What are you building with your milled wood? merged

[MR4WD]

What are the black marks towards the center, on the butt of that oak in front of that blazer? Bullet holes? Nails?

I just trashed a chain on black mark in a big douglas fir, but I'm not sure what made the mark.

Thanks,
Chad.

 

[Eddie39]

It could very well have been a round its amazing what you find inside trees at times but the marks could also be a reaction that oak takes when even the smallest amount of metal contacts it even metal dust would mark it like that.CHAD

 

[BobL]

Great looking wood TT.

It's too good looking for me not to point out the following

Maybe it's just the photo but assuming the ends are cut reasonably square the cut looks a little twisted.

 

[gr8scott72]

Great looking wood TT.

It's too good looking for me not to point out the following

Maybe it's just the photo but assuming the ends are cut reasonably square the cut looks a little twisted.

I noticed that right away too Bob but didn't say anything.

 

[BobL]

I noticed that right away too Bob but didn't say anything.

It's not that I don't have slabs like that - I have more than I'd like from when I first started milling. Now I think I have that under control - or like to think so anyway

While we're at it, and without picking on TT deliberately, here's something else I end up noticing in some peoples cuts as well. I called these the jaggies.

I get this too. I used to get a lot of this when I started out because the harder the wood the more common it is.

Eventually I worked out that it often arose from when I stopped and started cutting to put in wedges or reposition my stance. It also happens when the mill is see-sawed sideways down the cut. This effect is minimised by not see-sawing and using a lockable trigger and a log on a slope so the saw keeps cutting even when you take your hands away from the saw. On the flat I alternate by leaning on the mill with my arms and then knee/legs. If I do stop I ease back into the cut slowly and don't just fang it straight back into the cut on WOT.

OK - its nothing a thicknesser can't take out in 4/5 passes (well maybe 2/3 in your wood) but if you want less work it's not that hard to implement.

 

[Daninvan]

I am building this bookcase for my wife. The panels are elm that I harvested myself, the shelves will be veneered with veneer cut from the same log. The frame is of sapele, which I didn't harvest but which I did buy myself!

Also did this small cabinet last year for my sister. The body and door are maple, back panel is cherry and arbutus, drawer is crabapple, and knobs/consoles are kiawe, drawer bottom is cypress. The spalted maple on the door I bought, the rest I harvested and/or have some family connection for my sister and I.

 

[BobL]

Absolutely bewdiful!

 

[mtngun]

Nothing fancy or beautiful, but my milled wood sure came in handy yesterday.

Neighbor attempted to drive a loaded moving van across his un-graveled driveway/runway. Hit a soft spot and sunk like a rock, instantly high centering both axles. No emergency services up here, so ...

He tried to pull the van with his 4wd. The van wouldn't budge, and the 4wd spun its tires until it, too, was stuck.

I was able to pull his 4wd with my ancient woodhauler, but even with both of us pulling together, we still couldn't budge the van.

We had to unload the van where it sat, then jacked up each wheel, one at a time, and stuck one of my 2 1/8" x 16" x 12' doug fir slabs under each wheel. Naturally, we had to crawl around in the mud, and naturally, it started to rain.

But once we had the truck on the slabs, it drove right out.

The slabs survived, only now they have some character marks. They'll eventually be edged for joists and rafters to build my barn/woodshed. Someday someone will notice the tire tracks on the boards and wonder how they got there, and I'll have a good story to tell.

 

[Adkpk]

Yep.

 

[Backwoods]

Soft spots and loads do not mix well. Now you can repurpose those boards.

This is the beginnings of my latest project. It is just a 16’x 16’ barn for the goat feed, hay, and a milking area. I will ad a 12’ loafing shed on the side after it is done.

 

[Can8ianTimber]

Nothing fancy or beautiful, but my milled wood sure came in handy yesterday.

Neighbor attempted to drive a loaded moving van across his un-graveled driveway/runway. Hit a soft spot and sunk like a rock, instantly high centering both axles. No emergency services up here, so ...

He tried to pull the van with his 4wd. The van wouldn't budge, and the 4wd spun its tires until it, too, was stuck.

I was able to pull his 4wd with my ancient woodhauler, but even with both of us pulling together, we still couldn't budge the van.

We had to unload the van where it sat, then jacked up each wheel, one at a time, and stuck one of my 2 1/8" x 16" x 12' doug fir slabs under each wheel. Naturally, we had to crawl around in the mud, and naturally, it started to rain.

But once we had the truck on the slabs, it drove right out.

The slabs survived, only now they have some character marks. They'll eventually be edged for joists and rafters to build my barn/woodshed. Someday someone will notice the tire tracks on the boards and wonder how they got there, and I'll have a good story to tell.

Wow with friends like you how needs brains!! I am suprised they made it that far with the moving truck before they got stuck. Oh I hate that feeling in the pit of your gut when you know you are sinking.

 

[BobL]

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We had to unload the van where it sat, then jacked up each wheel, one at a time, and stuck one of my 2 1/8" x 16" x 12' doug fir slabs under each wheel. Naturally, we had to crawl around in the mud, and naturally, it started to rain.

But once we had the truck on the slabs, it drove right out.
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Great story - thanks for posting.

 

[Brmorgan]

Man oh man, would I have a hard time putting nice clean Doug Fir slabs down in the mud like that! But as you said, at least you have a great story (and pics to prove it!). I guess it never hurts to have some sturdy utility slabs around anyway, good for ramps etc.

 

[jimdad07]

Now that is one selfless guy, willing to sacrifice good wood for a bad choice made by someone else. Way to be a good neighbor.

 

[jimdad07]

Soft spots and loads do not mix well. Now you can repurpose those boards.

This is the beginnings of my latest project. It is just a 16’x 16’ barn for the goat feed, hay, and a milking area. I will ad a 12’ loafing shed on the side after it is done.

I like the framing. Trying to find enough pine, hemlock and spruce logs around to build one about 20' x 28' for a new wood shop, will try to frame just like that. What are you using for floor boards?

 

[Brmorgan]

Now that is one selfless guy, willing to sacrifice good wood for a bad choice made by someone else. Way to be a good neighbor.

I'd send the pics with a bill to U-Haul asking why their truck was not properly outfitted for the task it was rented to perform! Ya never know...

 

[Backwoods]

I like the framing. Trying to find enough pine, hemlock and spruce logs around to build one about 20' x 28' for a new wood shop, will try to frame just like that. What are you using for floor boards?

I used green wood for a feed bin and lost a ton of grain due to the moister in the wood wicking into the grain allowing it to mold, so I have dry Doug-fir for the floor and joist since I will be putting hay in it as soon as it is finished.

 

[820wards]

Dan,

Beautiful wood and beautiful workmanship!

jerry-

 

[Backwoods]

After getting all the loist in place I was able to get the floor down today with the help of the kids. Most of the floor is 1"x 12" 16' doug fir with minimal sap. there are a few 1"x10" in the mix as well.

 

[mtngun]

Most of the floor is 1"x 12" 16' doug fir with minimal sap. there are a few 1"x10" in the mix as well.

Beautiful.

What's the hole in the floor about ?