Quarter sawing hardwood logs on a bandsaw

Milling a 35-year-old Eucalyptus nitens (Shining Gum) that we planted on our farm in 1988. The tree was pruned to 6m to improve wood quality. The mill is a Hardwood Mills Australia GT40 bandsaw with hydraulics.
This tree was harvested from a multipurpose riparian planting along our creek. Removing the eucalypt has provided more light and moisture for a 10m tall pruned Blackwood and similar height pruned River Sheoak that will now put on more growth.
The stump and head of the tree have been left to feed the fungi and insects and thereby support other wildlife that feed on them.
Harvesting trees for profit can be an act of conservation.
By Rowan Reid,
Forest Scientist, TreeGrower
Author of "Heartwood - the art and science of growing trees for conservation and profit" See: www.agroforestry.net.au
#sawmill #forestry #agroforestry #farmforestry ‪@HardwoodMillsAustralia‬

[@davebrown3865]

Nice work, and good info for a novice like me - much appreciated.

[@butchssurvivorranch360]

Great information thanks mate I'm about to pick up a GT26 👍

[@jimmit77]

The shining grain in the wet boards at the end made all that fast forwardable milling worth it. Well done with your whole project at Bambra that I've recently heard about. Makes me wish I'd spent my youth planting trees on the family block.

[@tomasdorrington2862]

Thanks Rowan, great video, nice to see smaller section being cut rather than slabs

[@TheOldManAndTheSaw]

Greetings from the US!
It's a real shame that you don't have more videos. I find them VERY informative in addition to being well done.
Dave

[@benrattray666]

Thanks for putting in the effort to produce this video Rowan. Very informative and engaging, much like your book. Keep them coming.

[@robshaw8393]

Thanks for the video. I’ve used this method with my Hardwood Mills GT 26 after reading your book but it’s super nice to have it on video and always more to learn.
It must be nice to have the hydraulics, takes some lateral thinking to get big logs up and moved with just cant hooks and a tirfor!

[@andrewpolidano3725]

Thanks for making it simple for us newbies. Keen to learn. Just bought a used Norwood 34 so my No.1 piece will be limited to around 230mm thick.

[@bambraagroforestryfarm4008]

230 is good for logs up to about 70cm in diameter

[@klpittman1]

Few people take the time to do quartersawn lumber on a bandsaw. Excellent video!

[@panfon5650]

Ripper!

[@mylesrid]

Cheers Rowan, very informative. There is a fair bit more than I would have imagined when it comes to milling up a log but I'm a sucker for the details and finesse. Can't wait for the day when I mill up some of the logs sitting around my yard!