Ideal Cookie Thickness?

[davidwyby]

So if one wants to have the cookies still usable for making little fires or as kindling, etc., how thick?

 

[old guy]

The reason most of us cut cookies at all is too get as many cuts as possible out of the log, so, thin as possible!

 

[cuinrearview]

I like them so thin they start curling in the sun the next day.

 

[Wolverine]

10mm

 

[davidwyby]

I like them so thin they start curling in the sun the next day.

Thos ain't cookies, they're potato chips!

I guess a good cookie length is what the decorator ladies will pay $10 a pop for...

 

[ayoungtexan]

As thin as I can cut them. I haven’t mastered the art of cutting thin cookies (thinnest one was 1/2 inch)

 

[davidwyby]

...lot more dollar per log than firewood!

 

[davidwyby]

I was thinking about it because I have some monster cookies some tree demo guys made from eucalyptus and my buddy ended up with years ago. They're around 40" and 4" thick. I think they made them that way so they could roll them out of the yard. Anyway, worked out good cuz they can be hand split into little chunks for small fires in small stove. Euc is often unsplittable by hand.

 

[Nutball]

...lot more dollar per log than firewood!

But think about how many cookies you are loosing to the kerf of each cut

 

[davidwyby]

I'll just use speedcut narrow kerf.

 

[5155]

I like em 18-24 inch.
No wonder you guys are always filing lol.

 

[Wood Chopper]

Thos ain't cookies, they're potato chips!

I guess a good cookie length is what the decorator ladies will pay $10 a pop for...

I had some craft lady buy some cookies from me once. I forget what she gave me for a 5 gallon bucket. I said tell your friends!!! lol [emoji23]


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[Wolverine]

Put a turntable between two and:

 

[ucm931]

I was thinking about it because I have some monster cookies some tree demo guys made from eucalyptus and my buddy ended up with years ago. They're around 40" and 4" thick. I think they made them that way so they could roll them out of the yard. Anyway, worked out good cuz they can be hand split into little chunks for small fires in small stove. Euc is often unsplittable by hand.

Some peeps might buy those to make small tables and such. YMMV

 

[davidwyby]

I should put this in my wood processing thread.

Large and funky grain or crotch mesquite gets milled for lumber, it’s $ They say. Small is for BBQs.

Yellow pine straight grain is firewood. My buddy want to try making stuff out of the funky wood. My wife likes the cookies for decorating.

Eucalyptus so far just firewood, but want to mill some if I can find some not too cracked and someone who wants to mill it. I’m betting it’s too hard to Alaskan mill.

Anyway, point being, there is$ in wood besides firewood and lumber. Live edge slabs are $$$ I think.

 

[Nutball]

I wonder how they keep the cookies from splitting?

 

[Dustin4185]

I wonder how they keep the cookies from splitting?

That’s the issue I had. My wife wanted a snowman out of cookies. I cut them 3” thick and they still split.

 

[P.M.P.]

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Put a turntable between two and:
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And what?

 

[P.M.P.]

Some peeps might buy those to make small tables and such. YMMV

Gay...best cookies are square

 

[davidwyby]

I wonder how they keep the cookies from splitting?

I would imagine by slowing the drying process?