Whatcha Sawin' 2019 ???

[Brad_bb]

Yup, just like this place, plenty of "character"  :D

Yep.  Working with curved stuff shows skills.

[Ianab]

Neighbor gifted me some wood. Nice black cherry that the local sawmill passed on..

I can see why a commercial mill didn't want to mess with a banana shaped log like that. They often just get left in the forest or busted up for firewood. Hence your friendly neighbour gifting it to you. 
But for a small operation, it's no big problem to saw, and you get to charge extra for the "character".  ;D
Look after that neighbour, they are the sort you want to live next to. 

[YellowHammer]

I cut these live edge walnut slabs this week, some 27" wide, and then it started raining.  When the rain finished, I noticed how nice the wood looked so I snapped a photo or two.

I also snapped a photo of some of the other stuff I've been sawing, but its already kiln dried, and ready to sell. 



 

 

   

[doc henderson]

impressive!!!  you are a machine!

[WDH]

I hate you envy you .  I have to scratch and squall for walnut.  Those slabs are fantastic. 

[dirtmotor]

Today more cedar , went ok till first blade broke for no reason I can figure out just finished a cut was turning log and snap . then on the 2nd cut on the new blade i caught a stub when moving down for next cut threw the blade sheared off 4 teeth but got it straight enough for several more logs . Changed to another blade cut down to my last log and hit a nail pulled it and cleaned up teeth and

 finished log , cut some stickers , stacked and cleaned up . All and all a good day .

[YellowHammer]

@doc henderson I appreciate it, for a small Mom and a Pop type operation, we crank out a decent amount of high quality wood. It's tough sometimes, long days, but it's fun.  

@WDH those were some pretty special logs, with not a single knot in them, and I kind of promised the sticking crew I would not cut any more live edge slabs that big, 11 feet long, heavy as lead, especially since there isn't any place near here, including me, who has a planer big enough to eat them when they are dry.  But I just couldn't resist.  

Walnut log prices are dropping a little, so I'm getting some sweet ones sawn up in preparation for the big Christmas season.  

[Brad_bb]

@WDH , @YellowHammer 

I've heard that Walnut doesn't grow as well or as big down south there as it does here in the midwest?  Is that true?  We've got nice walnut up here behind the corruption curtain. I hear they keep selling it to china though.

Yellowhammer, you didn't even have be on youtube throwing a bucket of water on your walnut! 

[olcowhand]

@doc henderson I appreciate it, for a small Mom and a Pop type operation, we crank out a decent amount of high quality wood. It's tough sometimes, long days, but it's fun.  

@WDH those were some pretty special logs, with not a single knot in them, and I kind of promised the sticking crew I would not cut any more live edge slabs that big, 11 feet long, heavy as lead, especially since there isn't any place near here, including me, who has a planer big enough to eat them when they are dry.  But I just couldn't resist.  

Walnut log prices are dropping a little, so I'm getting some sweet ones sawn up in preparation for the big Christmas season.  

YellowHammer,
My Beech and Maple slabs "pale" in comparison to that Walnut! That will make some Customers very happy.

[WDH]

It does grow well down here on the right sites.  The soils in the deep South are more weathered and acidic than those in the Midwest.  On the moist deep soils in the coves in the Mountains and upper Piedmont there is some nice walnut, but the vast majority of Southern soils are not as suited as those in the Midwest with a higher pH.  So it is not abundant and is only found naturally in more limited areas.  In the Midwest where conditions are ideal, it can be a more dominant component of the species mix.

Of course it has been planted by people around habitations, and we see more of this tame stuff planted on less ideal sites than the wild stuff on the right sites, and the tame stuff comes with all the issues that you have when you are dealing with people and where they live.  As a timber tree in the mix of hardwoods being logged down here, it is like finding hen's teeth. 

[YellowHammer]

Yellowhammer, you didn't even have be on youtube throwing a bucket of water on your walnut!

Yep, I hadn't expected the pop up showers and don't like my wood getting rained on, but it sure made the wood look nice.  

We have some beautiful walnut here, being at the end of the Appalacian mountain range, but almost all of the logs are sold as veneer grade logs and exported overseas before I can get a shot at them.  So good, clean walnut is very hard to get, so when I see logs like these,  I snatch them up, and bid against them along with the other high grade log buyers.

