duffontap
ArboristSite Member
Well, it was another fine morning of enjoying the aftermath of the worst storm in 50 years. There are nice, big logs everywhere and in a lot of cases people are dying to give them away. This is a sequence of a 8' hemlock butt cut being milled into 1x12" boards to side my shed.
People talk about what hard work this is but for me it was a totally relaxing morning. There's some hard work involved--sure--but most of the time your just walking the saw through the cut and that just gives me the time I need to think about stuff. Every board that comes off the cant looks different.
About all my little truck will handle:
From the time I pulled up to the deck to the time I left, I spent between 3 and 3 1/2 hours of pure milling pleasure. I ended up with 13 perfect boards and some good firewood. When my wife saw the boards in the back of the truck she said, 'wow, that thing was a good investment!'
J. D.
People talk about what hard work this is but for me it was a totally relaxing morning. There's some hard work involved--sure--but most of the time your just walking the saw through the cut and that just gives me the time I need to think about stuff. Every board that comes off the cant looks different.
About all my little truck will handle:
From the time I pulled up to the deck to the time I left, I spent between 3 and 3 1/2 hours of pure milling pleasure. I ended up with 13 perfect boards and some good firewood. When my wife saw the boards in the back of the truck she said, 'wow, that thing was a good investment!'
J. D.
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