What are you building with your milled wood?

[MustangMike]

Nice!

My upstate cabin is 20 X 24, but 2 stories high. It replaced the 12 X 20 one story high that just never seemed big enough if you had more than 2 or 3 people. We insulated the walls on the second floor. The upstairs is for sleeping and playing cards.

We are off the grid (in the Catskill Mtns, 2,200 feet up) and have a 55 gal woodstove for heat and solar panels for electric lights.

The frame is post and beam Ash (milled with the chainsaw), but the outside is just stained 5/8" plywood with a layer of cement board around the bottom to protect it from the porcupines.

 

[thedude74]

That's nice looking place Mike. I really like the post and beam. I hear that about not having enough room. Lol My main cabin is 16x40...could definitely use some more room.

 

[davidwyby]

 

[legdelimber]

Some nice stuff guys. The cabins really make me wish I could still go hang out somewhere like that occasionally.

 

[davidwyby]

 

[lehman live edge slab]

One of the local tree guys got hired to take down this large box elder and didn’t want the main trunk to go to waste so I’m supposed to mill it this week or next for him. See if it’s sold or not may be good may be junk but if nice with lots of flame it will be a 40” or so center log slab.

 

[stretch5881]

Painfully slow. I was 6 short to finish the house trim. I must have cracked 6 in the past. This would be 104 that I cut that turned out good. 20% become firewood because of chipout.

 

[Fleethirte]

Looks very nice!

 

[EFSM]

I put up some bookshelves recently, I’m not sure what wood this is but maybe red elm? It’s from an old mortise and tenon barn that I resawed the beams,

 

[stretch5881]

I put up some bookshelves recently, I’m not sure what wood this is but maybe red elm? It’s from an old mortise and tenon barn that I resawed the beams, View attachment 470624

Wow. You're gutsy resawing barn beams. I would expect to hit 14 nails on the first run.

 

[EFSM]

A blade could handle quite a few nails unless you cut the lengthwise. Some were old tapered square nails.

 

[MustangMike]

Based on the size and age it may be Chestnut. Was very common before the blight.

 

[stretch5881]

My equipment is lighter weight and wouldn't fair well. I would definitely cringe at the thought of running that through my planer.