Milling again Western Red Cedar

[Rail-O-Matic]

Milling again today with the Roller-Matic, Stihl MS660, 30 inch bar, giving a 24inch boards, Western Red cuts like butter, lovely colour as well, I will have some pictures soon of the mill using a 60 inch Cannon bar.

 

[woodshop]

Nice... where did you get that cedar? Do they have western red growing over there? Actually, hard to tell by the color alone, but it looks alot like eastern redceder, or called aromatic cedar also, the stuff they line closets and cedar chests with. I've milled both of them though, and agree, they cut like butter.

 

[Rail-O-Matic]

The western red cedar came from an old hotel, the trees were planted there when the hotel was built about 250 years ago.
The sections of the tree that is sitting inside the Forrestor mill are from near the top of the tree, the larger butt sections are where the Roller-Matic comes into the scene, at over 5 feet in diameter.
The Roller-Matic mill in the picture is a demo model for the guy I did one for up in Northumberland a couple of weeks ago, he also owns the Forrestor mill.