A day cutting wood

[backwoods sawyer]

When splitting the big ones I started making a second cut for the half to sit on


 
then placing them on the mill with the square side to the dogs


 
However that does not keep me from yelling Nooooooooooooooo when I grab the wrong lever  :-\


 

[Magicman]

I have to be careful during those times when I am off of the mill and operate the hydraulic controls with my left hand, or maybe when a crowd has gathered and you get distracted.      :D 

[drobertson]

Mercy sakes!  you men are getting down and dirty on the big ones! them things will cause all sorts of verbal utterances,

[Bandmill Bandit]

Since most of what I cut is over size I used to yell a lot of things not the least of which was NOOOOOOO! 

Now i set up and TRY to roll them BACK toward the FULLY raised loader with the clamp all the way in BEFORE i apply any lift? Doesnt always work quite the way you plan it and the "NOOOOOOO" words fly once more.

looks like a very nice batch of lumber came out of that one.

[Peter Drouin]

Had a customer drop off some 26' hemlock today. He wants 8"x14" timbers all side wood 2". They came on a back loader.That thing got to be  a 30' bed


  

  

  

 
A little fog this morning  :D
Then  another truck came with logs for me to buy . kinder small but that's ok.
Sometimes I need all the logs I can get . :D :D


  

 
It been a busy day. ;D

[mesquite buckeye]

Am I mistaken or is it getting a bit warmer there? 8)

[Peter Drouin]

Last load going out before mud season.


  

 

[highleadtimber16]

Peter, You should change your name to highballer!

[WDH]

Peter,

You don't mess around!

[Peter Drouin]

And when I was loading him this showed up and I had no room for the logs . so I had the logger put them buy the green house. Now I have to move them  :-\


 

[5quarter]

Peter...Between you and Lyle, I'm plum wore out...

[Peter Drouin]

Some days all I do is scale and grade logs and don't get none cut  :


  

  

  

 

[POSTON WIDEHEAD]

Somebodys gotta do it. If you do it, at least you know its done right. 

[Dave Shepard]

How do you grade softwood? Do you have length and diameter cutoffs? Knottyness coefficients? :D

[POSTON WIDEHEAD]

How do you grade softwood? Do you have length and diameter cutoffs? Knottyness coefficients? :D

I grade Pine by length, diameter, knots, taper, damage.

[Dave Shepard]

I would hope so, I've seen the trailer loads of pine you get. :D

Around here there's usually two grades of pine, 12'x12" and up, and everything else. The good stuff just about pays for the logging and trucking, and the low grade should only put you in the hole about $100 a thousand. :D Oh, and don't think there is any left for the land owner. :-\ About the only time you can move pine is if there is a Christmas tree truck headed home or some crazy timber framer is looking for something. :D

[POSTON WIDEHEAD]

I would hope so, I've seen the trailer loads of pine you get. :D

What I buy is good logs....what I get free.....well, that's a different story.  :D

[Dave Shepard]

Yeah, that free stuff is usually worth what you pay for it. ;)

[Peter Drouin]

Pine logs 2" knots and smaller .30
3" and bigger .15
All hemlock .22
All logs 10" and up to 30"
Hardwood, Then how many faces are clear.


 
But price can change, if you can show me [nice wood]  ;D

[Dbergum]

I'm kind of jumping into the middle of an old post here, but could a guy glue and nail some OSB or plywood to the bottom of a cookie like this and have that keep the top from splitting?  Also, how do you mill them?  Do you have to chainsaw them down to short enough to sit up on the mill, or can you let it hang down through the frame?  I only have about 100 hours on my mill, so I don't have much experience with them yet. 

Had a customer want some cookies out of hemlock, I told him they will split but he said that will be ok, all 5" tall


 
70 of them :D

do any of you know what this is for


  

 
the bar is about 10lb and the tip is 2" or so wide and was made with the bend in it, and a T on the outher end

[thecfarm]

Dbergum,welcome to the forum. What kind of mill-size you have?

[Dbergum]

Woodmizer LT35.  So far I have been cutting loads of fir brought in from the mountains to sell as 2 x 8 plank for corrals and windbreak runners.  We have also hauled it out to the breaks to cut pine for the 1" windbreak boards.  We quickly found out how quickly pine can begin to rot or mold when stacked wet.  I'm located in central Montana in the Missouri breaks, so Ponderosa Pine is plentiful. 

[thecfarm]

Have you read up on stickering on here?

[Peter Drouin]

I cut them with a chainsaw, then set them on the mill to make a flat cut. And OSB is good for nothing .I Stay away from it . Go with maybe a 1" board. I think it will crack. 

[WDH]

I'm kind of jumping into the middle of an old post here, but could a guy glue and nail some OSB or plywood to the bottom of a cookie like this and have that keep the top from splitting? 

No.  It will still crack.  Mother Nature intends for all log cookies to crack, and you can't fool Mother nature.