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#1
General Board / Re: The weather 2024
Last post by Ianab - Today at 05:51:02 AMWinter is getting closer. Dusting of snow up on the Mt today.
#2
General Board / Re: The weather 2024
Last post by woodroe - Today at 05:49:40 AMAyuh. Grass is green, trees leafing out. Trout must be biting.
Good woodshed building weather. Got a 6' x 16' going up. Shed roof style.
Hemlock of course, green hemlock. Heavy.
Good woodshed building weather. Got a 6' x 16' going up. Shed roof style.
Hemlock of course, green hemlock. Heavy.
#3
General Board / Re: The weather 2024
Last post by thecfarm - Today at 05:21:15 AMI was working today, so did not get to enjoy the black flies. 
Full sun all day!!!! I better enjoy it. The next 7 days don't look good for the sun.
It might of got to 70 yesterday.
Sun came out around 1 and it warmed up.
I have 45° now and fog in the field and fog down by the brook and the sun is coming up!!! Looks good out there!!!!
Full sun all day!!!! I better enjoy it. The next 7 days don't look good for the sun.
It might of got to 70 yesterday.
Sun came out around 1 and it warmed up.
I have 45° now and fog in the field and fog down by the brook and the sun is coming up!!! Looks good out there!!!!
#4
General Board / Re: What are Osage good size (...
Last post by Brad_bb - Today at 01:37:26 AMI've cut 100 plus Osage logs for timberframe braces and 5.5" boxed heart x 7-9' for other uses. Back in 2017 I was paying $25 for each brace I could get out of a log. Depending on diameter and defects I might get two 4.25" thick braces, or 1 of that size, or one up to 6.25" thick. base it on a brace finishing at 4x8 like a standard brace, but all my osage braces are live edge. I thought I was being generous with what I was paying as they would've burned them in a slash pile otherwise usually or made firewood. The logs I was after were 5ft minimum length but usually 6 or 8 feet long. Nothing less than 6" dia., and up to 16" dia. There were larger trunks, but I passed on those because they didn't fit my needs, tend to have more defects and hollow centers the bigger they are, and are really heavy.
You'll rarely get a clear board. Osage is most often curved or crooked. So you may end up with 4', 6' and 8' boards if you're lucky. Most will have defects, but Osage is strong despite some defects. It's also very rot resistant and it goof for projects that are outside. I have a 1/4" thick osage mailbox door because the old one got too bent.
I don't think Osage is a wood that is tracked for price like Walnut and oak. At least not that I know of. So I think it's a niche market for Osage. You'd have to see what others in your area are charging for it. I'd think somewhere between white oak and Walnut. I've never sold any because I use all my wood myself. Besides the brace stock, the side wood I have is often live edge. The PPB's love Osage sapwood despite osage having a rather thin sapwood ring. You can't plane it with a straight blade planer. You really need a helical to prevent tear out. Drum sander or belt sander even better. Lastly, Osage is bright yellow when you cut it, but it oxidizes to a nice rust brown over a couple months, and sun and humidity will make it go even darker, though I would not air dry it in the sun.
You'll rarely get a clear board. Osage is most often curved or crooked. So you may end up with 4', 6' and 8' boards if you're lucky. Most will have defects, but Osage is strong despite some defects. It's also very rot resistant and it goof for projects that are outside. I have a 1/4" thick osage mailbox door because the old one got too bent.
I don't think Osage is a wood that is tracked for price like Walnut and oak. At least not that I know of. So I think it's a niche market for Osage. You'd have to see what others in your area are charging for it. I'd think somewhere between white oak and Walnut. I've never sold any because I use all my wood myself. Besides the brace stock, the side wood I have is often live edge. The PPB's love Osage sapwood despite osage having a rather thin sapwood ring. You can't plane it with a straight blade planer. You really need a helical to prevent tear out. Drum sander or belt sander even better. Lastly, Osage is bright yellow when you cut it, but it oxidizes to a nice rust brown over a couple months, and sun and humidity will make it go even darker, though I would not air dry it in the sun.
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The Outdoor Board / Re: Coyote takes a dirt nap
Last post by Peter Drouin - Yesterday at 10:57:14 PMBy "South" I presume you just mean a state or two south of you. I don't know of many from "the South" that are moving North, it's much more the opposite!
Yes.
#6
The Outdoor Board / Re: Coyote takes a dirt nap
Last post by Ed - Yesterday at 10:42:03 PMA number of years ago I caught a dumb yote in the neighboors field.....100 yards out.
.220 swift with a 40 grain ballistic tip, end result (for him) was not pretty.
Ed
.220 swift with a 40 grain ballistic tip, end result (for him) was not pretty.
Ed
#7
Alternative methods and solutions / Re: Wall assembly with fiberbo...
Last post by Don P - Yesterday at 09:59:56 PMIt looks like Celotex fiberboard. It's been about 40 years since I used any. It was meant to have high vapor permeability to let the wall cavity dry, the black asphalt surface was to face out and repel water. If you are using EPS and not XPS it also has good permeability and you are in a heating climate so that should vapor drive to the outside. There is a stack of different "breathable" materials piling up. At some point it ceases to be very permeable. Not a clue if this is pushing the line.
#8
Sawmills and Milling / Re: Did something dumb today.
Last post by Southside - Yesterday at 09:58:04 PMWhile reading about your clients day I suddenly heard Joe Diffie singing about a Big Boy in the Shoneys parking lot... 
#9
Sawmills and Milling / Re: Whatcha Sawin' 2024 ??
Last post by Southside - Yesterday at 09:47:33 PMWow Larry - that's impressive Cherry. Around here it's twisted, small, full of rot, and basically only grows on the edge of fields. Never seen it like that.
#10
General Board / Re: Be ready for a LOUD summer...
Last post by Magicman - Yesterday at 09:46:19 PMI heard my first ones today while I was eating lunch. Can't hear anything with earplugs when the mill is running.
