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#1
General Board / Re: Unintended Consequences
Last post by Old Greenhorn - Today at 08:36:23 PMIt looks super! But it always looks super. Your place on a bad day looks better than mine on it's best day. Remember, nobody is coming to do a property inspection. We just want a yard to sit in and enjoy each other's company and conversation, meet knew folks, and reunite with old friends.
I had 2 family reunions at our place and each time I spent 2 years prepping the place and making improvements I thought were needed. In the end, it turned out all anybody wanted was a comfortable place to sit and talk and a safe place for the kids to play.
We will have a great time even if your septic system is halfway through being dug up and replaced.
I had 2 family reunions at our place and each time I spent 2 years prepping the place and making improvements I thought were needed. In the end, it turned out all anybody wanted was a comfortable place to sit and talk and a safe place for the kids to play.
We will have a great time even if your septic system is halfway through being dug up and replaced.
#2
Alternative methods and solutions / Re: Struggling to split Cherry...
Last post by DrakeTruber - Today at 08:21:35 PMThanks for the feedback guys. Is the subtle spiraling of the bark what told you that Don? Magicman, that's interesting advise to just follow the grain.
With a slightly less than perfectly straight grained tree, what would be the old-timey way to remove large amounts of material to get things flat after splitting? An adze or broadax perhaps?
Roger that on the chainsaw
With a slightly less than perfectly straight grained tree, what would be the old-timey way to remove large amounts of material to get things flat after splitting? An adze or broadax perhaps?
Roger that on the chainsaw
#3
Forestry and Logging / Re: tigercats new skidder
Last post by thecfarm - Today at 07:48:00 PMWonder if that grapple skidder could handle some of 
that are 6 feet across!!!! 
that are 6 feet across!!!! #4
General Board / Re: Making it through another ...
Last post by Old Greenhorn - Today at 07:47:52 PMChet after that last post I did some quick math. The 700 logs I did this past season comers out to roughly 25,000 pounds and you are correct, that's a lot of lifting up and putting down since I handle each log at least two times, and often more. Let's just say that it 'builds character'.
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Well today I didn't get anything special done but I got some stuff out of the way. I had to take the wife up to get her van after inspection, then while I was there and my mechanic friend had some open time we did the inspection on my truck (due last August), and the inspection on the new trailer (due last month). Then I came home, pulled the battery out of the garden tractor which needed replacing last year, and surprisingly still needs replacing. I went to town, did my usual loop, and got a new battery, oil and filter for the truck oil change (due a long time ago).
I put the new battery in the tractor and mowed the back lawn which was way too high and took way too long. I took a lunch break. Before I could do the front lawn my son and his crew showed up to mow the contract clients across the road and behind me. They ran the front lawn, and recut the back lawn in 1/8 of the time it took me to mow the back lawn the first time. Horsepower wins again.
I did some sanding on those 4 stool tops the get the glue residue off and flatten the leg nubs off. Next I have to cut the legs level.
I paid the insurance bill on the Mule, filled out some vendor applications, and did some other little things. Don't feel like I accomplished much, but I was busy all day.
It felt and looked like rain all day but the big moisture is just now getting here. The radar shows it raining here now, but nothing is coming down yet. The dew point is still pretty low for it to rain, but it sure looks and feels like it. It only topped out at 62° today, cool and damp. I didn't bother with a fire in the shop, it was fine.
Tomorrow is another day and I have no idea what I am doing. (Then again, even when I think I know what I am doing, as I am doing it, I don't know what I'm doing. Or so it has been said by some. )
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Well today I didn't get anything special done but I got some stuff out of the way. I had to take the wife up to get her van after inspection, then while I was there and my mechanic friend had some open time we did the inspection on my truck (due last August), and the inspection on the new trailer (due last month). Then I came home, pulled the battery out of the garden tractor which needed replacing last year, and surprisingly still needs replacing. I went to town, did my usual loop, and got a new battery, oil and filter for the truck oil change (due a long time ago).
I put the new battery in the tractor and mowed the back lawn which was way too high and took way too long. I took a lunch break. Before I could do the front lawn my son and his crew showed up to mow the contract clients across the road and behind me. They ran the front lawn, and recut the back lawn in 1/8 of the time it took me to mow the back lawn the first time. Horsepower wins again.
I did some sanding on those 4 stool tops the get the glue residue off and flatten the leg nubs off. Next I have to cut the legs level.
I paid the insurance bill on the Mule, filled out some vendor applications, and did some other little things. Don't feel like I accomplished much, but I was busy all day.
