Whatcha Sawin' 2020 ??

[Bruno of NH]

Not sawing today,waiting on customers and storm clean up

 

 

 

[doc henderson]

you have a beautiful place Bruno.  I plan to come to one of your events when I can.

[Jcald327]

Finally finished up the job that started a week ago.  Today went much smoother (only 1 casualty on the last slab, threw the chain and bent about 30 links, oh booooy) .  Figuring I need to use more wedges, especially at end of slab to prevent the freshly cut slab from pinch the back of the chain as it exits.

Switched back to the swing blade and let her eat.  Probably netted close to 400bf an hour cutting dimensionally (with stops to discuss each layer as customer wasn't 100 percent sure how many of each size he wanted).  

Heres the pic he sent me tonight.  The slabs from last week were already starting to check, so hes going to leave this thinner stickers in for a month or 2 while alternating airflow with box fans so try to keep initial drying a little slower.

 

[WDH]

A basement is a poor place to dry wood. 

[Brad_bb]

A basement is a poor place to dry wood.

I  had a large live edge slab with a crotch split  for a river table top for a buddy of mine.  I flattened them for him. He took and put them in his basement temporarily until he had time to make the top.  I tried warning him against that.  He thought it wasn't damp at all down there.  

Well a couple months later he had a blocked artery (heart attack) and had a stent put in.  He recovered pretty quickly, but it was now 10 months later he called me and said the slab halves had cupped and warped.  So I had him bring them back over.  I checked the moisture was 12-14%.   The other two slabs from the same log I had dried at the same time were in my shop and were still 6-8%.  So much for his basement not being damp.

[WV Sawmiller]

   Our ground was covered by an inch of snow last night that was melting quickly. I went out and dug one more post hole and set my second pole on my new shed. At this rate my oldest gd will be voting before I get it finished. : It had warmed up so much I was working in a T shirt and still warm. I need to get some framing up soon to keep everything plumb and more secure. 


 Tall one shows about 14' and short side is about 10' to top.

   I decided to square up some more locust poles I have in stock.


 I put this 16' long about 12" locust on the mill and squared to 6X6.


 Finished 6X6X16 pole.


 2 more - 1 on mill and one waiting. These are more challenging due to sweep and smaller diameter on one on the mill. It became a 5X6X15 and the one on the ground made a 6X6X15. Both had some wane and rounded edges left.


 5X6X15


 6X6X15

   You can build up bf/operating hour pretty quick making poles. :D I see my total bf to date is 99,093. Closing on my 100K. One good morning would put me over the mark. I will eat that up pretty quick when I start cutting some more framing.

[ladylake]

I put a hackberry on the mill this eve.  wanted to get lumber to start making some pallets for air drying that can then go into a solar kiln, I hope to build this spring.  20" on big end, 16" DSE and 16.5 feet long.  quite a bit of stress in the log.  29° so maybe a little frozen and a branch on the end that tended to drift my blade.  I will plane all members in the dimension needed to be flat and consistent for the pallets.  



 

Doc   Try a little more set, less hook, sharp blade and make sure you have 1/4" down pressure.  Did you shim up above the movable guide so it cant lift up.  Steve

[Jcald327]

A basement is a poor place to dry wood.

I  had a large live edge slab with a crotch split  for a river table top for a buddy of mine.  I flattened them for him. He took and put them in his basement temporarily until he had time to make the top.  I tried warning him against that.  He thought it wasn't damp at all down there.  

Well a couple months later he had a blocked artery (heart attack) and had a stent put in.  He recovered pretty quickly, but it was now 10 months later he called me and said the slab halves had cupped and warped.  So I had him bring them back over.  I checked the moisture was 12-14%.   The other two slabs from the same log I had dried at the same time were in my shop and were still 6-8%.  So much for his basement not being damp.

So I feel like basement results can vary quiet a bit.  Old basements are notoriously dark, dingy, and damp.  Modern builder do a lot to try to mitigate basement moisture problems.  Not saying they fully accomplish this or not.  
Cupped and warped slabs should not be a result of moisture should they? But a function of either built up stresses in the grain structure or uneven drying correct?  I'm not trying to step on toes or start an arguement, but a conditioned space, is a conditioned space, as long as it has airflow.  We set rainfall records last year (primarily in feb/march) and everything is pointing to that again (with rain forecasted 5 of 7 days here lately).  Would a 70 degrees and 65 percent humidity (what the emc chart says 12.5 percent moisture content would be) basement not be better than 60-90 percent most days, and even on non rainy days when the temps drop to high 30 low 40s at night the humidity again climbs to near 90 percent.  
Hes supposed to be putting some box fans (3 of them) between the 2 stacks, and flipping the direction every week or 2 to try to promote even drying throughout.  He was also asking about doing a small dehumidifier setup with some fans and plastic etc.  Told him not really my expertise as I use half way solar kiln kinda thing, mostly letting nature take its course.  

