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Title: Logs to drool over!
Post by: T Welsh on December 11, 2012, 06:17:59 AM
After reading Kilgrosh,s thread about a cherry log. And seeing the replies,I though wouldn't it be neat with Christmas around the corner to see cool logs that our membership have cut and all the rest of us can just DROOL!!!

 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/27356/3791/walnut_bench_3_020.jpg) 

 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/27356/3791/Sycamore_039.jpg)
American Sycamore from a local job with bookmatched boards. So lets see everyone else,s Logs to drool over! Tim
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: Magicman on December 11, 2012, 06:49:22 AM
 

 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/20011/2410/DSCN0525_%28Small%29.JPG)
This entire sawjob was Cherry.


 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/20011/2410/DSCN0531_%28Small%29.JPG)
And turned out some nice lumber.


 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/20011/2410/DSCN0532_%28Small%29.JPG)
Three boards.
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: Brad_S. on December 11, 2012, 07:31:04 AM
I cut this walnut a few years back.

 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11820/thwithlog.jpg) 

 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11820/thwithlog1.jpg) 

 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11820/mewboards.jpg)
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: Jemclimber on December 11, 2012, 07:47:17 AM
Beautiful boards, love the pictures.  My SO says we live in a log graveyard, she says I'm obsessed. I tell her some people collect coins and other things, I like to collect logs and boards.  I have a hard time using my my nicest boards to make things and usually use the junky stuff, saving the the nicest for that special piece of furniture that someday I'm going to build. :D  Here's some walnut I finally cut up this weekend from a log I've been saving for 5 years, before I had my lt15. Sap wood was fluff but the heart was nice.



 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/26094/2012-12-10_18-29-56_769.jpg)
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: rooster 58 on December 11, 2012, 08:18:04 AM
Wow! That's what I'm talkn about! I cant wait to get my mill into action. I've been a wood junkie all my life, love everything about it. These pics really do make me salivate!
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: POSTON WIDEHEAD on December 11, 2012, 08:35:21 AM
Brad......WOW.......$$$$$$$$.......very nice!
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: Brad_S. on December 11, 2012, 08:39:15 AM
Thanks David but in retrospect, I probably would have made more selling the log as a veneer log. Too soon old, too late smart!
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: qbilder on December 11, 2012, 10:21:34 AM
 

 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/23520/tamarisk002.jpg)

Tamarisk from the banks of the Rio Grande. A local park removes and stacks them in a firewood/rot pile for anybody to access. I get some burly, colorful logs from there.
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: Misfit on December 11, 2012, 12:48:58 PM
You guys are just mean! Have pity on the mill-less ones puhleeze; all we can do is drool.  :'(
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: Dodgy Loner on December 11, 2012, 01:29:01 PM
Quote from: qbilder on December 11, 2012, 10:21:34 AM


 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/23520/tamarisk002.jpg)

Tamarisk from the banks of the Rio Grande. A local park removes and stacks them in a firewood/rot pile for anybody to access. I get some burly, colorful logs from there.

:o :o :o
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: hackberry jake on December 11, 2012, 02:27:21 PM
 

 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/25938/3512/6.jpg) 

Cherry log 34" little end 38" big end. Made some wonderful lumber.



 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/25938/3512/9.jpg)

Ambrosia sycamore that came from this log



 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/25938/3512/10.jpg)

Big ole cedar logs



 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/25938/3512/big_cedar_logs.jpg)



 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/25938/3512/bodark_trailer.jpg)
Big ole Osage orange log.

Wish we could all get grade A logs everyday.
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: Cypressstump on December 11, 2012, 04:03:07 PM
Quote from: qbilder on December 11, 2012, 10:21:34 AM
Tamarisk from the banks of the Rio Grande. A local park removes and stacks them in a firewood/rot pile for anybody to access. I get some burly, colorful logs from there.

WHAT?  I spent over 20 years out there in the Albq. area , fighting the dreaded cottonwoods,olives, and other invasive species along the bosque while duck hunting the rio grande and never noticed the tamarisk. But then i was not milling anything either, working to much on other things.

That slab you have makes me wanna' swing back out there for a while to investigate what I have apparently missed.

thanks for sharing. Stump
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: T Welsh on December 11, 2012, 05:33:57 PM
Now that's some logs to drool over, Good start! lets add some fuel to the fire!

 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/27356/3694/Sawmill_005.jpg) 

 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/27356/3694/Sawmill_013.jpg)
A hickory that lived in a swampy area and picked up a lot of minerals. I tried to buy it from the customer. But he declined >:(. Tim
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: shelbycharger400 on December 11, 2012, 05:45:11 PM
 

 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/26102/100_0679.JPG)

17 to 20 in wide for the first 6 feet, small degrade at the end, its good on one side.
9 footer!  I sawed it at 4 in thick! Thinking about resawing it in half and making a table
I did have one before that was 22 or 24 in that didnt have any rot, guy I worked with sold it for .15/ bd foot  ::)
I have 250 more still standing to get, stupid snow ::)



 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/26102/100_0072.JPG)
Photo from last spring,  they wait
They are planted about 20 feet apart
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: qbilder on December 11, 2012, 06:34:42 PM
Quote from: Cypressstump on December 11, 2012, 04:03:07 PM
WHAT?  I spent over 20 years out there in the Albq. area , fighting the dreaded cottonwoods,olives, and other invasive species along the bosque while duck hunting the rio grande and never noticed the tamarisk. But then i was not milling anything either, working to much on other things.

That slab you have makes me wanna' swing back out there for a while to investigate what I have apparently missed.

thanks for sharing. Stump

I got these logs just south of Elephant Butte, in Caballo, where the green chili grows :) I get the bigger tamarisks and screw bean mesquites. The mesquite looks great, too. The screw bean looks more like a rosewood than a mesquite. I'll try to get a pic. I have one slab left.     
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: hackberry jake on December 11, 2012, 06:39:21 PM
I never thought I would say this but, I like that pecan!
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: Dave Shepard on December 11, 2012, 08:54:31 PM
Walnut for WDH:

(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/14240/walnut3ff.jpg)

(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/14240/walnut1ff.jpg)

(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/14240/walnut2ff.jpg)

Only ones I've ever cut. I think I've figured out what the W stands for.  :D

Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: AdamT on December 11, 2012, 09:00:13 PM
 For all the walnut fans out there, here's a crotch I milled for a customer a few months back. It was probably the most beautifully figured lumber I have had on my mill yet...






 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/30027/image%7E0.jpg) 

 



(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/30027/image%7E1.jpg)
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: POSTON WIDEHEAD on December 11, 2012, 09:03:44 PM
I tell ya.....this is a good title for a thread, "LOGS TO DROOL OVER".

Nice crotch Adam! That worth $$$$.
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: JohnM on December 11, 2012, 09:10:10 PM
Quote from: POSTONLT40HD on December 11, 2012, 09:03:44 PM
Nice crotch Adam!
:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

(you were all thinking it! :))

btw I totally agree, that is really cool
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: AdamT on December 11, 2012, 09:18:55 PM
Quote from: JohnM on December 11, 2012, 09:10:10 PM
Quote from: POSTONLT40HD on December 11, 2012, 09:03:44 PM
Nice crotch Adam!
:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

(you were all thinking it! :))

btw I totally agree, that is really cool

Hahahaha! We better leave this one alone or we'll all be in The Woodshed!
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: WDH on December 11, 2012, 09:22:18 PM
If this was not shaping up to be a favorite thread of mine, I would send it to the Woodshed  ;D.

Hackberry, ambrosia sycamore?  I am not sure that I can take it!

WOW!
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: POSTON WIDEHEAD on December 11, 2012, 09:25:44 PM
Quote from: WDH on December 11, 2012, 09:22:18 PM


....ambrosia sycamore?  I am not sure that I can take it!

WOW!

Makes ya shed a tear don't it?  :D
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: JohnM on December 11, 2012, 09:32:30 PM
NO WOODSHED!  Delete my comment first, this thread is too neat to be ruined by someone's (my) internal 5th grader. ;D

JM
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: Magicman on December 11, 2012, 09:33:24 PM
Quote from: T Welsh on December 11, 2012, 05:33:57 PMlets add some fuel to the fire!



 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/20011/2410/BoxElderBurl015.jpg)
Did someone say fire  ??? ???
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: POSTON WIDEHEAD on December 11, 2012, 09:36:03 PM
I just knew somebody would come along and post something ugly.
That's not fair, Magic.  :D
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: Magicman on December 11, 2012, 09:41:27 PM
You knew that I had that picture.   :D :D
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: WDH on December 11, 2012, 09:41:59 PM
Some pecan.  This is some of the wood that Mooseherder took to Florida this weekend.



