My bad! Just thought I'd try the knight in shinning armor approach and defend the damsel in distress.... Well, back to square one! Now I'll have to go look for pics of the three year old; missed those.
Actually its not my 3 year old that has the ipad it was Cory, but my daughter is a year and a half back there. Shes tall as a 3 year old...
I thought I'd let some of it enjoy the ride, it's last ride that is.... Going to a new home, must be a little bit nervous?
Soon as I get an idea about what I want my helper to do, then the work will commence. I do need an extra hand around here and the girl is quite strong. I forsee projects getting some good attention.
It is actually good kindling but cedar is king here for that. The straight grain is so easy to pop plus the oils in it just add to the pop and crackle. You might as well be burning wood matches! Doug catches very fast with the amount of pitch in it. Found a couple pockets myself.
I do have a question though. This wood and rough sawn lumber, I'm thinking they just finish it off with a planer that rounds and smooths the edges except the ends? Just wondering if anyone actually works in a yard can tell me this? I actually haven't YouTube'd this yet but figured I'd ask. What I am thinking is they just do this for appearance and so you dont get a sliver in that thumb working with it all day. I also drew the conclusion that the size of the boards are actually half what they are normally. Bunch of sawdust is involved so maybe the yard just trimmed the ends off and found the rest ok to use.
The log is turned into a squared cant timber free of its outside bark and is graded as it is sliced--each board is then planed to regulation dimension whether it be timber ( 6x, 8x, 10x, 12x), lumber ( 2x and 4x) or boards (1x)---yes I work at a lumber yard (gosh with those nails? yes!)
Mostly the nails come from the broken pallets or so. Im just taking a precaution and would rather have her just carry later on. Thanks for this lumber info! Im new to the sawyer part, its cool how the wood becomes sawn whether being quartersawn, true quartersawn etc all depends on the grain. Maybe later on I may get involved in this kind of work as a post 70 business.
I agree, if you want your kids to carry a mobile, don't make it a smartphone and you won't have to worry about sexting. Just my opinion.
I still remember putting the nail through my foot from climbing on a pile of pallets that Dad had gotten; probably for scrounging the wood. I didn't climb on the pallets after that incident; once was enough.
I remember helping Dad with all sorts of things; including learning how to sweat solder copper pipes while on my back in the crawl space. I miss me Dad a lot.
