A day cutting wood

[loggah]

were lucky so far not much snow, up twin mtn and Gorham way couple feet of snow.  I went north to labonville to get some boots today. Peter you will be some happy when that shed is built ! ;D

[Jim_Rogers]

Peter, you need to learn to sit your lumber pallets on "freeze blocks" so that the blocks freeze to the ground and not the pallet.

I've been doing that for 20 years.

Jim Rogers

[Peter Drouin]

Peter, you need to learn to sit your lumber pallets on "freeze blocks" so that the blocks freeze to the ground and not the pallet.

I've been doing that for 20 years.

Jim Rogers

I use to put down slabs flat side up and that would work well. Then in the spring pickup the mess of slabs that are all over the place.
The front poles are going in today. With 80' of roof I hope no more freeze in. :D :D
Then in the spring the wide shed and saw dust shed will go up before I get busy.
:christmas:

[WDH]

Where are you going to put the kiln?

[Peter Drouin]

Where are you going to put the kiln?

Over by my workshop, then when the wood is done In a room at the end of the mill building. I'm going to stand the wood up. What do you think about standing the lumber up on end to store it?
:christmas:

[Bruno of NH]

Peter
Are you putting up trusses or rafters on your big shed ?
That will be a great building .
Jim/Bruno of NH

[WDH]

Storing vertical is a great way to go.  Easier for the customers to sort through the boards, kinda like pages in a book.  I have a good bit stored that way.

[Peter Drouin]

Peter
Are you putting up trusses or rafters on your big shed ?
That will be a great building .
Jim/Bruno of NH

Rafters, I'm cutting them tomorrow  :D :D

Storing vertical is a great way to go.  Easier for the customers to sort through the boards, kinda like pages in a book.  I have a good bit stored that way.

I thought it would easier that way. The customers always want the board on the bottom :

Do you do that YH?

[loggah]

Peter, I stored a bunch of white oak i had sawn out standing up one time! you could have made sled runners out of it,ruined it all. I think you would have to keep turning it to keep it from warping.

[WDH]

I only store it vertically after it is fully dry. 

[loggah]

Well this oar was dry and sawn into 1 1/2" x2 1/2"  and it still warped. Probably not a big deal with softwood,boards or framing lumber.

[Magicman]

I remember in the 40's-50's all SYP lumber was stacked vertical.  The sawmills had huge rows of lumber and the "hands" would flip it end over every so often.  I remember my Granddad flipping the lumber that was used for our home that was completed in ~1949. 

[Dave Shepard]

Big marble slabs will bend stored vertically. People don't think marble bends, but it does. :D

[YellowHammer]

I stack flat for several reasons, not saying its the best for everyone, but it works for me.
I like being able to very quickly and conveniently look at the ends of the boards in the racks and inspect for cupping or twisting without having to handle them.  All I have to do is glance at the rack and see if a board shows undesired movement, so I can cull or downgrade it before a customer gets to it.

My "showroom" is essentially a fixed up barn, and is not climate controlled.  So keeping the boards dead stacked really slows their reabsorption of moisture until they get sold.

Customer safety - I like keeping the boards low down and horizontal as much as possible, with little chance of tipping or falling on customers.  It amazing how much like the Three Stooges some customers get by leaning and swinging boards without looking where anybody else is.  I once had a customer almost get knocked in the head by some lumber that was leaning against a wall, and he looked at me and said "I almost got the whole rack for free." :(
YH

[Peter Drouin]

Thank's for the info YH you have some very good points. :christmas:

[bigD]

I like that log roller. Great Idea.

[Dave Shepard]

I spent the afternoon sawing up some of the leftover logs from last springs logging adventure. I got three 8"x8" beams I need for a shed I'm working on and a bunch of side lumber for another project. It was a great day today. Sunny and warm. I think it must have been almost 50 today. The mud had receded to a reasonable level as well, the only remnant of the pre-Christmas glaciers. :D

I took the time to fix something that's been broken for about five years now. On the newer LT40 mills there is a little deflector on the drive side blade cover. It's riveted on with seven rivets. I somehow busted mine off, but managed to save it from the sawdust heap. I had some 1/8" stainless rivets at the house, so I brought some up to the mill and popped the deflector back on. The lowest hole had been compromised, so I drilled another hole below it. I think the original rivets were aluminum, and just sheared off. Although during an altercation with a 47' log, I'm not sure that matters. :D Should be good to go now:



 

[Magicman]

I finally riveted and brazed mine on.  Vibration is the killer.

[Peter Drouin]

Good job,

[Peter Drouin]

Well had 3 days to work on the shed.


  

  

  

 

Now I can go the other way 80'  :D then I'll do the sides

[POSTON WIDEHEAD]

Your snow keeps hanging around. 

[bigD]

good job.  Looking good

[Peter Drouin]

It's all coming along good , If the cold will give up a little, It would be nice. :D


  

 



Yesterday a customer came to have me cut some W Oak. I looked and told him it looks like he started cutting already. Said he did, but the other mill in the next town over could not.  :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
Easy job, :D :D :D


  

    


I think the other guy was cheaper. :D :D :D

[thecfarm]

Cheaper is not always better.

[WDH]

He can only be cheaper if he gets the job done.  Maybe his talk is cheaper.