 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/14370/IMG_0064.JPG)

Here is a black walnut log approaching the LT15!



 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/14370/IMG_0070.JPG)

(I love black walnut  :)).
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: POSTON WIDEHEAD on December 11, 2012, 09:45:03 PM
PECAN ??? Isn't there a song called "THE  smiley_devil WENT DOWN TO FLORIDA"?
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: Leigh Family Farm on December 11, 2012, 09:48:11 PM
Great pics everyone!
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: WDH on December 11, 2012, 10:05:32 PM
David,

A whole truck load sure did!  I told Mooseherder to get the spiral head with the carbide inserts  :D.
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: POSTON WIDEHEAD on December 11, 2012, 10:09:30 PM
Quote from: WDH on December 11, 2012, 10:05:32 PM
David,

  I told Mooseherder to get the spiral head with the carbide inserts  :D.

I'm sure you did.....AFTER he loaded it.  :D :D :D
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: mikeb1079 on December 11, 2012, 10:38:13 PM
great thread!  so you guys like walnut eh?

(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/20751/002.JPG)

(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/20751/009.JPG)

wheeeeeeeeee!
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: Okrafarmer on December 11, 2012, 10:40:25 PM
Quote from: POSTONLT40HD on December 11, 2012, 09:36:03 PM
I just knew somebody would come along and post something ugly.
That's not fair, Magic.  :D
Quote from: Magicman on December 11, 2012, 09:41:27 PM
You knew that I had that picture.   :D :D


So-- remind us what kind of wood it is? Looks like box elder to me. . . .  :-X
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: Okrafarmer on December 11, 2012, 10:49:49 PM
Here's what I did today.



 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/22845/ERC_big_log_150_bf.jpg) 

 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/22845/ERC_big_log_inside.jpg) 
150 bf (intl) ERC log, 12 ft by 19" Almost no rot. Custom milled today.

And the spalted ambrosia wormy sycamore I milled about a month ago.


 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/22845/Spalted_ambrosia_sycamore.jpg)
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: Cypressstump on December 11, 2012, 11:39:43 PM
OK, Figrued I have to contribute a favortie speices of some on here , so how about a GUM  picture?  ::)

This is a Sinker Red Gum I recovered with the help of a friend, this was a fairly large blow down tree. We worked our butts off on this dang tree. Sorta Purdy for a Gum.....



(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/29497/RED_GUM_Sinker_Pics-_8-14-2011_098%7E0.jpg)


And YES, before someone pipes in here and notices it's an Orange Mill,,, ;D YES a WM, My friends old dependable elec. super 40. This was before I got my latest mill... We've changed a few bands on this ol' girl.
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: Okrafarmer on December 11, 2012, 11:43:27 PM
Cstump, how big was that log before you got it down to that cant? Did it have any light-colored sapwood, and/or was that brown color from soaking up swamp water all those years, or just from the color of the heartwood?
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: Cypressstump on December 12, 2012, 12:20:31 AM
It was around 54" dia on the butt and 46 foot long when it forked. Sapwood was 3 2-3 inches deep ,dark brown but when air hit the old stuff it turned black in a few seconds.
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: Okrafarmer on December 12, 2012, 12:22:50 AM
Wow. Hmm. I wonder what color sinker walnut turns.  ::)
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: T Welsh on December 12, 2012, 05:36:51 AM
A Box Elder for a local campground for benches!

 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/27356/3821/Sycamore_040.jpg) 

 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/27356/3821/Sycamore_038.jpg) 

 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/27356/3821/Sycamore_051.jpg)
All slabs had figure. Tim
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: Magicman on December 12, 2012, 07:20:46 AM
 

 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/20011/2410/DSCN0503.JPG)
Did someone say "sinker"?


 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/20011/2410/DSCN0504.JPG)
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: Woodchuck53 on December 12, 2012, 08:38:01 AM
MM that is just fine. Ever wish you sawed on halves?
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: Cypressstump on December 12, 2012, 08:57:17 AM
MM, that's a nice one. Looks like it's been dry for a while?

The log in my avatar is also a double heart sinker. I cut it with the two hearts laying horizontal, into 1 1/2" and 2" boards for counter tops and the two very center boards to be made into a table with the two boards joined end to end. I did not take any pictures of it tho'......It made some fine boards.
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: Skoalbandit78 on December 12, 2012, 09:06:59 AM
Thanks for all the good pictures.
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: POSTON WIDEHEAD on December 12, 2012, 09:19:28 AM
I love sawing Binoculars. Nice log Magic.
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: Jemclimber on December 12, 2012, 10:16:10 AM
Some beautiful pics MM. I'm sure you've seen your share of stunning wood.
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: Magicman on December 12, 2012, 01:47:37 PM
 

 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/20011/2410/DSCN1317.JPG)
And some that was not.   >:(
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: Magicman on December 12, 2012, 01:51:50 PM
 

 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/20011/DSCN0588.JPG)
Here are a few logs that I sawed for Dodgy Loner.


 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/20011/DSCN0617.JPG)
And what we found inside one of them.
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: learner on December 12, 2012, 10:05:58 PM
Talk about a drool fest!  :D  I can barely wait to see what's inside these.  I'll post pics after I saw each one.  Have an oak I'm gonna practice on before I cut into the crotch on the one.


 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/30097/1212121725a.jpg)


Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: Okrafarmer on December 12, 2012, 10:47:01 PM
Learner, is that walnut? It looks fairly light in color. Maybe a regional variation?
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: Magicman on December 13, 2012, 07:19:29 AM
 

 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/20011/2410/Image0311.jpg)
White Oak can me nice.


 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/20011/2410/Image0312.jpg)
Especially what is inside.
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: learner on December 13, 2012, 07:28:51 PM
Quote from: Okrafarmer on December 12, 2012, 10:47:01 PM
Learner, is that walnut? It looks fairly light in color. Maybe a regional variation?

That's Black Walnut dropped and delivered yesterday.  You can't get much greener than that.  It hasn't had time to darken.  ;D  That's why I'm just tickled pink to have it!
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: Okrafarmer on December 13, 2012, 07:33:09 PM
The one we just cut was pretty dark when we felled it. It was perfectly healthy.
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: hackberry jake on December 13, 2012, 07:41:26 PM
Depends on where they grow boys. I've seen extremely light colored walnut that grew less than a mile from some really dark walnut.
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: learner on December 13, 2012, 07:47:15 PM
Quote from: hackberry jake on December 13, 2012, 07:41:26 PM
Depends on where they grow boys. I've seen extremely light colored walnut that grew less than a mile from some really dark walnut.
:D I was just going to say that maybe they grow differently here.  I've got some drying now that was actually black on the ends of the logs when I cut them.  I have one more of that delivery to cut.  I'll post a pic of it tomorrow.  Of course it's been sitting awhile so.  I'd have to ask Ronnie how long.
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: Magicman on December 13, 2012, 07:59:30 PM
I drooled over this one for a bit today.


 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/20011/DSCN1383_28Small29.JPG)
A 35" butt SYP log, and I was anxious to crack it open.


 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/20011/DSCN1385_28Small29.JPG)
And all that I found inside was 48 2X6's and a few 2X4's.....$$$$   ;D
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: learner on December 13, 2012, 08:32:23 PM
 :D MagicMan.  I DO love what you can get from SYP.
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: POSTON WIDEHEAD on December 13, 2012, 08:48:09 PM
Saw 'em and leave 'em.  :)
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: Okrafarmer on December 13, 2012, 08:52:34 PM
Quote from: learner on December 13, 2012, 08:32:23 PM
:D MagicMan.  I DO love what you can get from SYP.

I could never match his talent for 2X6's and 2X4's! I will never try.

All I could get out of SYP (Virginia Pine strain) was live-edge lapsiding today. This picture is showing the angle of the cant.



 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/22845/lapsider_with_angel.jpg)

It was my first lapsiding cant, and I learned a few things.

Also seen in the picture is our Mech Angel, appearing in a puff of smoke, as usual.  ;D
(https://forestryforum.com/board/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pic4ever.com%2Fimages%2Fgreenstars.gif&hash=583ecbd6d441351a7cc50b7f5bf1643574e8ca7f)
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: nas on December 13, 2012, 08:55:11 PM
I've had a few that made me drool.  This one made me think of french fries, till I opened it up


 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/16789/IMG00277-20110603-1158.jpg)


 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/16789/IMG00282-20110603-1213.jpg) 

 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/16789/IMG00286-20110603-1228.jpg)
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: T Welsh on December 14, 2012, 05:58:16 AM
All Cherry logs from my stash!

