99% Sure that is elm, all I burned for a few years when they were dying off my parents place. I think "Ironwood" is in the same family.
I have always Sharpened by hand, but i had a 20% off for harbor freight, and a couple chains were cutting curves (GOOD CUTS, BUT CURVES), so I...
Around here, if they predict 6, we get 2. I guess they are just covering their @$$. Been a long time since i have seen 8" in one fall, heck even 6"
I liked your post, but i dislike it, i feel you as a former snocross racer
I posted a few pictures in the Sawyer Forum. Most of my logs I mill into lumber to sell and my idea is to cut & split the slab to sell for...
My dad had his property logged off last year, more hard maple and beech than we can take care of, if anyone in the area needs wood, please message...
I am thinking of taking up Cocaine...it may be a cheaper hobby! My dad and I paid $6k for our first 1987 WM LT40 non Hydro about 15 years ago,...
As a fellow sawyer and woodworker...i would say no. Yes it is a "Hard" wood, but not much different than oak. If you do all that work while it is...
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Needed a break from driving the desk today, so on my lunch break I ran over to the "not Ace" hardware not far from my day job. They had the...
I use just water for the pine, A LOT of water. Usually about a gallon per log feeding both sides of the blade. When its cold out I mix it with...
I never really answered your question, but the best thing would to figure out how many board feet you need for the building then just measure all...
It really boils down to if you hav a market for your lumber, also remember building with home-milled wood wont have the grading and drying stamps...
Got the rest of the pine done over the last few days, still a lot of moisture in it. The power feed on the mill went out on me so I had to pull...
I would gladly bring a mill over and trade mill time for some white oak lumber...if it was local!
I CSS a LOT of elm when I lived at home. It was only stringy if it wasn't dry, if it was really dry (dead standing, no bark) it would pop right...
The paneling is going to be interior (as far as I know). Blades are either Woodmizer silvertip, or red streak, sharpened by a semi-local outfit...
After lurking on here for a while I finally joined when I had a few extra minutes at work... and something to actually post. I am running an '87...
FNG Here. Lifelong wood burner (parents still using (3) VC's) I have a house with a pellet stove I plan on moving my Encore 2550 into the next...
