It looks like I'll grab some topped off or damaged Cherry tomorrow, it should keep me busy all day, I'll make it last.
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I gotta keep it safe for the anUmals, the last time I was back in that area you could see they had been bedding down in the ferns that had just started to die. It's a nice area to work, the brook is about two hundred yards away.You need to keep busy.
Never too much fire wood.![]()
Yes, if Mother Nature puts it down or tops it off I grab it. This is the first year we have more Beech & Sugar Maple than Cherry (nice problem). Since we started burning we usually burn 3 cord of Cherry per year.Zap...you got a lot of cherry in your area. Is that what you primarily burn all season?
I was thinking about that tonight, did you post any pics lately?Looks like some fun, Zap. I wish I could go out and cut, but this living room project is pretty much my personal prison til I get it at least useable.....![]()
No pics till the middle of next week. The drywall will all be hung by Wednesday and mudded by next weekend, I'll be sanding my ass off for two or three days. I'm off the whole week for Thanksgiving, I'll be stoning the fireplace by then. So, the Thanksgiving deadline may NOT happen, but we will definately be decorating it for Christmas.......hoping to decorate the first week of December. I'll keep ya updated.I was thinking about that tonight, did you post any pics lately?
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Looking forward to the pics, the mudding if done correct will save you alot of sanding, I remember sanding when I first started.No pics till the middle of next week. The drywall will all be hung by Wednesday and mudded by next weekend, I'll be sanding my ass off for two or three days. I'm off the whole week for Thanksgiving, I'll be stoning the fireplace by then. So, the Thanksgiving deadline may NOT happen, but we will definately be decorating it for Christmas.......hoping to decorate the first week of December. I'll keep ya updated.
I have a buddy at work who mudded professionally before coming to work for the railroad, he's amazing at doing it. Very little sanding required when he does the mudwork. When I do it, I usually end up sanding off almost as much as I put up to begin with. Not my forte......Looking forward to the pics, the mudding if done correct will save you alot of sanding, I remember sanding when I first started.
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That's not bad, mine's been in shreds for THREE YEARS! We built a monster addition, and when we started that project 6 years ago, I partitioned off the living room/old master bedroom for storage. After the addition was done, and the rest of the original downstairs totally remodeled, I went out and gutted that living room. Went ALL OUT, I mean BALLS TO THE WALL and did a double cathedral ceiling, fireplace, etc. Anyway, I don't want to hijack Zaps thread. I'll post a new thread in the Perfect Picture forum soon. We'll be done (at least have it liveable) in a couple of weeks, hopefully.Scotty, I feel your pain. My wife and I tore our living and dining rooms apart last year this time. Got things put back together in time for our holiday party in mid December. Good luck.
The room will look great once it's finished. Any tree jobs coming up for you?I have a buddy at work who mudded professionally before coming to work for the railroad, he's amazing at doing it. Very little sanding required when he does the mudwork. When I do it, I usually end up sanding off almost as much as I put up to begin with. Not my forte......
Don't worry about hijacking the thread.That's not bad, mine's been in shreds for THREE YEARS! We built a monster addition, and when we started that project 6 years ago, I partitioned off the living room/old master bedroom for storage. After the addition was done, and the rest of the original downstairs totally remodeled, I went out and gutted that living room. Went ALL OUT, I mean BALLS TO THE WALL and did a double cathedral ceiling, fireplace, etc. Anyway, I don't want to hijack Zaps thread. I'll post a new thread in the Perfect Picture forum soon. We'll be done (at least have it liveable) in a couple of weeks, hopefully.
If not, I'll have a nice hard maple rolling pin sticking out of my right ear......![]()
we have around a dozen big jobs for the winter months already lined up, with several more prospects. We did a couple storm related removals a few weeks ago, all that money went to my lovely wife to help buy the kiddos some Christmas presents, that will help us out in the financial department. Didn't bring any of the wood home, and there was a PILE of it. Ash and white pine, lots of big rounds too. That big ash all went to my buddy Doc, he's my partner in the tree cutting venture.The room will look great once it's finished. Any tree jobs coming up for you?
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Well, I guess technically, the LR project is MY "Work 4 Sunday"......Don't worry about hijacking the thread.
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Yes, the sweet smell is nice. How did you make it through the two storms?Zap, burning cherry is nice. It gives a sweet odor when seasoned cherry burns. Wish I had more in my stacks but I burned most of it last year. Scotty, I feel your pain. My wife and I tore our living and dining rooms apart last year this time. Got things put back together in time for our holiday party in mid December. Good luck.
Christmas when you're a kid, nothing better. Tomorrow I'll have more pics of my next job (cherry/uprooted) in the bowl, just some questions on cutting.we have around a dozen big jobs for the winter months already lined up, with several more prospects. We did a couple storm related removals a few weeks ago, all that money went to my lovely wife to help buy the kiddos some Christmas presents, that will help us out in the financial department. Didn't bring any of the wood home, and there was a PILE of it. Ash and white pine, lots of big rounds too. That big ash all went to my buddy Doc, he's my partner in the tree cutting venture.
I have a buddy at work who mudded professionally before coming to work for the railroad, he's amazing at doing it. Very little sanding required when he does the mudwork. When I do it, I usually end up sanding off almost as much as I put up to begin with. Not my forte......
I milled some two summers ago, very nice grain. In the area I was working you coukd see the old stumps from when the previous owner or his father had it logged off.They are really nice to have...in the right places.. Some states you cannot even buy them any more because they are so invasive. I think New Hampshire is one. After we took down all the pines, I bought 100 of them from Musser Forest and planted them around the perimeter of the land.
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