 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/27356/Cherry_and_pine_logs_004.jpg) Note the difference in color through out the logs. Tim
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: DR Buck on December 14, 2012, 06:45:28 AM



(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11043/2240/DRB_7080a.JPG)

160 Year Old Pear Tree



(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11043/Maple-1.jpg)

Ambrosia Maple



(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11043/Walnut-1.JPG)

Walnut Crotch with embedded walnuts



(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11043/WalnutSlabs.jpg)

Walnut Crotch Slabs



(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11043/2351/DSCF0188.JPG)

Whack of Cherry

(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11043/_DRB3586-ff1.jpg)

Quarter Sawn White Oak
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: Magicman on December 14, 2012, 06:57:06 AM
 

 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/20011/2410/DSCN0500.JPG)
Sinker Cypress logs.


 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/20011/2410/DSCN0512.JPG)
Many produced "pecky" Cypress which is highly sought after by builders. 
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: scully on December 14, 2012, 07:17:57 AM
Crazy beutiful stuff guys ! Got my eye on a couple standing logs that just might look interesting ! Just need to figure out how I can buy them .....
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: Magicman on December 14, 2012, 07:20:33 AM
This is a fun thread sharing mine and drooling over others.   :)
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: WDH on December 14, 2012, 07:32:13 AM
This is a great thread! :D.
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: Cypressstump on December 14, 2012, 10:00:26 AM
Here are a couple boards from a nice oily sinker cypress log, still trying to find the whole log pictures, these boards came from the double hearted log in my avatar.. The cypressene oil in some logs varies, this log was very heavy due to the high oil concentrations, and it has a wonderful smell to it as well.


(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/29497/freash_sinker_boards.jpg)
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: Okrafarmer on December 14, 2012, 10:05:49 AM
Very nifty, swell, and keen!
;D

I need to go find some more "droolers" to mill!
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: PC-Urban-Sawyer on December 14, 2012, 11:03:27 AM
 

 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/14314/2748/Mill-06-07MAR2010-DSCN9125.jpg)

Pecky cypress slab 8/4 X 16" Wide (ave) X 16' Long



 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/14314/2769/Mill-08-10MAR2010-DSCN9167.jpg)

Spalted sycamore.
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: Magicman on December 14, 2012, 11:14:27 AM
 

 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/20011/DSCN0914S.JPG)
A Walnut log  ???  :o


 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/20011/DSCN0917S.JPG)
Some of what was inside.
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: DR Buck on December 14, 2012, 12:46:32 PM
These next 3 are  a large spalted maple log

(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11043/BigMaple-1.jpg)

(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11043/Big_Maple-2.jpg)

(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11043/BigMaple-4.jpg)


This one has been posted before.  It's white oak from Ethel Kennedy's McClean VA "Hickory Hill" estate  Dan Shade and Mark (GA Boy) were all involved in the taking of this massive tree.

(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11043/KennedyLogs.jpg)
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: T Welsh on December 14, 2012, 06:19:54 PM
Quote from: WDH on December 14, 2012, 07:32:13 AM
This is a great thread! :D.
I 2nd that! I do come up with some good ideas sometime! Come on guy,s these are some outstanding pic,s of logs, Dig further and even show us stuff that you may not think worthy, Remember not everybody has your native logs in there area! Tim
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: mikeb1079 on December 14, 2012, 07:04:09 PM
walnut crotch vs honeylocust.  this was back in my chainsaw milling days, i was experimenting using regular (non milling) chain.  it cut a little rough!   :D

(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/20751/IMG_2651.JPG)

the honeylocust almost looks like a scorpion eh?
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: shelbycharger400 on December 14, 2012, 08:18:28 PM
I HAD 4 erc 1 inch thick boards that were 16 in wide, 7 foot long,  cant find the photo  :-[.
They were full of random brown rot but looked like magic's pecky cypress.

Q: what causes the effect of the "pecky"  is it a fungus too?
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: Magicman on December 14, 2012, 08:47:39 PM
Quote from: shelbycharger400 on December 14, 2012, 08:18:28 PMQ: what causes the effect of the "pecky"  is it a fungus too? 

To quote a famous person here on the FF;  My definition of pecky is "decoratively rotten".
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: paul case on December 14, 2012, 09:35:23 PM
Old pics.
Post oak butt logs, 15''.

 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/20540/2953/SANY0051.JPG)
Walnut logs .


 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/20540/2953/SANY0396.JPG) 
More nasty oak logs


 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/20540/2953/SANY0030.JPG)
A load of walnut


 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/20540/2953/DSCI0001.JPG)
Fresh ''GREEN'' black walnut.


 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/20540/2953/DSCI0003.JPG)
Post oak.

 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/20540/2953/SANY0034%7E0.JPG)
Giant sequoah? 


 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/20540/3563/P8073939.JPG)
PC
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: Migal on December 14, 2012, 09:40:28 PM
I'm drooling PC!   8)
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: WDH on December 14, 2012, 09:58:48 PM
Some of those post oaks were still growing on the truck!
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: Magicman on December 14, 2012, 10:06:49 PM
 

 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/20011/DSCN0785S.JPG)
Some really bad Pecan limb "logs".


 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/20011/DSCN0788C.JPG)
And these became kitchen cabinet door panels. 
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: NWP on December 14, 2012, 10:07:31 PM
 

 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/23724/165037_176454835721157_879829_s.jpg)

There's about 7,000 ft of walnut.  Wish I could make the picture bigger.
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: WDH on December 14, 2012, 10:08:23 PM
MM,

That is plain scary  :).
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: Magicman on December 14, 2012, 10:28:28 PM
 

 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/20011/Image0374S.jpg)
Danny, you do remember this overgrown Pecan tree that had been down for several years.


 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/20011/DSCN0791S.JPG)
They chopped a way for me to get the sawmill to it.


 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/20011/DSCN0797S.JPG)
I slabbed it up.


 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/20011/DSCN1157_28Custom29.JPG)
And it became benches.  Scary stuff for sure.   :o   
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: losttheplot on December 14, 2012, 10:49:22 PM
Poplar


(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/20959/chainsaw_029.JPG)



(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/20959/chainsaw_031.JPG)



(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/20959/chainsaw_034.JPG)



(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/20959/chainsaw_036.JPG)



(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/20959/chainsaw_039.JPG)



(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/20959/chainsaw_009.JPG)



(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/20959/chainsaw_011.JPG)



(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/20959/chainsaw_020.JPG)




(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/20959/chainsaw_027.JPG)



(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/20959/chainsaw_028.JPG)


(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/20959/chainsaw_030.JPG)



The colour faded within a week and the wood rotted away in 6 months,
You win some and you lose some  ;)
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: JohnM on December 15, 2012, 10:31:40 AM
Quote from: losttheplot on December 14, 2012, 10:49:22 PM
Poplar

(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/20959/chainsaw_031.JPG)


The colour faded within a week and the wood rotted away in 6 months,
You win some and you lose some  ;)

Lost, the scenery alone is worth the time, wow!  Plus all your dust and slabs are 'cleaned up' with the incoming tide. ;)

JM
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: jmh8098 on December 15, 2012, 01:52:06 PM
Some spalted Maple.



 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/31220/image.jpg) 

 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/31220/image%7E0.jpg)

Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: T Welsh on December 15, 2012, 04:42:35 PM
Some pretty spectacular stuff so far! I,ll throw some fuel on the fire in a different way and see where it leads. This is the web site from one of our local specialty sawyer,s in our area. http://www.talaricohardwoods.com/
I like the wood porn! Tim
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: Okrafarmer on December 15, 2012, 05:48:43 PM
Quote from: jmh8098 on December 15, 2012, 01:52:06 PM
Some spalted Maple.

Welcome, JMH!

