Whatcha Sawin' 2022 ??

[Old Greenhorn]

Those look like Michelle's legs but I can't be certain from the photos. Nice choice, I hope to use those on a project someday. The finish on that top is amazing.
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 That's why I have an endorsement page on my website where I recommended them and a just few other entities that have helped my small tiny business.

[burdman_22]

Someone "gave" me this log and the one standing behind it....I say "gave" cause they took on a job cleaning it up but its so big they can't handle it, so they are lucky I was willing to take it, haha.

Decided to cut both logs into cants and ship them to ky with my next wood shipment, with the intent of getting a bunch of quartersawn boards....ended up just having the "third" the thing instead, but result will be close to the same, just heavier lifting.

The first log has some knots in it after about 7.5 feet, the log thats still standing should be totally clear.



 

 

 

[Old Greenhorn]

Well to stay on subject, yesterday morning I knocked out a quick short order for 2x12x12' Hemlock (heavy). easy peasey.


 
 
 Today, being 'sunday funday' after splitting and stacking about a 1/2 cord of firewood I loaded a kegerator that has long been surplus to my needs and delivered it down to Bill's on a trade/swap/barter (we'll figure that out later) and after we were done unloading and messing with it a little he said "do you want to meet the new dog?" Well, um YEAH, I work here when you aren't around, I'd better meet this dog. Now you should know there is already one resident dog, that would be Sadie, the queen of the property. When I am running the mill she 'might' come down to check on me, but goes right back up to guard the chickens and watch the 'approaches'. Many times I wish she would keep me company. This new pup looks like he has potential.


 

He's young and handsome and seems to be taking Sadie's lead. They had only had him for about 4 hours when I saw him. Knowing a little about the differences between border collies (Sadie) and shepards I am hoping maybe this fella might be more company. Time will tell. Hos name is Hercules and I am hoping Herc and I become fast friends because we no longer have a dog at home and I cherish the time with a good dog. He's young and it takes time and love. I am looking forward to this.

[WV Sawmiller]

   I decided to go cut a poplar tree to fill a small order for some 3.5" wide and 2" wide X 8' long X 3/8" thick lath a customer ordered/paid for to use for craft purposes. I selected the tree, decided I'd drop it through a gate opening so I removed the 12' aluminum gate, cut the tree, missed by a good 30', it slid 50' down the hill into the deep runoff ditch below. Fortunately it did not hit my pasture fence and the butt log was still accessible so I cut it at 8', got my tractor to it and dragged it to the sawing site. I moved and set up the mill and get set to saw.


Nice log, real thick bark that readily slipped off. I guess its that time of year.

  I sawed a 3.5" cant and a couple of 1" flitches, measured and decided one more 3.5" cant should fill the order for 40 "boards" and cut the rest into 2" flitches for the lath and left over into 2X4s.


 

I ended up with 54 - 3.5" and 24 -2" wide lath strips which is well over the order. I cut the clean 3/8" edgings into 2' long stickers on the RAS and will probably cut the 2-1" dog boards on the table saw for stickers. I had some pretty 4/4 boards and 7 - 2X4s for stock. (Not shown in the picture - I had stacked and stickered them before I remembered the "After" picture.) 

   Now I just need to figure how to get the bulk of the tree out of the run-off. Actually a long cable, snatch block and tractor to pull it under the pasture fence should just do the trick. 

[Old Greenhorn]

Howard, you do seem to get yourself into these pickles. Glad you weren't hurt, but did you figure out how the tree went the wrong way? That always concerns me when one doesn't do as I planned and I try really hard to figure out why. It's only a learning experience if you actually learn something form it. Just sayin'

[WV Sawmiller]

Tom,

   It had a good bit of sweep to that side and turned out the pith was a good bit off center. I probably should have cut from the opposite side but it was more stable on the side I sawed from which is always a consideration on the slopes where I am cutting. Before I cut the holding wood it was apparent it wanted to go that way and I could not get the wedge high enough up to turn it. Other than the inconvenience there was nothing there it was going to hurt. I recognized and accepted the risk. I was surprised it slid that far down the slope.

