Some Hemlock Milled

[thewoodlands]

We have been milling lately and today we went back in and milled one eight foot hemlock log, we thought the grain was very nice so my better half would like a coffee table from this.

We still have one eight foot log down and ready to go, all the boards are 1.25 thick, attached are some pictures fom the start plus the wagon loaded up and heading back home.


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[PapaDave]

Again?
Droolin' over here. Very nice , zap.
Where do you sticker and dry this stuff? I hope the weather was nice and cool for you to do this.

 

[thewoodlands]

Again?
Droolin' over here. Very nice , zap.
Where do you sticker and dry this stuff? I hope the weather was nice and cool for you to do this.

It's stickered in the woods with good wind and some sun, I'm thinking I might move it all in another spot that gets full wind with more sun for the winter.

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[PapaDave]

Just curious, 'cause I've had some white pine, spruce, and red pine stickered in the yard for a couple of years.
I need to put up a lean-to on the back of a shed to get it out of the weather.
You probably know this, but put some weight on top. I've seen guys take ratchet straps and put 'em over the stacks to help with bowing, twisting, etc.
I just put stickers on top, then put some pretty hefty slabs on top of those. Worked well.

 

[maxed_out]

cool looking grain zap. you gonna use for something special?

 

[thewoodlands]

cool looking grain zap. you gonna use for something special?

The first thing would be the coffee table my wife wants then whatever we want after that, we do want to build a shed plus a small cabin so that is what the bulk of the wood will be for.

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[Backwoods Savage]

Keep at it Zap. You won't run out of trees on that place.

 

[SolarAndWood]

That's beautiful Zap. How long since it blew down?

 

[thewoodlands]

That's beautiful Zap. How long since it blew down?

This is just a guess, two years. We still have the main trunk that needs to be felledwhich should give us some nice wood.

zap

 

[SolarAndWood]

This is just a guess, two years.

I have a lot of logs laying around the woods, time to get a mill.

 

[thewoodlands]

This is just a guess, two years.

I have a lot of logs laying around the woods, time to get a mill.

We have pine down from when we bought the land in 2007, I'm working my way towards them so it will be interesting what type of shape there in. Solar are you going the alaskan chainsaw mill or bring a person in with a woodmizer?


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[SolarAndWood]

or bring a person in with a woodmizer?

If I have the opportunity to buy a tool for what I would pay someone else to do the work for me, I always buy the tool. I have seen a couple bandsaws go by relatively cheap lately. I will skid all the logs back to the shed anyway, so it doesn't need to be portable. The logger also leaves whatever I want by the shed. Once I'm done siding the house, milling is next on the agenda.

 

[certified106]

Again, Really cool Zap. How long does it take to mill one of those boards?

 

[thewoodlands]

Again, Really cool Zap. How long does it take to mill one of those boards?

I never really time it but next time we are milling we will do that,it's like watching paint dry. It's nice to mill it from your own property and can't wait for it to go up on whatever we build depending on the taxes.

I bet smokin would have a good idea on how long it takes per board, my guess would be 7-10 minutes.


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[SolarAndWood]

my guess would be 7-10 minutes.

is that for a 8' 24" diameter softwood log?

 

[thewoodlands]

my guess would be 7-10 minutes.

is that for a 8' 24" diameter softwood log?

The eight foot & softwood your correct, I'm not sure what the diameter was and the 7-10 is just a guess. It's not a fast process plus I'm stopping more during a run per some conversations with smokin .


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[thewoodlands]

Again, Really cool Zap. How long does it take to mill one of those boards?

certified106, talking with the wife this morning she thought it was more like 4-5 minutes on one board and she is usually right. After asking Smokin about how often to stop during a run I started stopping twice on the eight foot logs and let the saw idle plus cool down some.



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[smokinj]

Nice chains......Nothing you can do for milling is any better than great chains! ;-)

 

[thewoodlands]

Nice chains......Nothing you can do for milling is any better than great chains! ;-)

I put the calipers to the chains when I sharpened them last, I think it made a difference and was just wondering should I do it everytime.

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[smokinj]

Nice chains......Nothing you can do for milling is any better than great chains! ;-)

I put the calipers to the chains when I sharpened them last, I think it made a difference and was just wondering should I do it everytime.

zap

This is an easy one Yes check every-time until you know them like the back of your hand! ;-)