I've been remiss...

[DanG]

in reporting the activities of the weekend, but I have an excuse.  I took pics, but can't seem to load them from the camera to the 'puter. :-[ :-\ :'(

Anyway, I went up to Bainbridge, Ga. on Saturday to visit with brdmkr.  I took along a few sticks of wood, and we threw together a little shed for him to keep the new mill under.  Boy, did we ever have a good time!  It ain't that much of a shed(10x12), but it'll keep the rain and pine straw off of it.

After the work was done, we went over to the land that he has to clear to build his new house.  As I suspected, there is a heap of work to be done there.  He has some nice hardwoods that will have to be removed, and a couple of really scary ones to deal with.  Mike, GET A PRO to handle those 2!  One of them was a new discovery;  a tall oak with the top broken out by last week's storm.  It is broken about 40' up, and the top is leaning on another tree.  I can't figger any safe way to get it down without a bucket truck.  The other is a big live oak with one side rotted out.  The huge spreading limbs will have to be pruned off before dropping this one.

Boy, am I happy to have another Forum member this close by...it's only 25 miles from my place. 8) 8) 8)  We're gonna have us a bunch of fun together. Mike is about as excited about the new mill as a grown man can get, and I'm just about as fired up as he is! 8) 8) ;D

[moosehunter]

DanG,
I am a little further away, but yer welcome to come hep me when ever you want! Is brdmkr makin' boards yet? Last I heard he was waitin' fer his mill.
mh

[DanG]

Still waitin'.  I got a hunch we'll hear about it when it gets here. ;) :D :D :D

[DanG]

OK, I got the camera straightened out.  Here's a couple of pics from Saturday.


This is Mike workin' up a sweat.


I couldn't get him ta stand any closer to that poison ivy growing on a nice Red Oak.  This'n will be fodder for the new Lucas mill.


This is the broken oak tree.  Sorry for the poor pic.  Couldn't get a good angle without all the backlighting. :-\


I'll let Mike tell ya the story behind this. :D

[Captain]

Now DanG you didn't tell Mike that if he wears that Peterson hat it will make his mill cut better, did you??  :D

Looks like fun and congrats on the new mill, Mike.

Captain

[brdmkr]

Yes, we did have a good time, and it was hot.  DanG tried to slap that Peterson hat on my head for a picture without me knowing what was on it.  It's not that I have already developed brand loyalty, but I should at least have time to court my new Lucas before I start flirting with others. 

IMHO, one should watch DanG.  He might just pull a little prank on you ;D. 

We should have taken a couple of other pics, one of my new cant hook (believe it or not, I have it in the house.  I just enjoy playing with it).  I still need a picture of my first board cut under DanG's direction on his mobile dimension.

On a different note, I used the tracking number to determine when the mill would be delivered.  Although I was told it would be delivered tomorrow, the shipper said Thursday :(.  Oh well, that will just give me a little more time to get things ready. 

I would like to thank everyone who has responded to my questions and to the moderators and sponsors.