I just had a guy call me for a Pine slab that would measure 8' 6" long, 3' wide and 6" thick! Does anyone have an animal like this available :-) ???
QuoteI just had a guy call me for a Pine slab that would measure 8' 6" long, 3' wide and 6" thick! Does anyone have an animal like this available :-) ???
Actually, I do have a piece very close to those dimensions.
A large slab come out of a white pine milled into timbers. Going into the burn pile at the moment...
I''m in Ohio, though.
Greg
*DanG the bad luck.....it would have been worth far more than a framing timber I promise you that! Ohio is not too far for something like this Greg :-) If you cut another one give me a call before you load it in the burn pile :-)
I know that this will be a tough one to find, but this guy is willing to pay a fair price for a slab like this for his family room. It will be a bartop. The room has tall Pine trunks as supports and he wants a special piece for the bar top. It would be a special log indeed to make a slab like this for sure.
Greg, get out there and stomp it out.
We'll tell him it was hit by lightning and put the price up a few more bucks. :D
We have several sawyers here in Texas that can cut one for you, Joey Lowe comes to mind, but he hasn't been on the board lately. He's failry close to you.
There are a couple of sawyer types down here that could cut one, if they have the log to make it.
Joey is recovering from some serious surgery. I saw that he posted a note just the other day, but I spoke to him about a week ago and still was suffering pretty badly from having his chest split open. He is a very lucky man to be with us according to what he told me. I think a few prayers would be welcomed by Joey and his family.
If any millers have 3'+ Pines available, I am interested in hearing from you :-)
I got this one but it is only about 26 inches wide and 3 inches thick but is 8'6". When I get back off the road and get home next week I could probly make you one. I got some big sticks. Provided they let me take my stuff to Area 51.
ARKANSAWYER
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Its a nice drive to Arky's Curly_Woods but take yer life Jacket.
Never mind. I see you would be coming up from the south. Don't know if yull need it.
???How can you cut 36 in. between your roller guides with a W.M. ::)
I have talents not readly noted by others. Besides since I have come up with the wobbling top theory of the universe I am no longer bound by the same physical laws as the rest of you guys and gals. So I know no limits just size of sticks.
ARKANSAWYER
Where theres a will , where is always a way 8) 8) 8) 8)
Have you considered splitting a log down the center,,3" thick,, Dry Dry Dry,,then straightening one side and glue them together "bookmatched) use ply for splines in the joint.
Now you could use 18" or 20" log.
Look at White Oak. The center can be bad on bigger ones but an 18-20" is prime to have a perfectly good center. Also the best part is the center face of White Oak shows Quartersawn Flecks like you wouldn't believe.
JIM
But I can't tell you. If'n I did, I'd have to "off" ya.
Secrets must remain so. Unless Arky blabs about what the aliens told him. He isn't supposed to tell.
Mark
A fellow named Solidwoods is telling you to scab several pieces together and use plywood to hold it together makes a man wonder about the name. ??? The universe is getting stranger everyday. I think these little men that Jeff added look alot like aliens or is it just me. ??? :( >:(
ARKANSAWYER
How about a slab of English Walnut crotch wood that is 8' long and 3 1/2 " thick, kiln dryed? I can also make you a slab of Sequoia that is 4' wide and the thickness you need aswell as length. Buyt alas, Oregon is a far piece from where you are located. You pay the freight and you hve one for $250. ;)
It's Solidwoods.
Not One piece of wood. :D
JIM
I got a piece of shagbark hickory that would make that blew down in the storm if that will work,and I can find someone to saw it for me. :(
I may have the log, but, it's 24' long. I can float it North to Tom's place and he can ship it from there ??? ???
OK Jim I see my confusion on that one.
ARKANSAWYER
Hey David:
I have a couple of those slabs and can cut some more at the end of the month (or at least my boys will). Thanks for the good words Curly Woods!
That size stick would just make a good fly swatter down in Texas. :D
Hey Joey, good to see ya postin. Heard you was under the weather. Hope the outlook is good.
Hey fella:
Prognosis is good now that I'm away from the hospital. Family told me to go have the gastric bypass surgery. They told me I would feel better. Doctors agreed. Who am I to go against the flow. So on 08/22, I checked myself in for surgery. I was told that they would operate that morning (Friday) and I would be home by Monday and back to normal activity within two weeks. Well, I woke up in ICU 25 days later. Have an open wound extending from my left hip to my right shoulder. Wound is 4 inches deep and 6 inches wide now. Turns out that during the first (Yup, I said first) surgery, I developed another blood clot. Then, my lower intestine started to die from where they had detached and then reattached it. A week later they decided to open me up again and fix the lower intestine. During that surgery, I aspirated and ended up asleep in ICU on a ventilator. Family and surgeons were pretty skeptical about me surviving. In fact, my wife had already contacted funeral homes and was making arrangements. My waking up was a real shock for everyone, especially me, cause I didn't know what was going on. Kind of scarey when the first thing you see is your wife, kids, mother and sisters and a preacher standing over you. Anyway, the good Lord has decreed that I have unfinished business here so here I am. By the way, I've lost 90 lbs. in 7 weeks. Not hungry at all. Would not recommend this surgery to anyone and in hindsight, I wish I had hired a dietician to prepare my meals instead of getting cut on.
I'm very proud of my sons too. They kept the sawmill business running and we are booked about 5 weeks out and things are looking good.
That was a rough ride Joey, I'm glad you rode it out and are still with us.
Glad you are on the upswing, Joey. Kick back and enjoy some of the rest if you can. Its not every day a fellow can get a lot of attention like when he's incapacitated. :D
Hey Joey,
Man, Glad you are back and alright :D I have been wondering what had happened to you... I even noticed that your tree is missing from the members map... Didn't know what happened? I asked several people around Longview and Gilmer if they knew where your mill was located, but no one knew... I was going to come up and check your mill out and see what was going on... But never got the chance... I have a nephew having the same surgury monday (10-13-03)
He is in his early 20's, just finished College... Weights almost 500 lbs. about 5' 4" tall...
The Atkins Diet is very good... But you have to really stick to it... My wife is on it and I have tempted her with all kinds of candy and Ice cream, but she stuck with the diet and has lost 40+ lbs.. There is special Atkins candy that you can buy and she makes a Low carb ice cream... Go to Google and type in "Low Carbohydrate cooking-recipes"
Maybe someone else here can use the Atkins info. it really works if you stay with it and don't Backslide ::)
Jerry
Joey's tree never left the member map that I know of. If it did. It grew back.
Glad yer doing well Joey. :)
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Joey-Lowe and new son Nash.
Glad you're back Joey.
Joey,
We are sure sorry to hear about your ordeal, the good lord must have desided that you where still needed here. It sound like you must have gone off coumadin to have gotten another clot. My doctor wanted me to go off the coumadin after problem with clots, but I didn't like the idea without knowing what caused the DVT. Anyway, take care of yourself, you have a lot of healing to under go. Be careful not to tear yourself open.
Joey,
You should teach them boys how to run the 'puter not that they can run the saw. We could have sent more prayers your way. How's the newest doing now that your around to hold him again? Keep breathing as that is the most important thing and give praise for the breath.
ARKANSAWYER