Whatcha Sawin' ???

[Chuck White]

That's what I was thinking too!   ;D

However, I have a few customers that show up with trailers in worse shape than that one! 

[Magicman]

You should (or maybe should not) see the bottom of the one that has the edged slabs on it.  He had to lay a few slabs across to keep them from falling through.   :D

[grouch]

Hope somebody has some boards or sawdust to show here today. Off and on rain showers kept me working inside and wishing I could saw. I need my fix!

[Magicman]

Nothing from me.  My customer is somewhere in Saskatchewan, Canada, and my helper got sidetracked for a couple of days.  That being said, Pat did a good job of sidetracking any other plans that I might have had for today.   :-\

[Weekend_Sawyer]

Let me try and help.

This is from 2 weeks ago. My neighbor gave me a blown down red oak log and it had a couple of interesting figures in it.

This  board was looking back at me.


And this one had a snake in it!!!


Sadly I have finished milling the trees from clearing my lot, for now, and will be returning the mill. It sure was a pleasure running it.

Jon

[Timster]

Finally the first log on my new HM130.  8) Pulled one from the firewood pile for practice, I guess I should have grabbed a cherry  :D.

[derhntr]

No sawing today just stacking QS Red Oak




  

  

 

[Magicman]

Congratulations Timster on your first sawdust!!   8)

[tnaz]

Finally the first log on my new HM130.  8) Pulled one from the firewood pile for practice, I guess I should have grabbed a cherry  :D.

Good deal.  I'm still looking for a mill; good to see fresh saw dust!!!! 8) 8)

[grouch]

I knew FF people could be counted on!

Wow. Eyes and snakes in lumber, first sawdust and QS oak that resembles birch bark or maybe QS sycamore that's been focused. (Quartersawn sycamore always looks to me like somebody's got a distorted lens over it).

That snakelike form should be preserved somehow. Maybe epoxy and then polyurethane?

Timster: We need a follow-up showing the log *after* you sawed it. I showed my first mess (somewhere on the forum, can't remember exactly where). It was more of a stick than a log. :D

[Timster]

Like a proud father.

First cant.



First stickers



Perhaps over the next few days I can make some real lumber.

[tnaz]

Looks like usable lumber to me.

Good Job Mr. Timster

[4x4American]

I took some pictures today for my shameless commerce page.  Figured I mights well share em so that grouch don't get too grouchy  ;) 

[WDH]

Looking good.  Real good. 

[Jim_Rogers]

Today we sawed up a 6' long white pine butt log that was over 24" at the butt. The customer wanted as many wide boards as I could get out of the log, all round edge.

Sawed it out in about 45 minutes. Sorry didn't get a picture.

Went on to sawing up some cherry logs for a customer (his logs).

While doing that a Boston woodworking jeweler called me and asked if I could slice in half some small short pieces of hardwood blanks he had purchased. I told him the shortest piece that can sit on the bed rails was 29". He had some that were shorter. I told them I had an idea about how I could do it if he wanted to come over we'd try it.

He came over and we put down a 2x4 for a table, and a 2x4 for a fence, and installed my standard 3" clamp that came with the mill. This 3" clamp sits to 2 3/4" tall when I checked it today. So I knew I could make a cut at 2 7/8" and not hit the clamp.

The first piece was blood wood (or something like that). Sorry didn't get a picture of it, but I cut it without any problem.

The second piece was zebra wood.



 

And then a piece of purple heart:



 

He said he'd email me a picture of his finished product when he has them done.

Also, someone mentioned at they were having trouble with getting their log turned enough to make it square to the blade or flush with their log uprights.

I didn't have a picture that day to show them but I took one today.

What I do is have my helper hold my sawmill framing square against the sawn face and up under the blade. I then lower the blade down and see if the align. If they don't I roll the log more until then do:



 

I hope that helps whomever needed to see that.

Jim Rogers

[4x4American]

Jim, do you have your outside 1/16" higher and doesn't that affect (effect?) your squaring or don't it bother ya?

[Jim_Rogers]

Yes, my outside blade is higher, but it's very close to line things up with a big log.

Jim Rogers

[sandsawmill14]

i still sawing syp 4x6s so nothing worthy of a pic :-\  got to saw 2 more loads (630 per load) for sure before i get something different. i make a decent living commercial sawing but it gets boring some times when you have to saw 3 or 4 tt loads of something before you can change to something different

still sawing pine at least till the end of next week :-\ but i did get a load of cedar with a few cypress and walnut mixed in ;D that will be a welcome change  :D :D :D i will try to get some pics when i start sawing them

[grouch]

Everybody's opening logs and making lumber but me. Only crap I've been sawing since the rains came back are pieces of steel. (Have to make some outriggers for a scaffold). Oh yeah, lots of surprising grain patterns and colors in that.  >:(

(Sorry, 4x4American; it helped but wasn't a complete preventative. That's a beautiful setting, by the way).

Meanwhile, I've been working my way through the Useful sawmill mods thread and even applied some to my mill.

Timster, I didn't make stickers with my first cuts. It cost me some boards that would otherwise have been useful. It's not good to let 'em overwinter on the ground around here.

Jim_Rogers, Why have the outside 1/16" higher? If you've documented that somewhere, mind linking me? Thanks.

Just so this reply is not all text...


mimosa, after sanding and some polyurethane. Unfortunately, its bookmatched mate wasn't coated and is splitting along the growth rings.

[Magicman]

Jim_Rogers, Why have the outside 1/16" higher?

It is proper alignment procedure for the WM cantilever sawhead.  They figured it out so that all we have to do is follow their instructions and the sawmill saws flat.

That is a pretty piece of Mimosa grouch.   ;D

[slider]

We have all had some bad jobs to deal with.Its just part of the business but once in a while a sweet job comes along and i would like to share this one.
This pine sawed just under 1200 bd ft yielding 

  

  some fine 15in wide boards

[WV Sawmiller]

   Spent an hour or so adjusting the blade tilt and checking and fine tuning the bed alignment on my mill in preparation for the upcoming long logs. All is set.

   I started on a 26" X 8' tulip poplar butt log. Got 11 beautiful 1X12X8 boards and a couple of 4" cants, several 2" and a couple of 1" flitches ready to cut into 2X4s and 1X12s before the rain set in and chased me to the house. Looks like this log will give me 20-25% of my order. Another just like it next in line then a 12'er. I could get used to this. Now if it will just stop raining.

[derhntr]

Slider,

Nice looking pine. I hate having to stack long boards on top of short ones

[grouch]

Jim_Rogers, Why have the outside 1/16" higher?

It is proper alignment procedure for the WM cantilever sawhead.  They figured it out so that all we have to do is follow their instructions and the sawmill saws flat.

That is a pretty piece of Mimosa grouch.   ;D

It's expected to sag a whole 0.0625" from one side to the other? Them folks must be crazy. Nobody's gonna buy saggy, sloppy machinery!

Thanks Magicman. Must be a pretty rigid post and attachment to deflect so little with that weight and power.

[grouch]

We have all had some bad jobs to deal with.Its just part of the business but once in a while a sweet job comes along and i would like to share this one.
This pine sawed just under 1200 bd ft yielding 

  

  some fine 15in wide boards

All that came from one pine? Nice log!

Hope they unload that soon; several boards are giving some too friendly waves.  ;D