08-02-2017, 09:38 PM
Holy cow, Greg, where do you get thousands of feet of that nice wood (especially the ash although I like pine too - long leaf especially of course) ?
Are you operating your own mill ? If so, photos would be neat. There are a lot of one-man, two-man mills around here as well as four or five big ones (like Pacific Lumber). Timber is our biggest industry followed by fishing and dairy products.
I bought a cheap 14 inch Harbor Freight bandsaw when I first moved here. I made a 6 inch riser block, ordered 12 inch longer 4 TPI blades and made an extended table with a cast iron angle plate as a fence, all for re-sawing. The idea, of course, was to harvest from National Forest deadfalls, drops from local mills and so forth.
It's rarely been used since I don't often come across treasures like yours. It's easy to find fir and the like, not so easy to find hardwood of any respectable length, ha-ha-ha.
Your table is going to be really nice. I like this forum a lot - I'm seeing many cool projects and good ideas !
Are you operating your own mill ? If so, photos would be neat. There are a lot of one-man, two-man mills around here as well as four or five big ones (like Pacific Lumber). Timber is our biggest industry followed by fishing and dairy products.
I bought a cheap 14 inch Harbor Freight bandsaw when I first moved here. I made a 6 inch riser block, ordered 12 inch longer 4 TPI blades and made an extended table with a cast iron angle plate as a fence, all for re-sawing. The idea, of course, was to harvest from National Forest deadfalls, drops from local mills and so forth.
It's rarely been used since I don't often come across treasures like yours. It's easy to find fir and the like, not so easy to find hardwood of any respectable length, ha-ha-ha.
Your table is going to be really nice. I like this forum a lot - I'm seeing many cool projects and good ideas !