It felt and looked like rain all day but the big moisture is just now getting here. The radar shows it raining here now, but nothing is coming down yet. The dew point is still pretty low for it to rain, but it sure looks and feels like it. It only topped out at 62° today, cool and damp. I didn't bother with a fire in the shop, it was fine.
Tomorrow is another day and I have no idea what I am doing. (Then again, even when I think I know what I am doing, as I am doing it, I don't know what I'm doing. Or so it has been said by some.
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General Board / Re: Unintended Consequences
Last post by thecfarm - Today at 07:35:01 PMA work of art!!!
#6
Forestry and Logging / Re: Flagging tape color
Last post by Ron Scott - Today at 07:26:06 PMWildlife trees are live or dead trees designated for wildlife habitat or retained to become future wildlife habitat.
They are usually over mature trees with obvious dens, nests, and cavities already existing and being actively used by a wildlife game or non-game species or they are tree species that are mast producing and providing a wildlife berry or nut food source such as the oaks, cherries, American beech, ash, hickories, apple, non-timber shrub and berry species etc.
The longer living hardwoods are favored for retention of cavities and dens over the short-lived trees such as the aspens, birches, etc. 1 to 5 such trees are usually designated per acre and marked with a painted "W" or "WL" to be retained and not damaged or fallen in the timber operation. A fine may be assessed the logger as spelled out in the timber harvest contract if they fall or damage the designated wildlife trees in any way.
They are usually over mature trees with obvious dens, nests, and cavities already existing and being actively used by a wildlife game or non-game species or they are tree species that are mast producing and providing a wildlife berry or nut food source such as the oaks, cherries, American beech, ash, hickories, apple, non-timber shrub and berry species etc.
The longer living hardwoods are favored for retention of cavities and dens over the short-lived trees such as the aspens, birches, etc. 1 to 5 such trees are usually designated per acre and marked with a painted "W" or "WL" to be retained and not damaged or fallen in the timber operation. A fine may be assessed the logger as spelled out in the timber harvest contract if they fall or damage the designated wildlife trees in any way.
#7
General Board / Re: Unintended Consequences
Last post by tule peak timber - Today at 07:10:43 PMThat is really attractive!
#8
General Woodworking / Re: Watcha Makin'?
Last post by tule peak timber - Today at 07:05:22 PMBeen busy the last few weeks, finishing up a large oak island top, doing a Sprinter camper van interior in gun stock walnut and cranking out cedar shelving for various clients.
The main thing I am working on is a large oak table 4' x 12' x 4" thick and its 4 oak benches. I chose marine grade torsion box construction, thick oak veneers and custom solid bronze adjuster feet. Even with the hollow construction on the legs, this thing is crane material. The client had me go through close to 100 shades of silver grey; taking 3 weeks and ended up having me go through one week of brown shades. In the end, clear UV oil was chosen! On the table top, we're starting with a 17' long x 6.5' wide oak slab at 3" thick. We're taking the top apart, removing the pith, re-sizing the thickness, turning the edges over to obtain 4" and resetting the pith again for one continuous piece of wood. One of the problems we're encountering is that there is a big dip in the center of the table, that we need to raise up to get a completely flat surface. Fun and games.
The main thing I am working on is a large oak table 4' x 12' x 4" thick and its 4 oak benches. I chose marine grade torsion box construction, thick oak veneers and custom solid bronze adjuster feet. Even with the hollow construction on the legs, this thing is crane material. The client had me go through close to 100 shades of silver grey; taking 3 weeks and ended up having me go through one week of brown shades. In the end, clear UV oil was chosen! On the table top, we're starting with a 17' long x 6.5' wide oak slab at 3" thick. We're taking the top apart, removing the pith, re-sizing the thickness, turning the edges over to obtain 4" and resetting the pith again for one continuous piece of wood. One of the problems we're encountering is that there is a big dip in the center of the table, that we need to raise up to get a completely flat surface. Fun and games.
#9
General Board / Unintended Consequences
Last post by Jeff - Today at 06:56:56 PMOf having a Pigroast. Things that seem plenty good enough before becomes old overgrown and unsightly, so rip it out and redo.
#10
Timber Framing/Log construction / Re: Small timber bent cabin de...
Last post by Hilltop366 - Today at 06:40:43 PMI'm thinking that if the bent timbers are just a bit bigger (8" x 8" ?) you could run 6" x 6" purlins long enough to do 4 or 5 bents. The bents will end up being around the right spacing for a natural division of rooms. They don't have to be evenly spaced as long as they are sized right for the longest span the rest will be good.
