Woodsurfer
ArboristSite Operative
Got some milling done this weekend. This old hemlock lost its top third over the winter and had to come down.
First time I have felled a tree using my milling saw. Takes some effort to cut at chest hight! I have a lot of respect for guys who cut all day with a 066. Whew!
Look at that concentration! I look like a brain surgeon cutting open a cranium.
This tree had issues, look at the rot down the center. You can see a big crack that opened down the side when the holding wood broke.
After cutting 6 feet off the bottom and top ends, I was left with some reasonable wood for milling, about 25 feet total. Hemlock mills pretty fast. Nice to stand up tall for the start of the cut, but by the end I was in full "miller's stoop" mode, someone call the massage therapist!
Here's my payoff. Some soft spots and a few streaks of rot, but mostly nice wood. Cut mostly 5/4, a few 9/4 for fun.
I counted the rings, over 200 years old and that was about ten feet from the stump. Some real old growth!
It will look nice as wall boards in my gazebo project.
First time I have felled a tree using my milling saw. Takes some effort to cut at chest hight! I have a lot of respect for guys who cut all day with a 066. Whew!
Look at that concentration! I look like a brain surgeon cutting open a cranium.
This tree had issues, look at the rot down the center. You can see a big crack that opened down the side when the holding wood broke.
After cutting 6 feet off the bottom and top ends, I was left with some reasonable wood for milling, about 25 feet total. Hemlock mills pretty fast. Nice to stand up tall for the start of the cut, but by the end I was in full "miller's stoop" mode, someone call the massage therapist!
Here's my payoff. Some soft spots and a few streaks of rot, but mostly nice wood. Cut mostly 5/4, a few 9/4 for fun.
I counted the rings, over 200 years old and that was about ten feet from the stump. Some real old growth!
It will look nice as wall boards in my gazebo project.