Dancing with the Devil

[PC-Urban-Sawyer]

:D :D :D

pecan is just there to remind you of how nice it is to saw anything else.   

And then you get something like this:



Thats some pecan  that Woodbowl milled for DanG several years back...

If I could get wood like that I'd be pleased to say "The  made me do it!"

Herb

[customsawyer]

Danny some logs are meant to burn.

[fat olde elf]

Danny,
Does the W in WDH stand for WHINE ? Retired, new building, upgraded saw, nice wife, host of friends and admirers, position of responsibility on the Forum and living in wonderful Georgia....Seems like that would warrant an attitude of gratitude,not whining about some @#$%^ pecan pos logs. Say your prayers...
Even with all that, I still admire you..............

[Mooseherder]

Maybe you missed it but it was all in jest fat old elf.
Danny isn't a whiner.  Pure man, and a good one at that.

[red]

sometimes a sawmill is really a firewood machine

[SwampDonkey]

I was gonna ask how much shrinkage he had anticipated, but I didn't want to start noth'n.  ;D

[Mooseherder]

I cooked some chicken over chunks of pecan and charcoal this afternoon in my pit.
Got quite a few compliments from the crew.  Some of them complimented twice. ;)

[WDH]

The problem is that I also have three hackberry logs to saw, too  . 

Oh, I see how it is, discriminating against the ole hackberry, and I thought I was welcome here  :(

OK Jake,

Here is a pic of some of the hackberry lumber.  I want to be sure and give hackberry equal time on a thread dealing with the devil  :D.



 

[mesquite buckeye]

Looks like super nice stuff to me... Would make some nice bookmatches. ;D

[hackberry jake]

Mmmm hackberry. ;D

[WDH]

See, I was thinking about you  ;D.

[Okrafarmer]

I have seen smaller Pecan logs that could/would not be sawed.  My experience has been that the larger the log is, better it behaves.

Isn't that pretty much true of all species? I've found that the big old sweetgum logs around here (over 20") mill up pretty well with few problems. From what I've seen most of the tension issues from logs comes from milling saplings instead of mature trees. Any insights, or am I all wet on that?

[hackberry jake]

I think it depends on age more than it depends on size. I cut up a cherry tree that was about 22" dbh and it dried flawlessly. It was over 100 years old. A couple years later I cut up a 38" cherry tree that was 58 years old and it has cupped and split more than I ever would've expected.

[isawlogs]

 Danny, I will suggest that you burn it now before it get too hot out. 

[WDH]

I have had the same experience on tension prone species where the small ones act the worst. 

Marcell, we could have a whack of a bonfire  ;D.

[isawlogs]

            :D

[WDH]

That about sums it up  :D.