I had some oak (white, chestnut, red) and some poplar milled up yesterday and today. We quarter sawed the best oak logs, cant sawed the rest. Now, I've got to sticker all of it.
Nice boards there. Do you have a project or two already planned? Looks like a few years worth of kindling as well.
No project in mind. I actually have way more lumber than I can use now. Time to start selling some of it off. I would certainly off a very healthy FHC discount to anyone looking for oak or walnut lumber. The walnut is either kiln dried or air dried right now.
Here's the final stacked and stickered piles of lumber (will put tin on top tomorrow). Most of it is quarter sawn, some is flat sawn and we did make a few 8/8 live edged slabs and a few 4x4 and 4x6 beams.
That looks great! I'm new to the milling game. Do you season those boards outside? Does your "tin" cover the sides? How long until they're seasoned? Thank you!
I put steel roofing over the top with a little overlap on all for sides to keep the direct precipitation and sunlight off. The sides should be as open as possible to let the air flow. Sometimes you can put some open weave curtains on the side, like burlap to keep sun off and/or slow down drying as needed.
It is the way a log is sawn in relation to the grain, a flat sawn board, the grain is pretty much parallel to the face, a rift sawn or 1/4 sawn the grain in 45°-90° to the face. On oak, 1/4 and rift sawn shows nice ray patterns, a lot of the antique oak furniture has wood like that, some call it tiger stripe oak. Also, rift and 1/4 sawn boards are more dimension stable, don't warp or cup as bad.
BTW, I just brought all the oak to the kiln. It will be ready in 5-6 weeks. If any of you need some nice lumber at a very favorable price, please let me know. This would make a super cool hardwood floor or any kind of furniture/cabinets.
That’s a lot of work,,, and nicely done. Can’t help myself. I noticed you laid the 8” blocks in two different ways. Right side up and on their side. In this scenario on their side is correct. Laying them up like we do in masonry allows them to sink a little and possibly fill with ice in the winter causing them to crack. Just had to throw that out there. In the past I have stacked lengthwise between trees and built a roof with a tarp. Use a rope for the ridgeline with one side strung through a wheel and counterweight. Used rebar and bungees to hold the sides in a tent like fashion. Sides didn’t reach the ground. Worked very well allowing lots of air inside. Even a cheap tarp and bungees will last three years at least if you use a counterweight to allow for snow loads, wind etc. Just in case you run out of metal
on I agree with the block on their sides. Not sure why I put the other ones right-side-up. I also love the tarp idea. Much cheaper than metal roofing. I'll definitely tuck that into my bag of tricks.
