My first real logs

[Jeff]

Well, Tammy and I sawed our first real logs. 3 pretty nasty 8 ft white oak that Chet cut out of the first of two trees he took down for me this last week.  Previosly we cut some cedar out of some 5 foot bolts Tom and I picked off a trail in da U.P. last year.

The saw cut great. I hope all the white Oak I ever saw, saws as well as this did. I could go through it as fast as the sawhead would travel. (dont know if my mill head travels that fast, it is 20 years old after all. :D I didn't find any nails in my first yard tree either. :D  Still on my first blade, dont see any sign of it getting dull yet either.  The photo of the lumber below came out of the 3rd log and it still looked very good.  I even got a chance to use our FOrestry Forum Board foot calc for the first time on my OWN WOOD! 8)  I'm pasteing my total at the bottom. Looks like a ways to go to a million.

Aint life cool? ;D











Lumber and Board footage List

#1 5.5 x 5.5 x 8 3pc(s) 1 pac @/Mbf 60.5B.F. $0 Oak, white
#2 1 x 5.5 x 8 6pc(s) 1 pac @/Mbf 22B.F. $0 Oak, white
#3 1 x 8 x 8 4pc(s) 1 pac @/Mbf 21.33B.F. $0 Oak, white
#4 1.5 x 5.5 x 8 2pc(s) 1 pac @/Mbf 11B.F. $0 Oak, white
#5 1 x 5.5 x 5 17pc(s) 1 pac @/Mbf 38.96B.F. $0 Cedar, n. white
#6 1 x 3.5 x 5 14pc(s) 1 pac @/Mbf 20.42B.F. $0 Cedar, n. white
#7 3.5 x 3.5 x 5 1pc(s) 1 pac @/Mbf 5.1B.F. $0 Cedar, n. white
Total Board Ft: 179.31 Total Price: $ 0
Customer: Our Own Wood

Printed from the Forestry Forum Board Footage Calculator www.forestryforum.com

[sprucebunny]

Must feel pretty satisfying to KEEP the wood you sawed up ;D  eh? Jeff  8)

[Kevin]

Nice work, any of the neighbors started to move yet?  :D

[Jeff]

Nice work, any of the neighbors started to move yet?  :D

Had two there helpin by the third log. Carol took control of the lawn chair while Joe took over Tammy's job and pulled slabs and lumber and loaded them into his pick-em up to burn in his shop stove. 

(not the lumber) :D

[Kevin]

Where's the action photos of Chet felling a tree?

[Tom_Averwater]

Jeff, Looks like you made some nice boards there.  Tom

[Jeff]

Where's the action photos of Chet felling a tree?

Will these do?

[jpad_mi]

Way to go Jeff!

[tnlogger]

sure looks like a couple of happy campers there with that saw  8)

[UNCLEBUCK]

You got a whack of lumber Jeff ! Boy you took to that woodmizer fast . Chet is brave up there on that tree . Two old pro"s havin a good time ! I am very very happy you are havin a blast ! 

[Tom]

A fellow could get a nose bleed up there.  Not only are y'all wa-a-a-a-ay up there in the North .....brrrr-r-r , but Chet has been run up that big tree.

You're hooked now.  :D  Michigan will never be the same.  Have you cruised the neighborhood for trees yet?

[Kevin]

The old guy still has it eh?  ;D
I hate trees with branches.  :D

[Timburr]

Cool dude! 8) 8)
Your'e star of the party now Jeff ;D
With Chet sawing them down and you sawing them up, the neighbourhood will be like a prairie soon :D :D

[Kevin]

That last picture looks like he went a little heavy with the pruning.  :D

[pigman]

Looking good Jeff.  With an experienced sawyer operating an experienced mill we should expect the sawing to go good. 8) If the saw can cut white oak that good it will cut almost anything.

[Furby]

I see you have a new flag pole and a new mascot!  ;D


Way to go on the lumber! 8) 8) 8)

I did my first couple of WO's a few weeks ago and they sawed soooooo easy and FAST!
Even with a dull blade AND after cutting through a 8 penny nail! :D

[Ernie]

Very professional looking job, looks like you know what you're doing. 8) 8) 8)

[Brucer]

Looks like Jeff is about to discover the protable sawyer's perenial question -- where to put all the wood  ;D.

[Furby]

Yup!
Look at it this way......we won't need tables at the piggy roast! :D

[UNCLEBUCK]

Welcome to the forum Jeff B, lots of great people here !  Thanks for sharing pictures of your first log sawed too !  :D  :D   oops me in trouble now   

[sigidi]

Hey it's such a great feeling isn't it Jeff?

Your own log, your own mill and your own sawdust!!! WHOO HOOO 8)

[mike_van]

For me, the thrill of actually USING some of the lumber I made was as great as making it.  When I get some time & figure out the posting process for pics the list is endless.   8)

[wiam]

Go Jeff 8) 8)

Will

[badpenny]

   Way to go !! 8) The most satisfying feeling in the world is when a plan comes together. Good luck and best wishes

[Fred]

Way to go Jeff glad to see you got your own mill.    GOOD LUCK  !!!
                                       Fred