FOCUS ON CUSTOM SAWMILLER: OWEN BURNS · 2018-08-07 · Owen has had the opportunity to mill....
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www.petersonsawmills.com FOCUS ON CUSTOM SAWMILLER: OWEN BURNS PART 1 A rare find, these African Tulip logs were brought to Owen from a customer who had brought them over to Australia from the Canary Islands. The logs were stored for five years before he got hold of Owen, who was able to open them up revealing the soft and the colorfully rich interior using his Peterson DWS mill. Born in Mackay Queensland Australia, custom sawmiller Owen Burns is living his dream. Owen founded his business ORB Timbers which provides high-quality timber services and beautiful custom made furniture and wooden articles for clients, using his Peterson 10” WPF and DWS mills. Passionate about sustainable milling; with a vast array of milling projects under his belt, Owen gives us a look into his world with this two part series on his milling adventures. Owen set up his portable DWS on his tracks at a storage yard for this job.
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FOCUS ON CUSTOM SAWMILLER: OWEN BURNS PART 1
From the Islands to Australia A rare find, these African Tulip logs were brought to Owen from a customer who had brought them over to Australia from the Canary Islands. The logs were stored for five years before he got hold of Owen, who was able to open them up revealing the soft and the colorfully rich interior using his Peterson DWS mill.
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Born in Mackay Queensland Australia, custom sawmiller Owen Burns is living his dream. Owen founded his business ORB Timbers which provides high-quality timber services and beautiful custom made furniture and wooden articles for clients, using his Peterson 10” WPF and DWS mills. Passionate about sustainable milling; with a vast array of milling projects under his belt, Owen gives us a look into his world with this two part series on his milling adventures.
Owen set up his portable DWS on his tracks at a storage yard for this job.
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This job only took a few hours to turn the two logs into exquisite clean slabs.
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Owen prepares the log for horizontal slabs, beginning by squaring off the top of the log.
Owen cuts through the log for the first slab off the top.
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Owen achieves maximum recovery of each log using his Peterson DWS
slabbing mill.
Half way through the sawing process. Timber is stacked to the right of the mill.
The end result: clean, accurate slabs ready for crafting. All in a day’s work.
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From a Sign Post to an Entertainment Feature Made of native Blue Gum timber, this beautifully crafted outdoor bar resembles the helm of a ship. Other blue gum timber milled for this client was used from the side of the road by council arborists.
The black marks are discoloration around nails.
The Makings of an Outdoor Shed
The further Owen cut into the log the more evident it became that the tree
had been used as a sign post its entire life.
The finished product following sanding and glossing.
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This job in 2008 was to mill 34 200mm x 50mm (8" x 2") rafters from Blue Gum timber for a shed that client Michael Musket was building. This was the largest Blue Gum log Owen has had the opportunity to mill.
Owen’s mill set up with the log in place ready to be milled.
Michael didn’t appreciate the beauty of the timber, however, after Owen spent some time with him, Michael began to discover the
beauty the log displayed each time it was cut.
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Michael Musket with his son “Chook”, and their dog.
The boards are loaded onto a cane haul out tractor before being transported across Michael’s
property.
After milling the first log of the day Owen noticed they had cut through
the centre of a bullet, with no damage done to the blade or mill.
The cut boards are stacked and stored ready for use.
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‘Sign’ Me Up These two locality signs started out as a single slab of Bloodwood which was the remains of a log that was sawn into 200mm x 50mm (10" x 2") boards to be used as the base of a tractor implement, and treads for a set of stairs.
Once cut with Owen’s WPF, the boards were put through the planner before being refined by the drum sander.
The slabs were then varnished before being passed on to an associate of Owen who did the engraving. This project took around 10 hours
excluding four hours of outsourced labour for the engraving.
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Size no issue for the Peterson DWS This project for client Brett Windsor involved slabbing two giant Mango logs. Owen had previously done two milling jobs for Brett, which involved milling 200 off 125mm x 50mm (5" x 2") cattle yard rails, and had also slabbed a Mackay Cedar for him. Due to Brett’s property being near the ocean where sand is carried in the wind, the sticky bark of the Mango log caught the particles from the wind which slowed the milling process.
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Stay tuned for Part 2 coming soon, to learn more about expert miller Owen Burns from ORB Timbers.
With the log in place Owen has taken the first cut taken off the top using his DWS mill.
Another clean accurate slab. The slabs are treated before being stacked to dry.
