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I've been working on and off with Jim (Insteadof) for a while now and brought my sawmill out to his place this this past week. Jim's a supper intelligent guy, packed with a world full of wisdom and he's very friendly to boot. Even though he's never sawn lumber from logs with a sawmill before, he gets me thinking pretty hard by asking the right questions at the right time. For example we sawed one log that had some splitting when the tree got blown over for the tornado. We studied that log pretty hard and did some good measurements. By positioning the log just right on the mill for the first saw in 1/2 cut, we ended up loosing just only a 5/4 board from that log.
Seems the more I saw with others the more I learn - sometimes what I think is the right decision (by habit) turns out to be not as good as I first thought it would be. It's listening to others that spark new thought, discussion and a new way of thinking. I sure do appreciate Jim sharing his wisdom with me, you know you just can't put any kind of value on wisdom sharing. Not only will I end up being a better sawyer, I'll be a better person :thumbs_up.
I'm really going to hate when the work is done out at Jim's and I have to pull out of there but I just took on another large sawing job for a guy who wants 3 acres thinned out to make more room for his cows. I don't know which I like better the logging part or the sawing part. I do know I like being able to cut logs the way I like them cut - it makes milling so much easier. I guess I'll just be a gypsy for a while and roam wherever the trees fall. It keeps me out of trouble ain't that right Cathy?
Thanks
Seems the more I saw with others the more I learn - sometimes what I think is the right decision (by habit) turns out to be not as good as I first thought it would be. It's listening to others that spark new thought, discussion and a new way of thinking. I sure do appreciate Jim sharing his wisdom with me, you know you just can't put any kind of value on wisdom sharing. Not only will I end up being a better sawyer, I'll be a better person :thumbs_up.
I'm really going to hate when the work is done out at Jim's and I have to pull out of there but I just took on another large sawing job for a guy who wants 3 acres thinned out to make more room for his cows. I don't know which I like better the logging part or the sawing part. I do know I like being able to cut logs the way I like them cut - it makes milling so much easier. I guess I'll just be a gypsy for a while and roam wherever the trees fall. It keeps me out of trouble ain't that right Cathy?
Thanks