Granberg, 088, Doug Fir, and a computer geek...

[Yaxyakalagalis]

so weeks later, since my first pass http://www.arboristsite.com/communi...h-added-pics-11-oct-2014.263770/#post-4986590.

I called on my brother and nephew to give me a hand and I now have some dimension lumber.

After the second pass, to get two flat sides....I'd say square, but not quite. lol

Took off a six inch slab (missed a shot of it on the log...)

Rotate, then 2x6 ahoy!

loaded into the truck...

temporary holding spot

not real productive, we took a break about every third minute, let my nephew cut some scraps with a 365, and just went easy.

But for a bit off sweat, about $7 in fuel and a good learning experience, I'd call this a big win.

Oct 15...Took a 2" slab today for a coffee table. stupidly didn't elevate the log, back breaking work. Learned a good lesson, the hard way.

 

[El Quachito]

Looks nice. Been thinking about a Granberg myself.

 

[bigbadbob]

Looks very good.
Been to Alert Bay on a day trip way back when 1974ish.
Very nice place.
I spent a while working at the copper mine in the 70's
BBB

 

[Yaxyakalagalis]

Looks nice. Been thinking about a Granberg myself.

works good...I sit at a desk all week, and before a couple weeks ago never used a saw bigger than 40cc. everything worked as advertised, and pretty simple set up.

 

[Yaxyakalagalis]

Looks very good.
Been to Alert Bay on a day trip way back when 1974ish.
Very nice place.
I spent a while working at the copper mine in the 70's
BBB

Thanks! I'm fairly proud. done a bit of woodworking throughout my life, but never really used chainsaws for anything.

That must have been an interesting trip! Was a different world back then.

 

[SDB777]

Congrats!!

Sorry I missed this...been busy this year and am now just starting to catch up on the topics that have been posted during my absence....
Have you had a chance to get anymore milling done? Projects made with timber collected so far?



Scott (fun stuff = fun times) B

 

[Yaxyakalagalis]

Congrats!!

Sorry I missed this...been busy this year and am now just starting to catch up on the topics that have been posted during my absence....
Have you had a chance to get anymore milling done? Projects made with timber collected so far?



Scott (fun stuff = fun times) B

I got a 1"x24"x7' piece off a yellow cedar, but my day job, 3yr old and the weather are getting in the way. It gets dark up here at about 6:30, so weekdays are a no go. Missed my window on the weather, it's been raining for 9 days. Stops in the early morning, but starts up again in the afternoon.

Yellow cedar...knotty

Nice figure...

 

[Yaxyakalagalis]

Congrats!!

Sorry I missed this...been busy this year and am now just starting to catch up on the topics that have been posted during my absence....
Have you had a chance to get anymore milling done? Projects made with timber collected so far?



Scott (fun stuff = fun times) B

I got a 1"x24"x7' piece off a yellow cedar, but my day job, 3yr old and the weather are getting in the way. It gets dark up here at about 6:30, so weekdays are a no go. Missed my window on the weather, it's been raining for 9 days. Stops in the early morning, but starts up again in the afternoon.

Yellow cedar...knotty

Nice figure...

 

[kimosawboy]

Next time you go up to cut some slabs bring some crappy old latex paint and a brush. Whack off a decent size cookie then hit the fresh end with lot o paint. Also when stickering you want your stickers to be protruding past the out side by about an inch(in a perfect world), the stickers on the ends should be brought in about2". So for your yellow cedar 1"x? above, first one in 2" then every 2' for something that thin. (again in the perfect world stickers are 3/4"x3/4, when stacking wood ,stickers should be placed on top of each other so the downward force does not bend the wood below it)
I really hope I dont come across pushy or a know it all, I just would hate to see such nice fir and cedar end up split/twisted and whittled down into pen blanks.
G Vavra

 

[Yaxyakalagalis]

I welcome the knowledge, that's why I'm here. In my little town anything built using non-store bought lumber is red cedar and built when the wood is still green. So this is all new to me.

These are still going to sit for at least a month before I find a new home for them in my basement.

Is the paint to slow the drying, because it's been raining here for 10 days and the logs are outside?

