Daninvan
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I was starting to feel a bit sorry for myself, my last couple of milling outings had not worked out well. I had basically been skunked by bad logs.
This yellow cedar had been lying around for months, it was a quarter of a log, twisted, cracked, weathered, and covered in sand. An excellent candidate for more disappointment! That being said, it did have some clear sections, and I love quarter sawn old growth yellow cedar, so I figured I'd take a chance on it.
First I cut it down to just under ten feet long. It doesn't look very yellow in this picture, I blame the camera.
The embedded sand was murder on the chain though, I spent quite a bit of time cleaning and peeling off the outer layer, but there was still a ton. I was sharpening once per slab, and on one slab I had to stop and resharpen in the middle of the slab! It was worth it though, I wound up with five nice planks, probably 12 to 16" wide. The yellow is more obvious in this picture.
As a bonus, it was a very pleasant day with no rain and just enough breeze to blow the dust and exhaust away!
This yellow cedar had been lying around for months, it was a quarter of a log, twisted, cracked, weathered, and covered in sand. An excellent candidate for more disappointment! That being said, it did have some clear sections, and I love quarter sawn old growth yellow cedar, so I figured I'd take a chance on it.
First I cut it down to just under ten feet long. It doesn't look very yellow in this picture, I blame the camera.
The embedded sand was murder on the chain though, I spent quite a bit of time cleaning and peeling off the outer layer, but there was still a ton. I was sharpening once per slab, and on one slab I had to stop and resharpen in the middle of the slab! It was worth it though, I wound up with five nice planks, probably 12 to 16" wide. The yellow is more obvious in this picture.
As a bonus, it was a very pleasant day with no rain and just enough breeze to blow the dust and exhaust away!
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