Cleaning up the old lumber logs in front of the barn
I working on milling up the lumber that's blocking my trailer bay on the red barn. Some of this wood has been lying here for over 4 years! I suspect some may be past saving.
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| Lots of the lumber is milled up in this picture. The scrap pile is getting impressive! |
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| Here is the lowest part of the bole from that big oak I cut down in the front yard. |
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| 15+ inches across here, but there is a piece missing so I will cut this down another inch or two. |
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| Not a long log - only 7ft, but thick! |
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| Here is a shot of it before cutting down |
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| First cut |
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| This one needed some trimming with the chain saw to get the sawmill carriage past the log. |
The bottom part of the big oak bole was far easier to mill than the top! The top had the "split" which caused all kinds of size issues (and rot/decay issues, as it turned out).
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| I missed taking pictures of the real hard part of this work: getting it to this point in the milling |
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| Great. After all this work, its mostly crap wood on the inside. |
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| It's going to be difficult to get any good lumber out of this piece. |
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| Long story, significantly shortened: a single 6x6 inch post! That's all I could get! But, I got plenty of wood for the chipper. |
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| Scrap pile is FULL! |
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| The good news: All of the old wood has been milled! |
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