slabmaster
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I milled 2 beams today out of ash.One is 8x8x16'.The other one is 4x6x12'.I just used the alaskan today because i was in a hurry and it's faster that way.THey are very heavey,but i managed to get them in the barn.
Sweet Posted em' like you said appreciate it! Looks like a good start can't wait to see it come together!! Do you have alot of dead ash?? Our area of Mi. is covered with them hoping I will get ahold of some next year I have one nice straight on about 60 ft. or so I would like to make beams out of too I gotta get a mini-mill though I think thats the way to go for me. Thanks for the pics irishcountry
End coat the logs/beams ASAP as ash checks badly, then allow them to dry slowly to further minimize checking.
PPBs (powder post beetles) love ash; spray them with a boric acid solution.
As mentioned, keep the sills dry or use locust, white oak, or black cherry (boxed heartwood that you can't mill into lumber) for sills.
P.S. For faming it's good strong lumber. The "grandfather" of the timber framing revival, Richard Babcock, speaks highly of it . He's forgotten more than most of the framers know.
Pest control is never a waste of taxpayer money. Take it from someone who lives in the middle of literally thousands of square miles of dead trees as a result of inaction to combat the pine beetle.
That aside, nice beams there. How long does it take to do one pass on that ash?
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