Milling a oak

[TJB]

Here's a few pics of a oak my neighbor had to remove from his yard. I ended up with 13 nice 1X12's from it

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[sbhooper]

That is some cool wood!

 

[TJB]

He took down two trees. Took the first one down while I was out of town and cut it up for firewood before he thought to ask if I might want it. Then he remembered I built a mill and asked if I wanted the second tree. When I opened it up and saw the grain I am really glad this one didnt go for firewood also. Check out the grain in this cherry I sawed in November

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[sbhooper]

Wow! That would make a nice tabletop or something.

 

[TJB]

About everything I mill I use in the scroll saw woodwork I do. You can see some of it on my website.

http://www.tjswoodshop.com

 

[BobL]

Hey that is some nice wood there.

But the twigs and firewood in this shot looks too tidy for me

I wasn't there but I can't help think the colour on this shot is washed out.
So how about this adjustment - is that maybe more like it?

 

[DRB]

Nice work. Nice wood. Nice CSM.

 

[Ted J]

Hey that is some nice wood there.

But the twigs and firewood in this shot looks too tidy for me

:agree2: Bob... just too tidy!!! :biggrinbounce2:

TJB, did you build the trailer also?

Ted

 

[TJB]

I built the log bed and welded it on top of a small boat trailer. As far as being tidy, the man that owned the trees did that. All I did was pull my mill up beside the downed tree which had already been delimbed, cut off the log I wanted and milled it, loaded the lumber, hooked up the mill and went back across the street to my house. I was looking at his yard yesterday and he has already cleaned up all the sawdust. Let me tell you how tidy my retired neighbor is. While I'm gone to work he edges the grass along the sidewalk in front of my house, sprays the grass along my fence and puts my trash can back by my house after the city picks up trash on Mondays. You can't beat having a neighbor like him
TJ

 

[Ted J]

I built the log bed and welded it on top of a small boat trailer. As far as being tidy, the man that owned the trees did that. All I did was pull my mill up beside the downed tree which had already been delimbed, cut off the log I wanted and milled it, loaded the lumber, hooked up the mill and went back across the street to my house. I was looking at his yard yesterday and he has already cleaned up all the sawdust. Let me tell you how tidy my retired neighbor is. While I'm gone to work he edges the grass along the sidewalk in front of my house, sprays the grass along my fence and puts my trash can back by my house after the city picks up trash on Mondays. You can't beat having a neighbor like him
TJ

How did you get that log on the trailer at the neighbors house?

I agree, having good neighbors is a blessing.

I viewed your website, very impressive beautiful work!!!

Welcome to the site, thanks for sharing!

Ted

 

[mikeb1079]

nice work

hey tj, i took a visit to your website. fantastic stuff. very well documented and described, great job on your portable chainsaw mill. thanks for doing such a thorough job on the website.

 

[rarefish383]

Wow. I just noticed you're new to the site, welcome. For some reason the way your post read I thought you were one of the old timers here, well soon I guess you will be. Thanks for the great pics, Joe.

 

[sasafrass029]

nice mill .how is the second one coming along .hope to see pictures of it working soon

 

[gr8scott72]

nice mill .how is the second one coming along .hope to see pictures of it working soon

Me too as I'm wanting to start building a procut mill very soon.

 

[TJB]

Ted J, I used a pair of landscape timbers for ramps and a cant hook, thanks for the nice words about my woodwork.

mikeb1079, thanks!

rarefish383, I'm on the Forestry Forum under the same name but I like this place because everyone's more into CSM's

sasafrass029, I'm still gathering the parts but I picked up the steel for the carriage Friday and plan on starting on it in the next week or two

gr8scott72, the procut carriage is a great design but if I built another one I would use bicycle chain and sprockets to save some money. I just sold my mill on ebay to a man in Iowa but I'm still using it until he picks it up in a month