Sawmill

[RivennHewn]

I love my damned noisy neighbors

 

[RickP]

I love my damned noisy neighbors

LOL -- when I first saw your post, the video didn't show up. I thought one of your neighbors must have just bought a sawmill or something!

 

[Toolfool]

I love my damned noisy neighbors

COOL. Been in your area with my wildlife artist buddy to photograph snowy owls.

 

[Jayman17]

Careful where you park your vehicles

Jay

 

[Modern Garage]

We get their Canada cousins here (on the Mississippi river) and they drive me crazy. It's like living next to a frat house - they never sleep! Constant honking 24 hours a day when they're passing thru. No open water outside now (14 degrees F today) so its more peaceful.
Joe

 

[RivennHewn]

We get their Canada cousins here (on the Mississippi river) and they drive me crazy. It's like living next to a frat house - they never sleep! Constant honking 24 hours a day when they're passing thru. No open water outside now (14 degrees F today) so its more peaceful.
Joe

I jokingly sent my realtor an email complaining that the noisy geese were not disclosed on the purchase agreement.

I actually think he thought I was serious.

 

[RickP]

I jokingly sent my realtor an email complaining that the noisy geese were not disclosed on the purchase agreement.

I actually think he thought I was serious.

I wouldn't be surprised if he actually did think you were serious!

When we sold our last house, a hurricane came through about two weeks after closing, and the storm surge dropped some debris in the front yard. The buyer actually asked our agent if he could get any recourse from us!

 

[RivennHewn]

Woke up to another offering from the channel gods.

It has some rot, and some metal in it. I’ll have to be careful to avoid the spikes.

25’ after I cut both ends off. 22” dia. At both ends-no taper.

There will be a lot of waste on this one due to the rot on one side, but there will still be some gold in there too.

Western Red Cedar.

 

[RTM]

Dang, a sawmill and a Newfie. You are living good. Train the Newfie to retrieve logs?

 

[RivennHewn]

Dang, a sawmill and a Newfie. You are living good. Train the Newfie to retrieve logs?

Hell no! Newfies are terrible retrievers

 

[RTM]

I thought they were bred / trained to rescue fisherman at sea. Jumping from helicopters....... Our neighbors would not retrieve either. But he was cute.

 

[RivennHewn]

I thought they were bred / trained to rescue fisherman at sea. Jumping from helicopters....... Our neighbors would not retrieve either. But he was cute.

They are, but newfs don’t have the instincts like a Labrador. Fetching just isn’t their strong point.

My last dog was a Newfie/lab mix. Much more athletic, with much better instinct.

@ranger_the_newfie (Instagram) is just a big, loveable goofball.

 

[RivennHewn]

Identifying problem areas.

 

[Firebrick43]

Stacked and stickered everything into the drying shed this afternoon.

I then pre-loaded a log for tomorrow.
I would have cut it tonight, but there’s a cold, biting wind coming off the channel tonight.

Decided smoked oysters and herring with beer sounded better. Then parked my **** by the fireplace.

just thinking of that

 

[Firebrick43]

I recall Matt Cremona saying they were about twice the cost of his cheap blades but lasted quite a bit longer. But Matt never seemed to be deterred by hitting metal in the least.

Last carbide tipped blade I bought for my bandsaw was over 100 dollars. Wonderful cuts for slicing veneer but i don't run any cheap wood thru it.

 

[RivennHewn]

just thinking of that

It’s not for everyone

 

[RivennHewn]

Last carbide tipped blade I bought for my bandsaw was over 100 dollars. Wonderful cuts for slicing veneer but i don't run any cheap wood thru it.

Would love to see your setup! Post up some pics!

 

[RivennHewn]

Some Sunday afternoon recreational logging.

A 1000 lbs cedar counterbalanced perfectly for one person to push around.

I also excavated the metal spikes. One wouldn’t let go, so I had to cut around it. Oh well.

So tonight, I have one on the mill, and one into position for loading, next time I get a chance

 

[Jayman17]

Looks like you may have captured on old telephone pole there. I’m assuming those are the spikes used to climb the pole?

Jay

 

[RivennHewn]

Looks like you may have captured on old telephone pole there. I’m assuming those are the spikes used to climb the pole?

Jay

Jay,
I’m assuming it was a pier. The spikes were to attach cross members. Wish I knew the real story.

Our weather forecast is calling for heavy rain with snowmelt, resulting in rivers on the rise.

Could be some good log hunting this week

 

[RivennHewn]

Figured I’d better get my new truck box sorted out.

Started out by securing it(came with ****** hardware) with some truck/RV rivets. I then lined the bottom with some recycled rubber.

A couple milk crates for my straps/shackles/pulleys/ and misc ****.

Pretty much a dedicated log pulling box.

Don’t get any big ideas, or I’ll show you the caliber of my other toy

 

[Toolfool]

Don’t get any big ideas, or I’ll show you the caliber of my other toy

NOBODY wants to see that !

 

[RivennHewn]

NOBODY wants to see that !

 

[RivennHewn]

Not a bad yield from an ugly old log!

I got four of these, 2-1/4” x 21” x 11’.

173 BF old growth TK Red Cedar.

 

[txlonghorn1989]

That's sweet!!!

 

[RivennHewn]

That's sweet!!!

It’s kinda like reading a newspaper. You have to be able to see through the ****

 

[Jayman17]

Nice slabs, those will make a nice chew toy for Ranger.

Jay

 

[RivennHewn]

Nice slabs, those will make a nice chew toy for Ranger.

Jay

That dog does like big sticks!

 

[Toolfool]

Only one of my dogs would chew cedar, but all of them liked Doug Fir 2x4's.

 

[ssffnomad]

Ranger = big ham when the camera comes out

 

[alinc100]

Great dog,nice log.

 

[RivennHewn]

Ranger = big ham when the camera comes out

Yes. Yes he is

 

[RivennHewn]

Great dog,nice log.

It’s a toss up on which one is smarter

 

[RivennHewn]

Walked into HD with a gift card and a Benjamin in my pocket.

 

[bbbarracuda]

It’s a toss up on which one is smarter

I've had dogs like that. They are usually the best ones!

 

[RickP]

Nice Fuel!

I'll be interested in how well it works for you. Milwaukee stuff is usually excellent, and that would be a saw I'd like to try. I've used an 18v Ryobi for limbs and it requires a lot of patience...

 

[Toolfool]

Walked into HD with a gift card and a Benjamin in my pocket.

The neighbors will be pleased.

 

[RivennHewn]

Nice Fuel!

I'll be interested in how well it works for you. Milwaukee stuff is usually excellent, and that would be a saw I'd like to try. I've used an 18v Ryobi for limbs and it requires a lot of patience...

Should be great for cutting off limbs or roots.
Also good for cutting up the waste wood on the sawbuck. It’s a bit quieter too, so less of a neighborhood nuisance

 

[bulletpruf]

Nice Fuel!

I'll be interested in how well it works for you. Milwaukee stuff is usually excellent, and that would be a saw I'd like to try. I've used an 18v Ryobi for limbs and it requires a lot of patience...

Same here. I have the full suite of M18 stuff and the chainsaw is on my list for future purchase. I have dozens of chainsaws, but no electric one. Would be nice to have one that I can run on Sunday morning without ******* off the neighbors. Let us know how it works out.

 

[RivennHewn]

145 board feet of Western Red Cedar. And a nice day to make dust