Sawyer Rob
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Well, today i milled the "top" log, from the tree my friend gave me a few days ago... Here it is on the mill,
Now, i've been accused of "never" telling about anything breaking on my sawmill, and actually, nothing has....until yesterday... lol Well, here it is folks! I broke the handle on the valve that is on the water bottle!
Lucky for me some time ago, i ordered the small "inline" water valve from Norwood, and they sent me the one in the pict. by mistake! When i emailed them about it, they told me to keep it, and then sent me the right one too! So, i had the part to fix my water tank before i got started today! (THANKYOU Norwood!)
Anyway, i looked the log over, and tried to figure how out to get started, as this top log had a hollow spot in the small end. Once i made that decision, i took a slab and a flitch off and turned the log 90*. The problem is, with the log turned 90*, it was sitting on a knob that held the log in such a way, i didn't like it, so i turned it 90* more!
And took another slab and a couple more flitches... Here you can see the rotted hollow center of the tree, the trick is, to work around it getting the MAX amount of lumber as you do...
So, i took flitches untill i ended up with a 12" wide log...
Then once again, turning the log 90*, and taking the slab off,
And 2x12's until i got down to the rotted center,
And here's what that center looked like!
Now, i've been accused of "never" telling about anything breaking on my sawmill, and actually, nothing has....until yesterday... lol Well, here it is folks! I broke the handle on the valve that is on the water bottle!
Lucky for me some time ago, i ordered the small "inline" water valve from Norwood, and they sent me the one in the pict. by mistake! When i emailed them about it, they told me to keep it, and then sent me the right one too! So, i had the part to fix my water tank before i got started today! (THANKYOU Norwood!)
Anyway, i looked the log over, and tried to figure how out to get started, as this top log had a hollow spot in the small end. Once i made that decision, i took a slab and a flitch off and turned the log 90*. The problem is, with the log turned 90*, it was sitting on a knob that held the log in such a way, i didn't like it, so i turned it 90* more!
And took another slab and a couple more flitches... Here you can see the rotted hollow center of the tree, the trick is, to work around it getting the MAX amount of lumber as you do...
So, i took flitches untill i ended up with a 12" wide log...
Then once again, turning the log 90*, and taking the slab off,
And 2x12's until i got down to the rotted center,
And here's what that center looked like!