Bernie Weishapl
09-05-2005, 11:48 PM
Well I hope everyone had a good weekend. I am a little tired.
I am happy to say the Ash lumber that I cut back in June has been stickered and weighted in my garage. It appears to be just fine. I cut the Ash logs at my dad's farm. The Ash tree's had been dead for about 3 to 5 years. I had painted the ends with some left over latex paint. There was some checking on one of them but not bad. So last weekend I went back and got 4 more logs 10" to 12" across. I left them wrapped in black plastic for a week in case of insects. I couldn't believe that it would get about 150 or 160 degree's inside at the heat of the day. So I started on Friday and ended this morning cutting about 16 to 18 board feet of Ash. They are about 1 1/8" X 6 5/8" X 4'. I was really tickled that the little Delta BS150 really worked well. Timberwolf blade sure made a difference. I have them in the garage stickered and weighted down. We will see how these work out. It was alot of work but was a whole lot of fun to.
By the way I may not have to work so hard the next time. This morning I had a customer pick up a clock and he told me there was a saw mill about 38 miles from here. He charges $40 per hr which I can handle. Save me some wear and tear.
This lumber will now hopefully become the wooden wagon that I want to build for the grandson. I hope to have enough left to build a clock for my dad who is in a nursing home.
Sorry to bore everyone but it was a hard, fun weekend for me.
Bernie
I am happy to say the Ash lumber that I cut back in June has been stickered and weighted in my garage. It appears to be just fine. I cut the Ash logs at my dad's farm. The Ash tree's had been dead for about 3 to 5 years. I had painted the ends with some left over latex paint. There was some checking on one of them but not bad. So last weekend I went back and got 4 more logs 10" to 12" across. I left them wrapped in black plastic for a week in case of insects. I couldn't believe that it would get about 150 or 160 degree's inside at the heat of the day. So I started on Friday and ended this morning cutting about 16 to 18 board feet of Ash. They are about 1 1/8" X 6 5/8" X 4'. I was really tickled that the little Delta BS150 really worked well. Timberwolf blade sure made a difference. I have them in the garage stickered and weighted down. We will see how these work out. It was alot of work but was a whole lot of fun to.
By the way I may not have to work so hard the next time. This morning I had a customer pick up a clock and he told me there was a saw mill about 38 miles from here. He charges $40 per hr which I can handle. Save me some wear and tear.
This lumber will now hopefully become the wooden wagon that I want to build for the grandson. I hope to have enough left to build a clock for my dad who is in a nursing home.
Sorry to bore everyone but it was a hard, fun weekend for me.
Bernie