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Tree cutting

Cut this tree down today. Looks like a watermelon tree.
- Dragon
- Media item
- Dec 29, 2008
- log stump table tree
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Pecan log

I have a friend that gave me a large Pecan log, measures 9' 9" in length, and is about 18 to 20 inches straight through. It was cut last weekend, so it hasn't dried very much yet. My question is, would it be better to make bowl blanks or cut it for flat lumber? The ends look fine, no rot and it...
- pcooper
- Thread
- Dec 27, 2008
- log pecan
- Replies: 7
- Forum: Wood
Plunge cutting a stump/log
- Dragon
- Media item
- Dec 27, 2008
- log stump table
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rough cut-out

Center section removed after cutting. Piece is now ready to define the opening and clean up the shape.
- Dragon
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- Dec 27, 2008
- log stump table
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Plunge cutting a stump/log

First 4 cuts into the center to make a stump table with interior storage.
- Dragon
- Media item
- Dec 27, 2008
- log stump table
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- Category: Member Galleries
Tripod stump

Here the legs have been cut out and rough shaped.
- Dragon
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- Dec 27, 2008
- log stump table
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Building stump tables

This one is going to be a three-legged table. Here, the central section has been cut out and the legs marked off.
- Dragon
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- Dec 27, 2008
- log stump table
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Dining table on the cart

Finally got 'er loaded up. At least a couple hundred pounds if not more.
- Dragon
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- Dec 26, 2008
- log stump table
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Rough hollowed out

Rough hollowed out and ready for the finish hollowing before any sanding work is begun.
- Dragon
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- Dec 25, 2008
- log stump table
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First cuts in butt end of stump

The center of this stump was basically rot so it came out first to see how deep the rot went.
- Dragon
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- Dec 25, 2008
- log stump table
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Dining table stump

Rough hollowed out.
- Dragon
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- Dec 25, 2008
- log stump table
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Remember the Walnut Log...

Well here it is after going to see Jack(saw4you) with Rob(rsitzejr) and his son Logan. There is also a bunch of other lumber and cants from Jack, including some Pecan, S. Maple and Cedar. We had a great time. It was interesting pulling the log onto the trailer with the winch, but it worked(sorry...
- NCTurner
- Thread
- Dec 13, 2008
- log remember walnut
- Replies: 6
- Forum: Wood
walnut log on Raleigh CL

http://raleigh.craigslist.org/for/908057155.html Beautiful walnut wood for sale- the log is approximately 8' x 2' Make an offer. So, I emailed and asked: When was it cut? How quickly were the ends sealed and with what? Is it being kept under cover? and the reply is: It was cut back in...
- CarvedTones
- Thread
- Nov 7, 2008
- log raleigh walnut
- Replies: 15
- Forum: Found for Sale/Hot Deals
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Log Caliper - Doyle / International Rule

Been wanting to build a wooden log caliper with international rule on one side and Doyle on the other. The caliper jaws would need to be about 3' long that way I could scale a 6' diameter standing tree. Would like board toot measurements for common log lengths (8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, and 20)...
- jeff...
- Thread
- Jul 20, 2008
- caliper doyle international log rule
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Wood
Amount of wood in a log

If you don't have access to a timber scale(I think thats what they are called), how can you estimate the board footage in a log by just the length/diameter dimensions?
- Tom Dunn
- Thread
- Mar 4, 2008
- amount log wood
- Replies: 29
- Forum: Wood
Oak log value

I was told by a guy I work with that a friend of his has about 10 Oak logs that are 10-18' long and about 2' in diameter. Does anyone know what a reasonable price for them would be?
- MikeH
- Thread
- Feb 9, 2008
- log oak
- Replies: 6
- Forum: Wood
Red & White Oak In The Log

:eusa_dancHi All, it's been awhile since I've posted here, been real busy lately. Anyhow, I have a bunch of red oak still in the log if anybody wants some please let me know. I'm gonna start sawing it next weekend so if you have any special cuts let me know.:-D
- The WoodButcher
- Thread
- Jan 13, 2008
- log oak red white
- Replies: 6
- Forum: Wood
What is the shortest log a sawmill with take

I have some walnut from 2 trees that I took down earlier this year. One was alive, the other had been dead for several year, and dried standing. The dead on was 16" across on the log I measured, and the live one was about 12". The problem I see is that the shortest log (the 16" diameter one)...
- Threejs
- Thread
- Dec 14, 2007
- log sawmill shortest
- Replies: 4
- Forum: General Woodworking
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Log

My new trailer and little 1/2 pickup handles a big log pretty well. Just have to make sure the trailer is good and tail heavy to save a little pickup spring for the ride home. Here's a 40" small end but log, can you guess what kind of tree it is and about how much it weighs? If this don't make...
- jeff...
- Thread
- Nov 10, 2007
- log
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Wood
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Log truck

Timber :lol::lol::lol:
- jeff...
- Thread
- Oct 30, 2007
- log truck
- Replies: 8
- Forum: Wood