Customsawyer, Julio, Nomad and I cut some nice cherry today using Customsawyers LT70. We cut 6 logs that were 9' and 10' long and yielded 1200 BF.
Some pretty 9/4. Widest was 19" wide.
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Here are the results. Some 4/4, 6/4, and 9/4.
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Nice whack. :)
Beautiful, clear boards and a fine job stacking. Caveman
I always drool over nice cherry boards! :o Dave
Good job. Did you have lunch?
Nice thickness on the wide boards. $$$$$ :)
Mighty nice and you did a bunch, looks great.
The masters at work again. Nice.
Purty boards, you won't have any trouble selling those 8)
YH
Nice lumber.........how come there is no snow on the ground???? Did you shovel before sawing?
:D :D
Mmmmmm, I love the smell of fresh sawn cherry. Kinda smells like a mix between sunscreen lotion and vinegar.
No question about this one! three boards to cover one layer! I'd say very nice Cherry! Mercy sakes. Heck of a whack, I have not seen cherry like this since 06' dandy,
It was a great day. Sawing good logs with good friends is as good as it gets. Julio and Nomad had to both pull out a bit early. As usual they missed some of the best boards. It was nice to be able to take our time and not be in a production mode.
Yeah... Figures we missed out on some of the best boards. But a chance to spend time with friends and play with lumber that nice makes it more than worth it! ;D
That is one of the best things about Saturday sawing for sure, and if friends are around all the better,
Beautiful boards. Send some my way. 😄
Very nice! A day to do what you like with friends is in MHO worth more than any $$$$ :)
Peter,
Pizza. We took it easy :D.
Looks like you all had a good time. Very nice boards.
On the third row from the left and three down that sticker is on half inch off.I sure hope Red Oaks don't see this.
Slider you know we talked about that yesterday. Great day with friends.
Nice wood , I got to get to mine .
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Peter, if we had a pretty cherry contest, I think that we would lose, however, we would be a whole lot warmer sawing it :D.
Slider,
We did that on purpose to aggravate ROL ;D. We missed you.
I don't know about that Danny I see some "I" on the end of some of his logs. ;)
Slider if I didn't know any better I would swear you are trying to start something.
Quote from: customsawyer on November 16, 2014, 04:30:17 PM
I don't know about that Danny I see some "I" on the end of some of his logs. ;)
Slider if I didn't know any better I would swear you are trying to start something.
:D :D :D :D the big I for IRON. Customsawyer, I think here or there It's all about the log. Good ones and bad ones. :D :D :D :D
My envy coefficient is rising. :( :o :o :o :snowball:
The legend continues. Stay tuned.
Nice stack of lumber!
Slider, I saw the sticker line too but then unless I do all the stickering myself they seem to get off line.
But TIC I never do that myself.
I am having my woodlot harvested, marked by my son with only defective and UGS removed but 2 un marked cherries broke off in the wind and the logger brought them to the mill for my use.
3 8' logs in one and 4 in the other
I got about 400 ft of 4//4 and about the same of 5/4 from the 2 trees.
Peter Nice whack of logs.
PS I am shut down for the winter.
No custom sawyer I an not trying to start something just wondering where is Red Oaks.Is he in hibernation or what .He is normally on top of this.I think someone needs to check on him.
Quote from: slider on November 17, 2014, 07:26:15 PM
No custom sawyer I an not trying to start something just wondering where is Red Oaks.Is he in hibernation or what .He is normally on top of this.I think someone needs to check on him.
Red Oak is fine, If you need him, just post a pic of lumber with stickers every 30 inches and say, "this is how you sticker lumber".
He'll be on you like "Butter on Grits". :)
Looks like I am going to have to fire my Stickerers. There is a lot more to saw, so many mistakes can be made. This pic is the pile to be sawed, and as we only sawed 6 logs Saturday, there will be many future opportunities to screw up and be scolded.
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If someone wants to come and help and screw up and be scolded, you are more than welcome ;D.
"bout time to call Larry, tune the bass and fire up the grill. ;D
WoW. :o :o :o :o Well, I guess you have some cherry. :D :D
No snow or ice and a yard as flat as can be.
