jagchaser
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I downed a 30" walnut yesterday and I see I have some problems. About 6 feet high is a stainless steel plastic encased dog cable. It grew around it and it is deeper than just the bark. I tried to pull it out with the pickup but the cable snapped. At about 5 feet high is a soft wire that was wrapped and grown around.
I was going to start milling this piece today, but now Im undecided. I am running my stihl 880 on an Alaskan mill. I could cut out that section, but will be left with a 4ft piece and probably an 8 foot log above it. Or I muscle thru it, sharpen each cut and end up with some 14ft slabs with lots of character? What would you do?
Hopefully this is all the trash in the log. I will probably be wrong. The last one I cut I found about 20 nails in the first slab. Surprisingly I was able to finish the slab before sharpening.
I was going to start milling this piece today, but now Im undecided. I am running my stihl 880 on an Alaskan mill. I could cut out that section, but will be left with a 4ft piece and probably an 8 foot log above it. Or I muscle thru it, sharpen each cut and end up with some 14ft slabs with lots of character? What would you do?
Hopefully this is all the trash in the log. I will probably be wrong. The last one I cut I found about 20 nails in the first slab. Surprisingly I was able to finish the slab before sharpening.