Look out! Paul brought the mill over this morning. Dang its a nice machine! He's got the debarker and the set works too (the programmable height controls). We're going to start Friday!!!!
Spent the day dragging some logs up to it, and also paying for the first 1k bdft or so. This is most of the really choice hardwoods over 10' that I can move right now. The longest stuff will need to go on the bottom of the stacks, so these go first. That crooked one is the top of that really nice cherry. I want to get a couple crotch-figure pieces from it. I've been working on this countertop for one of the bartenders at the pub too from some of my homegrown maple. It's actually going to be a computer desk. I'm installing it Mon or Tues.
How the heck are you ever going to be able to wait until Friday??? Especially with it sitting right there.....ready to go....tempting you....calling you...!
That table is beautiful, Shawn. What fer finish did you use on it? Something high-build? I'm guessing it's red maple?
Thank you! Yes red maple. I used blonde dewaxed shellac for the base coats, and wipe on poly for the top coats. I like to start with the shellac because it dries almost every instantly. The first couple of coats of finish will raise the grain, so with the shellac I can almost get the grain sanded and locked in place in one session.
Heck of a top there! More nice work. Will this be a "fallback" or retirement side gig once you decide to make money on the ground instead of in the tops of trees? Can't wait for the pics of the lumber once you start opening up some trees on that big rig.
Thanks! I don't think so - part of the arrangement is that I pay for any broken blades. I should probably invest in a metal detector though. I don't think we'll find any though - these were all forest grown. Thanks! Yeah it's just my hobby for now but it makes me some money here and there. And yes, the lumber hoard is definitely part of the retirement plan.
Forest grown is no guarantee. As a deer hunter, before I became interested in wood harvest, I know that I sank some 6 inch long 1/2 inch lag screws into some trees to use as steps during the season. Then life got in the way and I wasn't in my woods for about 15 years. Today those lag screws have "disappeared". If you don't know the history of the trees themselves, you are running a risk.
