Rick Fisher
03-19-2013, 10:04 PM
A good friend of mine bought a 2 acre lot last year which used to be in an orchard of sorts. There was a Pear tree which was well over 100 years old, smack dab in the way of where the house was to be built.
So he cut it down and bucked it up into logs 65" long.
The logs where brutally heavy.. not bandsaw material. I ended up sending the 3 logs out to a small band mill who sawed them into 2-1/4" thick slabs, and then dried them for me ..
The drying process was really a favor .. it took months but the fella who owned the mill dried them, stored them, dried them, stored them .. he really took care of the wood to ensure it wasn't ruined or turned into match sticks. Fruit wood is apparently not easy to dry along side Doug Fir or Cedar in a kiln.
http://i335.photobucket.com/albums/m455/jokerbird_photo/P1040109_zps132b871c.jpg
That is what I got for all the time and anticipation.. lol About 10 boards ranging from 2x6 thru 2x10 ..
http://i335.photobucket.com/albums/m455/jokerbird_photo/P1040111_zpsaab402f7.jpg
I kinda made a mistake milling this one .. I wanted to mill one board and see how it responds.. Will it stay straight ? I dunno .. Nothing else will be milled full length unless needed..
http://i335.photobucket.com/albums/m455/jokerbird_photo/P1040117_zpsd0179785.jpg
I wiped some clear wipe on poly on the end of the straightened board .. Its sort of a peachy color.. Very tight grain. heavy .. It smells funny, not like a pear.. but sweet..
So he cut it down and bucked it up into logs 65" long.
The logs where brutally heavy.. not bandsaw material. I ended up sending the 3 logs out to a small band mill who sawed them into 2-1/4" thick slabs, and then dried them for me ..
The drying process was really a favor .. it took months but the fella who owned the mill dried them, stored them, dried them, stored them .. he really took care of the wood to ensure it wasn't ruined or turned into match sticks. Fruit wood is apparently not easy to dry along side Doug Fir or Cedar in a kiln.
http://i335.photobucket.com/albums/m455/jokerbird_photo/P1040109_zps132b871c.jpg
That is what I got for all the time and anticipation.. lol About 10 boards ranging from 2x6 thru 2x10 ..
http://i335.photobucket.com/albums/m455/jokerbird_photo/P1040111_zpsaab402f7.jpg
I kinda made a mistake milling this one .. I wanted to mill one board and see how it responds.. Will it stay straight ? I dunno .. Nothing else will be milled full length unless needed..
http://i335.photobucket.com/albums/m455/jokerbird_photo/P1040117_zpsd0179785.jpg
I wiped some clear wipe on poly on the end of the straightened board .. Its sort of a peachy color.. Very tight grain. heavy .. It smells funny, not like a pear.. but sweet..