CSM milling Ponderosa Pine?

[smithie55]

Anyone here milled up any Ponderosa with their CSM?
I've been offered a 36" Ponderosa in central Oregon.
I'm pretty sure I will mill it up with my CSM.

Thanks

 

[woodshop]

Havn't been there... havn't done that. Would like to though.

 

[ShoerFast]

Your going to like how it cuts.

Watch how much and where it tapers, and what kind of lumber you need from it to plan your cuts.

There knotty and the knots can be huge, plan around them and your going to like it for lumber.

 

[deeker]

I have cut up semi loads, on the bandsaw mill. Smells kind of like pine/orange mix.

The big knots do make it interesting. Love it. Heres a pic of finished blue stain ponderosa....

Good luck and take lots of pics.

Kevin

 

[Adkpk]

Hey Smithie how ya been? Nice looking boards deek.

 

[smithie55]

Nice lookin boards Deeker.
I'm looking forward to milling, will definantely take pics.
I milled up some shore pine the other day, which is a sub-species in the lodgepole pine family, and it has a nice pine smell.

Adkpk, I've been doing great. This last year I bought a lathe and have been busy making bowls.

I've got more wood laying around then you can shake a stick at.
Can't have to much wood.

Thanks for responding ya'll.

 

[Backwoods]

If it turns out to be more then you want to handle with a chainsaw get ahold of me and I can bring my mill up to you, or you can bring the log down to me. I run the LT-70 it will handle logs like that all day log.