Whatcha Sawin' 2020 ??

[Walnut Beast]

Looks great 👍

[Walnut Beast]

Very nice looking. How thick were the wood pieces in the table

[tule peak timber]

The bottom is 1/2 inch, the core is 1/8 on end, the top is 1/8 ply with 1/4 to 3/8 veneers ground down to even through a sander. That sanded thickness determines how wide the ply on end needs to be for overall spec. Big tables that weigh very little. This type design also has a subset steel band wrapped all around.

 

 

[Walnut Beast]

Interesting. Thanks for sharing. Love it 👍

[caveman]

John and I sawed and stickered some cypress in the kiln today.  We pulled these logs out of my pond.  We got these logs last September but put them in the pond when we realized that it would be a while before we had a need for them.  Unfortunately, we had to cut several 16 foot logs down to 10' for this job.  I guess we will need to build a few picnic tables and porch swings to use the 6' short logs.  They did saw nice though.

One of the butt logs was hollow.  When we pulled it out of the pond up into the yard a couple of fish fell out on the grass.

 

 

 

 

[WDH]

Fish fry!!

[Hilltop366]

Lovely looking cypress boards, it has got me thinking that I have never knowingly seen or worked with cypress wood before and wonder what it might compare to?

If I were to guess I would think it would be like eastern white cedar.

[doc henderson]

@Cardiodoc brought a cedar beam he was given.  It had a split on the side that went nearly to the pith.  we sawed parallel to the split.  came out nice, and was basically dry as it had been inside for years.  I even let him saw a little under my close supervision.   :D :D

It was a 8 x 12 x 16 feet long.



 

 

 



we split the wood, as neither of us is sure yet what we will use it for.  

[caveman]

Hilltop, bald cypress and pond cypress are very similar and saw easily.  The blade we used for this whole job we had already sawn a pretty good whack of pine with.   I was going to change it but it kept sawing flat and relatively fast.  Most of the pine and cypress we sawed was thinner than 1" but we sawed over 1400ft2 with that blade.

As for cypress wood itself.  These logs, although taken down a year and several months ago have been in my pond.  They were squirting water when we were sawing them.  Wet, cypress is heavy.  Dry, it is lightweight.  It works easily and is relatively soft (Janka 510).           

[Hilltop366]

Thanks caveman, I see that white cedar has a Janka rating of 320 so a bit softer than cypress.

[Bruno of NH]

Load of red pine from the Billings Farm and Museum National park hit the mill yard this afternoon. 
Nice logs I hope I don't get spoiled  :D 
I saw some nasty logs sometimes. This won't be one. I still have more black locust logs coming in. This will take the sting off.

 

 

 

[alan gage]

That's great looking stuff, Bruno. I would love to be able to call someone up and get trucks full of logs dropped off at the mill. Not many trees worth sawing so no logging around here. I can be hard to scare up logs.

Alan

[Magicman]

I drove 43 miles this morning to saw a "one log job".  


 
But quite the log it was.  21' X 39" butt X 30" top.


 
The customer bucked it into two 10's.


 
Dat's a hunk-a-wood.  

 
I had to gently lower the side supports and nudge it over to the sawmill mast.


 
Thanks to the Wood-Mizer cantilever design, I was able to hang those inches to the sides without  having to do any chainsaw trimming.  The customer did do a butcher job with his bucking but in his defense, he had a ragged chain.


 
It was a beautiful log and a joy to saw. Those two 10' logs yielded 943 bf of 1X12's, 10's, 8's, and 6's.

Apparently the customer was pleased because he gave me a $160 tip.  ;D

EDIT:  But I forgot to get a picture of the lumber. 

[Walnut Beast]

That's pretty cool Magicman 👍

[Andries]

We had a cool morning too.

[Andries]

 
We collected a shwack of oak logs last month.
The weather is good. Air is at around 25 degrees and the snow is only 2 or 3" deep.

[Andries]

 
The four, six and eight foot logs are being milled to 5/4.



Some short and curvy ash logs were milled for timber frame braces.

[Andries]

edging is done on the mill - 1x1" oak stickers. 
They will thaw out in April and might be completely dry by October, maybe.


 
A skinny 19 footer, will get a 6x6 out of it.

[Andries]

All those posts previous to mine . . . SO confusing.
What is that green stuff on the ground?
 . . . and y'all are dang near naked, and smiling! 
I don't understand. 

[GAB]

All those posts previous to mine . . . SO confusing.
What is that green stuff on the ground?
. . . and y'all are dang near naked, and smiling!
I don't understand.

It just might have something to do with the fact that you are 2000 (Est.) miles closer the the North Pole.
Gerald

[Southside]

Andrires - did you have to special order that combo thermometer / band tension gauge on your mill or is it standard equipment for mills sold north of the arctic circle?   :D

[Andries]

Your LT70 and 35 have the same gauge, WM makes great equipment.
Mine isn't special order, but my thermos holds "special coffee" . . .  the kind that doesn't freeze.  ;)
For warmup and cleanup time. 

[donbj]

I drove 43 miles this morning to saw a "one log job".  


 
But quite the log it was.  21' X 39" butt X 30" top.


 
The customer bucked it into two 10's.


 
Dat's a hunk-a-wood.  

 
I had to gently lower the side supports and nudge it over to the sawmill mast.


 
Thanks to the Wood-Mizer cantilever design, I was able to hang those inches to the sides without  having to do any chainsaw trimming.  The customer did do a butcher job with his bucking but in his defense, he had a ragged chain.


 
It was a beautiful log and a joy to saw. Those two 10' logs yielded 943 bf of 1X12's, 10's, 8's, and 6's.

Apparently the customer was pleased because he gave me a $160 tip.  ;D

EDIT:  But I forgot to get a picture of the lumber.  

Nice work Magicman! Curious, did you get a chance to try the 1.5" yet?  Looking forward to your opinions on them.

[WDH]

Andries, that tundra still looks frozen to me.  

[Magicman]

donbj;  Apparently they are backordered??  I do know that some profiles are in short supply and I have not gotten a shipping notice.

I was able to order (15) 1¼"X7°/39 and have a "shipped notice" so they will be here probably tomorrow.  This means that I will not be changing blade widths anytime soon.  No problem because I wasn't having any problem with the 1¼" anyway, just curious. 

I am sawing White Oak today.  The customer said 11 logs but I have no idea about the length nor cut list.  I suspect 16' trailer decking.