[WV Sawmiller]

YH,

   I cut some cherry on shares a couple weeks back and it got rained on the night before I went and picked up my cut and it sure had made the red color pop on it. 

[Ea$y Money]

Been sawing that SYP, leaving here by the trailer loads!  8)



 

Lawg Dawg, I see you cut a lot of SYP. I have a new mill and new to milling. Just bought a TK1400 with the 24hp diesel. Would you mind sharing what you think runs best as far as blades and drip fluid? I have all SYP that I will be cutting for myself. Some of it was down from last summer and will be practice, saw shed, she shed, utility shed, live siding, etc. but after I clear that out it will be fresh SYP. Planning to cut a few at a time and process as I go. Eventually I will have a good amount of poplar if you have any experience with that? Trying to find one set up so I don't have a bunch of different blades to confuse my situation. There seems to be a wide range of recipes for the drips fluid. The cotton spindle stuff seems to be the most environmentally friendly besides Dawn and Pinsol. See several drip diesel... not a fan of that idea.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.

[alanh]

2x6x16' oak for cow pen fence boards, second order from this guy, I`m thinking he must have some mean cows...the three boards visible with bark on them are the "freebies" the rest are pretty clean

 

[Magicman]

230 mile road trip.....again. 

I'm checked in at the Hampton Inn and will see what tomorrow brings.  My betting money is on more dirty log$.  :

[Crossroads]

Had a mobile job this weekend for a logger I've milled for before. He had an order of western red cedar for 2 6x12 beams 22' long and 2 1x10 22' long, but the log was 23' with trim. It was a slow process, but 3 hours later that log was all sawn. Next was a 16' that was 43" on the butt. It went to  12 4x8's with the side wood going to 1x6. Then was a 12' log that went to 24 2x3's and 1x6. The last log was was 10' that we got 30 1x12 and some 1x6 out of. Sorry, I totally spaced taking any pictures 🙈

[TimW]

Sorry, I totally spaced taking any pictures 🙈

:)hugs,   Brandi

[Magicman]

Yes, sand and more sand.


 
First the dozer cleared and leveled a spot for the sawmill,


 
Then the skidder started bringing logs. 


 
Yup, gotta do what you gotta do.


 
Don't slid them in the sand. 


 
And it was Big Boy Hot today. 


 
If I look hot it's because I was.  And then I got careless.  It doesn't matter that you wear chaps bucking all of the logs to length, but it does matter when you see one more limb to trim off after you have removed them.   :-\



 
She said that it was 5 cm long but it looked more like 2" to me.


 
I make a quick drive to the "Doc-in-the-Box.


 
And got me 6 brand new stitches.

More dirty logs tomorrow.

[Southside]

Lynn - oh my!!!  I am glad it was not worse than that.... This heat is miserable and yes it is easy to make mistakes like that due to it.  Any chance to pull a water hose over to you and set up a mister type thing to help keep a little more comfortable?

[E-Tex]

Ouch.

I bet that won't keep you down long.

[Andries]

Hoooooo Boy, it might've been big boy hot - but filling your boot with the red stuff had to raise your temperature a bit too!
Glad to see that you got it taken care of quickly.
Stay cool Magic

[Crossroads]

Ouch! I hope it heals fast...

[RAYAR]

DanG!, that's nasty, sure glad it wasn't worse than that, just a flesh wound.

[olcowhand]

Yes, sand and more sand.


 
First the dozer cleared and leveled a spot for the sawmill,


 
Then the skidder started bringing logs.  


 
Yup, gotta do what you gotta do.


 
Don't slid them in the sand.  


 
And it was Big Boy Hot today.  


 
If I look hot it's because I was.  And then I got careless.  It doesn't matter that you wear chaps bucking all of the logs to length, but it does matter when you see one more limb to trim off after you have removed them.   :-\



 
She said that it was 5 cm long but it looked more like 2" to me.


 
I make a quick drive to the "Doc-in-the-Box.


 
And got me 6 brand new stitches.

More dirty logs tomorrow.

....Not gonna get many of us punching the "Like" button with posts like this, Lynn!
Take care in the heat and heal up soon.
Steve

[YellowHammer]

Wow.