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Main Forums => The Roundtable => Topic started by: RoadKingLarry on April 19, 2023, 07:09:14 PM
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Had a chance to get some of the big White Oak milled up today.
See for background - https://armedpolitesociety.com/index.php?topic=68179.0
I ended up with just over 8 rick of firewood (just about 2 cords) and I'll have a little more after I'm bone cutting boards
I did pony up and get a 36" bar and chains and the mill extension. I also went ahead and got Granberg's rail system and winch add-on, they both made the job much easier.
The MS462 did fine pulling the big chain through what I worked up today but we'll see when I get to the big log.
Here's what I did today. Sawed several "cookies" off of a couple of bigger limbs I had set back for just that.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52831044455_64df84dd9a_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2ouuUUP)
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52831091823_549763936e_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2ouv9Zv)
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52830717446_cbddaa2431_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2outeGJ)
The two smaller ones on the left are narrow enough I can run them through my planer and my intention for them will be to make a couple of Sharkcoothie boards (nobody really knows how to pronounce charcuterie =D ). The larger ones will need a different method of flattening after they're dry, probably some kind of router sled. They were all cut to a full 3" thickness
Got 4 decent slabs off the short piece I ripped today only 29" long by 24" wide on the two from the middle.
I did a fair job of centering the pith and got some nice quarter sawn ray fleck but the pith section sometimes has trouble with drying. I cut these all at 2.5" so I'm hoping they'll dry flat enough I can get something out of them. Current thought is some "rustic" live edge tables.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52831090683_2d70d5066a_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2ouv9DR)
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52831091213_101f692aa2_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2ouv9NZ)
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52831090908_a35667191e_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2ouv9HJ)
Still planning on squaring up the main log for dimensional lumber, hope to get into that sometime next week.
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That's some nice lumber there. I've always liked the look of oak.
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Nice!
I’ve got three long slabs of 12/4 sassafras drying now, plus a shorter slab for my 9 year old to make a bench.
I’ve been slowly putting together the parts for the frame for the router sled.
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Larry - that is some beautiful grain in those slabs. Once you plane those down, I hope those patterns remain.
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I have big leaf maple, birch, alder, and English walnut logs to mill.