I lost my cherry

[7oaks]

I have been clearing a place to build a pole barn behind the cabin and had to remove a nice black cherry tree. It's going to make some real nice lumber after I mill it.


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This photo shows the size of the tree with respect to the other trees around it:

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TIMBER!

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Cutting the first mill log with the 056. I really love that saw when it comes to work. Making the top cut before the undercut.

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Tractoring the first log off the hill to the mill.

 

[jockeydeuce]

Great post!!! That's a sweet piece of wood! Can't wait to see the grain in that once you've got it sawed.......Hurry up, we need more pics!

BTW....Love your house too!

 

[little possum]

Very nice Carl. Nice looking place also.

Im waiting for mill pictures too

 

[mtngun]

Your tree is a beauty.

What kind of mill you got ?

 

[7oaks]

Thanks guys...

It's a Norwood lumber lite bandsaw. Can mill logs up to 12'.

 

[igpoe]

Thanks guys...

It's a Norwood lumber lite bandsaw. Can mill logs up to 12'.

I'm assuming this is the WVA. site!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Igpoe

 

[Muffler Bearing]

Great Shots! Looking foward to the milling shots. Also you have a great looking house and property.

 

[7oaks]

I'm assuming this is the WVA. site!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Igpoe

Yeah - that's the cabin in the woods. What keeps me going.

 

[outdoorlivin247]

Yeah - that's the cabin in the woods. What keeps me going.

So what you are telling us is your cabin in the woods is not your home?.......I want to be you, not really, I just want what you have...

 

[discounthunter]

hurry up and get that thing on the mill!

 

[o8f150]

dang it,,,thought this was going to be a good thread,,,,:jawdrop:,,,, and by the way,,,,that will make some nice boards

 

[ric5141]

Nice tree..what a beautiful location for the cabin.....

 

[Gumnuts]

Thanks for taking the time to post this Carl. i only get to see American Cherry
at a mate furniture biz.
I have'nt struck any here, used for ornamentals Yet.
What's the project plan for the lumber ?
Luv to see some more shots of the mill.....when you get the chance.

 

[Moose315]

Awsome pics! Absolutely beautiful cabin!!!!

 

[7oaks]

Thanks for all the nice words guys! I'll post some pics when I mill the log but that might be awhile. I like them to dry some before milling. Besides I have a stack of black walnut, hickory and spalted maple to do first.

 

[gink595]

That bark looks differnt than the Black Cherry I see around here, Beautiful cabin!

 

[huskyhank]

that bark looks differnt than the black cherry i see around here, beautiful cabin!

+1

 

[buzz sawyer]

Thanks for all the nice words guys! I'll post some pics when I mill the log but that might be awhile. I like them to dry some before milling. Besides I have a stack of black walnut, hickory and spalted maple to do first.

Those pics bring back some nice memories Carl - saws screaming, deer burgers on the grill, ice cold Iron City. These guys need to see the rest of the place.

Was that the RA I saw poking out of the rear of the tractor?
Seen your bear buddy lately?

 

[J.W Younger]

Thats a great looking log but I never would have guessed it was cherry.

 

[7oaks]

Is the log cherry?

You guys have got me there. :help: I'm no expert and I didn't try to positively identify this tree at the time because I was just cutting and moving trees as fast as I could (not to mention all the slash and stumps).

Since I won't be back to the farm until this weekend I, regrettably, can't run out and try to make a more accurate identification.

I based my initial id on several observations.

First the large upper branches have bark similar to this:

Which is definitely black cherry young limbs/twigs. (not my picture but taken from the web).

A quick glance at the newly sprouting leaves also suggested cherry.

The wood was a light color right after cutting but, within a short time, it started darkening and ended up a rusty red color (the color I associate with the cherry I have milled before).

This evening I went online and spent several hours :Eye: trying to make a positive bark identification but all the experts' photos vary so significantly, for the same tree, that I couldn't even come close. So give me a few days and I'll be back out there and do a better job of identification.