DM
05-08-2009, 08:58 AM
*I was given this sugar maple by a friend who lives in town. *I wanted it for my own use, so i milled it all to 5/4, as that's what *i prefer... *
*First, i rotated the log to pick where i would start, loaded it on the mill, and got ready to "grade saw" this log. *I had a well used band on the mill, but it was still sawing dead flat, so i left it on and took the first slab off, and then a flitch...
http://www.fototime.com/EF5A22CA99AD021/standard.jpg
*then with a turn of the log, i took the second slab off and another flitch, and turned the log once again to remove the third slab!
http://www.fototime.com/FC0532CEEF78DDC/standard.jpg
http://www.fototime.com/42D648437F48E5A/standard.jpg
*and "finally" with the last turn, off came the last slab,
http://www.fototime.com/94D6CCBF0E0F296/standard.jpg
*exposeing the "cant", so i could see what the "grade" was going to be... *None of the choises were "perfect", but in this case, i just picked the best and went with it, untill the grade fell off...
http://www.fototime.com/CA8F27868870ED2/standard.jpg
*Actually, the grade wasn't all that bad either!
http://www.fototime.com/BA15DADD53AE007/standard.jpg
*and the cant gave me some nice 12" lumber!! *With that, i noticed the saw head pushing a bit harder than it should, so i took the band off, sharpened it and got back to sawing...
http://www.fototime.com/269482199E5A6D9/standard.jpg
*until i got to the last couple of boards,
http://www.fototime.com/8C8069E763A918B/standard.jpg
*And here's the "tally", that ended up at just over 130 bd. ft. of lumber...
http://www.fototime.com/089C2B4A079A2D6/standard.jpg
*As you can see in the pile, i didn't trim the boards as much as i would have, if they weren't mine. *I don't mind a bit of "wane" on my lumber... *Also when i edged the first flitches, they ended up 10" wide instead of 12"...
*Well, that's it for this time...
*DM
*First, i rotated the log to pick where i would start, loaded it on the mill, and got ready to "grade saw" this log. *I had a well used band on the mill, but it was still sawing dead flat, so i left it on and took the first slab off, and then a flitch...
http://www.fototime.com/EF5A22CA99AD021/standard.jpg
*then with a turn of the log, i took the second slab off and another flitch, and turned the log once again to remove the third slab!
http://www.fototime.com/FC0532CEEF78DDC/standard.jpg
http://www.fototime.com/42D648437F48E5A/standard.jpg
*and "finally" with the last turn, off came the last slab,
http://www.fototime.com/94D6CCBF0E0F296/standard.jpg
*exposeing the "cant", so i could see what the "grade" was going to be... *None of the choises were "perfect", but in this case, i just picked the best and went with it, untill the grade fell off...
http://www.fototime.com/CA8F27868870ED2/standard.jpg
*Actually, the grade wasn't all that bad either!
http://www.fototime.com/BA15DADD53AE007/standard.jpg
*and the cant gave me some nice 12" lumber!! *With that, i noticed the saw head pushing a bit harder than it should, so i took the band off, sharpened it and got back to sawing...
http://www.fototime.com/269482199E5A6D9/standard.jpg
*until i got to the last couple of boards,
http://www.fototime.com/8C8069E763A918B/standard.jpg
*And here's the "tally", that ended up at just over 130 bd. ft. of lumber...
http://www.fototime.com/089C2B4A079A2D6/standard.jpg
*As you can see in the pile, i didn't trim the boards as much as i would have, if they weren't mine. *I don't mind a bit of "wane" on my lumber... *Also when i edged the first flitches, they ended up 10" wide instead of 12"...
*Well, that's it for this time...
*DM