wood to mill

[terryknight]

Today i picked up some cherry logs to mill with my new Alaskan Mill. 2 were 8'6" and the other was 11'6" about 16-18" in diameter. My buddy helped me out and got a load of firewood

 

[john taliaferro]

Those are some nice rigs and your friend got some nice wood to
were are gonna need pictures when you cut the logs open ya no .

 

[terryknight]

Those are some nice rigs and your friend got some nice wood to
were are gonna need pictures when you cut the logs open ya no .

thanks and will do. just need to find time now

 

[qbilder]

Is that domesticated cherry? The smooth bark looks like a cherry tree I milled. It looked completely different than wild black cherry as a log, but the wood looked pretty much the same.

 

[terryknight]

Is that domesticated cherry? The smooth bark looks like a cherry tree I milled. It looked completely different than wild black cherry as a log, but the wood looked pretty much the same.

i believe it is. i'll get you pictures when i get to milling it. hope to next week

 

[lmbeachy]

Logs look pretty straight for wild cherry on the eastern shore. I have some that have been cut for a couple of years but none that straight. Nice rig to load and haul logs. lmbeachy

 

[terryknight]

well i had a day to play with my mill

packed up everything i thought i would need

forgot somethings namely my toolbox doh!!

saw these guys mocking me all day. goose season doesn't start til the 17th. but i have figured out the best way to shoot them is to mill and they fly right over your head

finally got the log set up and the mill set up

first slab. milling is a success

continued in a second post....

 

[terryknight]

had a piece split on my. that was a little surprising

man this makes some sawdust (another pic of the mill, i really like this thing).

wood cut and stacked

read all the info/tips/tricks in the sticky it was very helpful. i will add: eye drops would have been nice, got some of that sawdust in my eyes. i learned alot and would like to think i got better and more efficient as a cut. thanks for all the help guys.

 

[john taliaferro]

Ok take 4 advill and go to bed , first call is 6 and well do it again .

 

[mikeb1079]

looking good terry!

that timber sure looks like fruit cherry, not black cherry which is what i was thinking it was. i've always wondered what the other cherry species looked like and now i know.

don't worry about that splitting action cherry (at least black cherry) is known for it especially anything around the center of the log.

good job

 

[starsailor]

What's the concrete structure you're milling on top of? It look like a nice height to save your back over a long day of milling.

 

[terryknight]

What's the concrete structure you're milling on top of? It look like a nice height to save your back over a long day of milling.

it's an old water trough works great so long as he wind is blowing the right direction

 

[Gravedigger]

Is that Blue Ford truck owner Frank. If so that trailer has been behind my truck alot with wood also

 

[terryknight]

Is that Blue Ford truck owner Frank. If so that trailer has been behind my truck alot with wood also

yep that is frank's truck. i know him through a powerstroke forum

 

[Gravedigger]

I'm his wife's uncle and that's my father-in-laws trailer.

Been looking at milling . i have a couple logs that need milled.

 

[discounthunter]

looks good. fruit trees are really prone to splitting(not checking,splitting!) only thing i would have done different is cut parallel to that big crack,not perpendicular.

 

[Mac88]

Terry, do you have plans for that wood? Just curious. We just put a few hundred board feet of 1-by red oak in the basement to dry, with another hundred or so to go, and maybe a hundred of cherry. The Mrs has been making bookcase noises. ;o)

 

[terryknight]

okay I met the father in law. i was at their house warming for a little while. don't know if you were there or not?

i am having a blast milling. definitely worth it, IMO

 

[j_h_s]

Ripcheck

Expanding on what discounthunter said:

Always try and mill logs parallel with the rip check in a log.

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[Gravedigger]

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