05-22-2020 Maple resaw. One of the guys at work said hey do you want
some limbs off of my Maple tree. Sure! So he cut me three 4
foot long logs about 12 to 13" in diameter. I could have resawn these logs
on the Bandsaw Mill with out Ripping them down the middle with the chainsaw but
it's a trade off. Maybe one more board per log or a whole lot lighter work
getting the logs rotated cutting the cants off of them. The Maple yielded
some 1x10"x47" boards. So far I have resawn Cedar, Walnut, Oak and Maple
about a pallet of each about 3' tall by 4' long. The Red Oak has been the
most challenge but it had been cut and laying on the ground 1.5 years before I
tried to resaw it. They say walnut is fine to cut it later but most
trees one should resaw it while it's freshly cut. I dipped the ends in
parfin wax today and will sticker it in the shed and in about a year will have
some nice dry maple to work with.
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3 12" round 4' long Maple logs
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Trimmed them down to 47' long
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Not quite as heavy as Red Oak
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These were Limb Logs
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Elected to saw them down the middle to make them easier to handle
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Steel Chainsaw cuts much better than the softer bladed poulen.
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One loaded one on the ground
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Lawn mower maintaince about to happen...just kidding.
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Nice lawn tractor
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My friend mowing
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Log is sitting on top of a cedar 3" thick section. Use braces if it's going to fall over.
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My son helping me resaw.
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Winch driven and weigth pulls it back to start
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Fresh cut Maple cuts nice
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I need a bigger shop!
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Nice maple boards.
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Sled bottom is starting to get some .002 ruts in it after 30 logs.
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Can barely feel these ruts from the bearings.
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Vaccumed each board to keep them from molding.
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Had a few slag boards I cut.
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Nice Maple lumber will wax the ends in parifn dip and sticker them in the shed for a year.
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Slag wood cut and drying out lincolin log drying.
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Grizzly did a great job on this. 11.25" red oak not so much.
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I got about 14 nice boards out of these logs and some smaller sizes as well.
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Test stickered ready for a waxing and relocation.
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Raining again. Wet'est May on record.
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