David,
You got that right.
Peter,
Yes, quite a whack. That customsawyer likes his ground flat :D.
Danny,
Where did you get those beautiful logs?
That Whack makes my whack look like firewood :D :D
Daniel,
Jake got them where he works. He sent me a pic, and I was speechless.
Beautiful wide boards, professional stacking job! Way to Go!!! I would love to see some really up close photos of the boards and see what the gum pockets look like in South Georgia and also the grain and/or figure and color of the lumber We all know the state of PA has some of the finest Cherry in the world, but by-golly maybe you found some of their "cousin logs" way down in Georgia! Please post a few up close photos of some of this fine South Georgia Cherry Lumber and THANKS!!!
Lumber Grader, you can say that again!
I thought all you had down there in Ga was pine trees, :D
I think we all finally get a sneak peak at the WDH & CustomSawyer private stock... 8)
YH
Robert,
There are a few cull hardwoods scattered around ;).
Grader,
I am sure that we have more gum pockets and more colors than what you see in the prime cherry country. There is probably more light and dark with the gum pockets, and some green streaks. Although not as "clean" as the prime cherry, I found the color and figure very nice. I will take some more close-up pics when we saw again.
You can't tell a lot from this pic, but there were some tight knots and other imperfections (character!). This is 4/4. The pallet is 4' wide, so these boards are about 11.5" wide.
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Those are some nice boards and one very nice whack of logs, WDH. Are you going to be able to sell these or are you going to hoard them? :D
Probably going to be close to 4,000 BF, and that is a little too much to hoard :D. I will hoard some of the best for sure.
I have a thing for cherry :).
that would be called cherry picking your lumber :D
:D :D :D :D
Exactly.
That's a real nice load of logs. Every time I see a pile of cherry logs like that, I can't help but recall that as a teenager in upstate NY, I cut and split countless cherry logs like that for firewood. All I knew then was how nice it smelled and how easy it split. fast forward to today. I now have a mill and an appreciation for quality lumber, but there isn't a black cherry tree within 100 miles. You just don't know what you have til its gone. smiley_crying
Quote from: WDH on November 15, 2014, 09:26:49 PM
Customsawyer, Julio, Nomad and I cut some nice cherry today using Customsawyers LT70. We cut 6 logs that were 9' and 10' long and yielded 1200 BF.
Some pretty 9/4. Widest was 19" wide.
(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/14370/IMG_0752.JPG)
Here are the results. Some 4/4, 6/4, and 9/4.
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well fellas i just woke up from a nap . :) for some reason i missed 2 plus pages of posts :(
first thing outstanding stickering job 8) i saw the one sticker out of place alittle but, i let it slide(r) personally i don't like using spliced stickers,because at the widest point your 2 stickers wide which could give you sticker stain :) also the 2 stickers might be differant thickness's slightly.
for grit eaters you dun good ;D
i see the paint isn't even worn off the forks on jake's skid steer :D
In the mountains around here, the cherry lumber is pretty uniform in color with minimal sap pockets. Every once in a while I get some cherry from other places and it has more color variation and dark streaks. I like the stuff that has more character better... the grass is always greener on the other side I guess.
I knew that the pic of the spliced sticker would cause trouble :).
I am going to have to fire all my stickerers......(unless they happen to be an awesome diesel mechanic :D).
Sorry Julio, you are not the guilty party. Nomad, rest easy as you are not guilty either. I would blame it on Jake, but most all he does is push little buttons and little levers. Sadly, I must admit to being the guilty party.
I hate it when ROL wakes up from a nap! :D
No problem that I see with overlapping stickers.
Another alternative is butt the short ones end to end.
Quote from: beenthere on November 19, 2014, 08:42:58 PM
Another alternative is butt the short ones end to end.
But then, the stickers would stick out, and I would still get scolded :D. You can't have your stickers sticking out :).
:D :D
Quote from: WDH on November 19, 2014, 08:51:12 PM
Quote from: beenthere on November 19, 2014, 08:42:58 PM
Another alternative is butt the short ones end to end.
You can't have your stickers sticking out :).
