Whatcha Sawin' 2020 ??

[Larry]

Nice sassy.  I have some on my place, 12-14" and crooked.  That's about the biggest I see when custom sawing also.

[WDH]

The crooked ones make for interesting grain if you can keep the boards uncrooked. 

[dirtmotor]

Some are a bit crooked , got them sealed and rowed up only had time to cut one . It was the first sassafras I have cut, I like the look of the grain , hope they dry fairly straight . switched to sycamore cut up some 6x6es and 2xs to build a couple of more pallets for the sassafras
 

 

 
 

[WDH]

Flatsawn sycamore tends to be equivalent of a wood juvenile delinquent  .  A lot of the 2xs turn into would be propellors.  

[Larry]

The Devil  brought in a load of logs and wanted them all slabbed 6/4 and 8/4.  This was the first and smallest as I wanted to see how they were going to behave on the mill.  No problem.

[cutterboy]

I like the looks of those slabs.

[WDH]

The can dress up and look very pretty. 

[Don P]

It is a shame its a bear to work with, I sure do like it.
Sass was also know as "poor mans oak" and some gets snuck in as chestnut. I think it is a very handsome wood but we get very little of any size, that is quite a score. Its another one I'd love to build a log cabin out of. Pretty, stable, decay resistant.

We went and got this large poplar Sun, got 5 nice 8'er's, had to slab it with the Alaskan down to where I could lift the chunks with my little bobcat. I went back and retrieved it yesterday and we started sawing it up. It'll be new windows in the local farm museum. We had to break out the small chain dogs, it was larger than the tongs could grab. 4lo and overloaded on the crawl home :D

[dirtmotor]

Nice poplar ! have not found any around here to cut
not sure if they grow here ?

[Banjo picker]

When they get that big here on my place, there's a good chance they will be hollow. >:( Banjo

[tule peak timber]

67 inch wide cut today and 21 inches long two days ago. I took some time off and fished the Bridger Teton forest at around 8000 feet last week in Wyoming. Interesting weather............. 8)

 

 

[Banjo picker]

You done good twice.  Banjo

[Walnut Beast]

Looking good on the slabbing and on the fishing 🎣 

[thecfarm]

Which picture do I like better?  ;D

[tule peak timber]

Brace fitting for the front porch of the office build yesterday . Tony has his hand on a fresh sawn cedar 10X that I will work on this morning for the other side of the porch.It is nice to have a mill and log deck to generate material in less time than it takes to go down the hill and buy it   8) 

 

[doc henderson]

looks great as always, watch out for the "winches"!  

[Magicman]

Marty and I drove 37 miles this morning after the rain and sawed one log.


 
The largest Red Oak log on the left was sawn and the "log" on the right was discarded.


 
The customer is shortening the butt log back to 10' as his son and wife look on.



Three 2"X26" live edge slabs and the remainder was sawn 1".  We loaded the log ~10:00 and finished before 12:00.  Minimum sawing charge plus a $40 tip.

We have a 117 mile road trip for Friday to saw three Oak logs, and I have a 90 mile trip scheduled for Monday to saw one Oak log.  We will begin sawing a 40+ Oak job on Tuesday.

[jb616]

@Magicman , do you include the pith in one of your 2" live edge boards? I can't quite tell from the picture. 

[Magicman]

The customer did not want nor need but two 2" slabs so I measured to insure that they would be above the pith.  After sawing them he decided that another would be nice and it just so happened that the third 2" slab completely contained the pith and pith check.  I could have easily gotten another below that one but he was satisfied.

After seeing what he got from that log, this will become a repeat customer.

[RAYAR]

Finally got a chance to run my mill this afternoon (Thur). It's set up at my buddy's shop in town and there'd always be something else to do. I milled some spruce timbers for an exterior split stairway to a second floor apartment. Mill worked beautifully as expected. Now with that out of the way, I have some Maple and Manitoba Maple to mill.

[Hackeldam Wood Products]

 

 
Cut a order of 1X10X8  pine for a repeat customer.
today I will finish 8 4X4x8 and 25 more 1X10's

[WV Sawmiller]

@Magicman ,

  Do you have a minimum fee to go saw one log for a customer or does the mileage cover that? I charge the same for the first 1,000 bf although I may waive that if real close or I am already working in the area. I have waived minimum in the past when it was easier for me to transport the mill than the extra effort to unload and clean up if they brought the logs here. Doesn't happen often but I try to maintain maximum flexibility as to what works best for me and the client. I don't have a minimum here at home.

[Bruno of NH]

White pine barn and shed siding orders today.
1x12x10,1x10x10,1x8x10 and other side boards.
Nice warm and breezy day.
Smiley got covered in sawdust as she always does.

 

 

 

[Walnut Beast]

Nice pictures and helper 👍👍

[WV Sawmiller]

    How does Smiley enjoy a leaf blower bath at the end of the day? :D