taking something ugly and making it pretty

[woodchuckcanuck]

Yesterday I took something ugly and made it look pretty. The goal was to take the free afternoon and see how many logs I can do. Managed to get 3 done, with two good size cants about 12x12 and a 16x16 while one log held a surprise (hidden rot in center) so that one had to be whittled down. Along with a selection of 1x boards. One was particularly nasty and took a while to get it to the point where I could pass the mill over it. In the end it produced a 16x61 cant with a little bit of wane. Then I trimmed it to 12-1/4 x 14-1/2 to that it could sit on the pallet at the same height as the other large 12-1/4 x 12-1/4 cant I made earlier.

 

[Mike Van]

Years ago I thought there was gold in every log, and I sawed some like that. I learned there's a lot of manure in some of them too. Like that one. Huge knots full of pitch that crack & fall out, plus other defects too many to count. Boiler fuel right there -

 

[Marine5068]

Yesterday I took something ugly and made it look pretty. The goal was to take the free afternoon and see how many logs I can do. Managed to get 3 done, with two good size cants about 12x12 and a 16x16 while one log held a surprise (hidden rot in center) so that one had to be whittled down. Along with a selection of 1x boards. One was particularly nasty and took a while to get it to the point where I could pass the mill over it. In the end it produced a 16x61 cant with a little bit of wane. Then I trimmed it to 12-1/4 x 14-1/2 to that it could sit on the pallet at the same height as the other large 12-1/4 x 12-1/4 cant I made earlier.

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Good that you could make something.
It does look like a knarly one.
Is it Spruce or White Pine that you mill, mainly?

 

[woodchuckcanuck]

Good that you could make something.
It does look like a knarly one.
Is it Spruce or White Pine that you mill, mainly?

I mill whatever comes in the yard, spruce, pine, fir, maple, birch, oak, juniper.

 

[thenne1713]

YEARS ago, when I believe EPOXY AND WW USE OF it was New, I read an (magazine?) article about a company using a black or brown (or both?) epoxy to fill long, narrow voids in the saw boards, and then making beautiful furniture. I do not believe the color chip additives were even in use yet? I thought I recalled the wood was Texas Mesquite, but apparently I might be wrong on the species?

 

[Wow]

Yesterday I took something ugly and made it look pretty. The goal was to take the free afternoon and see how many logs I can do. Managed to get 3 done, with two good size cants about 12x12 and a 16x16 while one log held a surprise (hidden rot in center) so that one had to be whittled down. Along with a selection of 1x boards. One was particularly nasty and took a while to get it to the point where I could pass the mill over it. In the end it produced a 16x61 cant with a little bit of wane. Then I trimmed it to 12-1/4 x 14-1/2 to that it could sit on the pallet at the same height as the other large 12-1/4 x 12-1/4 cant I made earlier.

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WOW, AMAZING. So good. That speaks well of you.

 

[thenne1713]

Nice