that I live in the land of wood (Canada)
     
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