Was there ever a book or brochure put out about best yield "hints and practices"?
I am relatively new to the circle sawmill and recently "knighted" new sawyer at out local summer fair. The longtime sawyer saw an easy target based on enthusiasm! Anyway, as I cut lumber with my circle mill, I feel like I am wasting opportunity's. I need to mill a dozen 2x8 12 footers out of a nice white spruce that I hauled home yesterday....dead/standing for about a year. If I am careful and use a 3/8 kerf, I think I should get (5) 2x8's and (2) 2x6's out of this butt log which is 14" at the small end of the first log.....butt is 17". Sound reasonable?Read More
I am relatively new to the circle sawmill and recently "knighted" new sawyer at out local summer fair. The longtime sawyer saw an easy target based on enthusiasm! Anyway, as I cut lumber with my circle mill, I feel like I am wasting opportunity's. I need to mill a dozen 2x8 12 footers out of a nice white spruce that I hauled home yesterday....dead/standing for about a year. If I am careful and use a 3/8 kerf, I think I should get (5) 2x8's and (2) 2x6's out of this butt log which is 14" at the small end of the first log.....butt is 17". Sound reasonable?
I am looking to kill some mature pines via hack and squirt. What chemical should I use? I've thought about using Tordon RTU.....but I've heard it is not that effective for pine. Thanks in advance.
Grandsons first day on the mill cutting Ash Plaques (sign making)
It was a lot of work holding him back
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It was a lot of work holding him back
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On a swingblade mill, quartersawing is straightforward and simple, there aren't many choices of how to cut the qs boards because once set up , the log never moves again.
Enter the bandsaw mill with hydraulic log turners and cutting qs boards takes very different methods.
I made some paper models to describe the two bandmill qs methods I've seen on FF. I'd like to get your feedback about if I've described the methods correctly.Read More
Enter the bandsaw mill with hydraulic log turners and cutting qs boards takes very different methods.
I made some paper models to describe the two bandmill qs methods I've seen on FF. I'd like to get your feedback about if I've described the methods correctly.
I don't think that I'd want to arm wrestle any of these guys! It's amazing what they accomplished with minimal tools and a lot of skill / hard work.
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