Locust has to be one of the toughest woods I saw- Hard, not a lot of moisture in it, you get a finer dust & blades get dull quicker. I had an order for 250 sf of 2" thick by 12 footers, the last log I cut was the nicest, 20" on the small end & straight
Here's the butt end
and some of the finished product - Destined to be planks on a bridge
My ass is dragging, life at 57 is a lot tougher than 37 was............