Nor Cal & North SF Bay GTG (November 11-14, 2022)

[tylerbeach3]

Got to mill a little black oak

 

[Bob95065]

That looks like fun. I am a woodworker and would like to mill my own lumber. I just finished cabinets for a bathroom remodel I started today.

You may want to sticker that lumber and let it dry before you work with it.

 

[tylerbeach3]

Yea bob, i got it stickered now. Should i leave it outside? I have it in the woodshop now with heater on at 60 to dry the rain water. Its pretty green, im new at this. Slow dry? Quick dry? Certainly dont want it checkin.

 

[Bob95065]

Some reading material for you

https://www.woodmagazine.com/materials-guide/lumber/how-to-succeed-at-air-drying-lumber

http://www.wood-database.com/wood-articles/drying-wood-at-home/

https://www.woodshopnews.com/features/a-simple-approach-to-drying-lumber

The friends I knew that did it put the lumber under a simple structure of four posts and a roof. It kept the rain off the drying lumber.

 

[Bob95065]

What are you going to do with it?

 

[madhatte]

Those are really nice slabs! If only there was more time, and we'd been able to mill enough to send everybody home with one. Next year?

 

[lightj12]

Nice looking oak Tyler; I think slow dry is best to minimize cupping and checking. That material is worth big bucks with the current BF cost of Oak at the lumber yard. Awesome work.

 

[tylerbeach3]

The first three were practice. Probably a table or bench. The next slab will be an inside bar for jess here at the house, 2 side by side slabs to make 24-30 inch wide, as long as i got, maybe 8'. I really like the live edge! Im having a blast doing it! Ill read up bob. Thanks lightj! Nate, definitely next year!
If i stick with this milling stuff ill have a lot more equipment next year. And ill be stock piling timber for the next 12 months in preparation for the gtg in 2018. I ve heard its best to mill green wood, is thatfor wear on saw and chain or another reason? Ill be researching/pickin yalls brain for a bit.


Ps the poison oak is just about all healed up, yay!

 

[madhatte]

Turns out I have a couple of spots of poison-oak but they're no biggie. Both on forearms between glove and t-shirt, no surprise at all.

Green wood is both softer and (surprise!) wetter, and so cuts easier and produces larger dust particles, while reducing work on the engine as well as impact on the cutting edges of the chain. Milling dry wood is definitely do-able but is just harder all around.

 

[tylerbeach3]

Makes sense.

 

[Drptrch]

@tylerbeach3 send me your address, you’ll be ready for next year [emoji106][emoji106]

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[schmauster]

Soaproot has been a huge thing for me, pretty much immediately reverses the poison oak.. Best thing ive found. It grows abundantly in my hippy area near rivers/streams/your moms house. You pull it out, scrape the meat off the artichoke type leaves in the bulb, put it on the poison oak and let it dry, the longer you leave it on the better. Dries to a slightly tight but not sticky feeling. Im sure theres more uses for it.

 

[tylerbeach3]

yea, got a bunch of soap root here too. the Indians would use it for, guess what? soap. cleaning clothing and themselves. ill have to try that for the oak...

 

[schmauster]

Pretty serious till I used the soaproot. Doesnt look as bad as yours on the other page. First time on my face... ugh


I spaced out and totally missed the gtg

 

[tylerbeach3]

Pretty bad man! I think we should start a thread with nasty poison oak pictures. Bet i could pull up quite a few...
you would have enjoyed the gtg, i knowi did.

 

[schmauster]

Went to a party tonight and ended up burning a bunch of brush. Wood chips in my veins haha Im sad I missed it... Could have learned a lot from the members on here

 

[Drptrch]

Pretty bad man! I think we should start a thread with nasty poison oak pictures. Bet i could pull up quite a few...
you would have enjoyed the gtg, i knowi did.

Goodies for next years event on their way



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[tylerbeach3]

You the man

 

[Drptrch]

Crapper and Oak station in Ventana Wilderness on the Soberanes Fire, on the lovely Los Padres NF [emoji4][emoji4]


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[tylerbeach3]

drptrch, got the package! thanks a million!