"Purty" Cherry.....Finished the job

Magicman · December 11, 2009, 10:36:10 PM

I'm working a fairly large cherry job, and found a treasure. Nine 36' to 50' logs from 17" to 28" big end.
I'm cutting them into 8's, 10's, and a couple of 12's.

There is some "purdy" lumber in them !!!

I love opening a log up and finding out what's inside.....

metalspinner · December 11, 2009, 10:45:11 PM

smiley_blue_bounce smiley_blue_bounce

That would be me jumping for joy!

Was this figure in just one log, or several? Full length of log?

Don_Papenburg · December 11, 2009, 10:46:57 PM

Yep them sure are puty

Dave Shepard · December 11, 2009, 10:47:32 PM

Very nice. 8)

5quarter · December 12, 2009, 01:17:01 AM

Quilted Cherry is rare...Thats some high dollar wood. I'd definitely offer to cut for shares. ;D

Radar67 · December 12, 2009, 01:41:01 AM

Hmmm...might have to go on a short recon mission.......

bandmiller2 · December 12, 2009, 07:40:09 AM

Majic,interesting way you sling logs do you have them tight agenst the front guard to keep them stable and not swinging?? Frank C.

4genlgr · December 12, 2009, 08:04:36 AM

nice stuff!!! your sling probably lets you set the log on your saw gently
i just log and use my tractor bucket to pile pulp and logs on the yard. I stole an idea from my uncle and added forks made out of big truck spring leaves bolted to the bucket to make easier picking things up just a thought
some of that cherry reminds me of the wood in a rolltop desk we have from Ohio

fishpharmer · December 12, 2009, 08:22:52 AM

MM, wow. Nice logs and lumber. Do you know the owners plans for that lumber?

Magicman · December 12, 2009, 09:26:28 AM

Quote from: fishpharmer on December 12, 2009, 08:22:52 AM
MM, wow. Nice logs and lumber. Do you know the owners plans for that lumber?

James, all of the 1" will be used for wall paneling. I'm cutting 2X12 & 3X12's for tables. There will be a 6X12-8' for a fireplace mantel. I'm looking for a "non-figured" log for the mantel. That stuff is too pretty not to open up....

I imagine that those logs are 100 to 150 years old. The wood is too dense to try to count rings.

Magicman · December 12, 2009, 09:40:09 AM

Quote from: bandmiller2 on December 12, 2009, 07:40:09 AM
Majic,interesting way you sling logs do you have them tight agenst the front guard to keep them stable and not swinging?? Frank C.

Yes, I've used "end tongs" for years to handle logs. No swinging around, and you have 100% control of the logs. Just drape the chain across the bucket, and keep the chain short enough so that the upward pressure also applies inward pressure.

Here's a link to my previous thread on end tongs. (I've never done a link before, so I hope it works.) Also here's another picture of this job.

https://forestryforum.com/board/index.php/topic,38800.msg558950.html#msg558950

Magicman · December 12, 2009, 09:45:18 AM

Quote from: metalspinner on December 11, 2009, 10:45:11 PM
smiley_blue_bounce smiley_blue_bounce

That would be me jumping for joy!

Was this figure in just one log, or several? Full length of log?

Not just one log...the whole tree, and several of them. It's going to be close to 1K BF of "Purty" Cherry, and well over 2K BF of just regular old stuff...... $$$

customdave · December 12, 2009, 11:43:35 AM

Magicman , That is nice lookin cherry, going to be nice on a wall , boy I would love some on one of my walls!!

Dave

petefrom bearswamp · December 12, 2009, 01:31:39 PM

What nice stuff!
I see your Lombardini in the background snorting in anticipation of sawing them.
I have a lot of Cherry in my 65 acre woodlot here but never had any that i sawed with figure like that.
By the way the cherry market here sucks right now, but Sugar maple has come back somewhat.
decided to sell my ash as the Emerald Ash borer is only about 100 miles away now.
Only got about half of what I would have 2 or 3 years ago.
Future looks bleak for Ash.

