mds2 Posted October 20, 2015 Report Share Posted October 20, 2015 I am blessed to have a couple great friends. This is the second time I have been given a load of walnut. The same friend helped me cut, load, haul, and unload all of it. My other friend with a sawmill had it cut and ready to go in a couple hours. My awesome wife helped me move, paint, sticker, and stack all of it behind the house. I am very thankful for all of these people.Anyway here is the load of walnut that I got for pennies per bf. 300ish board feet total all cut into 8/4. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted October 20, 2015 Report Share Posted October 20, 2015 And now comes the fun part, waiting for 6% Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mds2 Posted October 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2015 The waiting is the hardest part, but I built a kiln last year so I can speed up the process a lot. It will air dry over the winter, then in the spring I'll put it in the kiln with a dehumidifier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted October 20, 2015 Report Share Posted October 20, 2015 Awesome. Friends and lumber both. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted October 20, 2015 Report Share Posted October 20, 2015 Awesome. Friends and lumber both.+1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjeff70 Posted October 20, 2015 Report Share Posted October 20, 2015 Did you go through the trouble of milling it quartersawn? Just curious how members here are consciously cutting their meat and potatoes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mds2 Posted October 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2015 Nope. I take it to my man Steve and he works his magic. He literally said to me yesterday "I cant stand it when people try to tell me how to cut up a log". He's a 65+ year old Vietnam vet that is as tough as a bucket of 16 penny nails. I let him be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 20, 2015 Report Share Posted October 20, 2015 Did you go through the trouble of milling it quartersawn? Just curious how members here are consciously cutting their meat and potatoes.Few, if any, of those logs are big enough to quarter saw. The largest one too me looks 10-12" in diameter. when you quarter saw your max width is the radius of the log, minus a few inches for the pith. So maybe you could get 4" wide boards if you quartered those logs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mds2 Posted October 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2015 Few, if any, of those logs are big enough to quarter saw. The largest one too me looks 10-12" in diameter. when you quarter saw your max width is the radius of the log, minus a few inches for the pith. So maybe you could get 4" wide boards if you quartered those logs. I was just going to post this same thing. These logs are way too small for quartersawing. Plus with walnut you can have a lot of sapwood waste on top. I had to go measure for curiosities sake and the widest looks to be 12"He did just finish cutting up a gigantic pin oak that he had to quarter with his chainsaw just to fit on the mill. I had never seen quarter sawn pin oak, or pin oak boards at all, before yesterday and it is beautiful stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
estesbubba Posted October 20, 2015 Report Share Posted October 20, 2015 I'm not far from you in Springfield. It's nice to have great connections especially when it's nice walnut! I can see a lot of nice table legs out of those short boards.I think quarter sawing walnut takes away from it's character. Now quarter/rift sawing white and red oak makes it a lot more desirable in my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mds2 Posted October 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2015 Chunk of qs pin oak he gave me:http://www.imgur.com/gallery/zV5X6cXwalnut right in the money:http://www.imgur.com/gallery/W5SZCQU I'm not far from you in Springfield. It's nice to have great connections especially when it's nice walnut! I can see a lot of nice table legs out of those short boards.I think quarter sawing walnut takes away from it's character. Now quarter/rift sawing white and red oak makes it a lot more desirable in my opinion. howdy neighbor! I just got a golden that looks like your red one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric. Posted October 21, 2015 Report Share Posted October 21, 2015 Are those trunk sections from small trees or branch sections from large trees? I hope the former, otherwise you may find your boards won't stay flat no matter what you do. Too much tension in branches to build furniture with...reaction wood. Branches would be great for turning though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Gilbert Posted October 21, 2015 Report Share Posted October 21, 2015 nice haul.. how did you build you kiln? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mds2 Posted October 21, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2015 Are those trunk sections from small trees or branch sections from large trees? I hope the former, otherwise you may find your boards won't stay flat no matter what you do. Too much tension in branches to build furniture with...reaction wood. Branches would be great for turning though.They are large branches from large trees. Weird, the ones I cut and dried 18 months ago from the same trees stayed flat. And, at least so far, no problems with furniture. Really good curl in a lot of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mds2 Posted October 21, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2015 nice haul.. how did you build you kiln?Its pretty simple really. I made a frame out of 2x4's and stacked the lumber inside. Then I wrapped the frame with plastic and sealed the whole thing with house wrap tape. Inside the kiln is a dehydrator and a fan to keep the air circulating. The dehydrator has a drain tube that I run out into the yard. https://instagram.com/p/rVeQjUlSD7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark J Posted October 27, 2015 Report Share Posted October 27, 2015 Did you say dehumidifier or dehydrator? or is there any difference? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wareaglewoodworker Posted October 28, 2015 Report Share Posted October 28, 2015 A dehumidifier removes moisture from the air. A dehydrator removes moisture from food. One makes you more comfortable during the hot humid summer months down south. The other makes your beef jerky and apple chips. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mds2 Posted October 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2015 Haha, DEHUMIDIFIER! Wonder what walnut jerky tastes like?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sawmillgeo Posted January 17, 2016 Report Share Posted January 17, 2016 On 10/20/2015 at 4:17 PM, Mike. said: Few, if any, of those logs are big enough to quarter saw. The largest one too me looks 10-12" in diameter. when you quarter saw your max width is the radius of the log, minus a few inches for the pith. So maybe you could get 4" wide boards if you quartered those logs. I have a hobby mill, love to cut into a log just to see whats inside. I'm wondering the benefits of QS walnut is. QS oak will give you awesome grain figure, rays, that you would you would find some of in the same log sawn thru and thru.I never see this cutting walnut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted January 17, 2016 Report Share Posted January 17, 2016 Quater Sawing any wood will give you different wood movement characteristics over flat sawing. QS is generally more stable, I believe. Also, you get straight grain lines on the wide face of your boards, rather than cathedral arches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted January 17, 2016 Report Share Posted January 17, 2016 52 minutes ago, Sawmillgeo said: I have a hobby mill, love to cut into a log just to see whats inside. I'm wondering the benefits of QS walnut is. QS oak will give you awesome grain figure, rays, that you would you would find some of in the same log sawn thru and thru.I never see this cutting walnut. The biggest reason I would grab QS walnut would be the grain. All the QS walnut I have ever seen has nice long, straight grain and color lines rather than the swirly grain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewalnutguy Posted January 24, 2016 Report Share Posted January 24, 2016 I built a kitchen out of quarter-sawn walnut about 7 years ago. Wonderful wood to work with, no nasty behavior like twisting or warping. Came out of the kiln straight and flat and stayed that way throughout the project. The logs, 18-30 inches in diameter, came from a friend who runs a tree service business. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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