Anyone who wants to help me off-bear the boards from the mill on the morning of Sat., July 9th, feel free to P.M. me. I'll provide the and we could probably send you home with some:stacke: +/-
Mike, I kept the Camera handy, and took shots every few minutes of progress. Even though you'll be busy, there should be time for a few Depending on how long those logs are, how wide the boards, and how thick they get cut, will determine whether you'll be offloading alone or him helping. Have you done this before?
I've done this a bunch of times before. An LT40 with hydraulics can really spit out the boards. Also, it is likely to be hot and humid so it will definitely be nice to divide up the work.
Here's a little taste of the milling we did this morning. These boards are 12" x 1 1/8" x 8 1/2 ft. Pretty nice stuff. Unfortunately, the mill blew out the solenoid for the hydro's when we were only about 3/4 done, so we'll have to finish up later this week.
This is what we got done today. The wood is covered and I'm resting up and rehydrating for now. I'll have get the pile on the left up on the stickered stack on the right once the sun and temp. get lower this evening... or maybe tomorrow afternoon.
Got everything stacked and stickered in a temporary pile. The extra row next to the barn still has to go back on the mill to trim the wane. Unfortunately the last two logs that still need to be sawn are 12 1/2 footer, so I'll have to take all the eight footers off the top to get the longer ones on the bottom for the final stack. UGH! P.S., the burlap is to keep the direct sun off the stack but still let the air flow. Again, this isn't the final pile, just something to keep the lumber happy until we can get the mill back up and running.
Looks awesome Mike. That looks like a much bigger pile than Id get with the chainsaw mill. How wide are the boards?
The widest were 12.5". We squared them into a cant first. The widest log was just over 20" from inside of bark to inside of bark (~22-23" o.d. including bark). I'll be using this for secondary wood on the inside/back of cabinets and/or for outdoor siding, so maximizing width was not my priority. I might make some 2-by stock from the remaining logs. Always nice to have around. FWIW, I scaled the logs before we started cutting (664 Doyle, 800 Scribner, 879 International). I'll tally the final boards and let you know the yield.
Why thank you very much. I've done this several times now, so I've got my method down pretty good. Once the last boards are cut and stacked on Weds., I'll put a row of cinder blocks over every row of sticks.
Should be about $0.30/ bd-ft., give or take. If I ever need it kiln dried, I know a guy who does is for about $0.20 / bd-ft. That just doesn't even compare with buying retail.
We finished up today. We made 26 @ 2x4's, 12 foot and a bunch more random width 1 1/8 boards. Here's a little video of the mill in action. Here's the 2x4's (BTW, neighbor's house not mine)