:D :D :D
i'm wearing out my delete button :D :D :D
Quote from: WDH on November 19, 2014, 08:51:12 PM
Quote from: beenthere on November 19, 2014, 08:42:58 PM
Another alternative is butt the short ones end to end.
But then, the stickers would stick out, and I would still get scolded :D. You can't have your stickers sticking out :).
Who would ever say anything about that? Oh, never mind... :D
Well Danny, I guess I should take this opportunity to fess up.
I too am a short sticker stacker. I try to avoid it, but sometimes I run out of full grown stickers, so if I don't use short stickers, my stacks will be sticker shy. smiley_curtain_peek
I put as much effort into making stickers as I do sawing the lumber, maybe more. If the stickers are poor, then the lumber is doomed from the beginning. Also, having uniform sticker lengths ensures nobody builds a 66" wide stack when you only have 48" long forks on the forklift. :D
ROL how do you know that I didn't just paint my forks? Since I didn't have to do any of the stacking with stickers I don't have anything to say about how the sticking was done.
You just stick to sawing :D.
Quote from: WDH on November 20, 2014, 07:35:28 AM
You just stick to sawing :D.
I see now who wears the skirt in Georgia. ;D
i just got a visual of jake wearing a skirt with a cowboy hat :D :D
sorry jake i threw you under the bus that the goat was driving ;D
I felt a bump! :o
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y'all crack me up,
Thanks for the laughs this morning.
Jake make sure you tell them that it is a Kilt not a skirt.
Sean P.
This is better than the Sunday morning funny's page :Ds like the truck you old goat
come on goat i'm losing bladder control :D :D :D
Very Nice WDH. Cherry is one of my favorite woods to work with
:-X
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Those boards are inspiring. I have a few cherry that get about 12" dia or so for the best 8'log. But they dont have any cherries on them ever... Then I have some huge......basswood? Im new to this. But recently i was out there and looked up to see tons of small cherry sized balls up in the large basswood still. So assumed they were basswood seed leaf things that just stuck... But the trees are bald with no leaves?... To add to the mystery, I could have SWORN a few of these big basswood's were maples this fall when the leaves were on. Now Im a rookie, But I can tell a maple from a basswood leaf... My head is spinning...So THEN lol... I was looking at the biggest tree on the property. A massive basswood that leans at a 45 degree angle. Grew that way. Trunk is maybe 16 feet and is 30" at the tip i bet. Stump is gnarly. I noticed it had a smoother looking bark than the others. But same berries. Way up there so i cant see detail... The thinner textured bark has red tints to it. pinkish i would say... I was told Cherry doesnt get that big. And my cherry trees backed that up. But...............Berries.........pink tint...........After seeing these monsters of yours, I wonder could they be??? Maybe the mature Cherry trees only bear fruit and the 12" diameter arent producing yet?
I cant find (admin edit) on the internet about variations of old growth black cherry bark, vs what we call mature trees today. Old growth trees change apearance just like smooth young black cherry to the black flakey mature. The little bark i can see from your giant cherry has a different look but i cant see details... And the cherries themselves. Did you guys remember seeing berries way up in those monster black cherries after the leaves had fallen off?
I have pictures now that I think about it, from this fall..... I will post them on the tree id section in a bit here.
Any of you cherry pickers have any insight without pictures?
"Cherry"'s don't stay hanging on the trees after the leaves fall, I don't believe. ;)
Here is basswood link, and shows the basswood fruit.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilia
How about those pics. Good clear pics of the bark would help, with something in the pic for scale.
I uploaded a pic with my lovely wife in it, in the identification forum. Under big basswood? :)
Dang google shows all sorts of black cherries :)
Quote from: beenthere on November 24, 2014, 03:18:41 PM
"Cherry"'s don't stay hanging on the trees after the leaves fall, I don't believe. ;)
Here is basswood link, and shows the basswood fruit.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilia
How about those pics. Good clear pics of the bark would help, with something in the pic for scale.
Here is a pic of the big one leaning one with smoother looking bark.
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My wife to get a bit of a scale. She stumbled as i took the pic.
This second pick is the more common looking (basswood?)
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woodjunky
Go to your post, and click on "Modify".