You figured out how to post your pictures in your very first post. Good job!
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: Magicman on December 15, 2012, 05:54:55 PM
Welcome to the Forestry Forum,  jmh8098, and congratulations on the picture posting.   :)
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: shelbycharger400 on December 15, 2012, 06:10:33 PM
http://www.talaricohardwoods.com/

I wish I could find info about their big sawmill, no information out their at all!!
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: Okrafarmer on December 15, 2012, 08:17:40 PM
Quote from: shelbycharger400 on December 15, 2012, 06:10:33 PM
http://www.talaricohardwoods.com/

I wish I could find info about their big sawmill, no information out their at all!!

https://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?topic=27143.0
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: starrtraveler on December 16, 2012, 01:39:37 AM
Quote from: T Welsh on December 15, 2012, 04:42:35 PM
Some pretty spectacular stuff so far! I,ll throw some fuel on the fire in a different way and see where it leads. This is the web site from one of our local specialty sawyer,s in our area. http://www.talaricohardwoods.com/
I like the wood porn! Tim


Yes...someone should have tagged this topic NSFW!!!   ;D
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: Okrafarmer on December 16, 2012, 01:42:53 AM
Oh, come on, let's not send this otherwise lovely topic to the Restricted Topics area!  :o
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: T Welsh on December 16, 2012, 09:32:52 AM
Sam does not list much about his big Dolmar. He does do custom work,but you have to shell out big bucks!! I dont think Jeff will throw this topic to the shed,he is drooling the same as we are,its in our blood to salivate over pretty and unusual logs and lumber,(Right Jeff). ;D Tim
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: Magicman on December 16, 2012, 03:16:29 PM
 

 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/20011/2410/DSCN1092.JPG)
Sycamore logs.


 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/20011/2410/DSCN1094.JPG)
QS Sycamore.
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: shelbycharger400 on December 16, 2012, 03:41:12 PM
t welsh..
Everyone likes to protect their market, were all in it together, all learned from someone . Only way to be top in your game is to be selling something that no one else has.
Sam seems to be an upstanding guy!
I did send a message to sam, told him what im up to with a big slabber project,  19hp with tandem pump flowing 14.7 gal each ect. 5 foot dia log ect, told him bout my other slabber I built ect,  asked what he powered his with .
To summarize, 40hp diesel, all hydro drive and feed. And can do a 9' diameter.
Hopefully someone combing the web reads this, and sends a monster log his way.
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: T Welsh on December 16, 2012, 05:00:46 PM
shelbycharger400, Your right about a niche market. I live within 20 minutes of Talerico and Hearnes, and regularly sell logs to Hearnes. Both are stand up business owners. And both use there large slabbers for themselves. They will do a customers log at special request with very high cost per hour rates. Why! Because they are the only ones around that can do that type of sawing! Have the equipment on hand to handle the weight of these logs and the facilities to accommodate large trucks, ect. My hat is off to them,they have worked hard to get where they are at. Tim
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: Magicman on December 16, 2012, 05:39:22 PM
 

 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/20011/2410/DSCN0157S.JPG)
The customer and his two Sons sitting in front of me on a big Red Oak log.


 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/20011/2410/DSCN0170.JPG)
The lumber nicely stacked before going to the kiln.


 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/20011/3609/DSCN0491.JPG)
The lumber was used as wall paneling inside of their home.


 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/20011/3609/DSCN0492.JPG)   
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: NWP on December 16, 2012, 07:21:41 PM
 

 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/23724/walnut_sawlogs.jpg)
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: dgdrls on December 20, 2012, 06:51:04 PM


JVK
    Full Member
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Cedar Logs on loan
« on: August 13, 2012, 07:51:22 pm »
"I like to break down some of the big logs on the Mighty Mite with the best side down, then over to the bandmill to slice up some wide edge grain. Bandmills really shine here.



 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/20727/mill_010.JPG)


 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/20727/002.JPG) 


 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/20727/011.JPG)


 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/20727/014.JPG)


This log made some of the finest straight grain lumber you'll see. The log story is over but the raised panel exterior doors, counter tops and other projects that will come from this will last a lifetime. Had fun doing this, hope to hear about some of your log stories."  Jim

I thought this was deserving of inclusion in this tread ::)

DGDrls


Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: hackberry jake on December 20, 2012, 07:03:44 PM
Holly cow! Now that's a log! Hope my little boardwalk jr. doesn't see those pics... It'll run away from home!
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: Magicman on December 20, 2012, 08:10:38 PM
Here is a Sinker Cypress that I sawed.  The vertical lines are the LubeMizer pulsing.  The log was gritty and I was doing everything that might help the blade.


 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/20011/DSCN0502_28Small29.JPG)
And here is what was inside.


 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/20011/DSCN0506_28Small29.JPG) 
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: Bigredfaller on January 12, 2013, 10:45:51 PM
Got into a nice patch of Cedar today... here's one for ya.




 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/31098/IMG_0186.JPG)




 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/31098/IMG_0188.JPG)
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: paul case on January 12, 2013, 10:59:46 PM
NICE indeed! 
PC
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: Sprucegum on January 12, 2013, 11:06:19 PM
Big red thats a neat little jack you got there, do you use it very often?
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: Bogue Chitto on January 13, 2013, 12:17:56 AM
Sinker cypress.

 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/28428/DSCN2757%7E0.JPG) 

 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/28428/DSCN2756%7E1.JPG)
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: Magicman on January 13, 2013, 05:53:05 PM
BC, that is some strange looking Cypress.   ???
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: Bogue Chitto on January 13, 2013, 06:34:30 PM
I thought that also MM. Got it from the swamp behind the house. 
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: Bigredfaller on January 13, 2013, 08:11:05 PM
Its a Silvey timber jack, use it in big wood, you can do a lot more with it than you can with wedges!
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: dboyt on January 15, 2013, 06:28:57 PM
Walnut with pre-designed metal inlay (fence wire).  Some thoughtful person applied this wire inlay 40 years ago, and nobody wanted it but me.  Go figure.  Love bi-metal blades!


 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/12837/Wire_Log_m.jpg)


 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/12837/WlntWire_03%7E0.jpg)
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: mesquite buckeye on January 15, 2013, 06:33:31 PM
Super nice.

How many blades did it eat ??? ???
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: Magicman on January 15, 2013, 07:00:33 PM
dboyt, you're gonna hafta teach your helper to sniff that wire out.   smiley_thumbsup
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: WDH on January 15, 2013, 08:39:44 PM
I pity your planer.
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: mesquite buckeye on January 15, 2013, 08:48:48 PM
Could grind them down first, or pull them out.
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: Magicman on January 15, 2013, 10:40:22 PM
Black Willow.


 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/20011/DSCN1137_28Small29.JPG)
It will become wall paneling.


 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/20011/DSCN1142_28Custom29.JPG) 
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: pasbuild on January 15, 2013, 11:22:00 PM
Is that another sinker log?
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: Jemclimber on January 16, 2013, 06:31:55 AM
Hey Magic,  Does that willow get milled or put up rough? Very pretty. Most think willow is a junk tree, but I think it's beautiful and perfect for ceiling and paneling. Beautiful and light. Do you have any pictures of the finished product or is this for one of your customers that you didn't get to see the end of the project. Thanks for the nice pictures everyone.
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: slider on January 16, 2013, 07:21:40 AM
For me it"s these 100 + year old pine .This one turned out some really nice wide boards.

 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/14302/001%7E1.JPG) 

 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/14302/001%7E4.JPG)
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: Magicman on January 16, 2013, 07:40:24 AM
Quote from: pasbuild on January 15, 2013, 11:22:00 PMIs that another sinker log?

Not a sinker, but a floater.  When the Mississippi River is flooded, the customer will retrieve floating logs and corral them at a location by roping them to trees. 


 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/20011/DSCN1140_28Small29.JPG)
I am sure that the lumber will be planed & T&G, etc. before being used in the customer's home.


 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/20011/DSCN1143_28Small29.JPG)
This Black Willow was fresh felled and not floaters.
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: mesquite buckeye on January 16, 2013, 07:53:45 AM
You guys are making me want to fire up the saw..... ;D
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: rooster 58 on January 16, 2013, 09:58:38 AM
     Slider, that's an awesome log ;D  I might have access to about 30 white pine trees like that. Lookin' forward to skidding them out with the jd and sawing them up 8)
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: T Welsh on January 16, 2013, 03:58:18 PM
A local walnut for a friend!

 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/27356/3686/Walnut_crotch_002.jpg) It had good figure though out the whole log,my friend was thrilled. Tim
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: mesquite buckeye on January 16, 2013, 04:09:54 PM
Wow. Was it streaky all the way through, or just the outside part? 8) 8) 8)
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: T Welsh on January 16, 2013, 04:27:32 PM
mesquite buckeye,Yup,He asked me for a special walnut log and I dug it out of my stash pile that I keep on hand for just this reason.I have not gone through my Walnut pile yet,but I just went through my Cherry piles and trimmed the ends and put them into one pile to keep track of them.

