A good day milling poplar and spruce

[woodchuckcanuck]

Finally getting back to milling after the winter break. Got rid of the poplar logs on the log deck. As luck would have it, the last one rolled onto the mill and when it did, the 5x6" log deck beam (also poplar) split in half. So after a quick repair, we milled up the rest into 2.5" thcik, random width planks. There's alocal wood carver who likes using poplar for carving so this lift will get set aside to air dry for a while. When he comes round again, it will be ready for him. Meanwhile, the missus does the sweeping. Its a full time job cleaning up after me

 

[ammoaddict]

I have a couple poplars that need to come down and I have a chainsaw Mill that I haven't tried out yet. I'm just wondering what poplar could be used for. I have some woodworking tools but don't know what I could make from poplar.

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[woodchuckcanuck]

See the board and batten in the background of the photos? That's all poplar. Its also good for trim molding, wagon, barn floors and stalls. I use it just as if it was pine.

 

[abbott295]

Note: Poplar in Nova Scotia may not be the same as poplar in North Carolina. In North Carolina it might be Yellow Poplar, aka Tulip Poplar. Still has a lot of uses.

 

[foeke]

I would make wooden shoes from them. And paint them orange.
Or red, white and blue.

 

[ammoaddict]

Note: Poplar in Nova Scotia may not be the same as poplar in North Carolina. In North Carolina it might be Yellow Poplar, aka Tulip Poplar. Still has a lot of uses.

Thanks, I didn't realize we were in different countries. We have always just called it poplar, I didn't know there were different species. It's a relatively soft wood and not real pretty grain, at least not to me.

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