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Timber Framing/Log construction / Re: My first hewing lesson

« Last post by knowslittle on Today at 12:38:40 AM »

Looks good to me.
Hope you do the videos. . as I have the same axe and little knowledge of how to go about using it well.

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General Board / Re: just thinkin how nice jeff makes this place

« Last post by barbender on Today at 12:32:31 AM »

😊😊😊

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Forestry and Logging / Re: Hard maple

« Last post by mike_belben on Today at 12:27:07 AM »

Gotcha, thx.

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Timber Framing/Log construction / Re: My first hewing lesson

« Last post by btulloh on Today at 12:06:57 AM »

Looks good.  I think it would look better if you started with the round log though.   

That's easy for me to say when you're swingin' the axe.

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Timber Framing/Log construction / Re: Timber Frame Cabin Build

« Last post by btulloh on Today at 12:04:26 AM »

Nice work.  Enjoying your thread.  Thanks for posting.

Is that a standard dozuki or does it have the special rip teeth.  I've been thinking about getting one for green wood.  Hard to find a good rip saw these days that doesn't cost and arm and two legs.

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Drying and Processing / Re: Kiln temp and humidity logger using the Raspberry Pi platform

« Last post by btulloh on Yesterday at 11:52:03 PM »

This is the real-time data display which is updated every 10 seconds.  Not sexy, but useful.  

The WB's are waiting for their real wicks.



  

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Drying and Processing / Re: 12 inch wide oak

« Last post by Kindlinmaker on Yesterday at 11:47:25 PM »

Flat sawn may not make it to the resaw without a fair amount of damage. We needed a few oak boards and didn’t have any in our stash.  Grabbed a 28” x 6’ white oak log off the firewood log stack that we knew had flaws in it. Flat sawn at 5/4 and then retrimmed sides into a few boards. Stacked the balance of the flat sawn slabs on a pallet by the mill. 2 weeks later I notice a couple of the slabs look decent for boards but cracks had already started in the center ends. Grabbed a couple and ripped down the center to save if possible. Those boards had a good 1” bow after center rip. No doubt they would have self destructed if stickered and air dried as slaps. I have a major slab experiment in my basement. 10/4 of various species air drying for the last year with stickers and weight. Red oak is actual behaving better than white oak, sugar maple, silver maple and cherry.  Most have some degree of center splits and the cupping on slabs near the pith of some (especially cherry) is lifting hundreds of pounds of slabs and weight stacked on top.  Slabs are a trick; I may never figure them out but I sure am learning as I try. (And living up to my name making lots of kindlin). 

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Chainsaws / Re: Husky handle

« Last post by John Mc on Yesterday at 11:31:31 PM »

It appears my Baileys catalog has a listing for Husky Pro Safety handles but none for the 390XP. But they have made typos before.

 

I was looking online. I don't have their print catalog anymore

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Forestry and Logging / Re: JD440B Skidder

« Last post by Cub on Yesterday at 11:29:25 PM »

440A did the same thing. Start it and soon as there was hydro pressure the steering flinched a little bit and the brake pedal bouncing was a common thing also. 

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Sawmills and Milling / Re: There may be a market for this in my area

« Last post by POSTON WIDEHEAD on Yesterday at 11:26:00 PM »

With all that I might go.

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Forestry and Logging / Re: Hard maple

« Last post by Cub on Yesterday at 11:15:49 PM »

Also all the wood is in the truckers name. He gets the check from the mill then he takes out the trucking and I get a check from the trucker with the scale tickets. 

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General Board / Re: Good Youtube Videos

« Last post by 4x4American on Yesterday at 11:15:07 PM »

Here’s a video of building a bridge.  I cut the black locust timbers you see them unloading at the 43min mark from the yellow penske truck.

At 53 minutes in you can see the blue spraypaint on the end of a white oak timber thats how I mark my logs.  I had run out of black locust log and I had one 16’ beautiful white oak log that ended up making just enough to finish the order.

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Sawmills and Milling / Re: There may be a market for this in my area

« Last post by Peter Drouin on Yesterday at 11:12:39 PM »

With all that I might go.

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Chainsaws / Re: Husky handle

« Last post by HolmenTree on Yesterday at 11:12:27 PM »

It appears my Baileys catalog has a listing for Husky Pro Safety handles but none for the 390XP. But they have made typos before.

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Forestry and Logging / Re: Hard maple

« Last post by Cub on Yesterday at 11:11:16 PM »

Mike aspen pulp to LP in sagola mi maybe 100 miles or so away 22 a cord. Suring wi with aspen and hardwood bolts about 50 miles away 20 a cord and expera rail yard in Beecher wi with the hardwood and pine pulp about 45 miles it’s 18 bucks a cord. 

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Sawmills and Milling / Re: There may be a market for this in my area

« Last post by POSTON WIDEHEAD on Yesterday at 11:10:28 PM »

Next year at the Georgia Project:

Dr. Goat will show how to produce
Charred Walnut
Charred Cherry
Charred Ambrosia Maple
Charred quarter Sawn Sycamore
Charred Jakes house
Charred Chicken ( learned from MM ) 
and Charred DanG.

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Sawmills and Milling / Re: Pallet cost

« Last post by Peter Drouin on Yesterday at 11:10:25 PM »

That sounds good. $5.20 a bf for green dead stacked wood. How can you go wrong?

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Sawmills and Milling / Re: There may be a market for this in my area

« Last post by Peter Drouin on Yesterday at 11:05:32 PM »

Bourbon, big torches, stacks of wood...would could POSSIBLY go wrong? I'm in.  

It occurs to me that this pretty much fits the description of the Sycamore project.  Maybe Poston could give is a live demo next year?  

 Maybe I'll see the smoke from here. 

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Drying and Processing / Re: Kiln temp and humidity logger using the Raspberry Pi platform

« Last post by btulloh on Yesterday at 11:03:47 PM »

Thanks for the info .Ordering tomorrow.  Problem solved.

Called 3 big lab supply companies here and got nowhere.  Didn't turn up much on the interweb.  

As for sterilization temps and times, with the solar kiln i get what i get and that's it.  May not be perfect, but it beats doing nothing.  Same with setting the pitch.  Definitely not hot enough for long enough,but it does help somewhat.

Thanks for the feedback.

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Sawmills and Milling / Re: There may be a market for this in my area

« Last post by POSTON WIDEHEAD on Yesterday at 11:02:43 PM »

Bourbon, big torches, stacks of wood...would could POSSIBLY go wrong? I'm in.  

It occurs to me that this pretty much fits the description of the Sycamore project.  Maybe Poston could give is a live demo next year?  

That is a strong possibility. We'll use Jakes lumber.