Whatcha Sawin' 2020 ??

[tule peak timber]

Pretty sticks......

[Jim_Rogers]

Well, it wasn't very warm out there today, but that comment should be in the weather thread.
But I lowered the loading arms so I could load the first log of 2020 to be milled.
They didn't lower far enough due to the ice on the driveway:



 

But I did manage to get a log loaded and cut out an 8x10x16' timber for a timber frame customer. This is a plate.
along with some 4x4s and 2by.



 

Jim Rogers

Jim,
It looks like you need to cut a pair of wedges for yourself to use.

Well, I guess I could, but Bob is here now to help me:


 
He does all the heavy lifting around the sawmill yard.
Jim Rogers

[tule peak timber]

Inbound live oak today. Hard to deal with, hard to dry, hard to finish- one of our best sellers....

 

 

[Anderson]

@Anderson What are the green buckets?  I'm assuming this is saw dust.  What are you doing with it?  Looks like you'd have to stoop over a lot to pick those up.  I just keep 3 rubbermaid 42 gallon garbage cans near the mill for dust, bark, etc.  I burn all my dust and bark.  If you have woods around, that is a lot of fuel, then that may not be a good option unless you can burn somewhere in the open.  You don't want any fireflies to come out of the burn barrels and start something.  Where I burn has gravel and mowed grass, but I don't burn when it's dry or when it's windy.  
https://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?topic=95735.msg1476521#msg1476521

The green buckets are mineral tubs I..err..procured at the "dumpstore" ( dumpster) ;D  I was throwing the sawdust in them to put on my truck later.  I haul logs to our mill shed and back haul lumber,slabs and sawdust. No real good place to burn anything at my place or the mill shed where I can keep a eye on it.  so I just pile it and let it rot. Slabs mostly go to friends for firewood and we burn some ourselves for heat. 
I am still hauling stone for the road to the shed, so don't have wet weather access with my truck yet but when I do, I plan to load it with slabs, sawdust and lumber right off the mill. Touch everything as few times as possible.  

[bwstout]

Very beautiful table 

[olcowhand]

Inbound live oak today. Hard to deal with, hard to dry, hard to finish- one of our best sellers....

 

Tule Peak, That table is very nice. In a sorta related topic, I signed up for an Epoxy river table class in Sarasota, FL next month, and I chose Live Oak for my project. I'm taking the class to gain more confidence in working with my own slabs, and your pic makes me glad I chose that type.
Steve

[tule peak timber]

Thanks for the comment. We have two types of live oak here (coastal and canyon ) and they make cool table material. The river table thing has become super popular in epoxy when it started out as inset glass and was pretty expensive. I sell a lot of river table kits to folks who want to save some money. Good luck in your class!
  The two live oaks from around here.  Rob

 

 

[olcowhand]

The character in each of those pieces is evident. Very nice.

[tule peak timber]

Inbound black oak this morning.

 

[alan gage]

Inbound black oak this morning.

You're small.
Alan

[tule peak timber]

Inbound live oak logs this afternoon. Some are pretty nice....

 

[Bruno of NH]

Mill up some more hard maple slabs for inventory. 
Hemlock 2x4 x10 for inventory and 1.5" live edge hemlock for a landscape supply company.
Used the frost notch bands in both it cut great.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Magicman]

Looks good.  Now here is wishing for your inventory to disappear.  8)

[tule peak timber]

Video Jan 08, 9 09 31 AM - YouTube

[WDH]

Holy Moly!

[Southside]

What did that register on the Richter scale? 

[tule peak timber]

Funny , we have had 4 strong quakes here today not including the log.We run an average of 4-5 rumblers a day above 2. something....

[Bruno of NH]

That's a log :D

[thecfarm]

WOW!!
I have cut trees,eastern white pine 4 feet across. When the tree starts to fall I always shut the saw off to hear the noise!!
I see you braced the trailer up too.  ;)

[tule peak timber]

WOW!!
I have cut trees,eastern white pine 4 feet across. When the tree starts to fall I always shut the saw off to hear the noise!!
I see you braced the trailer up too.  ;)

Good eye on the trailer bunks- we have learned from experience......Sorry I didn't do too well on the video upload.

[Jcald327]

Some ?sugar maple?
Trees been down for a couple years, using it as practice although definitely still had some really good wood inside, and although the end piece I cut off had spalting across the entire cut, spalting throughout the log was limited to a very soft and punky sapwood :(.


 

 

Left myself a nice slab with a lot of ray flecks, really never noticed maple doing this, but I'm wet behind ears here when it comes to milling.  


 

[DennisK]

1st pic looks like a cow/calf pair, or a mare & a foal.

[Jcald327]

1st pic looks like a cow/calf pair, or a mare & a foal.

Not following lol, you mean small version and big version of same log?  Long on left was a poplar I cut up yesterday, didnt take any pictures because I was grumpy thinking something was wrong with my mill.  There kinda was, I was only turning 3200 rpm and the governor wasn't kicking as hard as it should to even maintain that.  Oh and I was pretty far out of left/right/front/back alignment.  Now at 3725-3750, the mill bogs to 3600 and honestly takes way more pushing that I think it should to get it under 3500, even on 5 to 6 inch undercuts.

[DennisK]

From where that chip is to the bottom of pic, that looks like a good live edge foyer table.

[Southside]

@doc henderson calls that Kansas Maple,  :D the rest of us call it white oak. Nice job there!