"David Zaret" wrote in message
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heard a chain saw going this morning, walked a few doors down and they
were removing a perfectly healthy, 50' black walnut, about 24" in
diameter. trunk straight as an arrow. asked nicely if i could have
the
trunk, they said sure! brought over the car, loaded it up. i have
about a 7' section. heartwood about 16" in diameter.

my thought is to snap a chalk line, cut the log in half lengthwise
with
my chain saw, continue to cut 12/4 or so boards, paint the ends with
oil
based primer, sticker, stack, and let 'em sit about a year. do i have
it about right? i figure i can get four or five 12/4 x 4-6" sticks,
6+
feet long.

advice appreciated. i've never claimed a log, never stickered, etc.

thanks very much,

--- dz


Better figure about 3 years - 1 year per inch. Call up Woodmizer and
see if there's a guy near you. They can saw it up better than you can,
with less waste and with better accuracy.

David Zaret wrote:
my chain saw, continue to cut 12/4 or so boards, paint the ends with oil
based primer, sticker, stack, and let 'em sit about a year. do i have
it about right?

no...12/4 thickness will take ~2-3 years to air-dry.

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"Norm Abrams" wrote in message
...

Better figure about 3 years - 1 year per inch. Call up Woodmizer and
see if there's a guy near you. They can saw it up better than you can,
with less waste and with better accuracy.



If you're going to pretend to be the great one, at least spell his name
right, doofus.

"Frank Ketchum" wrote in message
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"Norm Abrams" wrote in message
...

Better figure about 3 years - 1 year per inch. Call up Woodmizer
and
see if there's a guy near you. They can saw it up better than you
can,
with less waste and with better accuracy.



If you're going to pretend to be the great one, at least spell his
name
right, doofus.


If you're going to have a hero, at least make it someone who is a master
at their craft and not a hack.
Doofus? Bwahaha what are you in, 3rd grade?

David Zaret wrote in message gy.com...
heard a chain saw going this morning, walked a few doors down and they
were removing a perfectly healthy, 50' black walnut, about 24" in
diameter. trunk straight as an arrow. asked nicely if i could have the
trunk, they said sure! brought over the car, loaded it up. i have
about a 7' section. heartwood about 16" in diameter.

my thought is to snap a chalk line, cut the log in half lengthwise with
my chain saw, continue to cut 12/4 or so boards, paint the ends with oil
based primer, sticker, stack, and let 'em sit about a year. do i have
it about right? i figure i can get four or five 12/4 x 4-6" sticks, 6+
feet long.

advice appreciated. i've never claimed a log, never stickered, etc.

thanks very much,

--- dz

I paid $.20 a bf to have a dead cherry tree from my yard cut by a guy
with a bandsaw mill.

On Fri, 05 Sep 2003 17:40:37 GMT, David Zaret
wrote:

my thought is to snap a chalk line, cut the log in half lengthwise with
my chain saw, continue to cut 12/4 or so boards, paint the ends with oil
based primer, sticker, stack, and let 'em sit about a year. do i have
it about right?

Walnut is worth hiring someone with a portable bandsaw mill.

"Year an inch" for typical air-drying. I'd cut it to 2" on a bandsaw,
because the kerf is negligible - you'd lose too much doing it that way
with a chainsaw mill. After it's dry, I'd resaw it on a bandsaw
again, giving me bookmatched panels.

Watch out for bugs during drying. Walnut (unusually for most timbers)
is prone to bugs eating it even when reasonably dry.