 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/27356/Cherry_and_pine_logs_004.jpg) They sometimes get thrown onto the firewood processor and get cut up for firewood. (I hate when that happens :D) Here is a picture of some Walnut piles

 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/27356/3735/Wood_pile_003.jpg)  With some other cherry logs in there too! I need to organize a little better ;D. Tim
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: mesquite buckeye on January 16, 2013, 04:47:36 PM
Heading to the farm in May. Hope to get some milling done...

I hate to leave logs sitting. They can go funky before I can get them done. :(
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: Okrafarmer on January 16, 2013, 10:16:29 PM
Quote from: mesquite buckeye on January 16, 2013, 04:47:36 PM
Heading to the farm in May. Hope to get some milling done...

I hate to leave logs sitting. They can go funky before I can get them done. :(

Some people dig funk these days. . . .
8) 8) 8)
Even in lumber and furniture!  ;D
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: mesquite buckeye on January 16, 2013, 10:19:13 PM
Quote from: Okrafarmer on January 16, 2013, 10:16:29 PM
Quote from: mesquite buckeye on January 16, 2013, 04:47:36 PM
Heading to the farm in May. Hope to get some milling done...

I hate to leave logs sitting. They can go funky before I can get them done. :(

Some people dig funk these days. . . .
8) 8) 8)
Even in lumber and furniture!  ;D

You a very funny ferra ;D ;D ;D 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8)
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: Okrafarmer on January 16, 2013, 10:23:24 PM
Well, while we're talking about logs to drool over, how about you show us a picture of a saguaro cactus on the sawmill?
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: mesquite buckeye on January 16, 2013, 10:45:07 PM
Quote from: Okrafarmer on January 16, 2013, 10:23:24 PM
Well, while we're talking about logs to drool over, how about you show us a picture of a saguaro cactus on the sawmill?

Well, its more of a chisel and hammer deal to split the ribs apart. Watch for scorpions the whole time, since they like it in there, and avoid the rattlesnake laying in the shade under the dead cactus.

I usually just split them. It shows the pith rays really nicely, but you can smooth one side on a jointer then mill boards out of them on the table saw.

You might be able to saw on on the woodmizer, but there is a chance something would catch and blow the whole thing apart.



Or were you kidding ??? 8) 8) 8) 8)
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: Okrafarmer on January 16, 2013, 11:46:14 PM
Quote from: mesquite buckeye on January 16, 2013, 10:45:07 PMOr were you kidding ??? 8) 8) 8) 8)

:D :D :D :laugh: ;D :D :D
Maybe I'll come visiting and we can try it. It would at least be good for kicks and giggles.
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: mesquite buckeye on January 17, 2013, 10:34:01 AM
You are invited. 8)
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: Okrafarmer on January 17, 2013, 11:34:34 AM
Sounds like fun! I've only seen Arizona from 35,000 ft. That's a nice little ditch you've got there!
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: mesquite buckeye on January 17, 2013, 04:27:21 PM
Quote from: Okrafarmer on January 17, 2013, 11:34:34 AM
Sounds like fun! I've only seen Arizona from 35,000 ft. That's a nice little ditch you've got there!

Send a PM when you are thinking about it. We'll talk. 8) 8) 8)
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: Okrafarmer on January 18, 2013, 12:15:03 AM
Quote from: mesquite buckeye on January 17, 2013, 04:27:21 PM
Quote from: Okrafarmer on January 17, 2013, 11:34:34 AM
Sounds like fun! I've only seen Arizona from 35,000 ft. That's a nice little ditch you've got there!

Send a PM when you are thinking about it. We'll talk. 8) 8) 8)

Absolutely! My wife has family in the Los Angeles area, so one day, we'll have to make the trip.  8)
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: mesquite buckeye on January 18, 2013, 10:28:36 AM
Quote from: Okrafarmer on January 18, 2013, 12:15:03 AM
Quote from: mesquite buckeye on January 17, 2013, 04:27:21 PM
Quote from: Okrafarmer on January 17, 2013, 11:34:34 AM
Sounds like fun! I've only seen Arizona from 35,000 ft. That's a nice little ditch you've got there!

Send a PM when you are thinking about it. We'll talk. 8) 8) 8)

Absolutely! My wife has family in the Los Angeles area, so one day, we'll have to make the trip.  8)

Cool.
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: isawlogs on January 18, 2013, 12:12:04 PM
 There sure is some wood out there.  8)
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: mesquite buckeye on January 18, 2013, 01:00:33 PM
Quote from: isawlogs on January 18, 2013, 12:12:04 PM
There sure is some wood out there.  8)

What we lack in size and quantity, me make up for in rarity and beauty. smiley_biggrin01
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: hackberry jake on January 18, 2013, 11:56:00 PM
Quote from: mesquite buckeye on January 18, 2013, 01:00:33 PM
Quote from: isawlogs on January 18, 2013, 12:12:04 PM
There sure is some wood out there.  8)

What we lack in size in quantity, me make up for in rarity and beauty. smiley_biggrin01

I'm gunna leave this one alone. I don't wanna go to the woodshed.
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: mesquite buckeye on January 19, 2013, 01:03:58 PM
Quote from: hackberry jake on January 18, 2013, 11:56:00 PM
Quote from: mesquite buckeye on January 18, 2013, 01:00:33 PM
Quote from: isawlogs on January 18, 2013, 12:12:04 PM
There sure is some wood out there.  8)

What we lack in size in quantity, me make up for in rarity and beauty. smiley_biggrin01

I'm gunna leave this one alone. I don't wanna go to the woodshed.

Good one :D :D :D :D :D :D

I thought you liked it in the woodshed........ 8) 8) 8) 8) 8)
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: Bogue Chitto on January 19, 2013, 09:24:32 PM
Sinker Cypress cut today.

 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/28428/DSCN3171.JPG) 

 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/28428/DSCN3170.JPG) 

 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/28428/DSCN3169.JPG)
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: WDH on January 19, 2013, 09:27:35 PM
Nice live oak!
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: Magicman on January 19, 2013, 09:57:50 PM
BC lives in Live Oak country.   smiley_thumbsup
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: WDH on January 19, 2013, 09:59:23 PM
My understanding is that they are protected in the Florida Parishes.
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: Bogue Chitto on January 19, 2013, 10:45:40 PM
Quote from: WDH on January 19, 2013, 09:59:23 PM
My understanding is that they are protected in the Florida Parishes.
Not that I know of WDH.
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: WDH on January 20, 2013, 07:58:04 AM
I worked with Weyerhaeuser, and had a project at Talisheek.  The local Foresters told me that they did not cut any.
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: fishpimp on January 20, 2013, 09:07:43 AM
Quote from: Bogue Chitto on January 19, 2013, 09:24:32 PM
Sinker Cypress cut today.

 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/28428/DSCN3171.JPG) 

 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/28428/DSCN3170.JPG) 

 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/28428/DSCN3169.JPG)
Awesome pics. Makes me feel Down down south !
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: isawlogs on March 02, 2013, 11:34:15 PM
 Was it da green leaves growing on it that gave away it being a " live " oak  :-\
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: Okrafarmer on March 03, 2013, 12:31:23 AM
Quote from: isawlogs on March 02, 2013, 11:34:15 PM
Was it da green leaves growing on it that gave away it being a " live " oak  :-\

That was my biggest clue, since he posted in January! Live oaks are evergreen (but broad-leafed and hardwood).
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: Okrafarmer on March 03, 2013, 12:34:59 AM
Yesterday's work, 12' long white pine log, scaled 310 international. We were too busy sawying to count how many bf of boards we got out. That's a 20 inch cant.



 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/22845/White_pine_log_huge.jpg) 

 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/22845/white_pine_20_inch_panel.jpg)
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: DaleK on March 03, 2013, 08:45:38 AM
 

 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/31907/olivialog.jpg)

This is a red oak from a few years back. 12' long, had to slab it down with a chainsaw to get it on the mill, ended up with a 28" cant. Wish I had taken more pictures as we went along.
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: JSwigga on March 04, 2013, 07:21:11 PM
It wasn't a very long walnut log, it was about 5 ft long and about 38-46" wide.  But it was some of the nicest looking wood I've ever cut.  It was one of those logs you didn't expect much from.  I was pleasantly surprised.  The whole flitch sold in 4 days. 8)
(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/30941/IMG_1467.jpg)
(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/30941/IMG_1468.jpg)
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: JSwigga on March 04, 2013, 07:26:32 PM
I have this  smiley_devil log..umm I mean... Hickory.  I don't know if I should drool or start crying because of the whoopin my chains are gonna take.
(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/30941/IMG_1552.JPG)
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: POSTON WIDEHEAD on March 04, 2013, 07:37:24 PM
WOW....that 's one of those New Jersey Blue End Hickory's.
I haven't seen one of those in a while.  :)
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: WDH on March 04, 2013, 08:04:28 PM
Fortunately the big ones like that behave a little better than the small ones as far as tension is concerned.  Hope your blades are sharp!

