What inch size logs? SM MD LG?

[J Beyer]

What inch size do you sawyers classify as small, medium, and large?  Is small under the 14-16" range?

JB

[Frank_Pender]

JB, for me samll logs amount to those that are not economical for me to process with my mill.  In most cases that is a log that is les than 8" in diameter.  

[Bro. Noble]

We call anything that won't make a tie a small log and run it on the scragg mill (unless it appears to have Possibility of some FAS).

Anything over 24 inches is a big log to us.

Anything over 36 inches is too big but we have done a few anyway.

Noble

[Tom]

To me:

Anything with a top of about 9" I call a small log, That's roughly a stretched open hand from tip of thumb to tip of little finger.  

A medium sized log would be in the 12" to 20" range. These make for a good job.

A large log  is 20" to 30".  These make for better specialty boards

Anything bigger than 30" is a B-i-i-g Log and a pain-in-the-neck.

Anything smaller than 9" is a tiny log and a Pain-in-the-neck or firewood.

[Bibbyman]

Yep, What they said. ;)

[Corley5]

I don't mind a couple logs in a whack with 6" tops if they're straight but sure as h$ll don't won't a whole bunch of them >:(.  A log with a 20" top is just about right.  Not to big to turn and it'll make wide boards.

[woodman]

  I like tom's thinking.

[ARKANSAWYER]

   6 to 12 is small, 12 to 20 med, 20 to 36 large, over 36 a days work. ;D
  I like them about 24 inches as I can get some nice wide boards and some 8 to 10 inch qsawn boards.  7 or 8 logs like that makes for a nice day.  I got in 9 red oak logs to saw for a guy Saturday that scaled 1,400 bdft Doyle.  I got a nice day coming this week.
ARKANSAWYER

[J Beyer]

What the heck is a whck? :P

[Corley5]

A whack?  You know a whack ;D

[J Beyer]

A "whack" on the buttocks?  That is the only whack that I ever experienced.  Or is the modern day "whack" a nice load of logs destined for a sawmill?  Some of the people that I work with could use the old "whack" to get them into gear.

JB

[Paul_H]

JB.
Seeing you are headed for a management position,you will learn that the old fashioned whack,although effective,isn't PC. :-/
Instead,you will have to learn to hold every thing inside,till your guts are all out of whack. ;)(see Bureaucratium)

[Bro. Noble]

Jeff,

You might do a search for 'whack' it orginated on this forum way back.  In the Ozarks we would call it a 'slew' but in Ireland it would be a 'rack'.

Could just tell you I suppose, but what would be the fun in that?

Noble

[Jeff]

Toms sizes for his bandsaw are identical to what I would have said for our commercial Circle Mill. Optimum Log size of couse depends on what you are cutting, but 10" to 20" would put our mill at peak production.

Yes search out whack and find the origin. Its worth the read to find out about the most accurate formula for measuring wood volumes ever devised.
Be sure when searching to set the maximum age field to way back, and the number of posts to return to a lot.

"If you type in "way back" or "a lot" in the search fields, you need more help then I can give. :D

[woodmills1]

Hey,a whack, why I will give ya a whack, if thats what ya be needin :D

[L. Wakefield]

   A whack-a-logs, or a whack-a-stickered lumber? I gotta come down and watch you mill sometime when there's a break in the chaos..   lw