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What can I do with these short oak logs?

Started by bdecker1992, June 30, 2014, 07:42:14 PM

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bdecker1992

I picked these up for free from a guy who chopped his tree down. He says they're white oak. It almost seems like a shame to burn them. What can be done with these? Or do people generally not want them this short?

VictorH

Hi there bdecker1992 and welcome to the forum!!  In your post there are no pictures (we likes pics) or a description of the log lengths and diameters.  Do you have a mill and are you wondering if it's worth the effort to mill them or are you wondering if they have a value to someone as is?

bdecker1992

It won't let me upload a picture off my iphone unfortunately. But I have 9 total logs. One is 3 ft wide and 2 feet thick. And the rest are about 2 feet wide and 2 feet thick. If someone else had interest in them id sell them to them. Or if there are crafts I can make with basic tools I would. Would a lumber mill cut them for me?

Magicman

Hello bdecker1992, and Welcome to the Forestry Forum.  Diameter and length are generally the measurements used to describe log sizes. 

I sawed some "firewood size logs" for a customer last week.  $135 seemed steep for 2" & 3" length "boards" but he was happy.  I have no idea what his building intentions are.
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bdecker1992

Who would I try to sell them too? Like an Amish place that does wood work? Or put an ad on Craigslist?

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LeeB

Welcome to the forum bdecker. I don't think you are very likely to be able to sell them as anything other than firewood. They're just too short. Milling them would be time consuming due to the short lengths and most mills will not mess with them. If they do, they would likely charge a high price to do it by the hour. Add drying time and handling issues to the pot and it just is not economical to try and make lumber from this unless it has some sentimental value to you. If you really want to try and make something from them, research green wood furniture making and try your skills at hand splitting and processing into projects that way.
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Den Socling

They would might be good for somebody making rail or stair parts but you better get the ends sealed.

Ianab

QuoteOr if there are crafts I can make with basic tools I would

Blocks of wood like that are probably best worked by Riving (Splitting) out boards.

Like this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxpZA27a2Do
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Ianab

Quote from: Darrel on July 03, 2014, 12:58:49 AM
Now I hear audio to something that sounds right but see nothing.

Sumpthin ain't right

Should be a YouTube clip of an older guy using a froe to split off pieces of wood for a chair he's making.
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LeeB

It might be a good project for your little Peterson mill, Ian.  :D
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Ianab

Quote from: LeeB on July 03, 2014, 06:42:49 AM
It might be a good project for your little Peterson mill, Ian.  :D

Oh, I've sawn 2ft long "logs" before   :D

Not something you would charge by the bd/ft of course. ;) But it can be done.

Got a stack of nice little 2 ft Walnut boards sawn from "Firewood". Use them for making little jewellery boxes etc.
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r.man

If you are doing the milling yourself and the quality is good it would make an interesting story about a small woodworking project. I was once shown a very nice chest of drawers that was made from lumber sawn from a very short log that was getting thrown away before it was saved by the sawyer/cabinetmaker.
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shelbycharger400

Unless its something special its not worth cutting if is less than 4ft long.  Special being big oak cherry walnut hard maple ect.    Pine. Forget it.  Unless your cutting cookies.   Fast rip hardwood into turning stock.

Den Socling

Like I said Shelby also says, rail or stair parts. Look to a turner.

CHARLIE

Woodturners would love to have that wood. Especially if you have sealed the ends with Anchorseal so they won't split.  Do a search on the American Association of Woodturners for a Club (Chapter) in your area and give them a call.  http://www.woodturner.org/search/custom.asp?id=1509
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bdecker1992

Welcome to the forum.

A good ad on craigslist in the Arts and crafts category should help you sell those boards quick

I have a very good market for short boards of all thicknesses with wood workers and crafters. A lot of them like the shorter boards because they are easy to transport and easy to handle. Most comment that if they had 8 foot long boards, they would just be cutting them to a shorter length anyway for the projects they build.

I even take 2 to 3 foot long sawmill cutoffs and sell them, even if they have cracks or some defects in them. I get them extremely cheap and my "Buck a Board Sales" go over very well. I have sold many pick-up trucks of wood that were in the 2 to 3 foot long range at quite a profit.
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