Sawmill and Timber
Sawmills and Sawing => Bandsaw Mills => Topic started by: Kirk Allen on August 18, 2016, 03:12:37 PM
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Spent most of the morning cutting bridge timbers. 3" thick, 14' long, and as wide as the pole would give me.
I had spent last Sunday removing metal from them but even after getting up on the mill I found a few nails I had missed...........fortunately before I started cutting!
Had to cut these to replace the bridge to our property that literally floated away during the heavy rains.
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The small remaining tops to the the poles in the above pick will become 4x4 treated posts for projects on the farm.
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Hi Kirk,
Just curious. What did you use for breathing protection, and how much of a mess did the creasote make?
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20 mph wind at my back the whole time!
I never cut this stuff without a good wind blowing it away at my place. The few times I have cut for others I used a standard painter's respirator mask.
No mess, just lots of dark black sawdust that will go into the burn pile.
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Hi Kirk
real good to see your farm ....and remember good times milling and building there those trusses look a little light and under constructed in that shed though????? ;)
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Those were GOOD TIMES Don. Amazing how well they have held up over the winters with some pretty good snow loads on thme.
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In the future...after we are gone someone will come along and decide to remove that beatiful clear ash wood to use for high end art/furniture....and say how could they use /have enough wood to use this for construction............... :D
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Kirk what state do you live in?
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The Communist state of Illinois :(
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Looks like the whole county is headed that way, too many want everything without working.. Steve
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It's prolly still better than the People's Republic of NYS! lol
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LOL