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[hunt4570]

That looks like a bitternut not a shagbark... I've sawn some hickory, mostly shagbark though,

It made some pretty nice lumber,

Hickory does mill hard, but I like the lumber.

SR

Yes, bitternut, not much shell bark or shag bark around here.

 

[Oldpath05]

Yeah well, my MS260 helped.. I cant believe you are the only one who asked..

Ok now thats more believable, it was good for a laugh though.......:laughing:

 

[Oldpath05]

That looks like a bitternut not a shagbark... I've sawn some hickory, mostly shagbark though,

It made some pretty nice lumber,

Hickory does mill hard, but I like the lumber.

SR

Does it split easy like oak when putting a screw in and does it dry flat when stickered? The beech log I sawed into boards this past fall started to twist after I sticker them up stairs in the garage, I dont mine a little cupping but dont like a twisted board. Seems I have the best luck with white pine and hemlock, all I have to do is sticker it and it stays there, everything else needs to be clamped down some how.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

It's very hard when dry, good luck driving a screw into it... lol

I mill it, sticker it, and put weight on the pile, it dries just fine that way...

SR

 

[hunt4570]

Ok now thats more believable, it was good for a laugh though.......:laughing:

Thanks, that was my intent!

 

[hunt4570]

It's very hard when dry, good luck driving a screw into it... lol

I mill it, sticker it, and put weight on the pile, it dries just fine that way...

SR

I mill mine, sticker it, then use cheap ratchet straps from Harbor Freight to bind the pile. As it shrinks I can crank a little more on the ratchet to keep it tight.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

I mill mine, sticker it, then use cheap ratchet straps from Harbor Freight to bind the pile. As it shrinks I can crank a little more on the ratchet to keep it tight.

I do that when I mill shorts, I take the log apart and put it back together with stickers,

When I mill something that may be more difficult to dry, I just put something on top of it, like more milled lumber that's easy to get dried flat/straight, or maybe some "cants" that I'm saving for later, like these,

SR

 

[hunt4570]

I do that when I mill shorts, I take the log apart and put it back together with stickers,

SR

Whats the point in sectioning a log like that?

 

[s219]

Whats the point in sectioning a log like that?

Around here it would be to sell live edge slabs to suckers who don't own a sawmill.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

Well, when I build something in my shop, I have a choice, I can start out with a 8 or 10' plus, long board and cut it down to 4' or less, OR I can start out with a 4 footer from a log that only had a knot free, or extra figured short in it, or perhaps from a spl. tree or something like that...

I choose to start out with a short!

SR