Sawing wedding cookies

CX3 · July 20, 2018, 07:02:30 PM

Had a guy wanting about 25 cookies. I am going to screw a couple thick boards to the bottom of the short log. Just long enough to catch the cross beams of the mill.

Clamp it with the log clamp. And saw away.

Is this correct or not?

logs2lumber · July 20, 2018, 07:08:58 PM

Thats what i done a took 2 2x8 and secured the log to it and stood it up and cut them.

POSTON WIDEHEAD · July 20, 2018, 07:12:35 PM

I cut a short log 20 inches high. Good size to handle.
I have a piece of plywood I lay on the bed then stand the 20 inch log on the plywood.

I have a groove sawn out on the plywood that allows the clamp to move into the log and hold it.
This is a gig I put up and save and use again.
I have a 2 x 6 between the backstops and the log so the log will clamp.

Make adjustments as necessary and make them cookies.

Lawg Dawg · July 20, 2018, 09:18:31 PM

Try this simple jig I cut hundreds of them

YellowHammer · July 20, 2018, 11:23:34 PM

There isn't any wrong way to do it as long as it works. :D

We used to saw them by the pallet full, literally and sold to wedding planners. Now we use the chainsaw. However we make them, we sell them for $5 each, so every time the saw makes a cut I'm thinking "There's five bucks, there's another five bucks, there's another five bucks, there's another five bucks, there's another five bucks. :D :D

Here's a video we made:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=94vRxlxdA4I

WDH · July 21, 2018, 07:52:00 AM

I sell cookies for $5 each unless they are 20" or so, then I get $10.

DR Buck · July 21, 2018, 12:18:24 PM

I don't understand this wedding cookie thing. I never heard of it anywhere except here on the forum and a sawmilling facebook page. In all my years I've never been to a wedding that had them. What are they actually used for and where did this idea originate?

Lawg Dawg · July 21, 2018, 02:44:19 PM

Quote from: DR_Buck on July 21, 2018, 12:18:24 PM
I don't understand this wedding cookie thing. I never heard of it anywhere except here on the forum and a sawmilling facebook page. In all my years I've never been to a wedding that had them. What are they actually used for and where did this idea originate?

They use them for centerpieces on the tables at tthe reception, and various other things. Just search for WEDDING WOOD COOKIES on Pintrest!

CX3 · July 21, 2018, 04:09:31 PM

Thanks for the info

SawyerTed · July 21, 2018, 06:38:27 PM

Decided to try it as well! Put them on Facebook Marketplace 2 hours ago.

If you have outdoor wedding venues, it wouldn't hurt to let them know you can cut cookies.

Someone is coming to buy all I cut!

YellowHammer · July 21, 2018, 07:07:57 PM

They sell like "Hot cakes".
Contact wedding planners, wedding venues especially the barn venues, and wedding photographers, bridal gown shops, etc.

Then start sawing pallets of them. We would stack about 4 foot high on a 4x4 pallet, wrap them with the cling film, and load them on the trailer and "Here ya go."

Here's what they look like in a wedding.

WDH · July 21, 2018, 07:49:36 PM

I did not have cookies at my wedding

.

Nomad · July 22, 2018, 10:17:27 AM

WDH, those cookies were still seedlings way back then. ;D

WDH · July 22, 2018, 07:41:19 PM

43 years ago they was just sprouts.

woodmills1 · July 24, 2018, 06:31:36 AM

I cut wedding cookies all the time, but my favorite was a varied order for cookies and small diameter log sections to make an elaborate display for a boy scout eagle induction party.

jmouton · July 25, 2018, 09:07:56 PM

i didnt have them at my 2 weddings either wdh, wont have them at my 3rd either,,cuz there wont be a 3rd

CX3 · July 25, 2018, 09:30:42 PM

Do you guys ever get the feeling that you know someone well but have never met them? I feel I have good friends here and don't even know your name lol

YellowHammer · July 25, 2018, 10:12:20 PM

Yes, good people here.

teakwood · July 26, 2018, 09:15:06 AM

Absolutely true!! Nice to be part of the FF family

SawyerTed · July 26, 2018, 03:44:11 PM

Quote from: CX3 on July 25, 2018, 09:30:42 PM
Do you guys ever get the feeling that you know someone well but have never met them? I feel I have good friends here and don't even know your name lol

:D My name is Ted. :D

paul case · July 27, 2018, 07:51:02 AM

I think you do know my name and if you cant remember it just call me your name.

PC

kelLOGg · July 27, 2018, 01:20:48 PM

Nobody is talking about cracks forming in the cookies. How do you handle that? Saw the day of the wedding? They are easy to saw but difficult to keep from cracking in my experience.
Bob

YellowHammer · July 27, 2018, 11:13:50 PM

That's what we did, have the wedding planner pick them up a day or two before the wedding. No different than picking up the flowers or the cake.

kelLOGg · July 28, 2018, 06:36:36 AM

There's something in me that wants cookies to be as permanent as furniture but some things I just can't have. Thinking of them as flowers or cake is a more realistic concept that gets everybody on the same page with realistic expectations. Thanks for that mind changer.
Bob

Lawg Dawg · July 28, 2018, 07:32:52 AM

Quote from: kelLOGg on July 27, 2018, 01:20:48 PM
Nobody is talking about cracks forming in the cookies. How do you handle that? Saw the day of the wedding? They are easy to saw but difficult to keep from cracking in my experience.
Bob

I've had good luck with cedar, maple, gum for cookies. I had some poplar here a couple days ago that had split wide open...when the people come, who were getting married, they bought every cracked cookie I had...said they loved that look :laugh: I have cut them the day before, but this year I have transitioned to cut them and have them stacked in the barn ready to go. Actually you could have a whole "store" full of rustic wedding wood supplies ;D