Heaven or Wot?

[Chris Head]

I often take down my own trees and see the whole process through from felling to furniture/carving etc.

I'll spare you the macho lumberjack stuff, I was working in this woodland with Welsh, my right hand man and another chap, Welsh knows me and had apparently warned the other chap what to expect....in short a whistle and you've got a few seconds before a big tree is headed your way

Two days of pouring rain, luckily the skin is waterproof!

Extracting the timber with a borrowed tractor and trailer.

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This is Dominique, who reads wood like I do, we've spent many happy hours together, he is a complete expert. Like me he thinks inside of the log. Sarah has the hots for him!

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Two years later the timber has air dried to 21-24 degrees, been in the kiln and is now down to 10%-12% moisture content.

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The aroma of the freshly dried timber when the kiln door is opened is the second best smell in the world!

Salut, Chris

Edit, forgot the kiln piccy

[sharkhunter]

Hi Chris, three questions, is the chap in the second picture taking off bark with chainsaw, is the kiln on your own premises and thirdly, what is the best smell in the world?????

Hugh.

[Chris Head]

It's a Logwizard Hugh, used for debarking and cleaning up dirty logs prior to sawing.

The kiln is next to the barn.

Not telling!