Daninvan
ArboristSite Operative
Yesterday was the nicest day of the year so far. A front bringing more rain is on its way towards us later in the week, today there was some high cloud cover, but a very nice day for milling. Probably 12 degrees C. Was definitely perspiring and drinking lots of water. I headed down early as I had an appointment a bit later in the day. Unfortunately I missed some stuff when I loaded up the van and so had to go back home to get it. I wound up getting started at about the usual time.
The sun over downtown, to the east.
This ship really was a bright red colour.
The pile of cherry logs I have been working on is down to the last few. And I have not been saving the best for last. I had these two set up and then I took the bark off with my axe, the short one was 28" at its maximum width, the other was 14". The longer one has an obvious twist in it as well.
The first cuts looked OK but not anything to get too excited about. The short log had a very visible graft line.
Then the badness was apparent in the next cuts. The short log was full of rot. I only got one slab out of it. The other one had bad ring shake. I took three slabs from it but they are all cracked, I'm only going to get some skinny boards out of it. In fact the only reason I milled the long one up once I saw the ring shake was that it is darker than most of the cherry I have done so far, I think it might be a different variety or possibly plum.
At least the equipment worked well, twice in a row now nothing required fiddling or repair. I arrived with the saws sharpened, fueled, and oiled. I had to refuel one saw once and add oil a couple times, that was it. I was in and out of there in about 1 1/2 hours. Could have been a record day for me if the wood was any good!
The sun over downtown, to the east.
This ship really was a bright red colour.
The pile of cherry logs I have been working on is down to the last few. And I have not been saving the best for last. I had these two set up and then I took the bark off with my axe, the short one was 28" at its maximum width, the other was 14". The longer one has an obvious twist in it as well.
The first cuts looked OK but not anything to get too excited about. The short log had a very visible graft line.
Then the badness was apparent in the next cuts. The short log was full of rot. I only got one slab out of it. The other one had bad ring shake. I took three slabs from it but they are all cracked, I'm only going to get some skinny boards out of it. In fact the only reason I milled the long one up once I saw the ring shake was that it is darker than most of the cherry I have done so far, I think it might be a different variety or possibly plum.
At least the equipment worked well, twice in a row now nothing required fiddling or repair. I arrived with the saws sharpened, fueled, and oiled. I had to refuel one saw once and add oil a couple times, that was it. I was in and out of there in about 1 1/2 hours. Could have been a record day for me if the wood was any good!
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