Milled up an old growth western red cedar over my Christmas holidays. The slab I was working on was not quite half the tree. It was about 5' across and 8'6" long. I had to rip it into quarters so that I could mill it. As you can see the morning weather was quite nice.
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irishcountry
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Beautiful wood beautiful scenery what more could you want! Put that stuff to good use!! Thanks for the pics.
By the time I got to the second quarter the weather had turned ugly you can see the waves on the water in the back ground. But I stuck with it and managed to finish. I cut this piece into 9/4 x 20" wide face grain. The face grain sure looks nice.
This part of the tree I estimated at about 990 years old. I counted 100 years in one part of the slow growth in 4.5" and in a faster part I counted 45 years in 4.5"
This part of the tree I estimated at about 990 years old. I counted 100 years in one part of the slow growth in 4.5" and in a faster part I counted 45 years in 4.5"
woodshop
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BEAUTIFL beautiful clear wood. Have you milled other species? I ask because I wonder how much faster/easier or not it is going through that wide of a cedar plank compared to a hardwood. I would assume easier being softwood, but I never milled anything like the log you have there.
Thanks for posting those pics... love to see other parts of the world, trees we can only dream of here on east coast US.
Thanks for posting those pics... love to see other parts of the world, trees we can only dream of here on east coast US.
grandpatractor
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Wow- nice find!!
Woodshop
I have only cut cedar, white pine and birch so I am not sure on the speed thing? I also don't usually cut stuff that big. I cut it up using a 265 special, kind of a small saw for 20" cut but it works. Western red cedar is very soft but it will never rot.
I have only cut cedar, white pine and birch so I am not sure on the speed thing? I also don't usually cut stuff that big. I cut it up using a 265 special, kind of a small saw for 20" cut but it works. Western red cedar is very soft but it will never rot.
VT-Woodchuck
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Absolutely gorgeous! I am VERY jealous :hmm3grin2orange:
Haywire Haywood
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Sure is different from the eastern cedar we have around here. nice pics.
Ian
Ian
aquan8tor
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Great grain and nice cutting too!
Trigger-Time
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I love the looks of that wood, it's very beautiful.
Ianab
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Thats some NICE wood there 
Rough sawn like that it looks very similar to the Monterey cypress I cut here in NZ. But it has that clear straight grain and tight growth rings that only old growth trees have.
Any plans for the wood, should be able to make some nice table or bar tops from that stuff?
Cheers
Ian
Rough sawn like that it looks very similar to the Monterey cypress I cut here in NZ. But it has that clear straight grain and tight growth rings that only old growth trees have.
Any plans for the wood, should be able to make some nice table or bar tops from that stuff?
Cheers
Ian
smokechase II
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Nice opening
"Milled up an old growth western red cedar over my Christmas holidays."
Boy that'll get some attention if posted on an environmentalist web site.
What do you cut on for Easter?
"Milled up an old growth western red cedar over my Christmas holidays."
Boy that'll get some attention if posted on an environmentalist web site.
What do you cut on for Easter?
smokechase II
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Eastern 'Red' Cedar
Haywire:
http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/eastern_red_cedar.htm
If it is Eastern 'Red' Cedar that is actually a juniper.
Juniper are generally a somewhat hard wood for a conifer.
I believe Juniper and Cedar are from the same family.
Both usually have wonderful odors. Even if the woods don't cut the same.
Haywire:
http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/eastern_red_cedar.htm
If it is Eastern 'Red' Cedar that is actually a juniper.
Juniper are generally a somewhat hard wood for a conifer.
I believe Juniper and Cedar are from the same family.
Both usually have wonderful odors. Even if the woods don't cut the same.
MikeInParadise
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Very Nice....Great pictures, Nice Grain!!!
Next time can you please push those logs back into the water and send them through the Panama Canel to Muhoney's beach on the coast of Newfoundland and I can walk down and mill them!
Please make sure that they stay away from from the US coast for the trip so that all the other on here don't try and get them first
Next time can you please push those logs back into the water and send them through the Panama Canel to Muhoney's beach on the coast of Newfoundland and I can walk down and mill them!
Please make sure that they stay away from from the US coast for the trip so that all the other on here don't try and get them first
Very Nice....Great pictures, Nice Grain!!!
Next time can you please push those logs back into the water and send them through the Panama Canel to Muhoney's beach on the coast of Newfoundland and I can walk down and mill them!
Please make sure that they stay away from from the US coast for the trip so that all the other on here don't try and get them first
Maybe when the northern ice cap melts enough I can send them though the north west passage
Woodsurfer
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That is some A-1 driftwood! Thanks for the pics! 
