Sawmill and Timber

Sawmills and Sawing => Bandsaw Mills => Topic started by: mike p on December 28, 2008, 03:51:57 PM

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Title: sawed a little today
Post by: mike p on December 28, 2008, 03:51:57 PM
sawed some nice box elder today & wormy ash. the ash has rotten sap wood so im hopping the heart wood will hold the spalted & red color
 i must be out of shape as my back is killing me
spent my xmass setting up & derusting  craftsman 14" bandsaw as its been in barn storage for 4 years.
other than needing the tires replaced its operational now
Title: Re: sawed a little today
Post by: Kirk Allen on December 28, 2008, 04:28:13 PM
Mike you know the rules.  It didnt happen unless you have pictures :D
Title: Re: sawed a little today pic
Post by: mike p on December 29, 2008, 09:00:51 AM
some ash i sawed its wormy
Title: Re: sawed a little today
Post by: mike p on December 29, 2008, 09:04:09 AM
can you see the red in it i think this is because it laid for 1 1/2 years

& some box elder
Title: Re: sawed a little today turning blanks
Post by: mike p on December 29, 2008, 09:07:39 AM
after i get a face plate for my lathe im going to try this ash crotch on lathe
i have never turned ash so i dont know how it will turn out
Title: Re: sawed a little today
Post by: Frank Pender - AKA "Tail Gunner" on December 29, 2008, 10:29:56 AM
Very nice job on the photos, MIke.  Thank you for sharing.     This making sawdust is an absolute blast, especially when one can come up with such pieces of wood.

Title: Re: sawed a little today
Post by: danweb on December 29, 2008, 11:19:23 AM
Boy thanks for those pictures Mike. they were great. Just looking at them makes me want to go outside, find something to cut down and then start sawing it up. Have a good one...  Dan
Title: Re: sawed a little today
Post by: mike p on December 31, 2008, 07:04:33 PM
some days it dont pay to roll the log on the mill
this red oak got religion















Title: Re: sawed a little today
Post by: mike p on December 31, 2008, 07:06:31 PM
so youguys got any idea what tree this crotch is from
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Post by: mike p on December 31, 2008, 07:07:25 PM
it doesent smell like oak
Title: Re: sawed a little today
Post by: mike p on February 05, 2009, 07:45:50 PM
this one was to big for mill had to trim a little
Title: Re: sawed a little today
Post by: Frank Pender - AKA "Tail Gunner" on February 05, 2009, 09:12:17 PM
Mike the latest pictures looks like some that I have been knawing on for the last couple days.
Title: Re: sawed a little today
Post by: Kirk Allen on February 06, 2009, 09:21:43 AM
I dont know what it is with Red oak south of Interstate 80 but it all seems to just suck.  I know the feeling Mike. 

I bet I could count on one hand the number of good RO logs I have gotten from around here.  You had better cut it as soon as it hits the ground because it doesnt take long for the religion to set in :angel: