Nice job with the ax work - good idea to find out how much rot is in those standing dead before you start cutting. Sometimes all you have to do...
Definitely black birch. As others have said, it loses its' scent after a while. Volatile oils or something like that, evaporating. I have a...
Red oak and beech. Nice. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
My woods and my woodpile are full of beech. I can tell you why it's hated during hunting season (and why it should be loved). American Beech has...
It's definitely an 'exotic'. If you're saying it's 2-4" wide and as long as your hand, they may be decking cutoffs. Probably ipe', judging from...
This is where the outdoor wood furnace shines. Load at 6:30 am, leave for work. Check at 4:30 pm after work, throw in one or two pieces, done...
I like that setup in your photos that shows you milling "downhill" at a comfortable height. Helps a lot.
My first sawmill was a Logosol, don't recall the model but it was either an M6 or M7. Would saw up to a 16' long log, and with the right jigs I...
I don't use kindling.
1 saw - Dolmar 5100 2 saw - Dolmar 421/6400 (my current plan) 3 saw - Dolmar 421/6100/7900 I could also work with a Stihl plan revolving around...
That's too bad. Copper beech is one of the prettiest trees, especially as a specimen or landscape planting. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Hope you're not cutting that down. That's a really nice tree and goes well with the brick house. Copper beech isn't very common either. Having...
I've used it for a few years. Always try to buy a couple gallons when it's $6 or less. I don't see any difference between it and any other bar...
Bark and wood both look like larch or tamarack. Heavy, too.
About the worst thing you can do is boil sap in your kitchen. It takes 40 gallons of sap to make a gallon of syrup, which means that even if you...
Couple thoughts reading this thread - 1. Learn to climb. As in, climb trees, full rigging, harness, saws, everything. Take some classes in...
Got about 9" in southwestern Vermont. Slow storm, so easy to keep cleaned up.
We had about one inch of snow for the Klondike this past Saturday, and topped out right about 26°F. None of our district troops camp out...
Anyone pick up on the "bark like a birch" comment? And the "heavy" part? If it smells like wintergreen if you nick or cut the bark, it's black...
Well, here's the one month anniversary report on the G200. Installed January 4th, today is February 4th. I posted a longer review on a different...
