Jeff and Tom's Florida adventure 2006

[Ianab]

they were out-lawed because of their danger.

No Kidding    :D

[Minnesota_boy]

Should provide a real thrill if the tree were to rock backward and pinch the saw blade. 

[SwampDonkey]

The old timers had some kind of circular mill to buck firewood and 4 foot pulp before chainsaws. My grandfather cut so much firewood he could do it in his sleep. He used to cut it for the church on the Indian reservation, the school, and many people in town.

[sprucebunny]

Tom, that must be this place that I stopped to take some pictures of on my way to Bryceville ;D





That's some cool wood !! Do you know what is made out of the knees in the first picture ???

[Bibbyman]

I saw a Amish man use a saw that looked like this one.   

I got to know him when we stopped to see the old Wood-Mizer he was sawing with.  He had the axles out from under it and it setting on the ground.  He had another engine hooked to the power drive so no motors. This was the first Wood-Mizer mill I'd ever seen.

[Tom]

Cypress knees cannot be harvested because it harms the tree to remove them.  Most knees now come from land clearing jobs.  The  have had a place in furniture making for a long time, being used in the framework of chairs and tables for display.  They are more frequently made into lamp bases and you will  find them in old homes used for door stops.

I think we must've taken some of the same pictures you took.

Did you see the little circle sawmill set up on the East side of the road up toward Starke?  Believe it or not, there are several in the area like that and there are times of the year when all they cut are tomato stakes.