[Walnut Beast]

Step over black gold! Osage Orange! I love it! With the right blade it cuts like butter and I have a mixed bag of clear clean stuff and plenty with character. Some epoxy in it will be incredible.  The whole gang got peppered with yellow gold

 

 

[WV Sawmiller]

WB,

   I kept looking at the figure on the walnut in the first picture and finally decided it looked like a dog. :D Fuzziest looking wood I have ever seen. He looks like he is loving your sawing. Pretty wood. It is real rare here and I have not sawed it yet.

[Walnut Beast]

Thanks. I'm pretty impressed with what it looks like. When you saw some someday be prepared for yellow dust everywhere. And I mean everywhere!! Timberking sent me a couple blades for really hard wood and they worked incredible. It cut really well and absolute pancake flat! 

[JJ]

Your yellow dust is even reaching all the way up here.  pine pollen is quite invasive and everything is dusted here  :.
I thought your dog was pollinated..

[hayseedfx]

just started today  cuttin every board, except sole plates, on a 20x48 foot single story on slab house......

2x6 walls....  i log down and a whole herd to go.....h
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[WV Sawmiller]

  Remember "A journey of 1,000 miles starts with a single step." I guess that applies to sawing and home building. Looks good. Keep the posts coming.

[DbltreeBelgians]

Those look like Michelle's legs but I can't be certain from the photos. Nice choice, I hope to use those on a project someday. The finish on that top is amazing.
Yes, I like to support forum sponsors, especially these folks who do so much for the forum, but the funny thing is, as someone who is doing fairly regular business with them these days I feel they are supporting and enhancing my business too.

That's why I have an endorsement page on my website where I recommended them and a just few other entities that have helped my small tiny business.

Yes Tom they are Michelle's legs. Jill picked those out and we bought them at the Paul Bunyan festival a few years ago. Funny thing is our daughter's name is Danielle so now I wonder if I should have used the Danielle legs for that project. She will be getting married in November so I have a Little time if I decide to make her something else. She wants cookies on every table at the reception plus some sort of slab that everyone can sign then epoxy over it. I best get sawin'
Brent

[Old Greenhorn]

Pretty legs. It's good to see you throwing in some posts again these days!

[caveman]

plus some sort of slab that everyone can sign then epoxy over it.

I've planed a slab or two flat, sprayed with shellac and folks have used Sharpees to sign them at weddings.  This has worked well and was really easy.

[ladylake]

Thanks. I'm pretty impressed with what it looks like. When you saw some someday be prepared for yellow dust everywhere. And I mean everywhere!! Timberking sent me a couple blades for really hard wood and they worked incredible. It cut really well and absolute pancake flat!

What kind of blades, hook,  angle, tooth spacing. gullet    Steve

[boonesyard]

We got this 50" white ash butt from our log supplier. I've had the log and the Granberg mill for a year and just haven't had the time or the ambition to wrestle that alligator. My logger is starting his new home build, so no more procrastination, time to mill it.

My power head is a new Husky 3120 so I should be good there. I bought the 60" kit with 10' of the ez rail and winch. I was impressed with the ez rail and I sure wouldn't want to make these big cuts without a winch.

Setup was pretty straight forward. I didn't get a pic of the ez rail. 

   



The slabs are 12/4 and just over 7' long. Took about 20 minutes/slab on the largest ones. Just about a tank of gas/cut at 1/3 gl. At the widest the small end was 41" and the big end was 52". 





The wood was in good shape other than a bit of an ant farm on the small end in 3 slabs. I really like the cathedral grain in ash, we sell a lot of it. Nice wood to work with. Took me 2 days to get thru this thing, I was wore out. I can certainly understand why it wouldn't take too long to invest in a dedicated slabbing machine of some sort if you were going to do much of this. Sharpened the chain twice and ended up with 9 usable slabs that took 3 gls of gas and nearly 2 gls of bar oil. That Husky knows how to drink  . 

 



The setup did a nice job, sawed very flat and true. All-in-all I'm pleased with the outcome and the mill performance. Lets just say though,,, I won't be tradin in my Woodmizer for more chain, it's a mountain of work. 

