Whatcha Sawin' 2020 ??

[Brad_bb]

 

 Oops! I didn't realize it was under the slab I was cutting up.  No I've got two places on the cant hook that need to be welded up.

[GAB]

 Oops! I didn't realize it was under the slab I was cutting up.  No I've got two places on the cant hook that need to be welded up.

You could of just ordered a shorter handled one and saved yourself a blade or 2.
GAB

[Hackeldam Wood Products]

 

 
A friend dropped off a few loads of Hemlock. He came over and we spent the last few days cutting 2x4.2X6. a few boards. He needed a 14 ft 3x8 and here is one of two 4x6 posts.
It was fun cutting with a helper! We have had the nicest November that I remember, almost 70 for the last 2 weeks. Rain today and cool weather returns. Happy Veterans Day.

[btulloh]

That's a very clean cut. Must be using a high quality blade. 

[terrifictimbersllc]

Aluminum, your blade should be OK.  Although if you want to trim that rubber cover just a utility knife around would do too. 

[jeepcj779]

That must be how the mill special was "invented".

[Brad_bb]

I need to find that post where MM shows how to install a new rubber grip...at least I think it was MM?  ....and order a rubber grip from Logrite.

[Magicman]

Here you go @Brad_bb:  LINK

Ben and I have been steadily sawing SYP framing lumber.


 
This ~30"X18' log yielded 55 factory dimension 2X6's.


 
And here is 4910bf stickered 2X6's and 2X12's sawn in 2½ days.  No more sawing this week but I will be back next week.  Luke may be my tailgunner.  ;)

[samandothers]

Be careful that type of work can put you 'in bad shape' as the years go by!

That tail gunner would be me. One man operation at this point. Keeps me in shape.

[terrifictimbersllc]

I need to find that post where MM shows how to install a new rubber grip...at least I think it was MM?  ....and order a rubber grip from Logrite.

Magicman's grip replacement.  and scroll to the top

Could double as a little potato or tomato launcher too

[Skip]

Had my nephew once (or twice) drop his end of 2x12 green  locust before I was ready , me being on the other end .  >:( Yes he and I lived to saw another day . Good help is truly hard to find.  :(

[Don P]

Return the favor on the next one so they get the idea  :D

[Skip]

OH! believe me ,I did and I included a lesson in physics .  ;)

[WV Sawmiller]

Lynn,

   You mention "factory dimension 2X6"'s. Do you slightly oversize them anticipating some shrinkage or saw them right at the finished 1.5" X 5.5" or thereabouts?

[LeeB]

I wondered the same. Good question. I saw mine for my own use 1/8" over in each dimension. 

[tule peak timber]

One of the museum pieces getting ready for inspection on Tuesday.

 

[Magicman]

Do you slightly oversize them anticipating some shrinkage

1/8th over each way and the key is being consistent.  I sawed for an entire home this past Spring that is presently being built.  This is for another family's new home and the foundation slab was poured/finished this week.  I long ago lost count of the number of homes that I have sawed the framing lumber, etc. for but it's well over 20 homes.

[JRWoodchuck]

Tule what do you use to end match those pieces? Seems like it would be real difficult. 

[WV Sawmiller]

Lynn,

   I like that. I know if you sawed it all it would all be the same dimensions but don't know if it would be a dead on perfect match to box store lumber, if any were used, especially since I suspect some of the logs you are sawing are fresher cut that others and there will be shrinkage variances in a customer stack even though they were perfect when you sawed them. It would be interesting to go back and re-measure some 6 months after sawed and air drying that long. I don't know if you have ever had a chance to make such a comparison. A 1/8" variance between yours and others probably would not be apparent anyway. Thanks for the response.

[Magicman]

It would be even more interesting to measure some store bought framing lumber. 

I fully realize that the width is going to shrink more than the thickness so the ratio seems to be off but also remember that our store bought SYP is only kiln dried to ~18% so it continues to shrink after you buy it.  Fact is, the variance is not a factor when/if intermingling the two.

[LeeB]

Measure some store bought indeed. I've seen 3 3/8" x 1 3/8" 2x4's come from the box store.

[tule peak timber]

Tule what do you use to end match those pieces? Seems like it would be real difficult.

Hi JR,
  I set up a shaper to plunge 1 1/4 deep dados and made Baltic birch splines to join the sections. This top is 5 feet wide finished, 30 feet long, and 2 1/4 thick with a beveled bottom.The wood is grafted walnut from a tree that was in the ground, alive, in 2019. Pitching the design, and getting thick walnut to lay down with precision has been a challenge to say the least. On Tuesday I get approval from the powers that be and we are on to the finishing grind.

 

 

[doc henderson]

WOW!

[JRWoodchuck]

Really incredible! Brings on more questions though! So why baltic birch for the spline? How do you do your finish sanding? How do you move that finished slab? 

[doc henderson]

JR I think the spline if made from solid wood and cut along the grain, would tend to split as the wood moved.  the ply wood has laminations of wood fibers in two directions so better shear strength.  My biscuits I use are a pressed wood product for the same reason.  @tule peak timber the scale is so big, that I thought I was looking at thinner/narrower wood.  thank God they did not decline after this visit.