tough portable job

[paul case]

i just figured it was a CASE of stolen idenity!  pc

[WDH]

Magicman,

Those little piles of sawdust on the pic of your SYP log are from Ambrosia beetles.  They attack dying or just dead SYP like the one in the pic.  Ambrosia's are typically the beetle that makes the holes in the solid wood.  Bark beetles, like Southern Pine beetle only mine away in the inner bark and cambium.  They do the real damage in killing the tree.  The Ambrosia's are just secondary opportunists, like a lot of politicians I know.

As to making hickory from oak, Larry is just a modern day Rumplestickskin  ;D.

[Larry]

As to making hickory from oak, Larry is just a modern day Rumplestickskin  ;D.

I like that...I just may have to use it in my signature line. ;D

[Magicman]

Thanks Danny.  I have "Ambrosia", and Larry has "Rumplestickskin".

Sounds like the making of a hit country song.

[carykong]

qweaver, are you charging by the bd/ft or by the hour?

[Okrafarmer]

Thanks Danny.  I have "Ambrosia", and Larry has "Rumplestickskin".

Sounds like the making of a hit country song.

I believe the correct name of the fairy tale was Rumplestiltskin.

[Qweaver]

qweaver, are you charging by the bd/ft or by the hour?

We are charging by the hour, plus $30 travel per day, plus blades. 

[Magicman]

True Okra, but I just quoted it like Danny wrote it.    ;)  I guess that his version sounds more woodsie.   :D :D

[Okrafarmer]

True Okra, but I just quoted it like Danny wrote it.    ;)  I guess that his version sounds more woodsie.   :D :D

I was wondering-- maybe that's why he wrote it that way.

;D

[WDH]

Some people stilt and some people sticker.  As for me, I am a sticker :D.

[terrifictimbersllc]

Not sure about Larry, and certainly not casting any aspersions here,  but let's not forget the little man had a really bad temper.....here's the end of the story.......

   "Perhaps your name is Rumpelstiltskin?"

     "The devil has told you that! The devil has told you that," cried the little man, and in his anger he plunged his right foot so deep into the earth that his whole leg went in, and then in rage he pulled at his left leg so hard with both hands that he tore himself in two.
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[Magicman]

Two Dannys  ??? ???

[Okrafarmer]

Not sure about Larry, and certainly not casting any aspersions here,  but let's not forget the little man had a really bad temper.....here's the end of the story.......

   "Perhaps your name is Rumpelstiltskin?"

     "The devil has told you that! The devil has told you that," cried the little man, and in his anger he plunged his right foot so deep into the earth that his whole leg went in, and then in rage he pulled at his left leg so hard with both hands that he tore himself in two.
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Yeah, I remember that. And no doubt he didn't ever do that again.

[WDH]

I feel like old Rumple when I saw hickory  .

[terrifictimbersllc]

I'll bet if Rumpie's father had just taught him to saw wood he would have turned out different. Nobody stays in business behaving like that. ;)

[Magicman]

I try to always remember the "NO" word when the subject of Hickory comes up.   :-\

[WDH]

NO!

I like the sound of that  ;D.

[Magicman]

The other NO is sawing utility poles and bridge timbers !!!   :-\

[terrifictimbersllc]

Put your foot down!! But not like Rumpie! :D :D :D

Long time ago sawed 150 year old barn beams 5x7's into half (two 2-1/2 x 7's).  Pine.  About 18 of them.  Took 4 blades.   Most of the time was spent drilling out square nails.   This was the week before I bought 2 metal detectors.  

[paul case]

dj,
you musta spent a lot of that 7 hours pullin and drillin out nails. even if i sawed them 1 at a time on my manual mill i could do it in less than 2 hours. 1 cut each right?  pc

[terrifictimbersllc]

Yes it was 1 cut each and most of the time pulling metal, but a lot also learning to cut metal filled boards straight.    

What I learned that day about sawing metal has been very valuable to me since.  The main thing is this....that it is not about avoiding ruining blades, but avoiding ruining wood.  If you're going too fast when you hit too much metal, the blade will dive or climb.  That ruins one side or the other.  On this occasion there were very old boards at stake.   The key is to sight the line of the cut as it comes out of the board, cut very slow, and make sure you're going straight.  Be ready to stop on a dime.  If you think the cut is drifting then stop and go measure it don't take chances.  Several times it was up an eighth, and I would back out and turn the beam around and cut in from the other end.  There are 2 types of dull blades, one that will cut straight if you're going slow enough, and one that won't no matter how slow you go.  One can cut through a few nails and still be able to cut straight but you have to know whether you're cutting straight or you'll ruin wood.

Also about pulling nails....old square nails don't "pull", they will break.  After trying various things including a 3/4" hole saw that would just plug up with the wood, I found the way to get these out was to chase a hole down each of the 4 sides of a nail with a drill bit about the same diameter as width of the nail.  Afterwards the nail is surrounded by 4 holes, and one can grab it with a needle nose pliers, wiggle a while, and pull it out.  

[terrifictimbersllc]

p.s. check out the "pile" of sawdust in the above photo! that's a day's work!! 

[Okrafarmer]

p.s. check out the "pile" of sawdust in the above photo! that's a day's work!! 

That might be a record for smallest amount of sawdust for a successful day's hard work sawmilling.

[terrifictimbersllc]

Mill lived up to its name that day. 8) 8)

[bugdust]

qweaver,
Is the job I recommended you for? If so, I now understand why you said I should be glad I didn't take it. Sorry, maybe the next one will be a lot better.