Howdy! Millin' Time!

[aggiewoodbutchr]

Finally got an opportunity to get the mills out again. My Dad got us a job to mill a pecan for a friend of his so we had to get things back in operation. Here we are making "practice" cuts at the farm a few weeks ago.

 

[huskyhank]

Wow!

Great looking log.
Good to see you posting again.

 

[LarryTheCableGuy]

Whoo Hoo!

Good to see ya around! Nice practice too!




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[little possum]

Very nice.
I am looking forward to getting a mill and slabbin some logs.

 

[aggiewoodbutchr]

Here's the tree we did this weekend. We counted about 130 rings.

Pic of the bark. I've never seen a pecan with bark this thick. Not sure exactly which type it is but it's definitely a pecan of some sort.

setting up

 

[aggiewoodbutchr]

progress photos

 

[aggiewoodbutchr]

 

[Gumnuts]

Remember that pecan haul you got.Awesome.
How did the 84 perform for you ?
+1 Good to see you back posting

 

[aggiewoodbutchr]

The guy we were milling for wanted everything milled so we tore into the root ball. Not too bad but we did find a little compacted dirt inclusions. Nothing the chain grinder won't fix. The slab is actually in better shape than what it looks like in this picture.

Good times!

We'll go back in a few weeks and finish the root ball and some of the limb crotches.

 

[aggiewoodbutchr]

Remember that pecan haul you got.Awesome.
How did the 84 perform for you ?
+1 Good to see you back posting

Yep- the "practice" log was from that haul. It's still in decent shape. A few little soft spots but the character and spalting makes up for them. Nothing epoxy won't fix anyhow.

The 84s are running great- we have 3 of them now.

Thanks!

 

[BobL]

Whoo - Hoo , looks like you're back with avengance!


Seeing these two shots in sequence had me blinking.

It looks like the mill metamorphoses from the Granberg to the GB mid slab but I see they are different slabs - it must nice to have two mills with different bar lengths like that to swing in as needed.

Cheers

 

[irishcountry]

Awesome as always and great to see you back!!

 

[mtngun]

Nice to have you back and I especially appreciate the set up pic on that long log.

I have a question about your .325 milling chain but rather than hijack this thread I'll send you a pm.

 

[jimdad07]

I've been following yours and BobL's work on here since I joined AS to get an education on milling, freehanding right now but not for long. Anyhow, real cool to see some up-to-date work from you. Nice job!!

 

[DRB]

Nice

How wide and long are these boards?

 

[smithie55]

Glad to see Aggie on the mill, and as always great post good pics,
Beautiful wood.
Hey Aggie, do you know what the guy is going to use the wood for?

 

[Ted J]

Jared,
Good to see you posting. Looks like you had a handfull there, nice pics. Thanks for sharing.
Ted

 

[aggiewoodbutchr]

Thanks for the comments folks.

Whoo - Hoo , looks like you're back with avengance!


Seeing these two shots in sequence had me blinking.


It looks like the mill metamorphoses from the Granberg to the GB mid slab but I see they are different slabs - it must nice to have two mills with different bar lengths like that to swing in as needed.

Cheers

That is actually the same slab, but you are correct about the 2 mills. We needed to run the Alaskan mill some but it wouldn't make the full cut.

 

[aggiewoodbutchr]

Nice

How wide and long are these boards?

32"-36" x 16'

 

[aggiewoodbutchr]

Glad to see Aggie on the mill, and as always great post good pics,
Beautiful wood.
Hey Aggie, do you know what the guy is going to use the wood for?

Don't know yet. We'll eventually build something out of it for him.