Sawing project 2020

[Lawg Dawg]

I think I make #41 Jefferson SC...I may be bringing Brian Fields (Fields Sawmill) with me...will know more about his status when it gets closer 

 

[Mossy Chariot]

Attendees list update - as best I can cipher at this point.

   

No.	Handle	Name	Location
1	Customsawyer	Jake	Rentz	GA
2	GeneWengert-WoodDoc	Gene	Bishop	GA
3	GeneWengert-WoodDoc	Barbara	Bishop	GA
4	K-guy	Stan	Bangor	ME
5	K-guy	wife	Bangor	ME
6	Southside		Wilsons	VA
7	petefrombearswamp	Pete	Finger Lakes	NY
8	petefrombearswamp	Linda	Finger Lakes	NY
9	caveman		Lakeland	FL
10	caveman	Jmoore	Lakeland	FL
11	Andries		Oakbank	Manitoba
12	Andries	Teea	Oakbank	Manitoba
13	Sawyer Ted		Germanton	NC
14	Sawyer Ted	Doc Emily	Germanton	NC
15	DR_Buck	Dave	Farmville	VA
16	doc Henderson	Bryan	Hutchinson	KS
17	doc Henderson	Georgia	Hutchinson	KS
18	nativewolf	1	Delaplane	VA
19	nativewolf	2	Delaplane	VA
20	nativewolf	3	Delaplane	VA
21	Nomad	Bill	Jacksonville	FL
22	sawwood		Independence	MO
23	Timfuller	1
24	Timfuller	2
25	YellowHammer	Robert	New Market	AL
26	YellowHammer	Martha	New Market	AL
27	Slider	Al	South	GA
28	Slider - Cook	Vicki	South	GA
29	Deese	Frank	Grady	AL
30	scsmith42	Scott	New Hill	NC
31	bushhog920		Montgomery	AL
32	flatrock58		Carrolton	GA
33	flatrock58 - friend	Mike	Carrolton	GA
34	Sixacresand	John	Gordon	GA
35	Sixacresand - 2	Nancy	Gordon	GA
36	copperhead10	Dean	Morganton	NC
37	copperhead10	Lynn	Morganton	NC
38	Mfrost459	Mike	Winston	GA
39	Mfrost459	Connie	Winston	GA
40	Mossy Chariot	Tony	Knoxville	TN
41	123maxbars	Nathan	Kingsport	TN
42	DanG	Dan	Chattahoochee	FL
43	Poquo		Poquoson	VA
44	Lawg Dawg		Jefferson	SC

[Tom the Sawyer]

Tom and Jillane, 45 & 46 (roster, not age ).

[jtmccallum]

Jtmccallum. 45 I think.  

[terrifictimbersllc]

Terrifictimbersllc (1) 
and my brother
Terrifictimbersllc (2)
please add.   8)

[Crusarius]

HMMMM 15 hours one way. HMMMMM. Thinking, thinking.....

Maybe, should probably talk to the wife.

[Mossy Chariot]

    

No.	Handle	Name	Location
1	Customsawyer	Jake	Rentz	GA
2	GeneWengert-WoodDoc	Gene	Bishop	GA
3	GeneWengert-WoodDoc	Barbara	Bishop	GA
4	K-guy	Stan	Bangor	ME
5	K-guy	wife	Bangor	ME
6	Southside		Wilsons	VA
7	petefrombearswamp	Pete	Finger Lakes	NY
8	petefrombearswamp	Linda	Finger Lakes	NY
9	caveman		Lakeland	FL
10	caveman	Jmoore	Lakeland	FL
11	Andries		Oakbank	Manitoba
12	Andries	Teea	Oakbank	Manitoba
13	Sawyer Ted		Germanton	NC
14	Sawyer Ted	Doc Emily	Germanton	NC
15	DR_Buck	Dave	Farmville	VA
16	doc Henderson	Bryan	Hutchinson	KS
17	doc Henderson	Georgia	Hutchinson	KS
18	nativewolf	1	Delaplane	VA
19	nativewolf	2	Delaplane	VA
20	nativewolf	3	Delaplane	VA
21	Nomad	Bill	Jacksonville	FL
22	sawwood		Independence	MO
23	Timfuller	1
24	Timfuller	2
25	YellowHammer	Robert	New Market	AL
26	YellowHammer	Martha	New Market	AL
27	Slider	Al	South	GA
28	Slider - Cook	Vicki	South	GA
29	Deese	Frank	Grady	AL
30	scsmith42	Scott	New Hill	NC
31	bushhog920		Montgomery	AL
32	flatrock58		Carrolton	GA
33	flatrock58 - friend	Mike	Carrolton	GA
34	Sixacresand	John	Gordon	GA
35	Sixacresand - 2	Nancy	Gordon	GA
36	copperhead10	Dean	Morganton	NC
37	copperhead10	Lynn	Morganton	NC
38	Mfrost459	Mike	Winston	GA
39	Mfrost459	Connie	Winston	GA
40	Mossy Chariot	Tony	Knoxville	TN
41	123maxbars	Nathan	Kingsport	TN
42	DanG	Dan	Chattahoochee	FL
43	Poquo		Poquoson	VA
44	Lawg Dawg		Jefferson	SC
45	Tom the Sawyer	Tom	Eudora	KS
46	Tom the Sawyer	Jillane	Eudora	KS
47	jtmccallum	John	Midland	MI
48	terrifictimbersllc	Dennis	Mystic	CT
49	terrifictimbersllc	2	Mystic	CT

