Wind Blown Beech.

During the storms of 1996 this very mature Beech tree was blown over in the grounds of a local hotel.

The centre of the trunk was a little rotten, which is typical for older Beech trees. But nevertheless we still managed to recover quite a lot of usable wood from it.

Cross Cutting

Before saw-milling each log has to be cross cut to remove damaged, low grade and bent parts of the trunk.

Here we are sawing in the traditional way, with a large very old hand cross cut saw.

Normally we use a small chainsaw!

Transporting Trunks

This Burr Oak trunk came from a hedgerow tree which had been dead for a number of years. It keeled over one morning without any help from the wind!

Trunks like this one are carefully winched onto the trailer, up a pair of ramps. Most of the trunks come from trees grown within a few miles of our workshop.

Log Storage

To the left is a pile of Alder thinnings from a forestry management programme. Small diameter trunks take quite a long time to convert into planks but the wood is often very high quality and suitable for furniture.