Oak

[RI Chevy]

TY

 

[Wolverine]

Is Zinzzer the actual product? Or the name?

That’s a brand name of paint. I’ve used Bullseye before, but not for end grain sealing.

 

[RI Chevy]

TY sir

 

[Moparmyway]

IMHO sanding sealer won’t seal the endgrain. I did 2 coats each side with this stuff

 

[RI Chevy]

TY Kevin

 

[mdavlee]

SO. If I mill a log with 3/8" chain I may have to resharpen the chain every cut? This will be my first time milling, so looking for any and all advice I can get.
It will be a green red oak tree about 18" in diameter.
What Zinzzer product should I use for the ends?

My experience with square files milling chain is 45-60 bd feet before it’s needing pushed to finish a cut. If there’s no bark and the dead media on the outside that helps. That’s 3/8”. I never used much 404 since I mostly milled with 046s and a 395. The 88 I switched to 3/8” so I did st need another roll of chain around.

 

[RI Chevy]

Thanks Mike
I have.my mill set up with a 32" 3/8 semi skip square chain. Not sure how it will work, but I'll try it and see.

 

[Dougbert]

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IMHO sanding sealer won’t seal the endgrain. I did 2 coats each side with this stuff

I've been using yellow wood glue to seal my ends. First coat I add about 25% water so that it soaks in better. Second coat same or straight out of the bottle. The off-brand stuff is pretty cheap.

I think a PVA drywall primer might also work, but not sure how well it would do outdoors. Latex paints will breathe, so maybe not the best sealer.

 

[Moparmyway]

More white oak today ........

 

[PA Dan]

More white oak today ........
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Wow those slabs look great!

 

[Wolverine]

More white oak today ........
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Nice. Hit no metal? That blueish coloration makes me nervous.

 

[RI Chevy]

Beautiful

 

[Moparmyway]

Wow those slabs look great!

Thanks, they’re 2.5” thick and were going to be 12’ long, but I had to cut the stick down a little bit so the 12’ rails would work

Nice. Hit no metal? That blueish coloration makes me nervous.

None (yet), I believe that discoloring is from carpenter ants. It begins below the felling cut and runs a few feet into that stick. Was a tree in the woods most of it’s life

Beautiful

Thanks Jeefus, there’s one board with a crack running about 30” from the end, the others are perfect !!

 

[Wolverine]

None (yet), I believe that discoloring is from carpenter ants. It begins below the felling cut and runs a few feet into that stick. Was a tree in the woods most of it’s life

Sounds like you got to it just in time. Those slabs look heavy, did you have help moving them around?

 

[RI Chevy]

I need to make a nice set of plates for front and back. Or maybe buy a cheap ladder. I used some 2x4s that I put together.
I milled mine on sight and had to carry them out. HEAVY...LOL

 

[Moparmyway]

Sounds like you got to it just in time. Those slabs look heavy, did you have help moving them around?

Yuppers, two people on the end opposite of the one I took for a couple of them, most of them were one on each end

I need to make a nice set of plates for front and back. Or maybe buy a cheap ladder. I used some 2x4s that I put together.
I milled mine on sight and had to carry them out. HEAVY...LOL

Angle iron, 2x4’s, ladder....... anything to get that first straight cut

 

[Moparmyway]

Got two more boards from this stick ................



might even go for another cut, dont know if I want to leave this grain for firewood

 

[Lightning Performance]

You got some nice slabs there Kevin.
I have almost clear 28's @13 ft red oak that look bla compared to those

 

[huskyboy]

Tamarack/Eastern Larch. A odd and very intriguing tree. Fairly hard wood considering it is a conifer. The wood has a high silica content so it tends to dull chain fairly quickly. Turned out pretty nice, I’d say it was worth the trouble to mill it.

 

[RI Chevy]

Awesome grain there Mason. That's a beauty...