How thick do you normally saw your walnut crotches?
Since I use/sell most of mine for things like small free form table tops I mill them 6/4. I started milling them 5/4 but they like to cup sometimes and by the time they where sanded flat they where under 1". I have one guy wanting all the walnut and white oak crotches I could provide sawn 1/4", he is a floor installer and they use them for medallion inlays and such. I would have to saw them thick and resaw I think to keep them from splitting. The $ is not there really. I have sold crotches like this for $100 to woodworkers to make tables from.
It has been raining a bunch here, pouring this morning, so milling is slow. I have worked on that walnut a little more. This is what a guy likes to see when he knocks the bark off one, 4 sides perfectly clear
. A couple more flips and that sap was gone leaving me a 12" x12" clear heartwood cant to saw off of.
I have 2 piles going a small one with boards that may have a little sap/a knot... and this pile of FAS. 650 bft in this pile so far.
And every single board in the pile looks like these
. Not much to say, just nice clear lumber minimum 8" wide and 8' long. There are some 12" x10'rs on the bottom ('cept maybe that sawyer did a good job, look at that grain orientation
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