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It's amazing such a beautiful piece of wood came out of that ugly looking log, Ian. But I guess Acacia is somewhat like Ipe' and other woods that don't rot.
How did you cut it that wide with your Swing mill? Two pass cutting?
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(06-24-2020, 07:36 PM)jteneyck Wrote: How did you cut it that wide with your Swing mill? Two pass cutting?
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The trick is to saw just over 1/2 way though the log, then flip it over and saw from the other side. You can only make one live edge per log, but they can be pretty big.
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jteneyck Wrote:THanks for posting that. I have never seen a mill quite like that, with two blades running together. Sort of like a predecessor of the Peterson Swing Mill. Looks like a good set up for making construction lumber and beams.
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A lot of 2x4s.
on up to 2x12s for roof trusses.
I think the biggest thing we cut was a 14” square beam for the top of a shed door frame.
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My stuff comes either from people here by way of scrap or a local farmer who has been milling wood for 45 years and gives us some scrap which is not really scrap to a turner just others will not buy it.
As of this time I am not teaching vets to turn. Also please do not send any items to me without prior notification. Thank You Everyone.
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Some older pics of our mill....
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(06-25-2020, 11:51 AM)EdL Wrote: Some older pics of our mill....
That looks like a really nice mill. I had never heard of Dyna Tech until your post. Are they still in business?
I'm super jealous of that Bobcat. That would make handling logs SOOOOOOO much easier.
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I'm whittling down that log. 21" wide cuts at the moment, and then I'll flip it one more time when I get to the centerline.
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06-25-2020, 02:43 PM
(This post was last modified: 06-25-2020, 02:47 PM by EdL.)
Thankfully Dyna no longer makes mills, some stuff on it is just a little to backwoods Amish.
The Bobcat & grapple make life easier and safer. Sadly we load from the wrong side of the mill. I'm loading over the stops instead of into them.
I can set the log on and release the grapple without worry of the log rolling, using pallet forks was scary.
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You all make this look fun. And you get some great wood. Wonder If I can sell this idea to LOML?
Like Arlin, I get most of my lumber from scrap sources, although, all of my projects have a really scrappy feel.
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My lumber comes from someone else's sawmill. Lot easier and less taxing on my body.
If I was younger, had a mill and land with mature trees I would probably do what you are doing but alas I am an urban boy.
Nice wood and thanks for pics.