Stone Branch, build it, they will come.
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George
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Thanks Tom, that's a good report. I have had a couple of dozen blanks in the works now for 2-3 years.
Thanks bearcat.
G
Mennoniteman
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Snakes are ugly. Where west are you going?
George
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Right into the clump of trees top center in the last picture.
I think that those little ankle bitters are quite beautiful actually, I was keeping an eye out for the one that is my avatar picture.
G
Mennoniteman
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I like to see pictures of them, or see them in a zoo. (You place is a bit like a zoo maybe, with all those big deer) I just don't want ankle biters in my backyard.
George
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We haven't had one in the house since Tank moved in.
Humble beginnings, open for suggestions. I have a 30" mill and a 20" bar. I'm thinking on 90cc model. I do not have a tractor to bring wood to a mill so the mill has to go to the wood. This is a ky coffee tree. I'm currently cutting the small logs into 1 1/4" to plane down and the main log into 2" slabs.
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dogghr
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Looks good G. But I'm not gonna lie, I hauled a red oak and a walnut to the Mennonite down the road with a shop and he cut them both for like 35$. I gave him 100 as he more than earned that even tho he didn't want to take it. Plus I got to watch him get his A chewed out by his lady. It was funny for me, We all in the same boat. LOL.
Mennoniteman
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You should have paid him another $100 for reality show entertainment.
George
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Too funny, I was bound and determined to get that log cut. 4 usable pieces of wood, a number of hours, 2 tanks of gas and oil, 2 sharpenings, hard on back, and worst of all, I have no heart for that much chainsaw abuse. I have a saw mill 1/2 mile down the creek from the end of my driveway. And since we're not lying I might just go to the lumber company with a parts list.
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George
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Today I'm thinking about bandsaw mills.
Thanks for checking in KSQ2 and good luck to you in your adventures. I'm susceptible to poison ivy but mostly have grown out of it.
I was walking around this morning through the logs and stick piles with my camera checking the sunny spots for rattlers when the thought occurred to me, why.
So I headed west
and then up where I knew that I could cherry pick a before and
after photo op.
Some of the bigger trees remaining are walnuts and hickories.
G
Thanks for checking in KSQ2 and good luck to you in your adventures. I'm susceptible to poison ivy but mostly have grown out of it.
I was walking around this morning through the logs and stick piles with my camera checking the sunny spots for rattlers when the thought occurred to me, why.
So I headed west
and then up where I knew that I could cherry pick a before and
after photo op.
Some of the bigger trees remaining are walnuts and hickories.
G
Hoosierhunting
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Here’s a suggestion, wood glue is the best end grain sealer out there and when bought by the gallon is cheaper than most all of the products sold as end grain sealer. Some guys use homebrew mixtures with different solvents and a wax but after putting that much sweat into slabbing I want to guarantee no checking.
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Hoosierhunting
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I too dream of a woodmizer but apparently so so many guys around me. They hold their value and never go cheap around here.
So until that fateful day comes around, I’m right there with you.....
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So until that fateful day comes around, I’m right there with you.....
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Hoosierhunting
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A ripping chain makes it go a little easier but it is still hard on a saw and back
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George
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The crosscut chain roughed up that soft wood pretty well.
Are you planking for heavy 1"?
What size saw are you running?
G