[Southside]

I am guessing that is Oak in the basement?  If so it's drying way too quickly there in the basement.  As you said, old ones are damp and dank which causes issues and new ones are dry and warm, which causes the opposite issues.  Complicate that with the water that the lumber will release into the home, along with any bugs that came for a ride and you can understand why basements are a poor choice to dry lumber.  

[Jcald327]

It is white oak, and I was VERY adamant about giving it a pest/fungal treatment before he drug it inside, not sure if he did.  Also told him to keep stickers thinner, at least for a couple months, but maintain airflow so as not to get mold.  I know white oak is one of the trickier species to dry.

[Hackeldam Wood Products]

  Our ground was covered by an inch of snow last night that was melting quickly. I went out and dug one more post hole and set my second pole on my new shed. At this rate my oldest gd will be voting before I get it finished. : It had warmed up so much I was working in a T shirt and still warm. I need to get some framing up soon to keep everything plumb and more secure.


 Tall one shows about 14' and short side is about 10' to top.

  I decided to square up some more locust poles I have in stock.


 I put this 16' long about 12" locust on the mill and squared to 6X6.


 Finished 6X6X16 pole.


 2 more - 1 on mill and one waiting. These are more challenging due to sweep and smaller diameter on one on the mill. It became a 5X6X15 and the one on the ground made a 6X6X15. Both had some wane and rounded edges left.


 5X6X15


 6X6X15

  You can build up bf/operating hour pretty quick making poles. :D I see my total bf to date is 99,093. Closing on my 100K. One good morning would put me over the mark. I will eat that up pretty quick when I start cutting some more framing.

Looks good. You are a hard working man. We have been having cold damp,snow and rain this last week so I have been hold up waiting for some warmer weather.

[dirtmotor]

This weekend cut up log I put on mill last weekend . Did not have any major problems other than shoved one stop down and broke its stop when I tried to roll it on mill , after that I picked
 
it up with chains rolled it on ground put it back until it was small enough to turn on mill , log was split about a third of the way on one side from the lightning and had a hollow tube but was able to get one 2 and half inch slab and several decent 5 quarter boards and a whale of a good work out After pic I put a ton of weight on stack hopefully it dries flat .

[SawyerTed]

What am I sawin'?  Nada, zip, nil ...its been 10 days since my last job. I have a couple of small jobs but they won't take a day combined.

We've had so much rain I think I'm mildewing.  The rain and mud is slowing work down in logging and tree work.  Lots of people calling and texting for quotes but no bites for the last several days.  Had a contact today from a fellow wanting to make some kind of deal.  Talking barter, swapping or shares on some pine logs.  I don't need pine logs so he wasn't interested in hiring a sawmill outright.

Besides the rain I woke up with what appears to be the flu yesterday.  Yes I did have a flu shot.  Maybe it will be a milder version.

[doc henderson]

had a few hours between meetings this afternoon.  so i threw up an oak (@southside maple)  and made the stair treads for my cousin Mike. he needs 14 but i made 18 so he can pick and choose.  also the top slab was thicker and will make a wane included bench.



 


 



 

oops



 

inch and 7/8th. thick.  



 



 

now a split down the middle



 



 



 



 

bench seat

[donbj]

had a few hours between meetings this afternoon.  so i threw up an oak

Nice looking ! The last time I threw up, it wasn't oak! :D

[Old Greenhorn]

Man, maybe I should make some new stairs in the shop? But I really don't want to throw up either. ;D

[donbj]

Man, maybe I should make some new stairs in the shop?

You'll need a third story,lol

[Southside]

Swine flu, Corona virus, and now Oak puke.... :D

[Old Greenhorn]

You'll need a third story,lol

Hmmmmm.

[Bruno of NH]

 Sawed some nice frozen hard tap hole maple was like butter with the frost notched bands.

 

 

 

[mapleack]

Gorgeous maple Bruno!  As a sugar maker I love it.

[Magicman]

No one here has ever seen one so Tapped Maple boards would probably bring a premium here in the non-glaciated South.  ;D

[WDH]

I have a bunch of "tapped" maple.  Tapped by the ambrosia beetle :D. 




 

[Bruno of NH]

If I ever make it to the sawing project I'm going to bring some tap hole maple logs.
Jake and Mr Danny can wrestle over the boards.
:D

[Bruno of NH]

The tap holes are like history in a old 32" to 40" butt log.
I think who was the first farmer to tap this tree.
Kind of cool.
We had a sugar house growing up.Right in the middle of town.
The Bush is all houses now.