Lots of stuff - too busy to post!
here is just a bunch of pictures.
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| This is how I brought it home! |
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| Its off the trailer now. I had to put the flail mower on the tractor because the sawmill package weighed to much and threatened to tip the tractor! |
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| Sawmill on the ground and out of the rain |
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| Unwrapped |
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| Sawmill head removed from packaging |
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| Sawmill rails laid out. |
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| Sawmill rails leveled and aligned (this took about a day and a half!) |
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| Sawmill head placed on the rails! Whew. Nervewracking |
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| First cut! |
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| Root beer ready! A short break |
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| Its very fizzy, but the flavor isn't what I remember. |
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| Milling a long ash log (I think) |
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| 5 inch cant |
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| Got some nice boards - 16 foot, if I recall |
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| Can make some really thin boards on this mill! |
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| Ahh, there's stress in this cant! Look at how it bows! |
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| Moving a big piece of maple to the mill. |
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| This one is close tot he tipping point of the tractor even with the flail mower on the back! |
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| I found this hayloft door that I think could be useful for ventilation |
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| Marked off my planned woodshed. |
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| Used the auger to dig some holes for the poles for the woodshed |
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| Here are the poles |
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| Made some "E2" - added water tot he elderberry pulp left from the earlier jelly making and got enough good juice to the make these 7 half-pints of "E2" jelly. This stuff is actually pretty good! |
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| I debarked the poles and put them up to paint them with my copper napthenate |
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| 9% copper napthenate |
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| After "painting" with 2 coats. |
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| Connected the 2 sides of the canning shelves. |
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| Ready to cut the actual shelving boards. |
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| Poles are dry and ready to plant |
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| The poles are aligned using the boards |
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| Poles are backfilled. Ready for the next step! |
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