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    Size of spitter.

    I would like to know how to get the right sized splitter for the camp I volunteer at. I can give some specifics on what I want to split for starters: Almost all soft wood, Douglas fir, and several pines. There are oaks and madrone but the softwoods would be the focal point...
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    West Coast Oak

    Any one have any luck milling these? Tan Oak (Lithocarpus densiflorus) Black Oak (Quercus kelloggii) Valley Oak (Quercus lobata) Interior Live Oak (Quercus wislizeni) I've noticed most of you are from the East side so you may not know. I do have the opportunity to mill these all the...
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    Size of blanks

    Do you all have a favourite size of blank? I just started doing some milling and am thinking about getting some of this wood ready for some turners. They won't be more than air dried and the local high school will take anything up to a 8" block. Woods being offered: Madrone, Oak, Redwood, Bay...
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    Air drying of lumber (NFS)

    Not sure if you have seen this before, so I'll post a link. http://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/documnts/fplgtr/fplgtr117.pdf This seems to be fairly well written with a lot of information.
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    Drying time

    Well, I cut some more boards today. I had enough time to one more log. I was surprised to see how fast the ones I cut 5 days ago were drying out, they weigh half as much as the ones I cut today. I was also happy to see there is very little checking so far. (I had painted the ends). I did manage...
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    My day milling

    First, the day was really nice. It was in the mid seventy's and not a cloud in the sky. I took a couple of shots (with the camera) and set up the saw. One thing I need to remember is to bring every spare known to man. I ended up losing a bolt, that was metric and had no spare, because the...
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    Almost ready to go

    Hello All! I am also new to milling, but have been working with logging for years. I help manage a Scout camp with a little over 600 acres of oak, redwood, madrone and fir. We have a logging company who comes in, grabs all the good wood and leaves a considerable amount of timber laying around...
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