Whatcha Sawin' 2024 ??

[Southside]

2x live oak for a mineral feeder?  What is your neighbor running for cattle?  Bodacious clones? 

[Andries]

Larry: speaking of bodacious clones, is your lumber grader also known as Sampson, log dog extraordinaire? 
Its good to see hime on the job, keeping you (maybe not your logs) on the straight and narrow.

[WV Sawmiller]

Andries,

   I think you mean Larry's log dog Hank.

   My log dog is Sampson. Now if I could just wake him up and get him off the couch to go to work.

[doc henderson]

Howard, it is sad he may be on your lap on the couch.  You might not get anything done either.!       

[Larry]

Working hard on the green chain.

On breaks from grading lumber Hank can be found guarding our property from dangerous beasts. Who knows that thing could have rabies.

[fluidpowerpro]

Looking at his coat is Hank a Chesapeake?

[Southside]

Bird Flu...

[NewYankeeSawmill]

Finally got some of that cedar on the mill:





Got her cut down to square 1.5" sticks. Tomato stakes are coming!

[Magicman]

My today was a re-run of yesterday.  The eight o'clock tailgunners arrived at 9:35, and then had to move yesterday's lumber and sticker it.

Meanwhile back on the sawmill, first one and then two, each costing $45. 

I finished the 2X8's from the first log and now have an 18' almost sawed into 2X6's when the rain came.  I shut er down and we will resume Monday morning.

I previously mentioned that this job is only two miles from home, so I really don't care.

[Rhodemont]

Starting my 20 ft Tulip Poplar logs for 4 x 10 rafters.   This log yielded three rafters and some jacket boards.  As I expected the pith centered rafter is flat.  The two off center have about 1/2 inch curl away from the center.  They will be stacked with curl down then a big log set on top for weight.  26 more to go. 

[caveman]

We just sent out a good-sized pack of 1x6 and 1x8's and also sawed a 12"x18" live oak for a fellow.  The fellows who bought the pine drove from a couple of hours away and showed up with a box trailer with a ramp.  John nor I wanted to handle these boards again.  With the telehandler and a little creativity, we were able to load the whole pack in one shot.f

The last little (12" small end) pine log we sawed was loaded with pitch.  Logs like this and the live oak have us considering installing/making a lubemizer type arrangement.  I think we have just about enough spare parts, minus a pump, to build one.




The band was slipping a bit on the new B56  belts, even when running the blade tension over 3000 psi.

[Magicman]

I hate seeing logs like that    and that is enough pitch buildup to wave the blade. 

That is when I am running my LubeMizer on continuous.

[Resonator]

Black Cherry.



Finished sawing the white pine and spruce I logged over last winter, and have got through most of the black cherry logs I cut.
Tried to more or less box the heart and grade saw, working around the usual center rot so many have. Got quite a few good grade boards, and lots with nice color. Sent a pic of the boards with curl to one of my best customers, and now those are spoken for.

[fluidpowerpro]

Those are some nice looking boards!

[TimW]

Wow, those sure look nice.  Wish we had Cherry down here.  Is it easy sawing?

[Resonator]

Thanks! Yes black cherry saws real nice, and as always the fresher the logs the better. Like I said the difficult part is working around the center rot area. I'll often only get a couple good red boards per face side once I get below the sapwood, and before I get to the rot. Also it's hard to get good 8' boards because of how crooked they grow here. Luckily my customer can use the shorter odd lengths for charcuterie boards, and small cabinets he builds.

[Larry]

Black cherry is my favorite wood to saw and to use for furniture. I have trouble selling it, but on the other hand I can usually buy logs cheap. The commercial mills usually have a few old logs they have been holding waiting for the market to improve. Cherry here is usually good big logs thanks to the low demand. If the market was hot it would be impossible to get logs as we don't have a lot.

I also use lots of boards with sapwood as a design feature.

[Magicman]

A many times previous customer just texted me wanting to know when??  He has Cherry to saw.  He is a hobby furniture builder so it is always fun to saw for him.  "Bout 10 logs total.

There is a possibility that I may finish the beetle killed Pine job that I am sawing tomorrow.  I think that we are down to 5 logs in the 26" class which will all be 2X6's.

[caveman]

John (JMoore) got the call on a CL ad for us to saw some hickory logs into slabs.  He raised our hourly rate by $50 an hour without talking to his partner.  We sawed the logs, and the customer paid the rate and gave us a $20 tip.  He may be CEO material.  At first, he said saw the slabs as you would your own.  We sawed at 2 1/2" thick.  After the first two or three he said cut them at 1 1/8".  He's the boss, but this is hickory.  I suggested a sticker every 16" and to park a truck on top of them while they dry.

Yellowhamer would have had a conniption fit had these logs rolled (been dragged unwillingly) into his yard.  They would not roll, had more points than the mine that sank the Maine but at least they were clean and without hardware. 

The customer has a book coming out on Amazon this week about detectives.  I told him I probably would not leave a copy lying around my house, fearing my wife would think I switched teams, due to the title.

Cypress, red oak and more pine are up next. 

[Southside]

Wow Larry - that's impressive Cherry.  Around here it's twisted, small, full of rot, and basically only grows on the edge of fields.  Never seen it like that. 

[jpassardi]

Yeah, same here SS - I find myself milling small cherry logs because that's all we have. Cut out the pith and sapwood and there are surprisingly useful boards within though. Same deal: twisted, branched and small diameter though.
It's my favorite to mill also Larry.

[Resonator]

That cherry Larry sawed... Wowzer!

[GAB]

John (JMoore) got the call on a CL ad for us to saw some hickory logs into slabs.  He raised our hourly rate by $50 an hour without talking to his partner.  We sawed the logs, and the customer paid the rate and gave us a $20 tip.  He may be CEO material.  

I would suggest not telling him that as it just might cause his head to swell and then his hat won't fit.
GAB

[barbender]

If he got me that much of a raise, I'd buy him a bigger hat😊

[doc henderson]

some may take offense to the CEO comment.  not always a complement in some circles!