A little millin'....

[Trigger-Time]

Aggie, is that Poulan bar oil you are using? I just bought 4 gallons to try out.

 

[aggiewoodbutchr]

Hi Aggie very nice mate , so do ya reckon you can mail me some of your little milling peices! as usual wonderful stuff mate , some great shots , you have some nice looking logs there mate . Cheers MM

Sure! You paying the freight?

 

[aggiewoodbutchr]

Aggie, is that Poulan bar oil you are using? I just bought 4 gallons to try out.

Yep- some may argue with me but bar oil is bar oil IMO. I buy the cheapest I can find and let it flow wide open.

 

[aggiewoodbutchr]

Here's some pictures from today's work.

Sized down another sweetgum for the bandmill.

Started on another pecan.

 

[aggiewoodbutchr]

More pics...

I didn't get any action shots but this is the last slab we took from the log we were working on yesterday.

 

[oldsaw]

Yep- some may argue with me but bar oil is bar oil IMO. I buy the cheapest I can find and let it flow wide open.

I've got 3 gallons of the stuff for the aux oiler. I was buying it because it was thinner than regular bar oil, but have found lately that it has been very inconsistent over the past couple of years. Not worrying about it, it goes in the aux oiler, although I wouldn't lose any sleep putting it in the saws.

Good work, Aggie. I'm jealous.

Mark

 

[aggiewoodbutchr]

I've got 3 gallons of the stuff for the aux oiler. I was buying it because it was thinner than regular bar oil, but have found lately that it has been very inconsistent over the past couple of years. Not worrying about it, it goes in the aux oiler, although I wouldn't lose any sleep putting it in the saws.

Good work, Aggie. I'm jealous.

Mark

Thanks.

I buy the cheap 5w-30 from Walmart for the auxiliary oiler. I like how it flows more readily than bar oil and the additional volume seems to keep the bar tip cooler.

 

[Adkpk]

Be interesting to see what your used chain collection looks like.


Large and in charge, aggie!:jawdrop:

 

[oldsaw]

Thanks.

I buy the cheap 5w-30 from Walmart for the auxiliary oiler. I like how it flows more readily than bar oil and the additional volume seems to keep the bar tip cooler.

Considered that, but at the temps I usually mill at, the Poulan stuff has no trouble flowing.

Mark

 

[rayvil01]

Un-real how big those slabs are. Wow, Man, great stuff. Thanks for all the pics.

 

[johncinco]

With those logs up on the butts like that, it looks like a tree grave yard.


Next on the History Channel, Where trees go to die....

You have more lumber tied up in stickers than most people need to build a house! Plenty of air circulation there! But I am guessing you have them that way to be able to use the forks to move them around.

Are you kiln drying the strutural wood you are cutting or just using it air dried?

 

[aggiewoodbutchr]

With those logs up on the butts like that, it looks like a tree grave yard.


Next on the History Channel, Where trees go to die....

You have more lumber tied up in stickers than most people need to build a house! Plenty of air circulation there! But I am guessing you have them that way to be able to use the forks to move them around.

Are you kiln drying the strutural wood you are cutting or just using it air dried?

Those are for a couple of reasons. They are free (shipping timbers from work), they give plenty of room for the fork lift and they have the spine needed to keep the slabs flat. When I get around to bolting this stack together I'll post a pic so you can see exactly how I use them.

This structural lumber will be air dried... in place on the barn.