[POSTON WIDEHEAD]

The Goat and Kirk will be present. 8) 8)

[123maxbars]

The Goat and Kirk will be present. 8) 8)

Finally the hold out has signed up! Now I can start packing, 
@POSTON WIDEHEAD 

[customsawyer]

He always has to make a entrance. :D

[POSTON WIDEHEAD]

The Goat and Kirk will be present. 8) 8)

Finally the hold out has signed up! Now I can start packing,
@POSTON WIDEHEAD

Bring your camera. 😎😎😎

[caveman]

Dang, David, that is the most you have posted in months.  It will be good to see you and Kirk again.  You must be busy since your retirement.

[Sixacresand]

VIP.  Kirk is the only man in SC that I have ever helped stack a board off a sawmill.  

Glad y'all are coming. 

[123maxbars]

I haven't seen any sawing ideas yet for Saturday so I thought I would throw some out.
1) Sawing beams/post. Different techniques  on sawing a post and how to get them square as possible. Examples would be 8x8 post for a timber framer or 6x6 post for a customer building a barn. I researched the forum today and that topic came up quite a bit. 

2) Sawing for grade on logs. Picking the best face on a log and the best strategy to get the highest grade possible. 

3) Another idea on Friday after the Kiln Class have a small meeting on the business side. Whats working for some and whats not working/advertising/web sites etc.

4)Another idea is just put @YellowHammer is some form of painful mid evil torture device and have him tell us all his sawing/drying/marketing secrets. 

I vote for option 4 but make it after he hooks us up with his barbecue. 

[stanwelch]

If Goat and Kirk are 50 and 51 — Then from MICHIGAN add:

    stan welch — 52

    Jeff           — 53

[GAB]

4)Another idea is just put @YellowHammer is some form of painful mid evil torture device and have him tell us all his sawing/drying/marketing secrets.

Would you kindly explain to me what the man has done to evoke such thoughts.
Also he could explain his secrets to you, however he could not understand them for you.
After having visited with him it is my belief that he could write books on what he has learned by doing.
Gerald

[123maxbars]

4)Another idea is just put @YellowHammer is some form of painful mid evil torture device and have him tell us all his sawing/drying/marketing secrets.

Would you kindly explain to me what the man has done to evoke such thoughts.
Also he could explain his secrets to you, however he could not understand them for you.
After having visited with him it is my belief that he could write books on what he

My post was obvious sarcasm. 

[Lawg Dawg]

Nathan has some good ideas...I especially like #3

[YellowHammer]

GAB, I really appreciate your comments, and I'm always grateful and recognize when people have my back. I really respect and thank you for that. That's an all too rare thing these days. You da man.  

The good news is that 123Maxbars and I have been good friends for awhile, and I know he was just joking about my somewhat protective business philosophy where I generally adopt the Jack Daniels "mums the word" approach to disclosing our techniques and secrets. If anybody ever goes on a Jack Daniels tour you'll hear them say, "Behind that door is our mash room, we don't show that to people, it's our secret."  I do much the same to my local competition.  Its just good business sense.  

However, with Forum members it's different, and I don't hesitate to show folks what we do, how we do it, or otherwise help others, either when they come here to visit, like GAB and others have, or when we go to see them at Customsawyer's project.  Jake has led by example and has set the gold standard for helping us all learn new things at his projects, and I certainly will try to do the same.  

