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AS milling has been a little slow lately... thought I would post some milling pics. Spent a few days with my new milling companion John Bowman of Bowman Farms not far from here in Eastern PA. He needed a few trees taken down, and I needed some black walnut for my shop. Another win-win situation. We dropped this 22 inch walnut first as it was tearing into a stone wall as it grew.
A shame to take down such a beautiful tree, but life goes on.
on the ground, fell exactly where I wanted it to
buck into 8, 7 and 5 ft lengths... wanted to take advantage of that nice crotch piece. Crotch is always a crap shoot though, and this one wasn't as nice as could have been, had a little rot in center of it... thats the way it goes.
here is John slabbing off the sapwood. It was his first ever milling experience, and he handled it like a pro. He did say he had a new found appreciation for us milling guys after wresteling that thing down the log.
He got his trees down, and I burned some calories and took home a ton of walnut. Who could ask for anything more???
A shame to take down such a beautiful tree, but life goes on.
on the ground, fell exactly where I wanted it to
buck into 8, 7 and 5 ft lengths... wanted to take advantage of that nice crotch piece. Crotch is always a crap shoot though, and this one wasn't as nice as could have been, had a little rot in center of it... thats the way it goes.
here is John slabbing off the sapwood. It was his first ever milling experience, and he handled it like a pro. He did say he had a new found appreciation for us milling guys after wresteling that thing down the log.
He got his trees down, and I burned some calories and took home a ton of walnut. Who could ask for anything more???
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