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    Which tree?

    The color in that one is due to being down so long. The tree sat for nearly ten years before I got started milling and had the ability to do something with it. Honestly I thought it'd be too far gone, and parts are but there's a lot of rock hard wood too. I started cutting up another big...
  2. R

    Which tree?

    Knots, burl, defect, and rot. Old logs sitting on the ground for years...if they're solid in the middle they may be spalted. Crotchwood produces some awesome grain. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  3. R

    Which tree?

    Look for stuff that bandmills can't or won't do. A 40" wide red oak slab is rare because 1. Not many make it that big, 2. Most bandmills can't cut a slab that wide. So there is value there on the oversized, knotty, ugly, yard trees because nobody mills them. If you're cutting 4-6" wide...
  4. R

    Which tree?

    What kind of mill do you have? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  5. R

    Spalted Red Oak

    The barn was there when my 97 year old grandmother moved in when she was 6 or 8. We've got two log core barns, the bigger one needs some work. I got the last two slabs off this half of the spalted tree. I don't know if the other half will be solid or not, but plan to see. The first slab...
  6. R

    Spalted Red Oak

    Figured out the lazy mans way to stack 12' slabs in a barn where you have to in longways. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  7. R

    Need advice on "making" a Granberg(ish) ripping chain.

    Why not just gradually sharpen top plates to 5 or 10 degrees and use as is? You may be thrilled with the performance as is, and grinding the "scoring cutters" risks messing up the chain.
  8. R

    Spalted Red Oak

    I did get a couple more slabs off that log in between soccer games, turkey hunting, and thunderstorms this weekend. Those slabs are close to 12' long, will average 30" wide, and 2.25" thick. I don't know what they weigh but they're HEAVY. I've got to do some rearranging to be able to...
  9. R

    Spalted Red Oak

    I've got more projects than I do time. Full time job plus a side business plus trying to farm plus a 3 year old and a 6 week old newborn. Time is short these days for "fun" work like running the mill.
  10. R

    Spalted Red Oak

    I'm excited. I got the first two slabs stickered and stacked in one of the old barns on the farm, hope to get more milled out of this log this weekend. I haven't done a ton of real woodworking, just rough carpentry and building on the farm type stuff, so I've got a lot of research to do so I...
  11. R

    Spalted Red Oak

    This goes to prove you can't judge a book by its cover. I got started milling an old storm born red oak that had been on the ground for years. The outside looks terrible, but the inside is amazing. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  12. R

    Want to Buy Stihl FG2 or FG3

    Found an FG3 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  13. R

    Sold Stihl 076 with mill

    Would you sell just the mill for $100? If so I'm in. Already have an 880 or I'd be interested in saw. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  14. R

    Want to Buy Stihl FG2 or FG3

    Interested in either. Let me know what you've got. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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