Whatcha Sawin' 2020 ??

[Walnut Beast]

Interesting and nice photos 👍

[BrushSaw]

 

 

 



Finally taking some pictures but the old man and I were cutting up some  box elder he had. Few more logs to go then back to ash and maple.

[Southside]

What does the lumber look like Doc? You are correct in that it actually doesn't look like gum from those photos. 

[Magicman]

Nice sawing guys!! 

My today's sawing was SYP.


 
14 beetle killed logs to be sawn into 1X12's and 2X4's.


 
It's best to knock the bark off before loading the log to prevent bark buildup underneath the sawmill.


 
29" butt with ½" & ¾" inner growth rings.


 
One log sawed out 72, 2X4's.


 
Today's yield in the center.  (no tally yet)  The lumber on each side is from previous sawing. 



Rain stopped us before we got the last 4 pecker poles sawed. 

[doc henderson]

@Southside  here are pics of a sanded piece for a meat and cheese board.



 



 

I helped him cut it down with his new farm boss saw.  I will ask him if he remembers the type of tree

[Hackeldam Wood Products]

 a one minute vid on what I sawed today. A busy afternoon. Very nice day today!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EH73_SzvVJg


I cut the braces for the wood-mizer garage. ran out of 4x4.
cut the pine log that was already on the mill
cut two old 6x6 into 4x4. finished up the braces.

[frazman]

Looks like a lot of sawdust in the background of one of the pics MM. Busy day...

[Magicman]

Yup, previously sawed lumber and added to the previous sawdust pile.  I have sawed many Mbf of lumber for this customer.  

I sawed all of the lumber to build the barn/shed that the lumber is stacked under.  Here are a few pictures during construction.   Maybe I can remember to take some more tomorrow.



Front view.



The loft.


 

[Walnut Beast]

Looks very nice and great pictures 

[WV Sawmiller]

   Back to same customer. Water at the ford was down a little today compared to yesterday. Finished sawing 21 or so logs. Mostly poplar, ash, a white oak, and a beech. The beech was not great lumber but had some very pretty and unique spalting. The customer came by late afternoon and took me down to his neighbor's place who has a small pile of small logs we scheduled for me to saw tomorrow. I left the mill at the customer's place tonight. Total sawing for both days was right at 3,000 bf. I did install tenons on 4 bench legs for them to make a bench out of the ash crotch slabs from yesterday. I may finish the others tomorrow before I go back.


 12' long 4/4 boards. Over 1400 bf in the tall stack. Most of the short stack is 12" wide boards.


 8 - 6-6 ft 2X4's we salvaged out of longer pieces with some defects.


 Odd size logs - I called it 10' but actually a bit more.


 6, 7 & 8 ft 4/4 including beech on right.


 How is that for spalting in the beech?


 50+ 10 & 12 ft 2X4's the customer added yesterday. Most are ash.


 10 - 3"X4" X12' for banister project. He showed me pictures of some he made like this using rebar for uprights. Pretty neat.


 Back side of the 12' 4/4 pile. A little over 4' tall and average a little over 30"

  Two long days but I had a good time and the customer overpaid me and tipped my helper well. (I brought him but he hired him. $270 for 2 days pretty good for a 9th grader. He did work hard though.) Also referred me to my next job and will have me back soon it seems.

[btulloh]

That's an interesting structure Magicman. What's the upper area to be used for?

Nice stack of lumber WV.  You're staying pretty busy here lately. Looks like your customer has some sticker work in his immediate future. 

[WV Sawmiller]

   yes he does. I  left him a nice stack of stickers ad discussed with him today how they should be placed and such.

[frazman]

Just a quick question to both MM & MV. Will the lumber be used green or will it make it to the kiln ?

[caveman]

WV, that is an impressive two days for you and your helper.  I am glad you found a young person who is not afraid of work.  

[WV Sawmiller]

Just a quick question to both MM & MV. Will the lumber be used green or will it make it to the kiln ?

I did not hear the customer say. I think it was mostly just stock 4/4 lumber from a bunch of trees he had cut when clearing the lot for the house he had built there. He is a contractor/builder and has built several houses in this area. He did see me late the first day and changed the order to include the 2X4's and 3X4's and even borrowed my chainsaw to go cut a big ash he had down somewhere on the lot. He brought me the bucked logs and the crotch which we sawed on the spot. I assume he has a fairly imminent need to the special order stuff. I assume most will be used green or air dried.

[Magicman]

Very little of the lumber that I saw ever goes to the Kiln.  The great majority is stickered in barns/sheds for future use.  I'll try to remember to take some pictures today which will show many stacks of stickered lumber.

It ironic that the customer that I will start sawing for tomorrow will be much different.  The lumber will be used for flooring, ceilings, stairs, etc. in a new home and everything except the beams/timbers will go to the Kiln.  The job that I finished this morning was 2382 bf in 1½ days sawing.