That walnut is gorgeous  8).
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: JSwigga on March 04, 2013, 08:18:54 PM
Quote from: POSTONLT40HD on March 04, 2013, 07:37:24 PM
WOW....that 's one of those New Jersey Blue End Hickory's.
I haven't seen one of those in a while.  :)

As you know we are famous for our New Jersey Devil.  Many people thought it was a devil in the traditional sense of the word.  We all know what the real devil is!
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: mesquite buckeye on March 04, 2013, 10:16:35 PM
Let's see it cut up. ;D :o
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: JustinW_NZ on March 04, 2013, 10:19:44 PM
Just did this yesterday

(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/29851/big_log.jpg)

Old man pine log someone had slabbed with a chainsaw mill, meant I could fit it on the WM - JUST.
Tractor couldn't lift it, the mill could lift it, but not turn it, but together we got there!?
6.0m long and as wide as the log clamp would  just allow.
Very similar heartwood to what Okrafarmer posted up above, I didn't take a picture  :(

And something different
(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/29851/manuka.jpg)

New Zealand manuka which is a native tree that establishes an area but doesn't get very big, letting the larger native trees establish in shelter.
Thought It was very pretty freshly cut like that.

Cheers
Justin

Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: mesquite buckeye on March 04, 2013, 10:44:16 PM
Really nice.... :) :) :)
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: 5quarter on March 04, 2013, 10:55:10 PM
Jswigga... Begin crying. smiley_crying  smiley_crying
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: Okrafarmer on March 05, 2013, 06:12:06 PM
Justin, is that manuka in the juniper family? It resembles our eastern red cedar (ERC).
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: Okrafarmer on March 05, 2013, 06:17:27 PM
Justin, are you running with your blade guard off? I was until I got my band wheel fixed. It was put on backward by someone who was desperate to get it to track with the drive band wheel, which was also off track. My dad and I got it all changed back around, with some help from Pineywoods over the phone. That man should consider getting a 900 number so he can profit from all the good advice he has to offer!
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: Ianab on March 05, 2013, 06:44:51 PM
Quote from: Okrafarmer on March 05, 2013, 06:12:06 PM
Justin, is that manuka in the juniper family? It resembles our eastern red cedar (ERC).

It's an evergreen hardwood. Only ever grows into a small tree, but grows pretty much any place.

Usually used for firewood, smoking wood and the honey from it is very good. The wood is very hard and strong, but it's hard to find a log more than 6" dia.

There are some fancier flowering varieties that are sold as garden plants too.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leptospermum_scoparium (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leptospermum_scoparium)

OK
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: Rob Bocik on March 05, 2013, 09:51:09 PM
Blue Mahoe  smiley_clapping I got more but still working out the kinks to change all of the files to an acceptable format. Seem odd to me that we cant upload a jpeg?
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: Ianab on March 05, 2013, 09:58:50 PM
Quote from: Rob Bocik on March 05, 2013, 09:51:09 PM
Blue Mahoe  smiley_clapping I got more but still working out the kinks to change all of the files to an acceptable format. Seem odd to me that we cant upload a jpeg?

You can, but you need to use the photo gallery feature, not attachments.
Have a read here
https://forestryforum.com/board/index.php/topic,61788.0.html (https://forestryforum.com/board/index.php/topic,61788.0.html)

Ian
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: Rob Bocik on March 05, 2013, 10:20:25 PM
 pc_smiley Lets see if this work,




 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/32134/big_mp_2.png) 

 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/32134/383439_285175001571187_100002360692558_614376_1412861580_n_28129.jpg)
smiley_clapping
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: JustinW_NZ on March 05, 2013, 11:47:07 PM
I'm running with the cover/s (idle and center) off yes, only because I don't have them and the NZ woodmizer agent seems to be taking AGES to get me new ones.

I ran at a show a little while ago and just borrowed covers from another mill locally, and The NZ agent had a spare drive side cover, but yes, must chase that up as I do hate having to make sure people are clear and not in front when I'm milling away...

Nice timber Rob Bocik?! very nice!

Cheers
Justin

Quote from: Okrafarmer on March 05, 2013, 06:17:27 PM
Justin, are you running with your blade guard off? I was until I got my band wheel fixed. It was put on backward by someone who was desperate to get it to track with the drive band wheel, which was also off track. My dad and I got it all changed back around, with some help from Pineywoods over the phone. That man should consider getting a 900 number so he can profit from all the good advice he has to offer!
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: isawlogs on March 06, 2013, 08:28:37 AM
  Make up some plywood covers paint them and be done with it... ;)
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: ST Ranch on March 07, 2013, 03:38:03 PM
Just got a couple loads [fifth wheel] of western red cedar utility ploes for free. Got 6  - 55 foot WRC poles that were only butt treated so I hope to get somenice boards from these - checks are pretty straight and not to deep except for one deep one per log.  Tom


 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/31497/DSCN0802.JPG%5B/img%20<br><br>%20%5Bimg%5Dhttps://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/31497/DSCN0803.JPG) ] 
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: redbeard on June 30, 2013, 06:32:01 PM
I was drooling today!  A customer brought over a big spalted maple trunk that had figure in also. He got some nice 2" and 3" slabs.

 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/22539/rps20130630_153001_568.jpg) 

 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/22539/rps20130630_153054_988.jpg)
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: WDH on June 30, 2013, 08:25:25 PM
Wow,

Two birds with one stone. 
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: Okrafarmer on June 30, 2013, 08:52:58 PM
Very nice! My phone camera's no good these days so I haven't taken many pictures. Trying to use my digital cam, but I keep forgetting to take it with. We did some really nifty mulberry and maple this past week.
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: mesquite buckeye on June 30, 2013, 09:10:19 PM
Pretty neat. ;D
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: dboyt on July 01, 2013, 09:38:14 AM
It's got to be real hard watching a customer haul away boards like that.

If that pecky cypress is so valuable, maybe I'll find a market for pecky oak.  This came off a friend's sawmill.

(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/12837/Ants_s.jpg)
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: barbender on July 01, 2013, 09:47:42 AM
Lots of nice logs and lumber ;)
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: Peter Drouin on July 01, 2013, 10:09:08 PM
 

 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/22511/highly__valueable_log_006.JPG)

Hard maple.  :)
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: WDH on July 01, 2013, 10:22:39 PM
Wow!
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: Okrafarmer on July 01, 2013, 11:14:20 PM
My wood that looks like that is sweetgum.
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: Peter Drouin on July 03, 2013, 06:30:00 AM
Quote from: Okrafarmer on July 01, 2013, 11:14:20 PM
My wood that looks like that is sweetgum.

No sweetgum in NH  ;D
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: DR Buck on July 03, 2013, 08:37:16 AM
This is the last spalted maple I milled.   It was more of a fight than a milling job.   ;D


(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11043/BigMaple-1.jpg)


(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11043/BigMaple-4.jpg)


(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11043/Big_Maple-2.jpg)


Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: Okrafarmer on July 03, 2013, 09:41:44 AM
Quote from: Peter Drouin on July 03, 2013, 06:30:00 AM
Quote from: Okrafarmer on July 01, 2013, 11:14:20 PM
My wood that looks like that is sweetgum.

No sweetgum in NH  ;D

Ain't you lucky!
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: Peter Drouin on July 03, 2013, 07:37:37 PM
Quote from: Okrafarmer on July 03, 2013, 09:41:44 AM
Quote from: Peter Drouin on July 03, 2013, 06:30:00 AM
Quote from: Okrafarmer on July 01, 2013, 11:14:20 PM
My wood that looks like that is sweetgum.

No sweetgum in NH  ;D

Ain't you lucky!





And I'm going to stay here too ;D
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: cutterboy on July 03, 2013, 09:15:29 PM
Black Birch I sawed last November.


