Question ? sawing multiple posts from log .

[WV_hillbilly]

  Hey Jack you get that roof finished and I'll come up and put up those new lights so you can see after dark .


 Brad     I  am looking for some smaller logs to cut these post out of  right now  but I may have to resort to the big ones .


Thanks for all the insight  guys .  One of these days I may just get a saw to put under this shed  .  ;D

[OneWithWood]

As Norm said I have used tulip poplar in my buildings.  I use it for headers, top plates, 2x and siding.  Mostly I use it for siding.  It makes a durable and good looking siding.  The 2 x 6s in my saw barn are actually made from big tooth aspen.  It is in the same family as tulip poplar but is not as durable.

[WV_hillbilly]

  OWW

 There are alot of old barns around here with poplar siding . It grows pretty good here . I was told the other day that it makes some real good lapsiding If you have the jig .

[woodmills1]

All the "poplar" I sell and use is really quaking aspen.  It doesnt like stain but paints real well.  When covered with urethane it stays real white.  Gets slightly yellow over time but I expect thats the urethane not the wood.

[beenthere]

I thought aspen was called 'popple' and not poplar.  ??? : ???

[WV_hillbilly]

  Has anyone wondered why a guy with no sawmill would want to build a sawshed  ? ???

[Furby]

Nope, not at all!

I did however, wonder how a guy with no sawmill was going to saw multiple posts from a log. ;D

[WV_hillbilly]

  Keep thinking Furby you might be onto something .

[Furby]

Ya mean ya don't really have a mill headed your way???

[WV_hillbilly]

  No your gettin colder .

[Furby]

Yep, it was 56 on Fri. and it's 28 right now. I'd say I'm getting colder.  ;)
So ya gonna tell us, or wait for somebody else to guess???

[WV_hillbilly]

You'll have to wait till about noon today and you 'll see some pics . I would have to say that something is going to hitch a ride home behind my truck  at about 9:00 AM.  There is that what you is wantin to know  . I knew someone was gonna beat it out of me .        I know I'm going to start the new year off right .   ;D

[chet]

Seein' as how you now got yur new mill, dem laminated posts are definately da way ta go. ;)  If ya sawed 1/4" boards, just think of how much sawin' you could do for each 4X6 post.   ;D

[WV_hillbilly]

  Yea Chet I could use the practice . It will be an adventure to see this thing get built . I need it to get below freezing again so I can cut down some more trees . It is hard for me to get any logs out of my woods unless it is dry or frozen . I have to go and get 5 logs that I dropped off at a circle mill 2 months ago . Seems He couldn't  find the time to saw them so it's too late now I have my own mill.    

[WV_hillbilly]

  It's me again .  I have another question about these posts , stringers and floor joist  for my saw shed  . I got one heck of a deal on a semi load of silver maple logs maybe more . Would it be okay to use this for structural parts or just siding  ?   About half is 16 " and bigger  x 12 - 24' long and the rest is in the 10" - 14 "  x  8 - 16 ' long .

[pasbuild]

Post dimension is based on the height of the side walls more then the width of the building, example 10' wall height 4"X6", 14' wall height 6"X6" over 14' 8"X8"

[WV_hillbilly]

  Thanks Pasbuild .  It will probably be built with 10 or 12 ' high sides .   There is enough smaller logs for me to be able to cut all the posts out , with a centered heart  .

[Cedarman]

What about plan A and plan B.  If you start sawing the oaks and the wood is stained and only good for construction then use plan A figuring out how much you need to oversaw for stress relief.  If the wood looks valuable go to plan B which is to use some low grade poplar or other wood and sell  the high value wood.
Plan B lets you do more sawing too.

[WV_hillbilly]

  well I'm going to use plan B as i took a real good look at the pile of logs today .  There are more bigger ones than I thought . So the maple will make up most of this shed . It is going to start out at 30'  x 40 '     with a 15' x 40'  Basement under one side  cause of the lay of my land .


So far since Jan.1 when I brought the saw home I have sawed every weekend .  When I get this pile of logs home I won't have much free time  to do anything else . Looks like EZ's prediction is starting to come true > :D

[Buzz-sawyer]

WV
The silver maple will..when cut into posts or cants crack rather deeply. I used it on osage piers(it willrot instantly in the ground) to build an open saw shed.