A day cutting wood

[Dave Shepard]

There are bands made for that very purpose.

I am surprised you cut through it. i would stopped the feed the second I heard the zzziiiiggggg.

If Peter is sawing as fast as I do with the same mill, the saw was out of the log before he even heard the zing. :D My record so far is seven 1/2' lag bolts in one pass with one blade.

[drobertson]

Dave, that would be simply amazing,, a record for certain,,

[Peter Drouin]

7 lags wow.

[4x4American]

Your record, or the record? lol

[Dave Shepard]

I hit one, changed the band, hit another, and decided to just keep going with the second ruined band. Resawing an old timber.

[Peter Drouin]

 

 

I was getting a load of logs today, but it did not come and I was out of 8' 1x12' W Pine for Saturday. So I cut a 16'9" log in ½. I don't like doing that.
Big butt log.



  

 

The other ½ I did get a lot of 1x12 and 3 nice 20" wide ones, nice and clear.



  

I flipped the cant , made a cut and hit a nail  >:( It had 10" or better of wood over it. 16 penney.



 



If any wants to post pics here go for it, even things you hit with the blade. :D :D :D

 

[Bruno of NH]

Pete
Nice looking pine I like the wide boards . The nail not so much :)
Bruno

[Peter Drouin]

Yeah, some kid puts it in 50 60 years ago. :D :D :D :D

[bkaimwood]

Never ceases to amaze me, but somehow it still does...outstanding log, lumber....and well, yes, a nail... >:(

[Kbeitz]

Just look at it as a petrified small finishing knot.

[paul case]

More like a pre nailed board. ;D

PC

[Peter Drouin]

Well, the logger came 6000 BF of 8' and 10' W Pine And 3 12s. :D :D 8)



  

  

All big wood, Long stuff Sunday and Mon morning, load bans next week. 
Winter cut wood is the best. 8) 8)

[4x4American]

Dere ya go.  Have you got enough to make it through mud season?

A guy placed an order with me for a shed he's building in April or May, said that he wants the lumber now because he likes winter cut wood.

[tule peak timber]

Nice , nice , nice !

[Peter Drouin]

4x4 that winter wood is clean and dry of sap, W Pine will last till June easy with no stain or bugs. I have a logger cutting 2 loads of hemlock too, best that I have seen in a long time.
8' 10' 12' 16' and a lot of 20' will come after the bans are off.
The same one that brought the 24' ones.



  

 

[4x4American]

Nice.  Last winter I learned about bleeding out the logs.  I still have sticky boards kicking around lol


I need a 3x14x24' ridge beam, I should be able to saw that on my mill, no?  It was somewhere on here, but have never done it.

[Peter Drouin]

I need a 3x14x24' ridge beam, I should be able to saw that on my mill, no?  It was somewhere on here, but have never done it.

easy, :D :D


  

 
:D :D :D



 

pull it back and cut. ;)

[POSTON WIDEHEAD]

Hoe did you figure that out Peter?  ;D

[drobertson]

gotta be some, a little blood sweet and tears?

[Peter Drouin]

Hoe did you figure that out Peter?  ;D

4x4 wanted to know. :D :D That's him looking at his new mill with Ross. :D

[terrifictimbersllc]

Nice.  Last winter I learned about bleeding out the logs.  I still have sticky boards kicking around lol


I need a 3x14x24' ridge beam, I should be able to saw that on my mill, no?  It was somewhere on here, but have never done it.

You can either back up or rise out of the cut on the first two faces leaving the hump at the end. On the third cut where there is a flat on the bottom, you can slide it forward till the bump hits the back rail (movable rail is slid out of the way for this), and then finish that (third) cut. Same on the 4th face. Now bring the first and second faces up and finish those the same way.

Raising the rollers 1/4" or so makes it easier to do the sliding back thing.  There are other little details you will enjoy discovering on your own.  ;D

[4x4American]

There are other little details you will enjoy discovering on your own.  ;D

:D :D :D 

[4x4American]

Thanks for the pictures, Pete.  I'm guessing that was at the end of your extensions too, so that musta been real long, eh?
That was a good day, except for towing the mill home through the slush without trailer brakes...I figured it out, a couple weeks later lol the big fuse under the hood of my pickup had blown.

[OlJarhead]

I won't get 'a day' cutting wood but I hope to get at least a couple hours today....but of course, it's going to rain though that won't stop me!

[Peter Drouin]

No 4x4 that was on the mill. The ex is in the back of the barn. I only use it when I have to.

More logs today. 8)