EDIT:  Cloudy and too dark this morning to take additional pictures.  Maybe next time.

[SawyerTed]

This was a little 2 hour oak job this morning.  My customer is building an atv bridge on his hunting property.  This will be decking for the bridge.  His grandson and he were going straight to the bridge to install the decking.  If you look closely there is some sapwood and wane on a couple of boards on top.  He said he wanted greatest yield possible and didn't care when I explained that the sapwood will decay first and lead to rotting the rest of the board.  He calculated his yield close.  We figured he will get just enough decking to cover a 21' bridge.

The blades I set and sharpened worked very well.  Based on some reading here I decided to just sharpen five blades to see if I could set blades every other time.  Didn't work out very well.  The results were wavy cuts and hard cutting with two blades.  The behavior of the blades was very similar to some blades I got from Resharp last time.  I'll be setting every time from now on.   
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[WV Sawmiller]

    Instead of a well deserved sleep in after two hard days my wife woke me at about 0700 to tell me we had no water. I finally got a plumber contact at 0800 when our local hardware opened and the guy answered about 0900 and got here about 1030. Turned out was just a tripped reset switch on the pressure switch. Guy was not going to charge anything but seemed happy with a $50 service fee. I was thrilled and would not have complained at double that as I was seeing a new pump and maybe a couple days without water so we both came out to the good.

  I installed tenons on 14 bench legs for my last customer, mowed the grass and went to get my mill for a 5:00 pm appointment. It was not easy to dig out of all the sawdust. Then moved it half a mile. Sawed an assortment of small stuff including a couple of 6X6X8 posts and the best was a 4"X9"X 8' RO mantel with a LE front. The wife was real happy with it. I sawed some 5/4 RO LE boards and some 12/4 walnut and one WO for some honey-do projects and a bench. An incoming storm and darkness caught us and we I had to cover the mill and have about an hour left for tomorrow.


 Small assorted "logs". Definitely an hourly job due to small, short stock.


 Some 12/4 real short walnut pieces. Will be trimmed and joined and used for a bathroom sink project.


 Assortment - 3" thick LE WO on top left for a bench, a couple of 6X6 posts. a 4" RO mantel on bottom left, assorted 5/4 RO LE boards and some trim cuts off the walnut. About 2/3 to 3/4 of the stack sawed. You can see the water shining on the boards.

   Oh yeah - I stopped and got groceries on the way home. Bill was $116.51. I gave the clerk $121.51 and thoroughly confused her. 

[chet]

   Bill was $116.51. I gave the clerk $121.51 and thoroughly confused her.

I love ta do dat.  ;)  Did she count back ta ya; 4 pennies, 2 dimes, a quarter, 4 dollar bills, 2 quarters and another penny  :D :D :D 

[WV Sawmiller]

   No, she kept trying to give back the dollar bill and tell me she did not need that but I told her to keep it and ring it up and see what her register said. Her co-worker finally told her "He wants a $5 bill back". She asked why I did that and I told her so I did not keep a pocket full of small bills and change.

[Magicman]

Howard, making the customer happy by sawing usable lumber from that log whack is one of the joys of portable sawing.   ;D  Good job!! 

My today's customer had a death in the family so we rescheduled his startup beginning Monday which gives me two unexpected day's off.  Yup Grandson Luke was ready, but he can wait too.  

[GAB]

a one minute vid on what I sawed today. A busy afternoon. Very nice day today!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EH73_SzvVJg


I cut the braces for the wood-mizer garage. ran out of 4x4.
cut the pine log that was already on the mill
cut two old 6x6 into 4x4. finished up the braces.

I liked the video, but I'm wondering what variety of coffee you're consuming and how many pots have you had?
GAB

[WV Sawmiller]

Gerald,

    If he'd had 5 minutes he could have built a whole house. Nice vid.

[WV Sawmiller]

  Okay, got up and reset the switch on the pump again. Called the plumber to get on his schedule to replace the pressure switch and hope that is all it is. Stopped at the hardware store and got one on the way to finish my job started yesterday. My wife tagged along to take pictures and meet the customer. First thing I saw was about a 4' & a 6' beech "log" about 6-8 inches in diameter added since last night. Sawed all the logs into 5/4, a 16/4 mantel, a 12/4 bench top and another 6X6 post and edged a few of the RO and Walnut boards. Just when I thought I was done the customer showed me a stand of some sort his son or wife had built by connecting 3 short 4" post nailed to a piece of plywood or paneling. They wanted me to cut the posts off level so they could put a table top on it. Clamped it, set the height and eased through and none of the screws or whatever pulled out so I created their flat mounting surface. Next came the 23" diameter poplar 3" thick cookies. Settled up, packed up and came home but confirmed the customer's wife was satisfied first and she was thrilled so another productive day.


Total assorted stack 

Different view

 Poplar cookies.

[Magicman]

That Sir is the way to satisfy customers.