Continued From Post #1953
I was away, attending the sawmill EXPO in Cambridge Oh. for a few days, but today I got back at working on my deer blind!
First thing I did, was to saw a 9' log out of the big tree I skidded out, in the above picts., then moving/setting it on my BSM. It had some flare, but still, it's a nice log!
AND I had a "helper" today, and that made things much easier! Anyway, after taking a slab and a couple flitches off, it was time for my helper to turn the log, I'm removing flitches to get down to the "targeted" 2x8's,
In this pict., you can see that quite a big amount of flare came off with the slab,
After a few more cuts/and turning, I was ready for one last turn so I could start taking a 2x8 and a 2x4 off with every pass!
Both, the 4" and 8" wide cants fit back together so well, you can't even tell in the pict that, that's what I'm milling, getting one 2x8 and one 2x4 every pass!
SO, now it's time to put all the flitches back on and edge them, this pict. shows two of them,
With that done, I FINALLY have the log all milled! Here's the tally......one 2x6, one 2x9 and lot's of 2x4's and 8's!
We then took the 2x8's over to the shop and cut them to the length I need to complete the roof boards for the blind,
You can see in the pict. that two of them are 2x9's, that's to make up for a little "over hang" of the 2x8's on each gable end...
That's it for today,
SR