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Offline fstedy

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Re: New Member Introduction
« Reply #20 on: December 10, 2009, 11:14:23 pm »
 8) 8) :D :D :) :) Welcome Aboard  :) :) :D :D 8) 8)
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« Reply #21 on: December 11, 2009, 07:03:50 am »
Welcome Rich,you hit the ground running here, mayby we should be asking you questions.Theirs no better teacher than doing it especially when you have to fix and pay for mistakes.Frank C.
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Re: New Member Introduction
« Reply #22 on: December 12, 2009, 10:41:36 am »
Looks like you came on board while I was in Colorado.  Anyway, a late Welcome to FF...... 8)
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Re: New Member Introduction
« Reply #23 on: December 13, 2009, 12:48:56 pm »
Nuther Newbie!

  Hello,  I am an old carpenter that was at one time a USN SeaBee, hence the handle. My brother and I have some heavily timbered land in St. Joseph MO. We just had 91 walnut trees cut and sold from this land. We did pretty good as our timing was just right and 2 mills really wanted these logs. Anyways, there is a huge amount of tops that we did not sell. (+ -) 10" dia. Both my brother and I have over 40 years carpentry experience. We cannot stand the idea of making firewood from these smaller logs. We are buying a small mill (lumbersmith) and we are not sure the best way to cut/size/dry/sell the wood. From what I've seen in this forum last few weeks. This forum will be a home for me when I'm not out sawing.


 Any advice will be not only appreciated, but NEEDED!

  Thank You for letting me in here!

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Re: New Member Introduction
« Reply #24 on: December 13, 2009, 01:51:37 pm »
I'm not in the Walnut market, but I can say "Welcome to FF"..... :)  Glad to have you.
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« Reply #25 on: December 13, 2009, 04:07:38 pm »
Welcome to the forum.
The walnut tops can be turned into bowls, or other novelty products. Sawing cross-sections at about 60° and 1" thick can be dried and make wall mounts or shelves for knick-knacks.

Much depends on how much effort and time you want to spend, and some on the equipment that you have or $$ you want to invest.  And what kind of carpentry that you like to do.  :)

we like pics.  :)
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« Reply #26 on: December 13, 2009, 06:02:43 pm »
 We do most any kind of wood work. We both have built houses, cabinets, knick-knacks, stairs and chairs.  (I do have a few pics I'm trying to get in here.)

  As far as machinery, we have a pretty basic wood shop - saws, planers, routers, sanders and such. We are getting a LumberSmith band saw in a few days. We have to clean up this place after the logging. We also have 2 tractors to move logs around with and have already made a rear log lift for one. We had 2 choices, cut firewood or boards. We hope we will be in the market to sell some boards soon. Right now we are trying to figure the best sizes to cut. There is more wasted wood in my yard than I could ever hope to make anything from. The saw mills don't want anything smaller than 12"dia at the small end.

  I had been thinking that cutting the small logs at an angle would make some really interesting patterns. There are quite a few burls in these sections

  Thanks,

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Re: New Member Introduction
« Reply #27 on: December 13, 2009, 06:54:57 pm »
And crotches..... smiley_thumbsup
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Re: New Member Introduction
« Reply #28 on: December 13, 2009, 07:20:48 pm »
You could definitely sell the crotch lumber.  Also like BT says, cut some thick stock like 16/4 for the wood turners. 
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« Reply #29 on: December 13, 2009, 07:50:56 pm »
  You guys are great..  Thanks!!!!

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