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Figure I should assess the existing welds on the trailer. They are old, rusty, and painted.

Too hard to get a grinder/wire wheel on them, decided to play with the little needle scaler..

I’m finding a few areas that need to be cleaned up and re welded. Nothing terrible (well, it’s all kind of terrible)

 

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More noise with the needle scaler.

I’m sure the neighbors are loving me right now.

Pretty much continuous all afternoon.

Tried the wire wheel, but too many inside corners. And it was flinging it’s wires at my eyeballs 😎


Ordered up some POR15, along with some undercoating for the fenders.
 

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RivennHewn said:
More noise with the needle scaler.

I’m sure the neighbors are loving me right now.

Pretty much continuous all afternoon.

Tried the wire wheel, but too many inside corners. And it was flinging it’s wires at my eyeballs 😎


Ordered up some POR15, along with some undercoating for the fenders.
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I have a needle scaler somewhere, brand new. Bought maybe 10 years ago, but still haven't used it. If it's in a difficult to reach area, I'm usually going to get the spot blaster out.
 
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Actually followed the instructions on the POR15 undercoating can. Clean, primed, and sprayed.


I like it more than the other spray can undercoatings I’ve tried, but time will tell.

Not sure if I’ll paint, or use cold galvanizing for the top sides
 

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Second coated the inner fenders with the POR15, then moved on to the weld-on anchor points.

Ran out of my usual .030 Lincoln fluxcore.

Tried an off brand spool from Central Welding.

Seems they don’t know how to spool wire.
Wire kept coming from deep inside the spool, getting so tight it would break.

5 rounds of setting it up, just to have it fail was really frustrating. Never again.
 

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How's your warp when it's that hot that fast?

Been buying bandsawn pine/hemlock here, there's some squirrelly planks and a few where the blade went to lunch halfway down the length. Tried to help the guy fix his mill, but he doesn't want to admit when he changed the bearings he messed something up. Don't want to be rude so I've given him a few suggestions and left twice now.
 
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How's your warp when it's that hot that fast?

Been buying bandsawn pine/hemlock here, there's some squirrelly planks and a few where the blade went to lunch halfway down the length. Tried to help the guy fix his mill, but he doesn't want to admit when he changed the bearings he messed something up. Don't want to be rude so I've given him a few suggestions and left twice now.
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Hasn’t been fast, and I air dry before it goes in the kiln. With the pile weighted down, warping is minimal.

I did get some twisting on some 6x6s on the first load. They are 5x5s now, and straight.

I’m getting through a large learning curve here, and slowly figuring out what works and what doesn’t
 
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Hasn’t been fast, and I air dry before it goes in the kiln. With the pile weighted down, warping is minimal.
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That's probably the key.

I keep an eye out for a mill around here, lots of "old gold" shows up, If I wanted a perpetual repair project I'd just build one. I do see one weekly that looks like it is on a trailer of scrap, haven't managed to catch the guy at home to ask about it. Could be the start of a project...

Realistically, since I want one for hardwoods, I don't think I'd need over 10' capacity. Not a lot of opportunities to use 16'+ hardwood lumber (I say that having transported, planed and ripped 20' ash at least 2x now).

I do need some girth, by the time I drop the big oak it will easily be over 40"
 
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PCustoms said:
That's probably the key.

I keep an eye out for a mill around here, lots of "old gold" shows up, If I wanted a perpetual repair project I'd just build one. I do see one weekly that looks like it is on a trailer of scrap, haven't managed to catch the guy at home to ask about it. Could be the start of a project...

Realistically, since I want one for hardwoods, I don't think I'd need over 10' capacity. Not a lot of opportunities to use 16'+ hardwood lumber (I say that having transported, planed and ripped 20' ash at least 2x now).

I do need some girth, by the time I drop the big oak it will easily be over 40"
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I prefer working with 8-10 foot goods.

16’ slabs are just too heavy.

I’m good with my 26” diameter capacity.
Any larger, and I’d need a forklift.

Don’t have the room, or the budget for that😜
 
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RivennHewn said:
I prefer working with 8-10 foot goods.

16’ slabs are just too heavy.

I’m good with my 26” diameter capacity.
Any larger, and I’d need a forklift.

Don’t have the room, or the budget for that😜
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Seems like lots of people push them to 16' or longer. I really don't have a use, and a lot more logs are saw worthy at 8'6 then 16'6. For furniture 8' is fine.

I've already got the forklift (tractor) and the trees are all over 26", though I assume larger logs can can have a few slabs cut and the rotate 90 degrees reducing the width of cut.

The only gripe I had about the material I bought was it was clear he was not a logger, some of the "wedge" cuts were pretty damn gnarly and I think if he had squared up the cut in log form there would have been a lot less splitting in the sawn material.
 
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PCustoms said:
How's your warp when it's that hot that fast?

Been buying bandsawn pine/hemlock here, there's some squirrelly planks and a few where the blade went to lunch halfway down the length. Tried to help the guy fix his mill, but he doesn't want to admit when he changed the bearings he messed something up. Don't want to be rude so I've given him a few suggestions and left twice now.
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And then there are those boards that are just going to go right ahead and do what the hell they want😜
 

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Fair point, will keep that in mind.

Thinking more furniture/maybe table slabs.
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My only advice would be to buy more than you think you’ll need.

I opted for the extended bed, and upgraded HP.

It’s been totally worth it!
 
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It’s only 75 degrees today, and slight overcast.

Still, I’m sweating like a pig.

Reorganizing the sheds, to length/width/ species. It’s a lot of work.

Taking the time to trim off rot/wane/splits, and any other defects I find.

Also marking the bigger slabs with board feet.

Been needing to do this for a long time😅
 

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Cedar? How wide are the boards (besides one small dog length?) How many BF total?
 
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No, you're barking up the wrong tree.
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No, this is barking up the wrong tree


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2nd and 3rd coats ✅

Timed it well. It sat in the sun all day, then got painted in the shade of some trees, then back into the sun for the rest of the afternoon.

Picked up the safety chains during lunch.
 

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