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General Board / Re: Unintended Consequences
Last post by barbender - Today at 01:39:09 AMSnarling- you or the mink?😊
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Forestry and Logging / Re: What are you cutting 2024?...
Last post by Hogdaddy - Today at 12:01:10 AMAh man.... I hate our old thread has been locked. Glad I was a part of it! And like he said carry on! I tried to downsize a pic, will have to try to post it tomorrow. 
#3
Alternative methods and solutions / Re: Struggling to split Cherry...
Last post by DrakeTruber - Yesterday at 10:53:34 PMA japanese Atedai, basically a floor planing/work bench.
#4
Alternative methods and solutions / Re: Struggling to split Cherry...
Last post by Southside - Yesterday at 10:32:01 PMJust out of curiosity what are you making?
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Sawmills and Milling / Re: The Opening Face
Last post by Southside - Yesterday at 10:27:37 PMKyle that is beautiful lumber. We have a house that was sided with Cypres when it was built in 1991, when we were looking it over before buying it I realized that ain't SYP clapboard. It needs paint, but the wood is absolutely perfect and looks like it was sawn today.
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General Board / Re: Busting a boulder
Last post by Southside - Yesterday at 10:18:38 PMHow close is it to items sensitive to over pressure and shock waves? "Things that Make You go BOOM" would have been a Top 40 hit had the other version not come out sooner. 
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Ask The Forester / Re: Becoming a Forestry Consul...
Last post by DrakeTruber - Yesterday at 10:02:58 PMSounds like he invested to heavily in fancy milling equipment before he had a market to support that investment.
Holy smokes that last quote is gold.
All things considered, do you feel that working for a mill is a good idea now days?
Holy smokes that last quote is gold.
All things considered, do you feel that working for a mill is a good idea now days?
#8
Alternative methods and solutions / Re: Struggling to split Cherry...
Last post by DrakeTruber - Yesterday at 09:51:14 PMAwesome response Don. I never thought about how the crosscut chops prevent the grain diving to deep during the hewing. That must be why the chops are always done slightly deeper than the intended plane?
I have a broadaxe and broad hatchet, both unused. Still need to get them both sharpened and the hatchet bit hung. This is all pretty new and exciting but the hang ups in the learning process are brutal. Ive been learning everything from books, this forum and some Youtube. Been a huge fan of this forum for a while so I'm very grateful to partake of the wisdom shared here. Thanks
I have a broadaxe and broad hatchet, both unused. Still need to get them both sharpened and the hatchet bit hung. This is all pretty new and exciting but the hang ups in the learning process are brutal. Ive been learning everything from books, this forum and some Youtube. Been a huge fan of this forum for a while so I'm very grateful to partake of the wisdom shared here. Thanks
#9
Sawmills and Milling / Re: The Opening Face
Last post by caveman - Yesterday at 09:35:43 PMGood logs make good lumber. You have a lot of good logs to saw. Sometimes I feel like we are trying to get butter from a duck with the stuff folks bring us. We've been buying logs lately. The logs I go pick up are a lot better than the ones they are delivering. We are paying for the logs and delivery. I'll scale the last two loads delivered tomorrow and I'll probably hurt some feelings due to heart rot and big knots.
This afternoon John and I sawed some cypress for a repeat customer. We pulled these logs out of the pond on Monday afternoon, after the hickory custom sawing. some of these have been in there for years and the wood looks and saws like it would if we sawed it the day it was cut down. It does take a little effort to extract them.
Our wimpy dust collector kept up with the dry logs but quickly plugged up while sawing the ones extracted from the pond. I do love sawing cypress.
Red oak and pine tomorrow.
This afternoon John and I sawed some cypress for a repeat customer. We pulled these logs out of the pond on Monday afternoon, after the hickory custom sawing. some of these have been in there for years and the wood looks and saws like it would if we sawed it the day it was cut down. It does take a little effort to extract them.
Our wimpy dust collector kept up with the dry logs but quickly plugged up while sawing the ones extracted from the pond. I do love sawing cypress.
Red oak and pine tomorrow.
#10
Chainsaws / Re: Stihl MS260 rebuild - Mete...
Last post by DHansen - Yesterday at 09:18:55 PMDoes the Sthil brand have one extra roller ball in each bearing compared to the aftermarket? Looking at the fourth photo in post #3.
