Milling pecans...

aggiewoodbutchr · Jan 22, 2008

I finally got to make a cut this evening. This is one half of the log split by an excavator.

Cut's finished. The blue oil bottle is on there for weight in case you were wondering.

36" wide at the narrowest point.

Just a little figure.

I'll probably take two 2 1/2" - 3" slabs off it and quarter the remaining cant to finish on the bandmill.

More to come....

Stihl-in-Ky · Jan 22, 2008

Way to go looks great to me :cheers:

Aggie you suggested that I try one of the Lennox blades on my grizzly bandsaw well I finaly got one and put it on and realy love it so far cuts fast and the curf is smaller to boot:jawdrop: Thanks for the info.

BobL · Jan 22, 2008

Oh Yeah Bay . . . bee . . . . ! :clap:

Keep churning out those pics.

Way too hot to mill here. I have resigned myself to giving it a rest for a month or two over the height of summer.

Cheers

dustytools · Jan 22, 2008

Looks like fun! :clap:

wdchuck · Jan 22, 2008

opcorn:

zopi · Jan 22, 2008

Nice!

aggiewoodbutchr · Jan 22, 2008

Stihl-in-Ky said:
Way to go looks great to me
Aggie you suggested that I try one of the Lennox blades on my grizzly bandsaw well I finaly got one and put it on and realy love it so far cuts fast and the curf is smaller to boot:jawdrop: Thanks for the info.

Glad to hear it. I'm still using the same one I put on over 7 months ago.

irishcountry · Jan 22, 2008

Awesome

Looks like it won't dissappoint nice grain. Is that a off the shelf Gb mill I remember seeing some mods you did (to the clamps on tips) but I cant remember if you built it from scratch or started with a Gb and modded it to do what you needed?? Thanks for the pics!!

Narwhale · Jan 22, 2008

aggiewoodbutchr,
Congrats on openning her up.
Sure looks good up there, been light rain drizzly all day down here. Do you have enough solid ground to pick up the slabs after you cut them with some kind of loader?
Should be the first of many.
Rich S.

aggiewoodbutchr · Jan 22, 2008

irishcountry said:
Looks like it won't dissappoint nice grain. Is that a off the shelf Gb mill I remember seeing some mods you did (to the clamps on tips) but I cant remember if you built it from scratch or started with a Gb and modded it to do what you needed?? Thanks for the pics!!

I started with a GB. The only major mod I've done to it is the tip clamp. I've done a few other things like changing all the 6mm bolts out for 1/4", smooth sliding surfaces out, etc.

Narwhale said:
aggiewoodbutchr,
Congrats on openning her up.
Sure looks good up there, been light rain drizzly all day down here. Do you have enough solid ground to pick up the slabs after you cut them with some kind of loader?
Should be the first of many.
Rich S.

The camera must have made it look better than it was. It drizzled all day here too. For now I'll just be sliding the slabs off by hand until we get our bobcat (with tracks on) back over here.

irishcountry · Jan 23, 2008

Thanks for the info and pics.

Sprig · Jan 23, 2008

Ooooooo nice grain in that there Aggie! :clap:

so whatcha going to make out of it?

:cheers:

Serge

aggiewoodbutchr · Jan 23, 2008

Slabs!

The weather gave me a little break today and I had to get out side.

This log had some nice tight curly grain full length both sides. I can't wait to see it with oil and varnish on it.

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aggiewoodbutchr · Jan 23, 2008

more pics

More curly grain.

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BobL · Jan 23, 2008

Droooo . o . o . o . o . o. lllll.
(Excuse me while I wipe my chin)

Aggie, it looks like you are using the blue weight on a regular basis - is that right?

Carry on!

aggiewoodbutchr · Jan 23, 2008

BobL said:
Droooo . o . o . o . o . o. lllll.
(Excuse me while I wipe my chin)

Aggie, it looks like you are using the blue weight on a regular basis - is that right?

Carry on!

Yes, or something similar. It prevents the outboard end from rising off the rails, especially when I'm using the long bars by myself.

Adkpk · Jan 23, 2008

Oooh, milling pecan, trees.

Maan, if I had a lear jet I would want to play a aggie's house.:jawdrop:

BobL · Jan 23, 2008

aggiewoodbutchr said:
Yes, or something similar. It prevents the outboard end from rising off the rails, especially when I'm using the long bars by myself.

It seems like a relatively small distance, but I reckoned that removing the chain brake and having the 076 power head as close to the rails as possible has definitely helped balance the BIL mill a little better in this regard. There is just enough of a gap between the powerhead and the mill for me to sneak the chain out without having to take the power off the mill.