Whatcha Sawin' 2022 ??

[Bruno of NH]

Balsam fir 4x4x16 this morning then Starting a order of 1 5/8 × 9 5/8 ×18 hemlock roof rafter order.

 

[fluidpowerpro]

And....anyone wanna count the rings on this tree? I'm curious about how old it is...but not curious enough to count the rings, haha

If the rings are fairly uniform in size, I'll just count how many in an inch and then estimate based on radius of the log.
I think that will get you pretty close.

[jimbarry]

Here is an a'peeling photo from yesterday's activities. The boss hard at it.



 


 

[TimW]

It IS a lot of work, thanks Brandi!

Burdman, do you do any mobile sawing or only at your place? Sorry if this has already been mentioned and I missed it.

Brandi, I always mill wherever the log is. I dont have anything large enough to move logs the size I mess with.
And yes I do some mobile sawing. Sometimes for myself, and sometimes for customers. I've had customers wanting slabs and customers wanting logs broke down into cants small enough to get on a mill.

I didn't ask that question.  KenMac is the one confusing you. :D  After all your hard work, I gather it is easy to do. ;)
            hugs,  Brandi

[doc henderson]

Jim, I know you have talked about it, but what is the grapple you have on your cat.

[SawyerTed]

Nothing like having a good "boss" helping at the sawmill or anything else for that matter!   I couldn't do what I do without my "boss".

[firefighter ontheside]

A friend and fellow firefighter brought out about 9 nice cedar logs to mill yesterday.  He wanted it all sawn into 4" thick material that he will use to make foot bridges across ditches on his property.  This is the second time he has done this.  These are some photos he took.


 

 

 

[Patrick NC]

Sawed some white pine this weekend.  

 

 


This was the biggest diameter log that I've had on the mill to date. 31" on the small end and 34" on the big end.  Gave my new winch a workout 

[Dave Shepard]

A friend scored some decent hemlock from his work. We sawed out 798 feet in just over an hour and a half. Just in time for mother's day. 


 

 

[Bruno of NH]

Working on an order of 1 5/8 × 9 5/8 × 18 hemlock 
It was a good delivery of hemlock logs 
Lots of orders a head of us.
Built garden bed all day yesterday, they are selling fast.
Grade stakes to the city , dirt contractors and golf course. 
All with record diesel prices $6.25 a gallon.   Sorry for the messy mill yard

 

 

[jimbarry]

Another saw milling weekend wraps up. 



 

[Wlmedley]

 
Had some nice white and red oak logs I didn't have any special plans for and my brother in-law needed to top boards for the bed of his dump truck 
 

[Wlmedley]

I took him these two white oak 2x12s and he said they were way to nice to get all beat up on a dump truck.I told him to put them on.Just be sure to tell where he got them.Probably the best advertising I can get. :laugh:

[barbender]

Patrick, isn't that white pine just a joy to saw? I love white pine👍

Bruno, please don't apologize for your log yard. It looks 10x better than mine!😬😁

[Southside]

I am really surprised at that white pine.  Here that stuff will have 1" growth rings and 6" knots.  

[Patrick NC]

Patrick, isn't that white pine just a joy to saw? I love white pine👍

Bruno, please don't apologize for your log yard. It looks 10x better than mine!😬😁

They did saw nice. A couple of the smaller (20") logs had a lot of pitch that gave me some trouble until I sprayed a little diesel on the blade.  No problem after I figured that out. These were the first white pine I've ever sawn.

[Sixacresand]

All with record diesel prices $6.25 a gallon.   

I'm sorry for the high cost of diesel for y'all depending on it to make a living.  

[Old Greenhorn]

Got Shake? :D


 

Sawed this log 1 week or so ago. I saw the shake and decided I could only contain it to two of the 2x4's I was cutting, so I split the pith right down the center. I hit that center pretty well, but lost track of the other stick. It may have gone right to the OWB, I don't recall. This one made it to the shop, but not into the project. It fell apart on it's own today as I was using it for a temp shim.


 

I have to admit, it's a might nice finish on the out side of that 'half round dowel'. Wish I could think of some gizmo or ornament to make out of it.

[Southside]

I actually thought it was a table leg at first. 

[doc henderson]

Natures lathe.

[Old Greenhorn]

Well, anybody wanna guess what I was sawing today?


 

Yeah, I put up that small ERC log, only 8'+trim.  But I could get used to seeing this:


 

I got a bit over 20BF out of it,  not really much. Still, for me, it's very neat wood. I even kept the slabs and may make chips out of them for 'something or other'.  The boards are stickered in my swamp storage building out of the sun. Should dry quick.


 

 Something different besides pine 2x8's anyway. Tomorrow I need to make a load of 2x8x20' and 14' hemlock.

[Deese]

Whacked. Stacked. Gone. 18'


 
Now I've got to deal with this little pile of 18' edger boards. Seriously considering just throwing these back on the mill and let the hydraulics help me. 

 

[WV Sawmiller]

   No pictures but my body and wallet feel like it happened. I drove to my many times repeat customer and sometimes log/lumber supplier and sawed 1,036 by for tulip poplar with a little cherry thrown in mostly for framing and resawed some dry 8" poplar beams we sawed a couple years ago into 6/4 X8" boards for a rebuild project. Not breaking any speed records but the roughly 1100 bf took 5.6 engine hours and just over 5 gallons of gas. It was nice weather and good to visit with friends again.

[burdman_22]

First shipment of wood off to Kentucky...unfortunately I wasn't able to get all of my wood in one load...debating whether to just sell all of my leftover stuff for cheap here in alabama, or pay to ship another load to Kentucky. For scale, the big slabs on back are 16 ft long and 4 inches thick.



 

 

 

[Magicman]

I got a call yesterday afternoon @ 1:15; "can you saw some Red Oak logs for me"?  Yup, I loaded up and took a drive where the customer was clearing up some storm downed trees.  My customer is seen on the right in the background and a friend getting firewood on the left.


 
I did not saw the first log at the mill nor the last one in the lineup.  Rotten.


 
But I did slab all of the others into 6/4 with two 26" wide X 13/4.  All were ~8'.  40 slabs in all which will be benches, shelves, & counter tops in his new home.

1600bf and I was back at home at 6:15 with a bit of jingle in my pocket.