Finally got to the bottom of things!
What free wood did you find today?
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I'm board with these bad puns, they are all falling flat.
I always found it very flecky. In this case there was a higher colour contrast which disappeared with drying.
I wonder if dyeing could give nice results.
Paolo
Some of us have a warped sense of humor.
Ran to the log yard today and found all these cherry logs.
Second photo is from the other end of the first one. The logs aren't large, 14" - 18" dia., and some rot in two of them may only yield 6' logs. The middle log is nice and straight but again only 14" dia. Buried on the left in the 1st photo is another long 14" log that looks good. Photo #3 shows another buried possibility. In photo #4 looks good from this side, but the other end revels a lot of rot. Log on the right will be turned into firewood. In the last photo (#5), the two bigger logs have rot almost all the way to the butt and the smaller logs have been cut into firewood.
Bottom line, all the big logs are mostly rotten but I may get 3 or 4 14" saw logs. Fingers crossed.
Second photo is from the other end of the first one. The logs aren't large, 14" - 18" dia., and some rot in two of them may only yield 6' logs. The middle log is nice and straight but again only 14" dia. Buried on the left in the 1st photo is another long 14" log that looks good. Photo #3 shows another buried possibility. In photo #4 looks good from this side, but the other end revels a lot of rot. Log on the right will be turned into firewood. In the last photo (#5), the two bigger logs have rot almost all the way to the butt and the smaller logs have been cut into firewood.
Bottom line, all the big logs are mostly rotten but I may get 3 or 4 14" saw logs. Fingers crossed.
With a band mill, you simply saw down to the rot, turn over and saw down to the rot again, then chunk the remainder into firewood. With a csm, the workload is more, so the smaller boards aren't worth it especially with the extra inch of kerf loss every 3rd board.
I'm not done yet! More work to do and it's suppose to be over 90 degrees and humid all week. Chop some more up for BBQ wood then start trimming the big ones to see what I've got. Then try to pull out the buried logs with my truck. 14 inch logs aren't reall big enough to be considered saw log, but I just hate to waste good cherry. Common sense my prevail and they may be butchered up into firewood too.
Guys out North East on another forum routinely saw up 20"+ cherry logs for firewood. They get so much. I just cringe.
I wish I had a band mill or a friend with one. I have a lot more logs from the yard sawn into lumber. I've got my eye on a clear 14" dia white oak log too.
Thanks for the offer, but you're 150 miles away. Plus I can only handle 1000# in my little trailer. I'd have to make multiple trips and the gas would kill me.
Why the drop in price from 2 years ago, do you think?
Over supplied because a number of manufacturers ramped up production during COVID. Now the Chinese copycat factories have jumped in as well.
Yes it would be nice to have a BSM if I was younger. I thought about it back then but couldn't justify the cost. Too many around here selling lumber.
Do you think the ramp up during COVID was because guys had to find things to do at home since they couldn’t go out like they had in the past? Very interesting phenomenon! I can see why the Chinese jumped in, because they seem to be able to manufacture things for a cheaper price, even though the quality doesn’t always measure up. Chuck
Yeah, The sawmill market was probably guys trying to find money making ideas at home, compounded by a shortage of lumber as well. Now the same folks have fully realized the amount of work, coupled with the fact that unstamped lumber is regulated almost out of use in any city setting.