What? No bandsaw milling threads?

[Mastermind]

Because I'm dense and want to do this right the first time, by 'truss' you mean a single appropriately sized floor truss style to span the 20', correct?

Yes. Look up warren truss construction

 

[Sawdust Man]

Something along these lines.

 

[Crzybowhntr]

Thanks gents.

In talking with @dall , he pointed out that I should've mention that I'm going to have a shed roof and this proposed truss or beam will be the header that about 10- 2x6 rafters will sit on. It'll have a metal roof and will be 12' wide.

Something like this, with knee supports, but on a much smaller scale.

 

[Sawdust Man]

Thanks gents.

In talking with @dall , he pointed out that I should've mention that I'm going to have a shed roof and this proposed truss or beam will be the header that about 10- 2x6 rafters will sit on. It'll have a metal roof and will be 12' wide.

Something like this, with knee supports, but on a much smaller scale. View attachment 414414

Your 6x12 oak beam idea will support that no problem.

 

[Crzybowhntr]

Fine, @dall wins.

 

[schreib69]

My grandson and I bought a bandsaw yesterday. The Woodland Mills HM122 with an extra section of track. I was wondering who else here had bandsaw mills. I'm gonna need sharping tips and stuff.

I have an even smaller machine-- 18" max, only 5HP. A HudSon unit.
Locally I have found a guy with an automated sharpener he bought for his much large machine and he does mine for $8/each. His machine does a great job and I need not ship them off somewhere.
Search under sawmills, sawmill blade sharpening, etc. . . .Craig's List and, if on it, FB. I do not "do" FB, personally, but it is actually much more target rich than Craig's list.

 

[Sawdust Man]

Sawed a bit of white oak today.

 

[Sawdust Man]

Made 16' oak trailer decking today.

 

[Fleethirte]

how far up you think that hole goes? i didn’t think that tree had this issue till i started cutting it….

 

[Sawdust Man]

how far up you think that hole goes? i didn’t think that tree had this issue till i started cutting it….

It's anybody's guess.
I'd probably take one piece of firewood off and see how much it changes, then you can make an educated guess as to how bad it is.... repeat as necessary.
This is my basic recipe for dealing with gut-rot.

 

[Fleethirte]

should i cut further up or will
that be ok? it’s solid…

 

[Sawdust Man]

should i cut further up or will
that be ok? it’s solid…

That cleaned up pretty well.
I'd take another 12"-16" off if it was mine.
What flavor of tree is that anyway?

 

[Fleethirte]

i am pretty sure it’s poplar

 

[Fleethirte]

i took about 20 inches off

 

[Sawdust Man]

i took about 20 inches off

Looks solid now, is it cracked up?

 

[Sawdust Man]

Cut the last of the 16' oak logs in the logyard today.



Made a couple 4x12s out of the big one, just to have around for a rainy day.

 

[Fleethirte]

Looks solid now, is it cracked up?

yes it looks good, i will cut it at 10 feet and see how it looks

 

[Sawdust Man]

Sometimes the go bad in spite of all our efforts....

 

[Fleethirte]

oh wow! i’m sure that knot didn’t help

 

[Stihl Potlicker]

if you dont do the beam like i told you ill cut up the mill when you go out of town the next time

don't do that, just give it to me, so i can upgrade my logosol F2+ lol.