Thank you to my great friend Cody for the first photograph in this group.
chainsaw mill
Brought Low
Working for and in collaboration with my friend, Cody, we have been preparing waney-edged planks and slabs of eastern red cedar and black walnut for loft and stair railings and countertops, while making much fodder for the compost pile.
Big Bear of a Locust Log
We cut this big dead Honey-Locust (Gleditsia triancanthos) at Boaz last fall. I cut him in half out there free-hand, which took nearly 3 hours, then hauled him home. After some flattening I cut the halves into 3.5″ slabs. I still had to use the tractor to move them.
Oak, Iron, Copper, Pine, and Walnut
Sawing Locust
My 5 year old son Obediah helped me document the sawing of a hefty locust log yesterday. The creative shot above is one of his.
Green Ash Slabs
Milled a large Green Ash, Fraxinus pennsylvanica, log last week, which was recovered near Fall River, Kansas a little over a year ago.
Five 2.5″ slabs and two 1.25″.
Me holding one of the boards. The grain, although hard to see in the pictures is very nice.
Milled Ash
A section of one of the many Ash logs in my yard waiting to be milled.
Milling A Walnut Stump
Here are a few photographs as I cut up a walnut stump. The stump was all that was left of a city tree.
A black walnut stump, cut in half and then one of the halves cut into quarters.
Sawing 5/4″ boards from one of the quarters.
A good stack of boards- ranging from 4″ thick to 4/4″ thick. A few spots of rot, but much usable wood.
Rowdy spectators.
The School of the Transfer of Energy 