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General Forestry => Sawmills and Milling => Topic started by: richhiway on December 05, 2021, 09:11:37 AM
align the Crack horizontally (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/35823/20211204_100411.jpg?easyrotate_cache=1638712957)
slab the log then flip 180(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/35823/20211204_100309.jpg?easyrotate_cache=1638712956)
now you have parallel sides flip 90 and make sure it is squared (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/35823/20211204_101055.jpg?easyrotate_cache=1638712958)
take the best boards off the cant working around the defects(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/35823/20211204_101740.jpg?easyrotate_cache=1638712959)
about 30 board feet of decent maple for small projects. Better then firewood. Probably worth it for your own use. Remember quality logs kake quality lumber!(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/35823/20211204_125838.jpg?easyrotate_cache=1638712959)
Rich,
Sounds similar to what I try to do. I get the good/useable boards above and below a big crack like that as best you can. I have even cut the bad part up for stickers but that is erratic at times.
I love big solid logs, but you only need so much firewood. I make a lot of small projects from maple especially.
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walnut, ERC and maple coasters.
very nice doc.
the cracked, twisted, crooked logs produce unique figure and shapes. Not much building lumber, but the craft folks love them.