How Much should I Pay For This Log? - Page 4 - Woodworking Talk

James04 · 11-17-2009, 06:48 PM

Just got in from milling. Long day. No energy left to upload any photos. I got a few more nice boards. This half of the log that I thought would be better than all the rest turned out to be on the less spectacular side. I guess I was getting spoiled the last few days.

TT,

I know what you mean about getting the bug. I can leave my mill for months and then start reading on some of the forums about others milling logs and I get the bug bad. I hope you have your own sharpener if your going to start dragging stuff through the mud.

I think woodworking is one of those things that you can live vicariously through these forums and get lots of pleasure. No doubt why we like seeing lots of photos. I also really like watching some of the pod casts like the Wood Whisperer. I wish there was a new episode every day. I also wish these tv networks would get there heads out of there butts and put something interesting on. Not even Norm anymore.

James

Richard · 11-18-2009, 10:45 AM

I just read through your post and swiped off the drool from my chin. You got some nice looking lumber in your hands. Now what are you going to do with all that great looking lumber??

Thanks for the great pictures

Richard

James04 · 11-18-2009, 09:47 PM

Ok I took a better photo of the Big Burly Robot's grain pattern. You can see the spalting and curl much better and the color is more correct. The next set off the log is more to my liking. It is more uniform in width and not so radical. One more set after that. Still very nice.

Then the one on the mill perhaps should have been cut up into turning stock. If you see the back it is lots of burls. It still has about 5" of thickness at the bottom edge but some of the burls are fairly thin.

James

James04 · 11-18-2009, 09:50 PM

The one with the burls.

dirtclod · 11-18-2009, 10:48 PM

Oh, better than you could hope for. You're doing a good job breaking that log down and handling that beast. Looking forward to your drying and marketing. You're putting a lot of effort into this one but it should be worth it. Good luck and keep the posts coming.

JP Sinclair · 12-01-2009, 10:14 AM

Love the look of that last bookmatch, what a killer table that could be

Here's a mongo birch dropped off by my tree service pal-What a beast to get on the mill but the bookmatch wasn't bad, not near as nice as James' but still cool old growth stuff

JP Sinclair · 12-01-2009, 10:15 AM

few more

FellForWood · 12-09-2009, 06:44 PM

Good grief. What a great find! This thread actually prompted me to join this forum.

Gene Howe · 12-09-2009, 06:49 PM

This thread has caused drool to puddle on my keyboard.

**Daren** · 12-09-2009, 06:51 PM

Welcome FellForWood, that is quite a log eh ? Wonder how James is doing with it, he has not reported for awhile.

FellForWood · 12-09-2009, 08:03 PM

No kidding. I'm hoping he'll come back to this thread because I want some of that wood!

James04 · 12-09-2009, 08:20 PM

Hi Guys,

It seems there have been a few post to the thread that I was unaware of. I have instant email notification on but I haven't gotten any emails in a while.

Well the lumber is all stacked and stickered in my back yard. I will be giving it at least a month probably more to air dry. Seems the weather is perfect for a gentle dry. I have been meaning to get out and take a photo of the stack to give some temporary closure to the thread but never got around to doing it.

James

Cordless · 12-09-2009, 10:25 PM

Very nice! You did a great job on that log. As Daren says, you did it justice.

James04 · Yesterday, 11:40 AM

Just giving this a bump for a friend who couldn't find it.

I am hoping to get this in the kiln this month. If not I may just leave it air dry a bit longer.

James

mics_54 · Yesterday, 12:12 PM

I gotta find me some rotton wood!

actually I have a large birch log with a huge burl on it that might be about ready to saw up. I'm not sure how to attack it.