 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11157/DSC01336_opt.jpg)


 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11157/DSC01337_opt.jpg)
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: mikeb1079 on July 03, 2013, 10:04:39 PM
cutterboy that is beautiful.  i too was stunned by the first birch tree i opened up.  for me it's right up there with walnut in terms of "wow" factor. 
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: longtime lurker on July 04, 2013, 03:40:26 AM
 

 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/32746/IMG_0037%7E0.JPG)



 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/32746/IMG_0041%7E0.JPG)
A place to post pictures. 8)

One of the several raintrees (monkey pod) Samanea saman we've slabbed in the last two years. Not the biggest, but maybe the prettiest.

Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: customsawyer on July 04, 2013, 07:37:49 AM
That there is not ugly.
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: dboyt on July 04, 2013, 07:42:13 AM
Wow!  That monkeypod has some of the wildest grain I've ever seen!  High dollar stuff for sure.  The birch is nice, too, especially when bookmatched like that.
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: longtime lurker on July 04, 2013, 09:43:18 AM
 ... and then we flipped it over and came at it from the other side



 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/32746/IMG_0576.JPG)



 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/32746/IMG_0582.JPG)
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: POSTON WIDEHEAD on July 04, 2013, 11:00:13 AM
The title fits.....Logs to Drool Over.
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: cutterboy on July 04, 2013, 12:04:37 PM
Quote from: mikeb1079 on July 03, 2013, 10:04:39 PM
cutterboy that is beautiful.  i too was stunned by the first birch tree i opened up.  for me it's right up there with walnut in terms of "wow" factor.

Thanks Mike. I think Black Birch is one of the most beautiful hardwoods. It's very underrated. My brother calls it "poor man's cherry"
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: cutterboy on July 04, 2013, 12:06:15 PM
Lurker, that is one beautiful hunk of wood!
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: longtime lurker on July 04, 2013, 05:48:35 PM
We recovered ten large 2" thick slabs, half a dozen or so smaller 1 1/2" thick slabs, and a 4" (across the heart) from that one log, and a whole lotta sawdust. All showed fantastic grain - even for monkey pod which is always pretty.

Sadly - here at least - they aren't worth much. Limited population, long way to freight it to where the peoples live yada yada yada. My agent will do well from them though.
Might clear a carton of beer on each, and I don't drink expensive beer. Mind, there are worse things in the world then having a dozen cartons of beer in the fridge. :D
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: Ianab on July 04, 2013, 06:31:36 PM
I'd be hauling pieces of wood like that to some place where they do sell.

Someone is going to build $2,000+ tables out of those, they can afford to pay you $500 for the wood.

Do the sums on 10 slabs like that, and it's worth a trip to the big smoke with a trailer load.  ;)

Ian
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: cutterboy on July 05, 2013, 09:09:12 AM
Shagbark Hickory and a nice cherry



 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11157/DSC00980_opt.jpg) 

 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11157/DSC00994_opt.jpg) 

 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11157/DSC01046_opt.jpg) 

 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11157/DSC01047_opt.jpg)
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: WDH on July 05, 2013, 08:12:11 PM
That hickory sure is nice.  Did you slab the cherry?
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: cutterboy on July 06, 2013, 09:28:58 AM
Quote from: WDH on July 05, 2013, 08:12:11 PM
That hickory sure is nice.  Did you slab the cherry?

No, I sawed it into one inch boards. I had no trouble selling them. It's hard to decide how to saw a log like that, but I guess really nice lumber will always be in demand whatever form it's in.
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: WDH on July 06, 2013, 08:18:08 PM
It is hard to mess up a log like that one.  Very nice.  I have a soft spot for cherry  :).
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: POSTON WIDEHEAD on July 06, 2013, 09:20:45 PM
Quote from: WDH on July 06, 2013, 08:18:08 PM
  I have a soft spot for cherry  :).

This being said, you may want to put your Cherry under lock and key at night.  :D
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: WDH on July 07, 2013, 08:25:54 PM
I saw some yellow poplar logs laying at the side of the yard of a guy that I know, so I stopped in and asked what he was going to do with them.  Offered to saw them on halves, but he said that he did not need any lumber, but that I could have them.  Time goes by.  More time goes by.  Then, more time goes by.  Finally, today, I went and got the rotten logs  :).  Well, not quite totally rotten, just close.



 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/14370/008%7E2.JPG) \

Almost perfect spalting  :-*.



 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/14370/012%7E0.JPG)



 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/14370/005%7E4.JPG)

Sometimes it is nice to get lucky.

Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: customsawyer on July 07, 2013, 08:31:05 PM
You are the man.
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: Peter Drouin on July 07, 2013, 09:38:18 PM
That's what I like the most about opening up a log . You never know what's inside.
So what is the plan, selling or use it?  :D
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: fishpimp on July 07, 2013, 10:22:51 PM
Lucky dawg!!!
Ok I'm gonna let mine lay around and rot just a lil bit more.
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: WDH on July 08, 2013, 06:55:15 AM
Peter,

There are six logs in all, and I have opened up two and they were both beautifully spalted.  The plan is to cut 4" thick blocks and to sell them to the bowl turners.
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: cutterboy on July 08, 2013, 06:56:27 PM
OMG, WDH, free logs that are nicely spalted. Now that is something to drool over. Is it just the sap wood that spalts or is the heart wood spalted as well?
Now you got me thinking. I left a couple of red maple logs out in the woods a couple of years ago. Maybe I'll try to find them.
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: WDH on July 08, 2013, 07:46:15 PM
There is much more spalting in the sapwood than in the heartwood.  As you get more to the center of the log, the spalting disappears. 
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: Peter Drouin on July 08, 2013, 07:53:57 PM
I have some hard maple that's been down in a pile for a year and a falf,
With the Spalted thing the timing is everything. :D :D
WDH will you use hot wax to seal them?
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: WDH on July 08, 2013, 08:04:39 PM
Anchorseal.  It has worked well for me in the past.  Just need several coats.
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: fishpimp on July 08, 2013, 09:25:33 PM
My junk doesn't compare to y'all but Ill show them

Picked up this ugly piece with a load of walnut.
Studied it for a while how I wanted to mill it.


 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/31588/image%7E79.jpg)
Idk what it is? Burl ? Was a growth of a branch of a butt log.
I think it turned out a nice unique piece!


 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/31588/image%7E80.jpg) 

 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/31588/image%7E81.jpg)
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: WDH on July 09, 2013, 07:02:15 AM
That would make an awesome coffee table  8).
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: dboyt on July 09, 2013, 08:52:42 AM
Fishpimp, that's about the most unusual piece I've ever seen.  A wood carver would have a great time with a piece like that.

Has anyone milled roots?  Lots of embedded rocks, but some pretty wood inside.


 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/12837/WlntRoot_01s.jpg) 

 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/12837/WlntRoot_02s.jpg) 

 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/12837/Table_Bowl_01s.jpg)

Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: Nomad on July 09, 2013, 05:39:23 PM
     I milled a big SYP tap root a few months ago.  Nothing but solid fat lighter.  Talk about gumming up a band!  I don't believe I'll do that again. ::)
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: longtime lurker on July 10, 2013, 04:41:44 AM
I envy you guys being able to sell spalted timber. Here I regard it as a curse... doesn't matter how pretty it looks with a coat of varnish on it, it's hard to sell unfinished.

Some nice stuff there gentlemen.
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: Migal on July 11, 2013, 02:26:21 PM
Quote from: longtime lurker on July 10, 2013, 04:41:44 AM
I envy you guys being able to sell spalted timber. Here I regard it as a curse... doesn't matter how pretty it looks with a coat of varnish on it, it's hard to sell unfinished.

Some nice stuff there gentlemen.

It's like the Pretty Ladies in the ads "It's all in the presentation"  8)
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: customsawyer on July 11, 2013, 06:20:09 PM
I think they call that marketing. ;D
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: longtime lurker on July 11, 2013, 07:26:11 PM
Quote from: customsawyer on July 11, 2013, 06:20:09 PM
I think they call that marketing. ;D

Wait till the aussie dollar drops a bit more and I'll send you a container load?
They call that wholesaling. :D :D :D


Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: 5quarter on July 12, 2013, 12:23:45 AM
Lurker...I'll be waiting at the dock.  ;)
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: cbecker on July 12, 2013, 03:31:02 AM
Here are some of the bigger logs we sawed and what came out of them!

(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/17513/Sawing_003.jpg)
Dawn Redwood

(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/17513/Sawing_004.jpg)

(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/17513/Dawn_redwood_trimmed.jpg)

(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/17513/IMG_20130305_172259_714.jpg)

(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/17513/IMG_20130305_172338_710.jpg)

(https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/17513/IMG_20130621_130338_422.jpg)

This is a Copper Beech.

