Post yer' biggest log you sawed up! PICS PLEASE - here's mine

woodbowl · August 09, 2005, 09:56:57 PM

Somehow I managed to cut this 40"+ Cypress on my WMlt40 with a scale that goes to 30".

Couldn't get by to make the first cut so I cut a notch with the chainsaw for the blade guides to clear, then shotgunned sawed it all the way around. I've also heared this called gunbarreling. What else have you heared it called?

End view of shotgunning cut.

This one looks kinda' like Michagan..................now don't it?

Got into a little Walnut the other day. It's a rare thing in these parts. About the only time you find Walnut in the North Florida area is when it is in an old home place yard...........and full of NAILS!

Jeff · August 09, 2005, 11:30:08 PM

Well, here is my biggest log to date on my band mill.

chet · August 09, 2005, 11:35:10 PM

How did da Kool-Aid lube work on da pine pitch ???

Hammy · August 09, 2005, 11:36:53 PM

Hey is that Tom in the background hard at work?!? ;)

Jeff · August 09, 2005, 11:41:02 PM

Yep, thats Tom. He and I and a feeble winch got that log up there and we needed a break. Chet, I used very little lube and didnt have any pitch problems. Probably cause the log was two years old. I'll post some photos of the lumber tomorrow. I have some two by 20's or so that need to be edged. :D

DanG · August 10, 2005, 12:05:38 AM

Looks like Tom is hard at work, pushing over another'n for ya. ;D :D :D :D

Furby · August 10, 2005, 02:01:02 AM

I was eyeballing the one Tom is working on as well. ;D

UNCLEBUCK · August 10, 2005, 05:51:29 AM

32 diameter was my biggest and I had alot of flitches until I got 4 flat sides on it which was about 20"x 21" and I was tired and the pay off was to just be able to stand there and saw the whole thing into 1" boards . What a pile of lumber those big logs make . Thats big stuff you guys got sitting there

TN_man · August 10, 2005, 08:31:36 AM

Woodbowl,
I have heard it called "barrel" cutting. I guess because it makes look like the the barrel on some makes of guns. My son and I cut up a 52" sycamore for a fella last weekend. He is suppose to email me some pics but I have not gotten them yet. sorry. :

Fla._Deadheader · August 10, 2005, 09:36:51 AM

This is why we built the Big Portable. Woodbowl could have made some serious tables with that log. ;) ;)

woodbowl · August 10, 2005, 10:18:51 AM

Sure would have made some dandy tables Harold. Thing is, this customer only wants boards to side with and I can hear the money in his pocket jingle every time he steps around one of those logs. Got one over there bigger than that and I'll have to murder it as well. Maybe I can get some pics of the disecting in progress

Jeff · August 10, 2005, 11:51:57 AM

I got some resawing to do yet, but should have all the 2 by 6s I need to build the roof syatem for a new 12 by 16 yard barn I want to build. Just think, it was only a Food-Mizer a couple days ago. :D

Gilman · August 10, 2005, 11:55:54 AM

Jeff,
Looks like you could use some hydraulic loading arms to hold those slabs. ;)

Is that a blade grinder in the background?

metalspinner · August 10, 2005, 12:01:46 PM

Tn-man,
Hang in there. I'm still tryin' to figure out this, umm...whatchamacallit...computer? Pics will come soon. :-[

Gilman · August 10, 2005, 12:04:41 PM

Welcome Clegaux! 8) Interesting user name.

Looking forward to your pics.

woodbowl · August 10, 2005, 01:16:41 PM

I did manage to talk him into cutting a few 18" wide bourds though. It would have made 26" boards.

metalspinner · August 10, 2005, 01:42:44 PM

I think I got it!

Jeff · August 10, 2005, 01:55:17 PM

Quote from: Gilman on August 10, 2005, 11:55:54 AM
Jeff,
Looks like you could use some hydraulic loading arms to hold those slabs. ;)

Is that a blade grinder in the background?

Yes and Yes :D

TexasTimbers · August 10, 2005, 01:55:31 PM

clegaux,

I too was frustrated trying to post pics on this forum whereas on others I'd never had a problem. Hang in there it''ll come to you.
All I had to do was finally sit down long enough to play with it for an hour instead of getting frustrated and quitting.
Never quit!

Fla._Deadheader · August 10, 2005, 01:56:23 PM

Here's one of our biggest. It's an Oak.

We had a bigger Live Oak on there one time, but, we didn't take pics. Tom was visitin with us, at the Widder Woman's place. Maybe he has a pic ???

tnlogger · August 10, 2005, 02:12:48 PM

here's the pics clegaux was trying to get loaded

twostroke_blood · August 10, 2005, 07:45:10 PM

Here's mine ;D

pigman · August 10, 2005, 08:01:03 PM

Looks like clegaux has his lumber wizzard looking for iron.

Keep sawing and he will find it. ;)

woodbowl · August 10, 2005, 09:25:39 PM

Here's the one that's going to give me problems. 48" at the butt .Will have to whittle it down a bit just to get one cut off.

Ever seen bugs in Cypress? This is that ole' white Cypress DH. Not the good red heart like you pull out of the river and other places. It's big, it's pretty but it won't hold up in the weather like red heart will. Anybody have some info on the different types of Cypress?