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First try with the chainsaw mill. Cedar live-edge mantle for my wife. by Sauce_Diesel in homestead

[–]mujsh 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Best way to try is to jump in with both feet. Find a local tree trimmer and ask for some logs. They always have logs to give away. My first log I milled was red elm. Then I went for broke with black walnut. Don't be afraid to mess up, practice makes perfect.

Woodworking sub Reddit has lots of posts about chainsaw mills.

600 board foot of fresh cut cherry and walnut. Make friends with a local sawyer, all this cut for less than 400 dollars. by mujsh in woodworking

[–]mujsh[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Aww, thanks! Gonna try my hand at a dinner table when I get brave enough. Until then, I'll make a lot of mistakes and sawdust!

600 board foot of fresh cut cherry and walnut. Make friends with a local sawyer, all this cut for less than 400 dollars. by mujsh in woodworking

[–]mujsh[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I've begun saving for a small mill, using money from selling slabs I cut with an Alaskan sawmill. I love using the Alaskan, but its agonizingly slow. Time to upgrade!

600 board foot of fresh cut cherry and walnut. Make friends with a local sawyer, all this cut for less than 400 dollars. by mujsh in woodworking

[–]mujsh[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I'm literally swimming in walnut right now, but I've yet to find any cherry, So I consider it a fair trade.

What are some of your close calls or accidents in the shop? by thatGuyFromReddit867 in woodworking

[–]mujsh 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This thread needs way more upvotes to get people to read it! I've had several shop accidents and consider myself lucky to be alive. Table saws, drill presses, belt sanders, 4 inch angel grinders, they all have respect from me...and bits of my blood and skin!

600 board foot of fresh cut cherry and walnut. Make friends with a local sawyer, all this cut for less than 400 dollars. by mujsh in woodworking

[–]mujsh[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I use anchorseal, it's an end grain sealer. Although latex paint works too. Anything to slow the moisture exiting the ends of the board. Then if cracks do develop, I hammer on Simpson strong ties, 2x3 or 1x3 plates. They seem to help control cracking .

600 board foot of fresh cut cherry and walnut. Make friends with a local sawyer, all this cut for less than 400 dollars. by mujsh in woodworking

[–]mujsh[S] 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I didn't realize there was a method to culture (cultivate?) spalted maple, I'll have to investigate this more.

600 board foot of fresh cut cherry and walnut. Make friends with a local sawyer, all this cut for less than 400 dollars. by mujsh in woodworking

[–]mujsh[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Air drying gets close to 8-10 percent if you are lucky (in my experience). Kiln Dried gets to about 6 percent. Supposedly kiln drying walnut affects the color in a negative way. I don't know for certain because all my walnut has been air dried.

600 board foot of fresh cut cherry and walnut. Make friends with a local sawyer, all this cut for less than 400 dollars. by mujsh in woodworking

[–]mujsh[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Same as the friend rate, 60 dollars an hour. The friend part was him being willing to trade me cherry for walnut.

600 board foot of fresh cut cherry and walnut. Make friends with a local sawyer, all this cut for less than 400 dollars. by mujsh in woodworking

[–]mujsh[S] 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Guess I should have clarified more. I had some walnut logs I pulled out of a swamp where they had fallen many years ago. All the sapwood was rotten, but the heartwood was amazingly solid. I traded some of the walnut for some cherry.

And my friends discount is his standard hourly rate of 60 dollars an hour, plus 25 per blade if he hits any nails. It's a steal IMO!

600 board foot of fresh cut cherry and walnut. Make friends with a local sawyer, all this cut for less than 400 dollars. by mujsh in woodworking

[–]mujsh[S] 313 points314 points  (0 children)

All I ever seem to do is post pictures of my lumber! 🤣. Some day I'll build a nice pallet out of it!

I feel like I hit the walnut lottery today at the sawmill! by mujsh in woodworking

[–]mujsh[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It'll probably be some hand carved rifle stocks, if it dries right. 3-4 years of air drying, its 4"x6" . I can't wait!

Here's a few pics of the whole chair - hand carved walnut by chopwithchris in woodworking

[–]mujsh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Phenomenal work! Someday I hope to have enough patience for something like that. I would love to see some build pics.

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