Whatcha Sawin' ???

Jim_Rogers · November 07, 2018, 02:04:55 PM

Well, it ain't raining here today, I'm sawing up two cherry logs for a tug boat captain.
Here is a 5/4x12x8' piece from the first log:

Jim Rogers

Magicman · November 07, 2018, 02:15:05 PM

Rain has my sawing shut down but I may see some blue sky next week. :

crowhill · November 07, 2018, 02:24:07 PM

No rain here today but the wind is blowing so hard I had to sit on the mill to keep it from blowing away...

Busysawyer · November 07, 2018, 05:46:45 PM

Cit this little red oak log for a customer today. This was the second log up. He said he's going to try to figure out how to get the butt log over here. Says the butt log is over 62 inch diameter. I told him to try and find someone else to take that monster. This "little" log was pushing the limits of both my loader and mill. It's just not worth it to put all that stress on the equipment.

WDH · November 07, 2018, 08:17:42 PM

No Sir, it is not.

Magicman · November 07, 2018, 09:13:22 PM

I sometime get by with up to 42" but they are a chore. Anything over 36" usually needs some Bibbying.

PA_Walnut · November 08, 2018, 05:23:14 AM

Quote from: Busysawyer on November 07, 2018, 05:46:45 PMCit this little red oak log for a customer today. This was the second log up. He said he's going to try to figure out how to get the butt log over here. Says the butt log is over 62 inch diameter. I told him to try and find someone else to take that monster. This "little" log was pushing the limits of both my loader and mill. It's just not worth it to put all that stress on the equipment.

I have a walnut log incoming that is even larger. Bibbying it isn't prudent so I am either going to rip it or find a Hudson sawyer. Thought about getting a Hudson a few times, but then the game changes again: bigger loader, better handling equipment, bigger kiln, etc. Big slabs are back-breakers...I like nice, clean 12" wide 8/4. ;D

Lawg Dawg · November 08, 2018, 04:16:49 PM

I'm about to test some limits myself...got to figure out what to do with this poplar, 12' long, 32" on the small end, 42" on the big end

Little lumber going out in the morning

olcowhand · November 08, 2018, 05:32:22 PM

Is your Head wound all healed up, Dawg?

WV Sawmiller · November 08, 2018, 06:49:54 PM

I hope that is blue paint and not metal in that log. Good luck.

Magicman · November 08, 2018, 07:48:37 PM

Tulip will sometime display that blue in the heartwood.

Just load that baby up, butt toward the front and saw it Dawg. That egg shape plus the cantilever head will will be your friends.

DanG, you got a W I D E, so you will not have to open but one eye. ;)

scleigh · November 08, 2018, 10:13:54 PM

The big ones are a huge chore, most of the time sawing it is the easy part.

This 4' wide red oak was about all I could lift

It took a while to get on the mill , leveled and ready to saw

Small end, as a supervisor from work says " max max "

Nice 44" wide slabs, but 1 day to harvest tree and 1 day to saw and rack.

nativewolf · November 08, 2018, 11:02:57 PM

Quote from: WV Sawmiller on November 08, 2018, 06:49:54 PM
I hope that is blue paint and not metal in that log. Good luck.

Actually something valuable called Rainbow Poplar. If you google that you'll see lots of neat stuff. We had a stand of it and let it go before realizing it was really rainbow. We had orange, blue, purple, green in the lumber. Neat stuff.

Lawg Dawg · November 09, 2018, 06:05:40 AM

Quote from: olcowhand on November 08, 2018, 05:32:22 PM
Is your Head wound all healed up, Dawg?

Yes Sir, it actually healed up very quickly!

Quote from: nativewolf on November 08, 2018, 11:02:57 PM
Quote from: WV Sawmiller on November 08, 2018, 06:49:54 PM
I hope that is blue paint and not metal in that log. Good luck.
Actually something valuable called Rainbow Poplar. If you google that you'll see lots of neat stuff. We had a stand of it and let it go before realizing it was really rainbow. We had orange, blue, purple, green in the lumber. Neat stuff.

Yep, this should be some intresting lumber in these boards. When the poplar gets this big and old, it turns rainbow inside! It's not metal! I got this log from a logger that logs in the woods!

Jim_Rogers · November 09, 2018, 09:02:19 AM

Starting on this next bunch of nice oak logs for my customer. Should finish his order and then some.

Jim Rogers
PS: Yesterday's happy customer driving off with his load of cherry 5/4 boards

Magicman · November 09, 2018, 09:10:10 AM

It's good to see that the rain is holding off and you are able to get some sawing done Jim. We have much rain and more in the forecast. No sawing. :-\

Jim_Rogers · November 09, 2018, 09:41:48 AM

Quote from: Magicman on November 09, 2018, 09:10:10 AM
It's good to see that the rain is holding off and you are able to get some sawing done Jim. We have much rain and more in the forecast. No sawing. :-\

Suppose to rain tonight from 9pm to 2am but not be raining again till Tuesday, we'll see if they are right this time.
Jim Rogers

Busysawyer · November 09, 2018, 12:43:02 PM

Geez , I've been sawing in the pouring rain getting soaked to the bone. Cut a couple walnut logs just the other day in a down pour. Should I not be sawing in the rain? Is it going to ruin the mill? I leave the debarker cover on and dont use it.

WV Sawmiller · November 09, 2018, 01:03:28 PM

I won't intentionally saw in the rain. I may finish a cut or two if it starts raining after I started and there is an urgent reason to finish but I don't like the wet sawdust clumping on everything potentially messing up my thickness of cut and such. Also I figure it is generally unsafe due to slick ground and equipment to manipulate.

I leave the cover on my debarker all the time anyway. Never heard any reason not to. I have not noticed any problems from that practice.

Magicman · November 09, 2018, 03:50:42 PM

35 years ago when I was 40 I also did many things in the rain, but those days are loong behind me.

I am content to stand aside and

Southside · November 09, 2018, 04:07:32 PM

The good thing about sawing in the rain is that you get to learn how to replace electrical components in your mill control console after, so there is a silver lining there. ;D

Jim_Rogers · November 09, 2018, 04:42:33 PM

I cut some red oak mantles today for two different customers.

I made one 4x12x6' for one out of a 12' log and got one extra for sale.

From the same log I got one 6"x8"x 6' piece:
Side B:

Side A:

Jim Rogers

WV Sawmiller · November 09, 2018, 04:45:24 PM

Quote from: Southside logger on November 09, 2018, 04:07:32 PMThe good thing about sawing in the rain is that you get to learn how to replace electrical components in your mill control console after, so there is a silver lining there. ;D

And you know this because .... :D

Magicman · November 09, 2018, 05:33:00 PM

Nice Mantels Jim.

Actually I have sawn during some quick showers but I have an umbrella over me. The customer/tailgunners are always glad when I shut it down. ;D

SawyerTed · November 09, 2018, 05:51:42 PM

Rain usually shuts me down too. The rain on the equipment, on the lumber, and in the sawdust isn't worth it. The sawdust/rain paste on the lumber is just asking to grow mold and cause staining. A quick shower or light mist doesn't usually stop me.

I usually have enough other things to do when it rains. Today I ordered parts to fix a welder, sold and loaded a load of barn framing and worked on a farmhouse table.