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15 'Long  We cut it in half to put it on the mill!

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Turns out it was spalted!

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Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: customsawyer on July 12, 2013, 04:53:04 PM
I like the cabinets.
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: Migal on July 13, 2013, 04:51:40 PM
Quote from: customsawyer on July 12, 2013, 04:53:04 PM
I like the cabinets.

Me too! Also would like to try some of the HiJinx Look's like it come's in a keep sake box  8)
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: Dave Shepard on July 13, 2013, 08:12:27 PM
These are from 2011. I didn't drool on them, but I was close.  :D



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Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: Peter Drouin on July 14, 2013, 05:57:54 AM
Quote from: Dave Shepard on July 13, 2013, 08:12:27 PM
These are from 2011. I didn't drool on them, but I was close.  :D



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That is some nice pine
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: longtime lurker on July 14, 2013, 06:56:06 AM
My wife's in the States so... working weekends too.
I kinda like weekends, it's when I get time to cut at my own pace and do the stuff that probably isn't commercial, either logs I'm expecting trouble with or jobs for mates.

Like this one... Fruitwood as it's called, which I guess sounds far more marketable then mango tree.

Woulda been nice except for that horrible value reducing staining... ummm spalting :D



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Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: Martha White Nelson on July 21, 2013, 12:42:38 PM
Some beautiful milling here!!
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: acrosteve on August 01, 2013, 09:01:50 PM
Quote from: Magicman on December 14, 2012, 11:14:27 AM
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What is the name of that type of hook?
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: mesquite buckeye on August 01, 2013, 09:44:17 PM
How about a giant fishhook on a chain, or half a grapple hook? ;D
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: Migal on August 01, 2013, 09:55:44 PM
 :D I Don't believe that's was the answer MagicMan was looking for  8)
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: beenthere on August 01, 2013, 10:11:39 PM
I believe MM said he salvaged that single hook from either a cant hook or half a logging tong. Might just call it a single hook, as they have been used for many years in logging to handle logs by 'end' dogging them. Member Loggah might know an 'official' name.
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: Magicman on August 02, 2013, 09:19:38 PM
Quote from: acrosteve on August 01, 2013, 09:01:50 PMWhat is the name of that type of hook?
I always called them "end tongs" but I have also heard them called "end hooks".


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I made mine from broken logging tongs.


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Using them is a very safe way to pick logs up because the log's weight forces the hook into the log's end.
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: Philngruvy on August 02, 2013, 09:55:35 PM
Being a retired ironworker, we would call similar hooks used on I-beams, shake out hooks.
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: POSTON WIDEHEAD on August 02, 2013, 10:16:56 PM
Quote from: Philngruvy on August 02, 2013, 09:55:35 PM
Being a retired ironworker, we would call similar hooks used on I-beams, shake out hooks.

Where can you find these hooks at?
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: mesquite buckeye on August 02, 2013, 10:46:49 PM
Looks very handy for logs that don't come from mesquite. Oh well.
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: Philngruvy on August 03, 2013, 08:24:22 PM
Poston, the shake out hooks, otherwise known as pelican hooks, can be bought at any wire, rope, rigging supply house.  I am not sure if they would work on logs.  The intention of the shake out hook is to slide the hook onto the web of the beam at the end and the other hook would be opposite side making the beam hang with the flanges on the top and bottom.  I think that if the tips of the hooks were ground to a point, they might work on logs.
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: Philngruvy on August 03, 2013, 08:40:01 PM
I just tried to do a search for the shakeout hooks and I came up empty.  I have been out of the business for quite some time, so maybe they are not used any longer due to safety regulations or something.
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: POSTON WIDEHEAD on August 03, 2013, 09:02:56 PM
Just as soon as I bought a couple, somebody would come by the mill and say...Hey, you need these hooks?
You can have 'em!  :D
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: Leigh Family Farm on August 10, 2013, 04:53:00 PM
This is just a little cherry tree that we sawed up today  ;)
Don't be jealous...



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And for some persepctive, this is my hand in the photo  ;D ;D



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Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: mesquite buckeye on August 10, 2013, 04:58:04 PM
Cain't help it. ;D
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: WDH on August 10, 2013, 08:55:19 PM
Me neither  :).
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: Delawhere Jack on August 11, 2013, 04:47:49 PM
That is some nice cherry!  : :)
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: Okrafarmer on August 12, 2013, 06:51:43 PM
You sure do have small hands, Kilgrosh!  ;D
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: mesquite buckeye on August 12, 2013, 08:08:41 PM
Hence cometh the small hands joke. Okra is just mad because those aren't his logs. ;D :snowfight1:
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: Migal on August 13, 2013, 01:59:42 AM
 :D fine looking Cherry there  8)
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: KyTreeFarmer on August 13, 2013, 12:16:24 PM
Quote from: mesquite buckeye on August 12, 2013, 08:08:41 PM
Hence cometh the small hands joke. Okra is just mad because those aren't his logs. ;D :snowfight1:

Maybe but he had some nice sweet gum at one time ;D
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: Tim Lea on August 13, 2013, 02:14:30 PM
The cabinets are nice...
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: drobertson on August 13, 2013, 07:32:24 PM
Nice logs will be routine after a short while for sure, still got to love em'  when they come,  david
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: Leigh Family Farm on August 14, 2013, 05:12:36 PM
 
Quote from: Okrafarmer on August 12, 2013, 06:51:43 PM
You sure do have small hands, Kilgrosh!  ;D

I might have a small hand on that red cherry, but at least I'm not green with envy! 8) ;D :D ;)
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: drobertson on August 14, 2013, 08:33:38 PM
Who has time for a pic on every good log, even though this is "logs to drool over"  they will come and go,  get ready for many more,  david .  nice work by the way,
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: fishpimp on August 16, 2013, 11:14:46 PM
Took these monsters on and almost lost it.
Sawed them for a local college .
Bibbying was a must.
Averaging 45"
Was a tough job. Shoula woulda priced it differently but...
All in all they made some nice boards.

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Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: LeeB on August 16, 2013, 11:46:23 PM
What is it?
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: GAmillworker on August 17, 2013, 12:03:57 AM
Looks like spalted red oak
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: fishpimp on August 17, 2013, 12:27:17 AM
Yep . Very old logs!
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: shelbycharger400 on December 26, 2013, 12:47:12 PM
Figured id gloat,   the trees from the first page , my post are a commin down $$$   :-) :-)
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: mesquite buckeye on December 26, 2013, 01:57:24 PM
Good deal. Soon you will be rich. ;D
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: Magicman on December 26, 2013, 05:27:01 PM
As the "A Team" said, I love it when a plan comes together.   :)
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: 5quarter on December 26, 2013, 10:01:17 PM
Real nice boards there...Looks like red oak bark. definitely something else on the inside. my experience is that red oak only spalts in the sapwood, of which there is usually just a little. real Purdy stuff though, whatever it is.
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: Birchwood Logging on December 27, 2013, 07:46:35 AM
Here is few pics some a good red oak I cut it was 30 inches at the tip and had 50 feet of clear wood   

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Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: mesquite buckeye on December 27, 2013, 10:28:08 AM
Pretty neat. Hope it made lots of babies before it went to the great furniture factory in the sky. ;D
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: taw6243 on December 27, 2013, 09:24:44 PM
pic of 2 bookmatched figured curly red maple flitches

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This set was sold to someone in traverse city.

Tim
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: mesquite buckeye on December 27, 2013, 09:43:51 PM
Go hogs! ;D
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: POSTON WIDEHEAD on December 27, 2013, 10:23:55 PM
Tim.....that's just down right gorgeous!
I want ask you what you sold them bookends for but how much did your customer have to pay?
Thanks.
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: sawguy21 on December 27, 2013, 10:42:17 PM
I am enjoying this thread, the variety of color and grain is amazing. I don't have a mil...yet. ;D
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: WDH on December 28, 2013, 12:10:33 AM
What an exceptional red oak and red maple.  Warms my heart, it does. 
Title: Re: Logs to drool over!
Post by: two-legged-sawmill on December 28, 2013, 06:53:32 PM
What a terrific Thread! All the different pictures of the slabs would make a nice book. Hello Poston LT40 HD, Them hooks that MagicMan uses can be had in Tow Truck supplies catalog's, they have many sizes and shapes, tips may need sharpening.  Coverture may need modification, They are pricey! Maybe check with Opperators of tow trucks they may have a stock of used where chains or hooks on other end break.  "GOD BLESS and Happy New Year  Everybody"
Dan sr
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