[burdman_22]

Should get 20 or so nice quartersawn boards out of this chunk.



 

[Tam-i-am]

Thanks for recommendations of our legs!

Our legs are very stout.  I have a granite 40" tall pub table (3' x 5').  We need a forklift to move the thing.  It doesn't need a stringer or additional support and it doesn't wiggle a bit.  They are designed to hold just about anything and to be easy to use.

In our showroom there is a 2" red oak slab table(40" x 118") 40" tall pub table.  Just 2 legs, no additional support.  Even with 8 people sitting around it and leaning on it the thing is solid as a rock.

and remember when quoting - you only need two not four

someone asked how much they weigh:
a pair of Alissa bench legs weighs 29 pounds
a pair of Alissa dining table legs weighs 76 pounds

[barbender]

I guess it is time for me to start posting more here instead of the logging post, as the sawmill is paying the bills😊 Nothing very exciting, this is a load of full cut 2x4 that is used for shipping crates.





Like I say, it does pay the bills. I've often mentioned how the grain in white spruce can be really busy and that's why I think it is difficult to saw straight





That's a close up of some. It really affects the strength of the lumber when the grain looks like that, too. Now this will be a new adventure. This is a load of white pine logs that will be sawn for a timber framer, I told him I don't even know what to charge as I haven't sawn many timbers. I expect it to go slow. I just told him worst case scenario that I will charge him $100/hour (they're his logs).





Finally, a couple of soft maple logs and some mystery logs. I've been told they're tag alder (they're about 9-10" diameter) the wood is a uniform tan-orange color. I'll see what they look like when it's opened up.

[Walnut Beast]

We got this 50" white ash butt from our log supplier. I've had the log and the Granberg mill for a year and just haven't had the time or the ambition to wrestle that alligator. My logger is starting his new home build, so no more procrastination, time to mill it.

My power head is a new Husky 3120 so I should be good there. I bought the 60" kit with 10' of the ez rail and winch. I was impressed with the ez rail and I sure wouldn't want to make these big cuts without a winch.

Setup was pretty straight forward. I didn't get a pic of the ez rail.

 



The slabs are 12/4 and just over 7' long. Took about 20 minutes/slab on the largest ones. Just about a tank of gas/cut at 1/3 gl. At the widest the small end was 41" and the big end was 52".





The wood was in good shape other than a bit of an ant farm on the small end in 3 slabs. I really like the cathedral grain in ash, we sell a lot of it. Nice wood to work with. Took me 2 days to get thru this thing, I was wore out. I can certainly understand why it wouldn't take too long to invest in a dedicated slabbing machine of some sort if you were going to do much of this. Sharpened the chain twice and ended up with 9 usable slabs that took 3 gls of gas and nearly 2 gls of bar oil. That Husky knows how to drink  .





The setup did a nice job, sawed very flat and true. All-in-all I'm pleased with the outcome and the mill performance. Lets just say though,,, I won't be tradin in my Woodmizer for more chain, it's a mountain of work.

Very nice!! What you said is what I heard from a guy I know that sells swing blade and dedicated slabbers. He said what you said works great but lots of work. I'm still deciding on a dedicated chainsaw slabber

[Walnut Beast]

From cracks, shake what I prefer for epoxy to boring clean stuff.

 

 

 

 Osage Orange is absolutely amazing. Cuts like butter and flat! with a Timberking Ultra Max 7 degree blade 

[WDH]

It is very hard, one of the hardest North American woods, so your mill must be dialed in good. 

[Bullheaded]

Not sawing but making chips.....I have 33 Norway Pine logs peeled and 47 to go! The curved shoe Makita planer lets me finish a log in about 20 minutes. I am making a small guest cabin this fall, 12x12 inside. Really it's the exile bedroom for the obnoxious snorers that hunt and fish with me. My intent is to copy the sauna, which aside from felling the jack pine and 2-siding on the Bandmill, was built entirely with hand tools. I hand sharpened my second Docking saw in a really aggressive rip pattern for the dovetails. 

 

 

[Bullheaded]

The deck.