Magicman · December 12, 2009, 02:06:33 PM

Quote from: petefrombearswamp on December 12, 2009, 01:31:39 PM
What nice stuff! I see your Lombardini in the background snorting in anticipation of sawing them.

Yup, It was cold, and I had just cranked it up. Smooths out rather nicely after it warms up....

Quote from: petefrombearswamp on December 12, 2009, 01:31:39 PM
What nice stuff! By the way the cherry market here sucks right now

We have no market for our Cherry. Not enough of it, and it's generally small and poor quality. This Cherry was salvaged after a logging operation. The logger said that it was not worth him hauling it to the mill.

tomsteve · December 12, 2009, 02:09:35 PM

i think that wood is contaminated with some sort of conatgeous bacterial viral fungal disease and could cause irreversible damage to your nervous system. you will want to quarrentine it in shrink wrap, put it on pallets, and ship it to me for further investigation. ;D

Magicman · December 12, 2009, 02:26:34 PM

BBBBbbbbuuuuuuuttttttttt....... :D :D :D

metalspinner · December 12, 2009, 03:14:08 PM

QuoteJames, all of the 1" will be used for wall paneling.

Some future owner of the home with this paneling will slap a couple coats of white paint on it for sure. :

Chris Burchfield · December 12, 2009, 04:52:31 PM

The Cherry is Purty but, I'm J E L I O U S of the F E L on your tractor.

WDH · December 12, 2009, 07:05:57 PM

Those cherries definitely look forest grown. Down here, it would be a real find to come across that many nice cherry logs at one time.

The pics of those logs promote jealousy

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ljmathias · December 12, 2009, 07:19:32 PM

Magic: those are incredible! If I knew where you were, I'd grab Radar and we'd do some midnight logging... That's the most beautiful cherry I've ever seen and certainly I've never cut any like that. Next time this logger doesn't want to haul anything like these logs to the mill, I'll be glad to help him out.

Been raining like crazy here all day- at one point it was coming down so hard you couldn't see ten feet... so I just sat in front of the fire place most of the day and worked on paperwork and rebuilding a computer system for my grandson- he's into linux right now so we loaded Ubuntu on- nice OS and seems very stable and usable, and best of all, it's free (unlike those logs you got)

Lj

Magicman · December 12, 2009, 07:39:22 PM

Quote from: Chris Burchfield on December 12, 2009, 04:52:31 PM
The Cherry is Purty but, I'm J E L I O U S of the F E L on your tractor.

:D Yup, we offered to do the sawing for an even trade on that JD 5325 4WD. The customer indicated that he felt that the "green" tractor was worth a bit more. Dumb cluck.....just doesn't recognize the value of quality sawing.

Here's what my tractor looks like.....

It ain't green and it ain't purty, but it is 4WD...... ;D

fishpharmer · December 13, 2009, 02:00:53 AM

Quote from: metalspinner on December 12, 2009, 03:14:08 PM
QuoteJames, all of the 1" will be used for wall paneling.

Some future owner of the home with this paneling will slap a couple coats of white paint on it for sure. :

Naw, us MS rednecks appreciate the finer things in life. More likely they will pull it out and sell it. ;)

Magicman · December 18, 2009, 08:04:53 PM

We finished sawing that cherry job today. I had predicted 3K BF, but due to two split and two hollow logs, I got 2609 BF. It still was a good job, and "bestest" of all, my Son helped with the entire job. Just don't get any better than that. The proceedes from this job will pay for the Cherrybark Red Oaks that we will plant next month.

A whack of Cherry lumber.

fishpharmer · December 18, 2009, 08:12:51 PM

MM, nice looking stack of lumber. Do you stack for your customers or did they do that? It looks like you left with some satisfied customers. Nice to hear your son could help you out.