Timber Framing

[SeanKroll]

I've gone from live tree to cutting joints in the same day.

I've gone from live tree cutting to joints in the same day.

 

[Dave Shepard]

I had to read that one twice.

 

[SeanKroll]

 

[Bodean]

Like.

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[Burnham]

Good one, Sean .

 

[Dave Shepard]

I've got all the squiggly stuff done. Just a few long plates left.

8 3/4"x10 3/4"x34'.

 

[Dave Shepard]

I raised my 12x16 frame for a demo at a historical society shindig today. Then we took it down and I'm going to put it up for my mother to put her new lawnmower in.

 

[squisher]

Looks like a hell of a shed for a lawnmower. But heh, it's your mom.

 

[Dave Shepard]

Crew cab Kubota RTV1140, too.

 

[MasterBlaster]

All the other lawnmowers on the block are gonna be jealous!

 

[squisher]

Crew cab Kubota RTV1140, too.

Heck. Now I'm jealous!

 

[FireFighterZero]

Is that a Wood Miser?

 

[squisher]

Naw. It's kubotas side by side.

 

[FireFighterZero]

The mill you silly.

 

[FireFighterZero]

Are those kubota smoother now?

The BLM guys run around with a two seater that is rougher than hell.

 

[squisher]

 

[Dave Shepard]

Yes, Jim, it's a WoodMizer.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TlMTxUwF-YY

 

[FireFighterZero]

Thought it looked familiar.

Once the old guy died that ran the mill next door his step son came and ran it for a while.

After a while he got into selling Wood Mizers. He wanted dad and I go to into a partnership with him. Never did, but I have a catalog.

 

[FireFighterZero]

Whats an old one worth?

Like the kind you had to walk along with?

I go through about 3000 board feet a year....could I justify it?

 

[stig]

I though the only trees out your way were cottonwoods.

 

[FireFighterZero]

Lots of pine and fir in the hills.

Fir is all I buy.

You can make great planks out of cottonwood.

 

[stig]

Yep.
It was used for barn sidings here, because it is so open pored that if the planks were set vertically, rain water would run right out of them.
Lasted a long time without any treatment.

 

[Dave Shepard]

Prices are all over the place on used mills. It depends on what options you want. Sawmill Exchange has a bunch of used 'Mizers usually. If you could get set up out of the weather, it could be a fun winter hobby. Sell a few planks to offset the cost of owning the mill.

 

[FireFighterZero]

I have always wanted to be a sawmill man. Ever since being around the neighbors mill as a kid.

I could set it up in a sheltered spot for sure.

Thanks for the tip.

 

[Dave Shepard]

You habhave e much going on in the winter?