Just click on the line below "Click here to add Photos to post" and a new window will pop up, then click on "My Gallery" to get to your pics. Click on the one you want in your post and SCROLL down the page to where it tells you a couple easy ways to get your pic in your post. Click "Preview" before "Post" to see how your pic fits. Should be good to go.
I am pretty bad at ID'ing trees, but Black Cherry is an easy one for me. On mature trees, the bark looks like burnt Corn Flakes all over the trunk. Saplings have smooth bark like Birch though.
WMFritz. I seen the huge cherry the guys here posted and the bark on those monsters looks different to me. Not great view, but it seems the old growth trees have another look besides the burnt cornflakes. I dont have many pictures but here is one of a cherry that has a wider trunk but it is short. Forks waist height, and looks corn flakey from there up...
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I finally made it out to the property. Had my rifle to check for deer sign. No tracks since the big snow dropped... But I was in the back of the property where the big mystery trees are. Looked at the berry, fruit, things through the scope. There is no leaves. Bare branches with the berry things hanging on..... Doesnt look like basswood with the leaf thing attached..... Wow do i sound like a half wit lol.
So it isnt a basswood anymore. Its a mystery tree...........
Any chance some cherries died on the vine, like apples do alot of times?
To add to the info. The back of the property is more lowland. It was swamp at the back corner, before the old timers dug a drainage ditch and lowered the water table some feet... The mystery trees are the biggest trees on the property. Im guessing now. But 100+ years ago when it was logged completely, the swamp could have made it tough to log. leaving cull trees or scragglers behind because of mud. The left over cherry trees had the head start needed to stay above the maple canopy. Old timers drained the area, and now there are a few trees that seem to be of a different era. just a theory but logical reason to have big cherry trees where there arent many big cherry trees....
Any other northern hardwoods that carry nuts, berries, fruit, anything that could resemble a small dried cherry?
I will get canopy pics soon. i cant seem to remember my wifes good camera when i go out there... Soon though. this mystery tree is haunting my dreams........lol
Get some bark pics, too.
Tree looks remarkably like our giant mulberry that was also a basswood. :-\ :snowball: :snowball: :snowball:
We looked 4 or 5 times before we found the fruit/leaf thingies mixed in with the leaves under the tree. They aren't all that easy to find this time of the year. Just sayin'.
Mystery tree pictures...
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(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/38197/IMG_6239.JPG) Here is the new pictures of the mystery tree.
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Some mystery trees are in groups, like this. This picture of the fruit if with my wifes good camera with big lens zoomed all the way in. maybe i can get her to digital zoom for me if you need closer view...
I've sawn quite a bit of Black Cherry, lots of customers will routinely have 6-8 Cherry logs in the stack!
I like the way Cherry saws! 8)
Looks like a maple to me. Those "fruits" could actually be "buds".
Quote from: WDH on December 01, 2014, 08:25:57 PM
Looks like a maple to me. Those "fruits" could actually be "buds".
WDH That would explain the maple leaves this summer..... :laugh: Oh man!!! I got my wife to digital zoom in and the fruit are actually like 4 or 5 buds together in clumps..... I think you are right.
So to re-cap. I went from having maples to having basswood. To Cherry for a short time. I thought maybe I could will them into being cherry:). From cherry they became mystery tree's. and now they are back to maple again......... Well thats sweet I guess. lol
just funny looking bud clumped into balls..... weird.
Thanks WDH
Red maple buds can be very red.
You nailed it. The red maple buds clump up just like it looks in the picture:) So i got sugar maple and red maple. Diversify my maple lumber portfolio:) Thanks again WDH
As soon as I saw the buds I thought red maple. When I saw the bark, I really thought red maple. Not much use for it around here from what I can see. :-\
That is for sure red maple, some call it soft maple. I have seen it alot where it is wet or wetter then hard sugar maple, on the farm it grew all along the river bank and low land.
WDH, that flat ground you saw on.... Boy would that make an ideal ice rink... :) Temps here this morning are sitting at -15°C, with no snow on the ground ...... :(
Keep the glaciers up there ;D.
