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What's up today (bullchiting) thread.

Discussion in 'Everything Else (off topic)' started by Gasifier, Oct 6, 2013.

  1. Cold Trigger Finger

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    Same here. Not much over 24" dbh here in the Interior. Most is smaller. And I don't have the iron to handle bigger logs.
    The main reason I would like a carriage mill is nostalgia I suppose. Plus, they are a bit less labor. As long as I can round up a green chain puller. :yes:
     
  2. TrinitySouth99

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    are you so nostalgic as to use a 2 person pit saw? I kid, I kid. People sure worked hard in those days, most of us now can't wrap our minds around it. Circle mills definitely have their advantages, the swing blade ones are interesting too.

    I think it's best to go with a bandsaw mill for me, a sufficiently large circular blade costs a lot of money, although they last longer, (I've often said most people would rather see 100 bucks go 12 times than 1,000 go once, even though the payments add up to 200 bucks more, but I digress)

    Even a 14" capacity would be plenty for me, a lot of our logs are a foot or smaller, a fair amount even grown to full height but so thin they're only good for firewood that you don't have to split. The trees on my own property I'm looking to cut aren't big, and if I harvest from the forest I can only take what fits in my car. As many people have large mills and access to logs 3 feet thick, going from their estimates of blade longevity, a blade should last through a good few small logs. I would also have no need for a big cant hook, ramps, or anything like that. The logs would be quite manageable by hand.

    I don't know if any of you folks have watched essential craftsman on YouTube, but he has a pretty neat video of a sawmill he built when he was a much younger man, a highly productive circular mill with a massive blade.
     
  3. yooperdave

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    Ice must be think enough for snomos and ice fisherman; we heard some riding out and then ice augers running this morning.
     
  4. mat60

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    Hope so.. Never wanted to be the first one on the ice..
     
  5. brenndatomu

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    Boy, you guys must be much colder than here...we haven't had ice thick enough to hold a starved cat yet
     
  6. yooperdave

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    :handshake:

    Remember, you live down there in the "banana belt" :thumbs: :rofl: :lol:
     
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    Hey, other than about 2 weeks in Jan/Feb I'm starting to think we could grow bananas down here now! :picard:
    Random banana fact...did you know they grow "up", and not hanging down? Like this.
    Shocked me the first time I seen a banana tree in real life...
    [​IMG]
     
  8. NortheastAl

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    A belated Happy Birthday wildwest ! Ive been under the weather this week and hadn’t looked at the site. I’m hoping it was a good day for you.
     
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    That’s a lot of banana pudding.


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    Thanks Al, get well soon friend.
     
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    If Christmas were this weekend we'd have a white one but looking at the forecast, it looks more like a green Christmas this year.
     
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    Will be white here, a fresh 7-9 inches just ended, forecast shows no warm ups
     
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    theres a chance of snow on Christmas day here. Not sure about up your way. Been a long time since the last Christmas snow that I can remember. Spent about 20 hours in the plow truck that year.
     
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    Not saying it will snow on Christmas BUT there will be snow on the ground at Christmas
     
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    Thanks, Heidi. This has been one heck of a year. I hope the new year will bring good health to all of us.
     
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    Yes, many of us had a rough year.
     
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    C443BA0C-D86E-449E-8E65-3A6D397F2028.jpeg Look at that grain, she’s as smooth as a baby’s bottom.
     
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    Had Christmas with my family today. I'm exhausted.
     
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    I expect a white christmas whether it snows any more or not. Don't have a heck of a lot right now, 3-4" of pakced fairly wet snow (it was before it froze last night anyway). Expected temps won't support a melt off, but if I get enough sun there could be a select few areas that clear off. The weather guessers are saying another storm for Christmas, but that can change between now and then.
     
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    Ooh, that is purty