27/04/2026
Almost Finished this Tallowood Beam for one of our Good Returning Customers .... the Beam is 250mm x 200mm x 12.4 mtrs long.
It's been a lot of work to get it right but a fun and challenging project.
It will be the main front Entrance Beam for a 4 car garage we milled up 200x200 Posts for either end and one 260x200 Centre Support Post. Bit of an overkill beam but should look fairly impressive with the Broad-Axe & Adzed finish.
I had intended to square it up with the Broad-Axe but the log had been down a bit too long and was too tough .... so ended up using Chainsaw to square up then finish with Broad-Axe & Adze to give the Hand-hewn look.
Being 12.4 mtrs long it was a trick getting it back to the work area with a 5.1 mtr overhang on the old truck.
The Policman mentioned that maybe next time I should really have attach a Red Flag on the end of the log. Sometimes we just do what we've gotta do to get the job done. Now getting it over 100 klms down the highway from our site to the building site is the next small challenge ..... now where can I find a red rag .....
