Recent content by SeanKroll

Congratulations, Carl!

Certainly, beat feet if there is no reason to still be cutting!

Cool! Happy you're getting some milling in!

I make a joke about needing the metric adjustable crescent wrench when working on an import...looky there, a metric and imperial adjustable wrench!

How many hornets' nests in how many years? Leave it be. Filling cavities is antiquated and unhealthy for the tree.

I'm looking at maybe having more time for working on the milling ends of thing. I need to make some covered, level storage for drying and a sawmill shed or cover. Better weather is here, so more calls will come in.

These dampening branches came up recently. A climber referred a dead hemlock removal my way. I knocked it out. He asked if it was hard and if I climbed another tree and came in from above. i said it was easy. I climbed it to top it first, while the bulk of the dead crown remained. The...

Ouch!

It's different between whorls than with whorls within the piece. Some people are set on all 16" lengths. I'm not. All things considered, I'll take my hydraulic with a standard and 4-way wedge. Only a 22 ton... never been stopped, even with large, 20" lengths. As much as I like...

Sculpture is cool. I've been thinking of milling really thin pieces and adding uneven weight to distort it. Agree with milling thick and resawing. I have a bunch of dry madrona slabs. Easier to rew than router sled flatten, I think. Also, no tengo un router sled. I wonder if router sled...

You need to sticker stack and weigh that down a lot for drying.

2 guys I knew/know, one being my neighbor Charlie, say skookum. I've seen Skookum-brand rigging blocks. Definitely PNW-ese.

5-10 minutes from my gf's house, probably 15 minutes from mine. Maybe 20. It's on the next peninsula, Cooper Point, over from mine, Steamboat Island. Also had many 5 acre parcels and lots of waterfront. Took a small pruning job at a waterfront house in Cooper Point, recently. They'll need...

I wish they were more visible.