They are coming for you! Might take some time for them to get there. :D
Happy birthday. 8) 8) 8)
Cut my first log on the mill today! Top chunk was a small cherry with a burl where it forked. I skinned the top 1/2" off ,and took it off the mill. It was way better than I thought. 1st cut and i had to let out a yeahoooooooo!!!!!!!had to do some research on what to do with it before i finished cutting it.......
a 12" cherry log that had some blue/green streaking. Mixed with the red was some pretty amazing moldifunk.
Customsawyer (Jake) and I cut some more cherry today. Eight more logs. Two of the logs were exceptional with some quilt and curl figure. Three or four were pretty good, and a couple were goats. Here is a pic of some of the quilted figure.
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Here is a pic of some bookmatched double curl. On the right, you can see some of the pith cracked boards from one of the not-so-good logs. Yin and Yang.
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Total of 820 board feet, loaded on trailer for the ride to be dried.
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looks like the sawdust was frozen on the boards :D so you say its loaded on the trail for the ride to be dried, would that be air dried? :D :D
Quote from: red oaks lumber on December 06, 2014, 09:06:01 PM
looks like the sawdust was frozen on the boards :D so you say its loaded on the trail for the ride to be dried, would that be air dried? :D :D
smiley_trap_drummer
Nice. You never know until you crack it open.
Quote from: WDH on December 06, 2014, 08:42:18 PM
Three or four were pretty good, and a couple were goats.
:D
I can see Julio wasn't there to stack lumber on the trailer. What a DanG mess! :D :D
Need more straps! :D :D
A Cherry Arch. :D
OOOOHHHHHH WOW! That curly cherry in some wide long boards...... What does a guy do with wood that nice??? DANG!
That quilted stuff. Thats similar to what that hard maple trunk I have, looked like on part of it. im going to have to go mill it up tomorrow and see. I dug them out yesterday, and drug one to the mill. made two cuts before dark set in. Hope I get a couple boards half as pretty as those!
What you going to do with those amazing curly boards?
Quote from: woodjunky on December 06, 2014, 09:14:05 PM
What does a guy do with wood that nice??? DANG!
He build stuff for 3rd time Wedding presents. :D
stop it goat :D :D
That load rode home pretty. Into the kiln tomorrow. Cherry lumber for sale in two weeks. Just in time for Christmas. $300/BF.
Take a check? :D :D :D
It was some good wood and some regular wood with a little exceptional wood mixed in. :D
I just saw that cherry arch that the goat commented on.Man where was the supervisor.
It was an aerodynamically loaded trailer.
That is exceptional wood. 8) We sell curly cherry for a tad more, folks can't get enough of it, and I can't find enough logs to keep it stocked. If you want, I'll loan you a trailer and driver (me), except the trip from Jake's house to your house would have a little 5 hour detour by my house :D :D
YH
Quote from: customsawyer on December 07, 2014, 02:32:09 AM
It was some good wood and some regular wood with a little exceptional wood mixed in. :D
A MAN OF MANY WOODS :D
Robert,
There might have to be a trade of cherry for curly ambrosia maple :).
You must be talking to YH cause I have all the wonderful cherry I could want.
DanG, I go by Robert because there are way to many Bobs in this world.
The problem is, Robert (OWW), you probably don't have any curly ambrosia maple to trade :). I hear there is some in the North of Alabama. You ain't in the North part of Alabama, last I remember ;D.
I reckon WDH is talking about this
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YH
:o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o
Nice pic YH
YH I have some really nice SYP I will trade you for that maple. :D
don't hold your breath Jake
I will trade you some of slider's cypress for it ;D.
Quote from: WDH on December 09, 2014, 08:34:48 PM
I will trade you some of slider's cypress for it ;D.
:D :D :D Make ya self at home.....Slider won't know it. :D :D :D
He is too busy working on that truck.
WDH, you showed that quilted cherry log you cut up. i mentioned my spalted maple trunk has a similar but different pattern. i cant tell if this is quilting? or just a spotted moldifunk? What u think?
this is the best two slabs (9/4) from one half the trunk. you can see the spotted pattern on the close up.
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I don't believe that is quilted pattern. Here is an example of it in maple.
http://www.wood-database.com/lumber-identification/hardwoods/quilted-maple/