Well, it's time to mill up the bigger limbs on the walnut tree that was given to me... So, i loaded one of them on the mill,
I decided seeing it was so small, i'd leave the curve in it... Perhaps i can fit that curve into a design of what ever i make out of it?
The next limb has a big crook in it, so i had to make a decision on how to cut it to fit on the mill,
and opened it, sawing it into 5/4 boards...
Then i loaded another piece on the mill...
And started milling it into 5/4 lumber too...
As you can see, this last piece is too short to go on two bunks at once... In that case, i use one of the hydraulic toe boards to hold one end up...
Then opened it up, and started taking boards off...
Well, here's the tally from the limbs that i sawed. As you can see, i sawed one board at 10/4...
So, now it's time to get all of the walnut i've sawn from this tree, properly stickered and covered. So, i pick up the whole stack and move it to where it will be untill it's air dryed!
I then restacked the whole pile with the "best" boards in lower part of the stack. That puts the "most" weight on the "best" boards, helping them to dry flatter for the best quality possible!
And, isn't it fitting that a nice walnut tree has come up right by my stack of walnut???
That's it for this tree, other than a few short pieces i'll square up and dry for turning squares... I hope you enjoyed part 4 of "Sawing A Walnut"...
DM