Doors it matter what the stickers are made of? I'm going to be cutting red cedar, yellow cedar and doug fir.

Is it worth it to just cut my 1" yc board into stickers?

Thank you for the tips!

 

[kimosawboy]

The paint on the log ends should help to prevent checking (cracks). I'm just south of Campbell River so I know all about the rain and thats why I said old crappy paint (just keep slathering it on till its sealed, if possible)
As for the stickers I would get some fir and a table saw. 1/2 hour of work, makes a lot of stickers.
Since you are new to all this do yourself a huge favor and track down Will Malloff , just ask your dad or uncle where he lives and go see him. He is the author of chainsaw lumbermaking .. https://www.scribd.com/doc/23255653/Chainsaw-Lumber-Making

G Vavra

 

[BobL]

I welcome the knowledge, that's why I'm here. In my little town anything built using non-store bought lumber is red cedar and built when the wood is still green. So this is all new to me.

These are still going to sit for at least a month before I find a new home for them in my basement.

Is the paint to slow the drying, because it's been raining here for 10 days and the logs are outside?!

Logs will still dry out even under heavy rain. We call it drying (and yes it does lose water) but it is really wood cells shrinking. Once a tree does not receive water and nutrients from its roots/leaves internally the cells start to slowly collapse .

I'd dead jealous you live in Alert bay and can contact Will Malloff !

 

[Yaxyakalagalis]

The paint on the log ends should help to prevent checking (cracks). I'm just south of Campbell River so I know all about the rain and thats why I said old crappy paint (just keep slathering it on till its sealed, if possible)
As for the stickers I would get some fir and a table saw. 1/2 hour of work, makes a lot of stickers.
Since you are new to all this do yourself a huge favor and track down Will Malloff , just ask your dad or uncle where he lives and go see him. He is the author of chainsaw lumbermaking .. https://www.scribd.com/doc/23255653/Chainsaw-Lumber-Making

G Vavra

That's crazy, I've watched my family carve totem poles, make canoes, and carve big masks. Not once did anyone paint the ends. But here, it's common knowledge

I will get on it.

I've talked to Will in passing, have a planned visit with him in the near future, but for now talking with my godfather, who is one of the men helping Will in the book. They cut all the wood for a hatchery built on the west side of Nimpkish Lake, which was closed years ago.

Thank you for the information.

 

[El Quachito]

Nice slabs. I want to mill a big slab for a workbench someday.

 

[kimosawboy]

I've talked to Will in passing
You just made about 99% of the people on this forum jealous!!!!!
Keeps the pics and questions coming.
G Vavra

 

[ZachAK]

Very nice! I'm a bit jealous of the doug fir. Up here in SE Alaska it's a real treasure to find fir on the beach. I beach logged a fine clear log about 8 years ago and just finished a counter and drawers from that puppy. Beautiful wood!

That's especially good advice on painting the ends of yellow cedar. I use Anchorseal, because it lasts so well and so long, but almost anything will do. Nothing end checks like yellow cedar, and if you build a deck, that's one of the early place to rot if left unsealed.

Another note on yellow cedar...if you're milling a lot or planning to do it long term, it might be worth using a dust mask or even respirator. YC builds up in your system as an allergen apparently. Many of my friends and my dad can barely work with it anymore. They cough, get a tight chest, all sorts of misery. I went more than 10 years with no breathing protection, but a lot of other people haven't been so lucky—so I watch my lungs now, too.

I've also known a number of people to develop breathing problems long term from a lot of YC in their house. It can take years to develop, unfortunately. At a minimum, it's best to seal as much of the YC as you can indoors, especially at the ends. I have a 3" X 25" YC slab for a counter in my house, and using Anchorseal on the ends with mineral oil everywhere else seemed to reduce the smell enough that even YC-sensitive people seem okay with it. My advice would be to not use lots of timbers, paneling, or place YC near your nose where you sleep.

Sorry to say anything possibly bad about Alaska Yellow Cedar, because it's such an amazing tree and wood. It's beautiful, cuts like butter, very rot resistant, strong, stable, pretty much perfect in all aspects but breathing. Even smells wonderful.

Happy milling and building.