Good call, I need kindling. Split a few rounds of basswood and a few of white pine. Let’s see which one dries quicker
Oh boy, nice straight saw logs showed up today. Not sure what these are? Any idea if they are worth milling? [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
This one I am the most curious about. That red should be easy to ID unless it’s some weird rot. Anyone care to hazard a guess?
Some sort of white oak but the bark is long and flakey. Almost looks like shagbark [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I’m sure this is ash but I have never seen scaly bark like this before [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
What do you make of this stuff? Box elder or some sort of maple? Has a bright red ring between the heartwood and sapwood [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Isn’t cottonwood all stringy and a bear to split? Probably explains why it was so hard to mill
Update: this was cottonwood, which I'm told is a garbage wood so I'm glad I walked away from it
oh the humanity!
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Stocking up on more white oak smoking wood, snapped a tooth off my 63PMX fighting nails. I cut 12.5” discs...
Smells like white oak but looks kinda pinkish? Bark seems like white oak too. Got some 36” slices for table tops. Cut two more 12” thick slices...
Curly Birch [ATTACH]
Norway maple? [ATTACH]
New plastics and decals [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
More closeup pics plus some of a similar tree we split and stacked. milling went well, big difference jumping from a 45cc mill to an 85cc! It...
12 footer on the new 2186 saw and mill! Thought this was red oak originally but after inhaling the fines for the last two hours milling I’m...
Any idea on this one? I thought it was Siberian Elm at first but the fresh cuts aren’t turning dark brown like the other ones I’ve milled. Seems...
Logs to lumber! Found some nice dry (red? jack?) pine with some fungus staining I milled into true dimension 2x8s, 2x6s and 2x4s for a firewood...
With the highly figured crotch stuff is it better to let the log completely dry first before milling? Or doesn’t it make a difference? I know oak...
So what did you end up doing with your pines?
