felling, milling & timing

[outofstepper]

Follow up questions to my other ones.. thought I'd put it in its own thread:

how much time do I have before I have to get my boards stacked to make
sure they stay flat as possible?

Can I drop a tree today, mill it tomorrow, and then wait a 3rd day to pick
them up, haul them to storage, and stack them?

I guess I'm wondering how much breathing room I have before they start
moving on me.

Thanks.

 

[betterbuilt]

Don't forget to seal the ends of the logs.

I think you have a good plan. The amount of breathing room depends on what you milling. I might add after you cut the boards or slabs, you could cover them so they don't dry to fast in the sun.

 

[BobL]

Follow up questions to my other ones.. thought I'd put it in its own thread:

how much time do I have before I have to get my boards stacked to make
sure they stay flat as possible?

Can I drop a tree today, mill it tomorrow, and then wait a 3rd day to pick
them up, haul them to storage, and stack them?

I guess I'm wondering how much breathing room I have before they start
moving on me.

Thanks.

It depends on the type and even size of tree, the thickness you mill, how they are temporarily stacked, how much internal stress they are under and the weather.

I usually stack and sticker (S&S) as I go because I hate double handling. When I go bush, I S&S along side the log I'm milling or direct into my van. Otherwise I try to S&S at the end of the day and 1" boards at least within 24 hours. Thicker than that can last for a few days without a problem.

I have milled an acacia called Swamp Oak and if the small diam logs are not stacked within hours they're history. Even when stickered at 1" thick They have a 20-30% failure rate - it's very frustrating stuff to mill, fortunately its moderately soft stuff.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

Follow up questions to my other ones.. thought I'd put it in its own thread:

how much time do I have before I have to get my boards stacked to make
sure they stay flat as possible?

Can I drop a tree today, mill it tomorrow, and then wait a 3rd day to pick
them up, haul them to storage, and stack them?

I guess I'm wondering how much breathing room I have before they start
moving on me.

Thanks.

I hope "haul them to storage" doesn't mean that you are stacking green lumber in a closed building???

Rob

 

[BobL]

I hope "haul them to storage" doesn't mean that you are stacking green lumber in a closed building???

Rob

There's nothing wrong with a closed building provided there is sufficient air turnover within and flow through the building. Of course the turnover and flow required is quite a bit higher than people think.

 

[gemniii]

From my readings here and limited experience some logs must be S&S as they are cut.
If your tree was a leaner and had compression, depending on how you cut it, there is a likelihood it will warp as you mill. Almost regardless of the species.

That's the art of the miller, to be able to look at a tree and see interim and final products.

It's not all just deafening noise, two stroke fumes, and dripping oil.

 

[Timberframed]

There's nothing wrong with a closed building provided there is sufficient air turnover within and flow through the building. Of course the turnover and flow required is quite a bit higher than people think.

I can't run my saw for more than 4 seconds in the shop before I'm nearly inundated. I could maybe with three or four 36" pedestal fans. Needs to be more like a wind tunnel.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

There's nothing wrong with a closed building provided there is sufficient air turnover within and flow through the building. Of course the turnover and flow required is quite a bit higher than people think.

Well, that's a given, but i don't think anyone who would ask the origonal question, would already know that.

Rob

 

[BobL]

I can't run my saw for more than 4 seconds in the shop before I'm nearly inundated. I could maybe with three or four 36" pedestal fans. Needs to be more like a wind tunnel.

I pretty sure we're not discussing milling inside an enclosed building but storing just cut lumber in an enclosed building.

Well, that's a given, but i don't think anyone who would ask the origonal question, would already know that.

I guess so.

 

[Timberframed]

Not milling but making adjustments and such when the weather is bad. I have electric saws that fill that niche. That one attachment I have mounted on a Skil wormdrive works quite well indeed.

 

[Timberframed]

Excuse me. I didn't read the whole thread. Came in on it halfway down.