Whatcha Sawin' 2023 ??

[Beavertooth]

Sawed 1400 bf out of these cypress tops for duck blind material. Not very stable stuff for sure. The tops came from trees that were on a 30 acre section of land on the Homochitto River. The cypress timber sold for $480,000.  That is $16000 per acre. The guy I sawed for was the forester who coordinated the sale.  He said that's the most per acre he has ever dealt with.  

 

 

 

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[Magicman]

Those Cypress "pecker poles" turned out nicely Craig.  It is sometime amazing what can be squeezed out of nothing.

I am still messing with some ERC.  Mostly junky stuff but I saw what the customer has.  ;D

[WV Sawmiller]

John,

   I'm thinking "Denim Patchwork". (Just take it off my royalties for the shed bin project.)

[KWH]

What about the next grade up buck shot denim?

[jpassardi]

Some pricey duck blind right there... 

[WV Sawmiller]

 

 
I cut this big poplar tree a couple of weeks ago. It is just outside my pasture and on a small bench (flat area). I went up today to buck a 12' log off it for my shed walls and doors.


 
That's a 24" bar and the leaf is the 12' mark. The log turned out to be about 19" SED and cut like butter. I cut straight down and just tapped a felling wedge in to keep the cut open.


 
There is still a good 35-40 ft remaining past the leaf on the log at the bottom of the picture. I'll buck and haul it when I need it. This was a heavy load for my little JD 750 but it came down the hill with no problems.


 
On the loading arms and ready to saw. I started having power feed problems and tripping the breaker about half way through sawing this log. It was intermittent and happened going and on return and not at the same spot and did not see bark or sticks in the track so I'll have to chase that down. I have a new drum switch but this one is not very old. 


 

 
210 bf of mostly 1X12s. A few I'll trim to 10' because of wane on that end. Plenty to do the rest of the front of my shed.

[fluidpowerpro]

New personal best today. Est 1500 bf in 7 hrs. Mostly white pine with a few red pine. Good tailgunners and big logs make a difference. Will be back tomorrow to saw more. Tree service  guy but so far no nails.

 

 

 

 

[tacks Y]

Sawed a maple log today. Top blew off 2-3 years ago so I sawed it down and left on the ground. I was working down there and it was in my way so hauled it to the mill. It had some rot in the middle so I almost did not saw.

 

[Ljohnsaw]

Didn't quite finish the third log. Still need to edge up the side wood.


 
My arms were done after stacking up the 2x8x16.5 planks. There's a few 2x6s in there, too.


 
Three down, one to go! (Next week)

[Magicman]

Looking good John....very good.  8)

[Stephen1]

Great work. I like the pile of stickered lumber

[TimW]

Long time customer brought me 3 Sweetgum logs for 1 inch live edge.  This is the first log's 9 boards with weight on them left overnight.

 
hugs,  Brandi

[fluidpowerpro]

Finished sawing for the tree service guy. Must have been lucky because didn't hit any nails. Did hit one backstop though. The guy also has a few nice Mopars.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Ljohnsaw]

We had a 1972 Duster that was totalled in 1972 or 1973. Was not a fun car to ride in the back seat.

[Southside]

I remember the black vinyl of our Duster, what fun to sit on in the summer. 

[Resonator]

When I helped my best repeat customer move to his new house a few years ago, he had two 80's dodge pickups, a 66 Coronet (with a race motor), a 71 dart swinger, and what I think was a 72 Duster. The Duster was a "project" that he had taken apart down to the shell, and in hundreds of pieces scattered all throughout the garage. He knew what every part was, and insisted he would build the car and have it running. As I was loading up all the pieces, I asked him how long the car had been a "work in progress"... 19 years. :D

[tule peak timber]

Sold a bunch of giant oak slabs today. Sequenced from one log at 16 feet long and 3 to 6 feet wide. Black oak.

 

[TimW]

Please freshen my (our) memories.  What are you cutting the 6 foot wide slabs with?
hugs,  Brandi

[tule peak timber]

Of all the mills I have owned, this is a dedicated Lucas slabber. I think it is the second one down from the largest. Reliable, no frills and always gets the job done.

 

[Stephen1]

Must be fairly dry or you do not leave them laying in the sun very long.
Beautiful slabs.

[tule peak timber]

The oak slabs have been air dried for 3 years in covered storage. Yesterday was pay day....

[Andries]

TPT, three year old dry oak plus a manual feed slabber plus leaning into it = you earned the payday.

[tule peak timber]

And the aspirin ! :D

[Wlmedley]

Had a 26"x6' white oak log on my log deck half the summer.It has finally cooled down around here and I decided to cut it into some 2" slabs for future projects.I've got some walnut I'm wanting to saw but this log had to be gotten out of the way first.Wouldn't be much of a job on a hydraulic mill but it was about all I wanted on this one.Got a few nice slabs and a nice quarter sawn 5"x10" off one side of the center.

 

 

 

    

[Resonator]

Burls.









My customer the custom woodworker brought some black cherry burls to saw up. Cut everything into 3/4" slices, bark, swirly grain, rubbery gum pitch and all. ;D