If people want, I can talk and answer questions on our business and marketing strategies, or other "special" techniques we use to process and sell our wood.

[nativewolf]

I haven't seen any sawing ideas yet for Saturday so I thought I would throw some out.
1) Sawing beams/post. Different techniques  on sawing a post and how to get them square as possible. Examples would be 8x8 post for a timber framer or 6x6 post for a customer building a barn. I researched the forum today and that topic came up quite a bit.

2) Sawing for grade on logs. Picking the best face on a log and the best strategy to get the highest grade possible.

3) Another idea on Friday after the Kiln Class have a small meeting on the business side. Whats working for some and whats not working/advertising/web sites etc.

4)Another idea is just put @YellowHammer is some form of painful mid evil torture device and have him tell us all his sawing/drying/marketing secrets.

I vote for option 4 but make it after he hooks us up with his barbecue.

re #4: I say you bring a 16' 30" walnut and let a newbie saw it at 3/4" thickness and deadstack it right in front of him....in the sun, no wax on the ends, then restack with 1 4x4 sticker every 8 ' and at least 3' from the ends (1 sticker per layer for those having trouble following). When sawing tilt the large end up another 1',  so the boards are have as much pith and sapwood as possible...every board should have some pith.  He'll start crying and give in before you get halfway the restack :D.  Hey if you are going to torture the man do it right- be merciless.

[customsawyer]

I appreciate the compliment YH. Danny and I were talking yesterday about this project. It started out just a few of us friends that lived fairly close to this same area getting together and sharing ideas. We were all in different markets, so no competition to each other. So all were willing to share. That same thing has held true through all of the projects. I can't take credit for it, it"s  just the way it has turned out. I wouldn't have it any other way. Most that come for the first time always come up to me and share how amazed they are at the openness of everyone. Men and women both.
As to the sawing demo. I'm leaning towards sawing some walnut and showing the importance of minimal sap wood. Also have some curly maple that I need to saw some 4/4, 6/4 and 9/4 out of.

[GAB]

4)Another idea is just put @YellowHammer is some form of painful mid evil torture device and have him tell us all his sawing/drying/marketing secrets.

Would you kindly explain to me what the man has done to evoke such thoughts.
Also he could explain his secrets to you, however he could not understand them for you.
After having visited with him it is my belief that he could write books on what he

My post was obvious sarcasm.

Sorry, but on a quick read I did not recognize it as that.
Gerald

[GAB]

GAB, I really appreciate your comments, and I'm always grateful and recognize when people have my back. I really respect and thank you for that. That's an all too rare thing these days. You da man.  

The good news is that 123Maxbars and I have been good friends for awhile, and I know he was just joking about my somewhat protective business philosophy where I generally adopt the Jack Daniels "mums the word" approach to disclosing our techniques and secrets. If anybody ever goes on a Jack Daniels tour you'll hear them say, "Behind that door is our mash room, we don't show that to people, it's our secret."  I do much the same to my local competition.  Its just good business sense.  

However, with Forum members it's different, and I don't hesitate to show folks what we do, how we do it, or otherwise help others, either when they come here to visit, like GAB and others have, or when we go to see them at Customsawyer's project.  Jake has led by example and has set the gold standard for helping us all learn new things at his projects, and I certainly will try to do the same.  

If people want, I can talk and answer questions on our business and marketing strategies, or other "special" techniques we use to process and sell our wood.

Robert:
Thanks for the reply.  
I have a suggestion for you and that is to take lots and lots of pictures and notes enough so that if ever you were incapacited for some reason or another that you could write books with lots of pictures and diagrams to inform and instruct the future woodworkers and lumber generators of the world.
Please do not get me wrong: I do not wish that on you or anyone else.
However, an ACE, or two, in your back pocket is always a good thing for a fall back position in life.
I sure would like to attend this year, but it does not look good.
Concerning a sawing project: 
How about sawing a 12' long octogonal porch post that has 12" across the bottom flats and 6" across the top flats.
I would definitely start with a low value log for the first one.
GAB

[thecfarm]

Next time read slower.

[Sixacresand]

How about sawing a 12' long octogonal porch post that has 12" across the bottom flats and 6" across the top flats.

Seems like I done that once by accident on a good log.   :D