John TenEyck
10-21-2015, 9:40 PM
The second WO log was about 25" dia. and just over 8' long, so this one I milled full length. Cutting those two 6/4 cuts out of the center as I did with the first log made the width of the boards cut from the remaining sections around 6" or even less, so this time I took a different approach. I started by taking a slab of the top, turning (with brute strength and awkwardness) the log 90 deg, taking another slab off the top, and then a cut through the center.
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If I took the top half off the mill like I did with the 5' long logs I would have had a lot of trouble getting it back up on the mill, so I put two ratchet straps around it and turned it 90 deg again.
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So then I started taking 4/4 and 6/4 cuts. I stopped for the night like this.
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As I got closer to the center I got some really nice QS boards.
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And here's most of the boards before I cut the remaining bark edges off.
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After cutting the bark off those that needed it most boards were 8 - 11" wide.
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I got some really nice wood out of this log, mostly rift and quarter sawn, which I much prefer with white oak. I'm thinking of some nice A&C style projects a couple years down the road. I'll have plenty of wood.
John
323803
If I took the top half off the mill like I did with the 5' long logs I would have had a lot of trouble getting it back up on the mill, so I put two ratchet straps around it and turned it 90 deg again.
323809
323810
So then I started taking 4/4 and 6/4 cuts. I stopped for the night like this.
323811
As I got closer to the center I got some really nice QS boards.
323812
323813
And here's most of the boards before I cut the remaining bark edges off.
323817
After cutting the bark off those that needed it most boards were 8 - 11" wide.
323820
I got some really nice wood out of this log, mostly rift and quarter sawn, which I much prefer with white oak. I'm thinking of some nice A&C style projects a couple years down the road. I'll have plenty of wood.
John