I'm right in Lansdale, if you want/ need a hand I'd come out and help. I could always use some more firewood, and I've been looking into milling lumber recently. I just don't know where to start. That's the main reason I joined this site!
Some large cedar with member htetreau
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I'm right in Lansdale, if you want/ need a hand I'd come out and help. I could always use some more firewood, and I've been looking into milling lumber recently. I just don't know where to start. That's the main reason I joined this site!
htetreau
ArboristSite Lurker
Hi Folks:
The tree was a Deodar Cedar, apparently closely related to Cedar of Lebanon, and was approx. 55 years old. Many of the growth rings were 1/4" wide. The log didn't have dramatic root buttresses, but it did measure 32" diameter at the butt flare. I finished milling the last of the four logs last Friday and was pleased to see how quickly my Stihl 075-powered homemade mill cut through the log - but I guess that's to be expected considering how soft the wood is. I expect to make a few tabletops with the milled slabs, and sell the rest to interested parties. I also milled a small 6' long silver maple log into a 10" square cant to be used for massive table legs.
htetreau
ArboristSite Lurker
Oh - and does anyone else's kids love to dig in and shovel the sawdust? My sons love it!
My daughter will not stay out of the sawdust. She is obsessed with it. She would rather play with a her bowl of sawdust than any of the toys she has, and she has way to many toys. Like 3 days a week the first thing she asks when she wakes up is "can we go play in the sawdust?" My son is not so fond of it but he does always has a small log in his hand and hits other logs and says "Im is splitting wood dad", or "making a fire daddy." I'm just glad they are out with me instead of a lot of these kids these days that won't put down there tablet or phone.
Timberframed
ArboristSite Guru
God bless Gents. There is way more to life than a young mind absorbed in a game/tablet. Teach your children well. makes it essier for you as you grow older. Son #1! make some more bread dough! #2! Change the oil in the truck! #3! Sharpen the chains! Wife! get me another cold one! PLEASE?
Haha I agree. My kids can't wait to get outside everyday. I see some of our friends kids that wouldn't know what to do without their phone. It drives me crazy just hanging out with them. There is no way my children will ever, at least while living under my roof, spend that much time on a cell phone. And don't get me started on a lot of these kids today's manners and attitudes. I sometimes have to walk away in stores and public places because I just can't hold my tongue sometimes the way kids talk to their mom. If I had talked to either of my parents like that, or any adult for that matter, I would have been picking myself up off the ground wondering how I got down there.
I envy you being able to mill in a street like that. My city council would be around in a flash to slap a cease and desist order on anyone doing that where I live.
Here's a few pics from when I milled a Cedrus Deodar.
It is the softest log by fat that I have milled and I still remember the smell.
Not as big as your logs.
I Milled 2 logs ~ 15ft long each.
Here's a few pics from when I milled a Cedrus Deodar.
It is the softest log by fat that I have milled and I still remember the smell.
Not as big as your logs.
I Milled 2 logs ~ 15ft long each.
BigOakAdot
ArboristSite newb
I was super happy to see Berts kids and all the neighborhood kids out playing that day. It wasn't even a warm day and the whole neighborhood was out. Reminds me of when I was young.
And Bob I have four of those in my basement with a fan on them and they smell amazing. Didn't have nearly as much smell when we first milled them but now that the drying process is happening my basement and first floor smell lovely.
And Bob I have four of those in my basement with a fan on them and they smell amazing. Didn't have nearly as much smell when we first milled them but now that the drying process is happening my basement and first floor smell lovely.
htetreau
ArboristSite Lurker
I'm very fortunate to live in a great town and even better neighborhood. Bob L, I am sensitive to milling in the street. I live on a cul de sac/court/non-through-way, so vehicle traffic is near zero and I've not been reprimanded yet. I am careful to not push my luck too far, by only milling during reasonable hours and by thoroughly cleaning up afterwards. My neighbors are intrigued at the milling process and I'm sure wonder why that odd fellow bothers to make his own lumber.
Quietfly
ArboristSite Operative
The odd woody present doesn't go astray either.
