Saw Mill

[La Hot Rods]

Was at my buddy Rockhounds place giving a hand cutting some lumber for Nathans home project.



Bet some interesting lumber could come out of this beast.
Kinda sore this morning, thought I just got drunk.

 

[La Hot Rods]

Got a video loaded.
When you cut wood like this, it's like Christmas every cut.

 

[Blk61409]

Now that’s just AWESOME!

 

[La Hot Rods]

 

[La Hot Rods]

See I was helping.

 

[Iowa 409 Guy]

Is that red stuff cedar James?

 

[La Hot Rods]

Yes. the other log is a pine.

 

[plumcrazy]

Wow rhats pretty wood. Little wider make a killer coffee table!! Love deep rich grain, burl woods...

 

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[Ishiftem]

Cedar is neater but pine is fine.

 

[Tom Kochtanek]

Ten years ago I had a giant hardwood blow over, Rockhound came over to haul it off for cutting up as I had thought it was a walnut, but it was some crappy oak (like a shingle oak) so it was mostly cordwood...

Is that a new saw mill? I remember seeing the one he had a decade ago? The one that hippy guy trashed the blade when using it without his knowledge .

 

[La Hot Rods]

It's the same mill.
Rockhound had to do a bunch of repairs to get it up and running again.

 

[1964SuperStocker]

So amazing watching old trees turned into boards. When I bought our house back in 2015 we had to cut half of a 100 year old Mulberry down. Used my poor car trailer to carry the massive trunk in three sections 40" across at the widest point. (was way over loaded). Arrived at the Saw mill and stood there and watched him make boards for me. So cool! I still have about 1 truck load left if anyone really wants Mulberry boards.

 

[skipxt4]

Maybe someone, could make a song.

 

[Mearl]

Mel Tillis had a good sawmill song. Gene Watson paid 7 sawmill dollars for a bracelet just to satisfy a 14 karat mind.

 

[skipxt4]

I was thinking " Here we go round the Mulberry Bush, The Mulberry Bush, The Mulberry Bush " Never Mind.

 

[La Hot Rods]

Had to stop at rockhounds to do some trouble shooting on the sawmill.
Found it had a bad switch, if he gets the part and weather holds out we should be back to wook this weekend.

 

[1964SuperStocker]

I was thinking " Here we go round the Mulberry Bush, The Mulberry Bush, The Mulberry Bush " Never Mind.

I had never seen a Mulberry tree as big as ours before and neither had our Arborist. Our house was built in 1925 and one of the first houses built in the area. We think it was put in place by the owners to signal the yard space because it was placed directly between the second house built in the area right next door. Based upon the number of growth rings we counted it would make the tree the same age as the house itself.

 

[1964SuperStocker]

Had to stop at rockhounds to do some trouble shooting on the sawmill.
Found it had a bad switch, if he gets the part and weather holds out we should be back to wook this weekend.
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We had a large slab made of our tree as well. Love the colors on your piece too. Ours has a bright yellow core. I'll try and snap a shot of it later tonight. We plan to make a coffee table out of it once the boys are old enough to not bonk their heads on it.

 

[La Hot Rods]

some walnut
the first of 5 cedar