Was that the video's of the guys in flip flops cutting on a chalk line?
There are several, sometimes in flip flops and sometimes bare foot.
Got to mill a some red oak today, nothing like those logs you’re workin on. Still it was a good day, dropped the tree yesterday and cut it into 7’ sections. This section 14 inch at the base and 11 inch at the top of the section. Made five cuts today, this was the only photo I took. Got caught up in the moment and forgot to take more pictures. Two cant cuts to square up and then sharpen, got three on the last run before I had to sharpen. Not the best square edge today but meh, been a while. Will go back at it in the morning. Always like to see everyone else’s stuff, thank you!I LOVE seeing mill work turn into something structural like that.
Will one of those edging slabber setups work on bigger logs, say 30” + and a 3120 and a 42” bar?
Those logs I was using to big if a setup but it worked fine.
Oh dang. I never thought of a beam saw. Good plan.
I've especially sworn off red oak, cause our south Texas red oak is the densest, hardest thing imaginable with terrible dimensional stability, and while it's got some character, it's just that really basic, common red oak look when flat sawn slabbed. I'd still use it for beams and dimensional, but given up on it for single slab fine furniture work. Love ash, love white oak, any of the brighter really dense hardwoods, love some of the caramel colors with a lot of character like elm, and the richer dark hardwoods like mesquite or cherry. I'm kind of meh on walnut cause it's overused.
I think anything past 12" deep is best handled by rolling the log and squaring to 90 the best you can and using the regular mill again. For up to a little over 6" deep, my 16" Makita circular saw is slow but great w a perfect finish. In the 6-12" range I'd use my simple Lumbermaker guide rather than one of those beam saw attachment circular saws which are too underpowered for that depth.
