[TheForge] now for something completely different

[Ron Childers]

Chuck, good thinking; some maple has really pretty figure for tomahawk
handles, etc. Terry, you want to cut it where the growth rings are in line
with the blade as it is stronger that way. A good sawyer knows how to get
the most/best cuts out of a piece of wood. Butter the ends with some cheap
glue or "Green Wood Sealer" so it doesn't check or split and dry slowly or
stabilize it. 
Ron C
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[mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Chuck Robinson
Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 2:03 PM
To: terry l. ridder; Sponsored by ABANA
Subject: Re: [TheForge] now for something completely different

Hey Terry,
Around here there are folks with wood mizer portable band mills that will 
come to your place and cut it for a reasonable price.  Some of them will cut

it no charge if they get to keep half the wood.
If you still want to cut it yourself with a chain saw jig, make sure you get

some chains ground for ripping wood instead of the standard cross cut 
design.
It's  really a whole lot of work to do it yourself.
I would pick out the sections of the logs, like crotches and knots, that 
could yield interesting wood grain that make good knife handles.
Chuck
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From: "terry l. ridder" <terrylr at blauedonau.com>
To: <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 9:04 AM
Subject: [TheForge] now for something completely different


> hello;
>
> last fall the township cut down all the trees in the hedgerow/fenceline
> on the country road i live on. i asked for the wood from from the huge
> maple tree that was right across from our house. well the township gave
> me all the wood. i have close to 125 logs sitting on the west end of
> the property. most are 10 ft long and relatively straight.
>
> my original plan was to cut up the smaller logs for firewood and
> the larger logs for lumber or square them off for landscape timber
> use.
>
> would anyone know of a simple way to make a reasonably safe device
> to guide a chainsaw in squaring the smaller logs?
>
> the logs and wood from the huge maple tree i would like to take to the 
> kingston saw mill for sawing. that will have to wait for now.
>
>
> -- 
> terry l. ridder ><>
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