Milling Table & dab of ceder pics

[Trigger-Time]

Hello, Built a milling table or bench this weekend, tried
it out with a little dab of Eastern Red Ceder.
Just thought I would post a couple of pics.

Gary

 

[dustytools]

Interesting set-up Trigger. Do you have any more pics of the table? Is the guide rail adjustable up and down?

 

[wdchuck]

Yes,yes, more details, and pics.

What did you mill with?

 

[woodshop]

yes interesting... how do you get the log up onto the table? Do you have some way of holding the log stable, like a dog here or there, or does the guide kinda keep it steady?

Nice redcedar. My whole house smells of that stuff as we speak, as I was in woodshop working with it all eve. Curious how much it goes for out there. It's about $2.50 a bd ft here in PA, but hard to get good quality clear stuff.

 

[Adkpk]

That board looks like it come out pretty clean. Nice work.

 

[Trigger-Time]

Interesting set-up Trigger. Do you have any more pics of the table? Is the guide rail adjustable up and down?

Dusty, No more pics, for now

The guide rail is adjustable, I'm still working on it. Built the bench
part of it Sat. woke up Sun. and had a bout with kidney stones
(and thats not done yet) worked on the rails some yesterday.
I'm hoping to make the rail system, so I don't have to readjust
the mill all the time, for all of the smaller ceder logs I have.

Gary

 

[Adkpk]

Is that saw dust on the floor? Do you do that inside, must be loud?

 

[Trigger-Time]

Yes,yes, more details, and pics.

What did you mill with?

A 066 and a Alaskan mill, When I get more of it figured out I will.

Gary

 

[Trigger-Time]

yes interesting... how do you get the log up onto the table? Do you have some way of holding the log stable, like a dog here or there, or does the guide kinda keep it steady?

Nice redcedar. My whole house smells of that stuff as we speak, as I was in woodshop working with it all eve. Curious how much it goes for out there. It's about $2.50 a bd ft here in PA, but hard to get good quality clear stuff.

Woodshop, I have a tractor for the bigger stuff, My big idea is to try
to make ceder lining for closet's. I have no idea what it sells for a board foot
But you can sell ceder cord wood around here for $90.00 a cord

Gary

 

[dustytools]

Good luck with the stones. Cant wait to see some more pictures. I love to mill cedar, it always has cool grain patterns and shade variations. Good looking work.

 

[Trigger-Time]

Is that saw dust on the floor? Do you do that inside, must be loud?

Yes it is, It's from Building the milling table, and thats in a 12X20' shed.

 

[Adkpk]

I meant the chainsaw inside. Guess not, huh?

 

[Adkpk]

Oh ya, the stones. Had a gall bladder thing a decade or so ago. Feel for you bro. There is probably no worst pain that abdominal pain.

 

[Trigger-Time]

Oh ya, the stones. Had a gall bladder thing a decade or so ago. Feel for you bro. There is probably no worst pain that abdominal pain.

Wet through this 4 years ago.

You guys got me fired up I went and took a few more pics.
will post shortly.

Gary

 

[Trigger-Time]

A few more pics.

Gary

 

[Adkpk]

Brillant.

 

[Trigger-Time]

Brillant.

I don't know about the Brilliant, But thanks anyway

With out this site and it's members I would have no idea where to begin


Thanks everyone, Gary

 

[Trigger-Time]

yes interesting... how do you get the log up onto the table? Do you have some way of holding the log stable, like a dog here or there, or does the guide kinda keep it steady?

Nice redcedar. My whole house smells of that stuff as we speak, as I was in woodshop working with it all eve. Curious how much it goes for out there. It's about $2.50 a bd ft here in PA, but hard to get good quality clear stuff.

Woodshop, Most of my ceder logs taper after 3 to 4' allot, So I'm going
to be doing allot of short logs and load them by hand. I'm going to buy
or make something like a beam machine that will run on it's own set
of rails. where I can slab the log, turn it and slab the next side and so on.
I'm thinking about using deck screws, run up through the bottoms of
the 2x4 cross pieces of the table to hold the logs in place.

A good friend of mine owns the local hardware/lumber yard, So I have
less than $35.00 in the table. The I-Beam are 12' long and where returned
form a job that ordered the wrong size. Another one of my BIG IDEAS
is to get 4 more of them and make a carriage type mill, with a angle iron
track for when I start mill the bigger stuff. I have allot of White oak
, Walnut & Cherry but thats down the road.

Back to the ceder do you mill your own ceder (Eastern Red).
If so how long should it dry?

Does it dry faster than say White Oak?

Your cracker holders (which I really like) What do you use (finish) on
the ceder, since it is used for food stuff?




Thanks, Gary

 

[woodshop]

Back to the ceder do you mill your own ceder (Eastern Red).
If so how long should it dry?

Does it dry faster than say White Oak?

Your cracker holders (which I really like) What do you use (finish) on
the ceder, since it is used for food stuff?
Thanks, Gary

I have milled and dried redcedar in the past, dries very fast, like pine or poplar, about half as long as my oak takes. Unfortunately, of all the wood I mill, redcedar is the ONE that I don't mill enough of to keep up with the demands of my customers, so that is the ONE wood I have to buy. I order 3-400 ft from a mill in central PA, but again, it's hard to get good clear redcedar that is not very expensive.

As for finish, I put ONLY edible walnut oil or sunflower oil on them. Both can be found in the supermarket, and both are relatively cheap for the amount needed. Both bring out the color and grain of the wood. Actually ANY kitchen oil, even vegetable oil, will work but some oils if exposed to direct sunlight on a hot day tend to get rancid. While that is rare, I stick to walnut or sunflower oil because they don't. At shows, I tell customers to re-oil their cracker holder or bread/cheese boards I sell with a paper towel/oil once in a while to keep the thing looking good. Often wonder how many actually do that. Probably very few.

 

[Trigger-Time]

woodshop, I brought a 3/8X8X16" piece of ceder in the house
before I ask I put some Canola oil on it to see what it would do
but you have saved me the trouble, I will get some sunflower oil.
I also filled two quart jars will the milling dust, have it spread
on a big cookie sheet letting it dry some. So our house smells
like ceder too

Thanks, Gary