Whatcha Sawin' 2021 ??

[Peter Drouin]

You guys with flat roofs :D ;) Up here in NH the thing would be on the ground on the first storm.

[Peter Drouin]

Fun this last week 10 ° cutting frozen Hemlock logs hard as a rock. The T7s did ok but, Dull faster. If you don't take the lumber off fast enuff the thing will freeze to the cant. 8)

[randy d]

I know what your talking about we were sawing pine 2x4 and they froze down to the cant real fast and its fun scarping off saw dust to. we use windshield washer fluid but it still freezes to the 2x4.  Randy

[SawyerTed]

You guys with flat roofs :D ;) Up here in NH the thing would be on the ground on the first storm.

Yes "flat" is relative.  The photo makes it look flatter than it is.  The roof has about 20" of fall in 14'.  We rarely get more than 6" of snow and none of it stays more than 2 or 3 days.  While this lean-to will hold up to our snow loads, it wouldn't where snow and ice accumulates over several weather events. There are hundreds of sheds like this built on tobacco barns just in Stokes County.

[Resonator]

If it gets cold enough and the sawdust freezes thick, I scrape it off in sheets. ;D

[Bruno of NH]

You are right Peter
I used alot of blades this last week frozen logs add to the winter fun.

[busenitzcww]

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Finally got back to the mill this year! Some 6/4 walnut and some pin oak slabs.

[WDH]

That walnut is killer.

[doc henderson]

great stuff... from Kansas!     8)  8)  8) 

[Walnut Beast]

Awesome 👍

[kelLOGg]

A neighbor called me today to ask if I could saw cookies from spalted maple her husband got for firewood. I told her "yes" and I could do it now. As she approached me and my wife, I told my wife that I was going to bake saw some cookies for her. Two hours later I had this pic in my email. I'm still laughing.



 

(There is an electrical issue with the head feed so I had to push. That's my task for tomorrow)

[longtime lurker]

Not sawing last week - but finished lifting one of my sheds that came off second best in a Category 5 cyclone.

It's been a work in progress for a long time - as time and money permitted. It spent 6 years down in "sydney opera house" style with some pallets to stop it collapsing further.... which was really good in terms of self washing floors every time it rained but not good for much else.




 



I had every builder in like 100 mile here buying lumber at some point or other and looked at it and none of them knew where to start so it was either knock it down or do it ourselves. Now I'm not a builder.... but pallets, forklifts, dogs and chains and ratchet straps : I got general freighters covered.





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I can now say that officially - it's nearly twice as strong as the original design. We do not wish to do this again in a hurry.


*No OH&S guys were consulted in the making of this post :D

[tule peak timber]

Awesome,,,,,,You are making me smile with your engineering solutions.We have the Disney concert hall here in Los Angeles with a twisted roof like yours. Keep up the good work ! Cheers WOC

[Patrick NC]

Got a load of cedar today. Some are kinda small, but it's all worth sawing. Good thing is I've got an order for 4x4s. 

 

[donbj]

Not sawing last week - but finished lifting one of my sheds that came off second best in a Category 5 cyclone.

It's been a work in progress for a long time - as time and money permitted. It spent 6 years down in "sydney opera house" style with some pallets to stop it collapsing further.... which was really good in terms of self washing floors every time it rained but not good for much else.




 



I had every builder in like 100 mile here buying lumber at some point or other and looked at it and none of them knew where to start so it was either knock it down or do it ourselves. Now I'm not a builder.... but pallets, forklifts, dogs and chains and ratchet straps : I got general freighters covered.





New posts in






I can now say that officially - it's nearly twice as strong as the original design. We do not wish to do this again in a hurry.


*No OH&S guys were consulted in the making of this post :D

Nice job! Thoughtful patient approach get's it done! Now a big sale on pallets coming up.

[WV Sawmiller]

   We were setting up a big circus style tent for employee billeting in Baghram Afghaniland and had a heavy snowfall that did the same thing to it. The only thing that kept it up was we had started staging the furniture and had a long row of 6' tall wardrobes along the outer walls on both sides and they held it up. Once occupied and the heat was on in the tents the snow would just melt off as quickly as it would fall. A contractor convinced the USAF foam insulation would be a great addition so they foamed a bunch about 2" thick. They ruined a bunch of A/Cs because they did not seal the vent fans and they got clogged and the next time it snowed the well insulated tents collapsed under the weight because it could not melt as per our original design. We finally had to tear all the foam off and ship it off the base because it was hazardous waste that we could not bury or burn.

[Bruno of NH]

Got in some new bands to add to the supply
Silvertips 7/39 × .055 I have lots of big logs coming up with wide cuts.

 

[Larry]

Finding good help anymore is really hard.  This one is on the small side but he has a big heart and doesn't eat much! :D

Got about 2,000 foot of yard tree walnut to work through than 1,000 board foot of really nice cherry logs.  Couple of the big walnut logs get live edge slabbed but the rest is all grade sawing.

[Walnut Beast]

Good looking help but I think Magicman might beg to differ from some of his past help 😂

[WV Sawmiller]

    Yeah but Miz pat might vote for the pooch. :D

[terrifictimbersllc]

He's wondering why there's no log on the mill.  :D

[Raym]

After my portable sawing job last week, I am going to try and figure out how to do more of these.

One problem I have is keeping the lubemizer jets clean. They seem to always get clogged and isn't an issue when I'm sawing here because I just take them out and blow them out with compressed air.

Wasn't an option at customers site so I removed the jets and drilled them out to 5/64 (smallest bit I had). Will see how that does.

[DWyatt]

Fun weekend with Dad sawing some 2 1/2" beech slabs from some large "logs" for a customer and 3 poplar logs into 1x material for us. I didn't do a final tally of the poplar, but they made a lot of lumber. 2 of the logs could have been veneer quality and one was just a normal lumber log. Note the chunk of Beech that didn't get sawed in the background of the poplar picture : He said they were logs : I said hourly rate. The one poplar was the biggest log I have had on the mill and it was a pain in the butt. 12' long 28" small end and 38" large end, but it made some purdy lumber. I have 4 more poplar logs to pick up next weekend, having a neighbor who's a logger is convenient.



 

A little late, but Dad just sent me a picture of the huge poplar log loaded on the mill that I mentioned in my previous post. This is the biggest log I've milled to date, I don't wish to repeat it soon :D Except I have 2 @8' long that are this big that still need milled


 


 

[Bruno of NH]

My debarker swing motor shaft came in last night. 
Got it put in the motor this afternoon. Just need to put things back together at the mill.
Thanks @Marty Parsons

[DPatton]

  I got a new circular saw blade in today . 





  ;D But it's not your standard issue 7 1/4" circular saw blade ;D. 



 

It's a little bigger. :D :D