Curly Curly

Daren-That's just mean buddy, tortuous for those poor guys.

I just bought 900 feet of old growth, curled rock maple logs, 200 feet of birdseye and the logger threw in a big ol' burl he cut on the slasher while making logs. The weekend before, one of my other logger suppliers called me to come to the landing to check a log.

Flame birch. 20+ inches. Very grrrr......

Yeah, I apologize for being in the mist lately. I've been pulling late nights trying to get everything up and running. I was to the point that the shop was full of dried stuff, both kiln chambers were full and I have probably 15,000bdft of different interesting hardwood logs to get to. I finally got the shop wired, insulated and just got the dust collection system running for the planer. I'll get some pics tonight. I just got done a pile of hardwood flooring to go to my buddy for T&G and relief cuts. The whole project really took a lot more time and effort than I had anticipated but I guess that's par for the course. I'm excited at the possiblities, I've gotten some inquiries about the operation and what I can have in stock by some local guys that are real into this kind of stuff. I haven't turned the corner in this yet but I can see it coming...

Isn't that stuff terrible?, even more so with the tiger curl....

I just can't resist those old logs. Some are like sponge and I end up throwing them into the outdoor furnace but some really are amazing. I've got 3 coming in this weekend that I think are holding some potential. Just ran into a cool deal a few weeks ago. Another logger called me and was cutting in central vermont and came across a series of trees that he couldn't identify. After mulling it over, one of his guys that runs the skidder came up and said "wow, I haven't seen chestnut in years". Sure enough, it was american chestnut. I didn't think there was any left. There wasn't even a listing on the log yard list for it so they sold it to me with a pile of cherry for the same price. It looks sweet cut, very much like the look of cherry. A white sapwood with a rich dark brown heart, not quite as dark as walnut.