Busy being busy

[SDB777]

As some may know, or may not know...I have been a hobby sawyer for quite sometime.  As with most 'hobbies' around here, they must pay for themselves....MUST.  Well, I can honestly say, this is the best hobby I could have hoped to find!
 
I am actually 'booked' for milling jobs through the beginning of the year as of today.  With more wanting scaled logs and quotes!  If I don't watch out, I'll have to quit the 4-10hrs and just do this...but then it wouldn't be a 'hobby' any longer and I'm afraid that it too would become a nasty four letter word......work.
 
Ms. Lyn has enough 1/4, 3/8, and 1/2 material to start a small store.  I have roughly 750boardfeet stacked to air dry in the garage in ERC, Oak, and a little Pine.  I have a few 5x9 inch 12ft beams to build the entry way to the backyard(swinging gate to get the mower in and out of)....timber frame jointery will start tomorrow morning!
 
 
I know....this is useless without photo's.


Customers Southern Red Oak slabs for making tables and such. There is also 85 actual 2x4's in the stack that are also Oak. The slabs are 21inches in width and 10ft long....they weigh almost 175lbs each(yes, carrying them to the stack was NOT fun).


Close-up of the grain pattern inside a piece of White Oak crotch I cut open. This is also a customers piece.  I have a bunch already for Lyn.


A quick video, well it's actually a time lapse. This is 1970+ photo's of the milling of the White Oak 'chunk'....

I'm not a videographer, and I'm probably too fat for anything less then the wide angle of the GoPro I used, but the more I work, the thinner I get...  On a side note, it takes about three days for the 'ache' to wear off after a weekend of milling timber, carrying tons of lumber, and everything else that goes with it.  Heating pad and Advil are my friends....the checks/cash for milling sure help too.



Scott (having fun and making dust) B

[Scrolling Steve]

Very nice Hobby you have there Scott!....Nice looking wood!

[LarryEA]

Beautiful wood thanks for sharing.

[Paul hd]

Great vid.

[amazingkevin]

As some may know, or may not know...I have been a hobby sawyer for quite sometime.  As with most 'hobbies' around here, they must pay for themselves....MUST.  Well, I can honestly say, this is the best hobby I could have hoped to find!

 

I am actually 'booked' for milling jobs through the beginning of the year as of today.  With more wanting scaled logs and quotes!  If I don't watch out, I'll have to quit the 4-10hrs and just do this...but then it wouldn't be a 'hobby' any longer and I'm afraid that it too would become a nasty four letter word......work.

 

Ms. Lyn has enough 1/4, 3/8, and 1/2 material to start a small store.  I have roughly 750boardfeet stacked to air dry in the garage in ERC, Oak, and a little Pine.  I have a few 5x9 inch 12ft beams to build the entry way to the backyard(swinging gate to get the mower in and out of)....timber frame jointery will start tomorrow morning!

 

 

I know....this is useless without photo's.

 

Customers Southern Red Oak slabs for making tables and such. There is also 85 actual 2x4's in the stack that are also Oak. The slabs are 21inches in width and 10ft long....they weigh almost 175lbs each(yes, carrying them to the stack was NOT fun).

 

Close-up of the grain pattern inside a piece of White Oak crotch I cut open. This is also a customers piece.  I have a bunch already for Lyn.

 

 

A quick video, well it's actually a time lapse. This is 1970+ photo's of the milling of the White Oak 'chunk'....

 

I'm not a videographer, and I'm probably too fat for anything less then the wide angle of the GoPro I used, but the more I work, the thinner I get...  On a side note, it takes about three days for the 'ache' to wear off after a weekend of milling timber, carrying tons of lumber, and everything else that goes with it.  Heating pad and Advil are my friends....the checks/cash for milling sure help too.

 

 

 

I was hoping for sound with it ,lol There was i just forgot my headphones were plugged in and i could hear music but thought it was the pot heads down the street because it;s the weekend,party time.I cant believe how nice and fast a job the machine does.close ups would be nice to see real action.I treally enjoyed seeing the video ,Thanks! i watched it on my phone!

[Lucky2]

Share the wealth Scott, hire someone to be your helper before you wear yourself out. I'm serious, a buddy of mine bought one of these little mills thinking he could run it on his own. He did good for awhile, but, eventually it all caught up to him and he ended up getting sick over the whole operation. He burnt himself out, he was just about useless for months. Yes he got the mill paid off, but, he can't use it himself anymore, he just doesn't have it in him. So, watch yourself.

Len

[Phantom Scroller]

That vid I played without sound like Charlie Chaplin funny you keep at it and send me the wood to save some space haa haa If I lived near you I'd give you a hand. Loved it Thanks for showing. Roly

[DWSUDEKUM]

Would love to have your mill Scott and the room to store the lumber while it dries.  Some of that you showed us has some awesome grain.  Thanks for sharing this with us.

 

DW

[ike]

I envy your mill status. I get my wood from the mill about 1 mile from my home It all comes in 3/4 ft. lgth( end Cuts) I h;ave a whole years supply drying with about 30% ready to plain I will just wait till I have enough for a day's work.

[SDB777]

Time lapse doesn't really have 'sound', it's just a big pile of photo's that get stacked.

Another way to think of the process....  1970-ish photo's equals one photo each 1/2second equals 16.41minutes.  Compressed into 2min:58sec equals Charlie Chaplin!  There is sound, but it's just a looping audio piece I had in the computer.....

 

 

Scott (biscuits are gooooood) B