White pine fun

Farmer Jim · October 03, 2014, 07:04:09 AM

Tree came from here on the farm. Had to do a little trimming and the center 8" was rot, but we got a few sticks from her. Making boards for a shop to house all our woodworking machines.

taylorsmissbeehaven · October 03, 2014, 07:08:51 AM

That's a good size tree F.J. I have never cut white pine but it sure does make nice lumber. Thanks for the pic, Brian

Ga Mtn Man · October 03, 2014, 12:09:09 PM

Nice log. I love cutting clear white pine. Got any pics of the lumber?

Farmer Jim · October 03, 2014, 12:22:54 PM

I'll get a shot of some lumber from it. It wasn't as clear as I had hoped. I wanted clear 2X8X16 joists, they aren't bad, just not clear. I still have several 2X14X16 planks to make into 2X8s and 2X6s, but Murphy made his daily visit and I'm waiting for a belt as we speak. This one was a bear to move around. The other bigger ones I have yet to saw are 12' or less due to tree features and should be easier to manage.

Farmer Jim · October 09, 2014, 08:51:43 PM

Here is a photo of part of the lumber from the pictured log. 2X8X16s

Here is a 12' that opened nice. Sawed into 2X8X12 rafters.

Ga Mtn Man · October 09, 2014, 08:59:07 PM

Nice boards. The cut looks good.

Magicman · October 09, 2014, 08:59:37 PM

Ain't it fun.

Farmer Jim · October 09, 2014, 09:11:02 PM

Thanks. I am happy with the Cook guide retro-fit. The boards are very much improved from what I had with the original guides. I still have some tweaking to do. I copied the Hud-son dog/hold downs and they were never user friendly or conducive to good cuts/ accurate dimensions. One broke the other day and while removing it to re-weld, I had a lightbulb moment and made modifications to 2 of the hold-downs with the surprising result that they actually work. Not just work, work well. Should have had the lightbulb moment 14 years ago.