buzz-saw and I have been accumulating several logs. Between life and schedules havent been able to mill. Got together for a few hours Saturday and Sunday to turn some logs into boards. Saturday had paper birch, sassafras and black locust on the menu. Sunday saw red oak and cherry. Red oak milled for 4x4 legs for a table build he is planning. Ill be building some outdoor furniture. (not with birch of course) Off to the front in his new trailer. Fun times. Thanks for letting me be a miller too for a couple hours! As much as i like seeing logs become boards i may hold off hoarding them for such unless an "exotic"... mulberry, cedar, walnut etc. comes available to me. Storage issues on my part.
Thanks for the help and good times both Saturday and yesterday. Great to get back to it for sure. Don't hesitate too much if you run across logs , especially anything different. Just talking here at work and there are Hickory to be picked up a couple towns over that I am going to grab hopefully this upcoming weekend.
With the price of lumber these days, very awesome to be able to make your own! Some nice ones in there too!
Im still kicking myself on the rest of that Sassafras log. I snoozed and losed. Straight as a utility pole. Probably three 8' pieces.
Nice work fellas, those Oak cants look great! Get ya a loggers tape & carry with ya Brad. If you get a nice straight log, cut it 8'2" or 16'4". There's a lot of satisfaction in home made lumber.
Couple tapes in the cubby on my PU door. Here's where equipment is needed to load lengths that long. As of now any logs ive scrounged are whatever length they're cut when i find them. Ive looked at ways of putting a winch in the truck.
Thanks , I was happy with the cants. Quite a bit of softer wood on the outside of the log but not too bad on the inside. 16 footers are out for the mill , max length without adding another section of rail is just over 10 foot. * foot would be just fine though.
Really nine work for both of you guys buZZsaw BRAD and buzz-saw . Nice looking mill. Did Brad have difficulty giving up the Black Locust for milling instead of firewood?
Actually i didnt. We had scrounged a big BL log and milled it last time. Here's the thread Black Locust Milling question Learning how rot resistant BL is and liking to make outdoor furniture i see it as boards and not logs now. Being a dense wood i dont know what im getting myself into. I will post the results...eventually. The sassafras is very rot resistant too, but soft like pine. I may end up using that more. A lot harder to scrounge than BL though. Im limited to scrounge what i can lift into my PU. He has his new trailer and we've talked of a set up to load long logs into it.
I'm proud of you buZZsaw BRAD. This may be a first step to a cure for your Black Locust affliction! Looks like you are both having fun with the mill!
No steps here. The locust mania is alive and well. Waiting for the cold to kill off all the roadside overgrowth (weeds, vines, prickers etc) then full steam ahead. I cant wait! WOOHOO!
