Author Topic: "Purty" Cherry.....Finished the job (Read 3842 times)

Magicman · « **on:** December 11, 2009, 10:36:10 pm »

I'm working a fairly large cherry job, and found a treasure. Nine 36' to 50' logs from 17" to 28" big end.
I'm cutting them into 8's, 10's, and a couple of 12's.

There is some "purdy" lumber in them !!!

I love opening a log up and finding out what's inside.....

metalspinner · « **Reply #1 on:** December 11, 2009, 10:45:11 pm »

That would be me jumping for joy!

Was this figure in just one log, or several? Full length of log?

Don_Papenburg · « **Reply #2 on:** December 11, 2009, 10:46:57 pm »

Yep them sure are puty

Dave Shepard · « **Reply #3 on:** December 11, 2009, 10:47:32 pm »

Very nice.

5quarter · « **Reply #4 on:** December 12, 2009, 01:17:01 am »

Quilted Cherry is rare...Thats some high dollar wood. I'd definitely offer to cut for shares.

Radar67 · « **Reply #5 on:** December 12, 2009, 01:41:01 am »

Hmmm...might have to go on a short recon mission.......

bandmiller2 · « **Reply #6 on:** December 12, 2009, 07:40:09 am »

Majic,interesting way you sling logs do you have them tight agenst the front guard to keep them stable and not swinging?? Frank C.

4genlgr · « **Reply #7 on:** December 12, 2009, 08:04:36 am »

nice stuff!!! your sling probably lets you set the log on your saw gently
i just log and use my tractor bucket to pile pulp and logs on the yard. I stole an idea from my uncle and added forks made out of big truck spring leaves bolted to the bucket to make easier picking things up just a thought
some of that cherry reminds me of the wood in a rolltop desk we have from Ohio

fishpharmer · « **Reply #8 on:** December 12, 2009, 08:22:52 am »

MM, wow. Nice logs and lumber. Do you know the owners plans for that lumber?

Magicman · « **Reply #9 on:** December 12, 2009, 09:26:28 am »

Quote from: fishpharmer on December 12, 2009, 08:22:52 am

MM, wow. Nice logs and lumber. Do you know the owners plans for that lumber?

James, all of the 1" will be used for wall paneling. I'm cutting 2X12 & 3X12's for tables. There will be a 6X12-8' for a fireplace mantel. I'm looking for a "non-figured" log for the mantel. That stuff is too pretty not to open up....

I imagine that those logs are 100 to 150 years old. The wood is too dense to try to count rings.

Magicman · « **Reply #10 on:** December 12, 2009, 09:40:09 am »

Quote from: bandmiller2 on December 12, 2009, 07:40:09 am

Majic,interesting way you sling logs do you have them tight agenst the front guard to keep them stable and not swinging?? Frank C.

Yes, I've used "end tongs" for years to handle logs. No swinging around, and you have 100% control of the logs. Just drape the chain across the bucket, and keep the chain short enough so that the upward pressure also applies inward pressure.

Here's a link to my previous thread on end tongs. (I've never done a link before, so I hope it works.) Also here's another picture of this job.

http://www.forestryforum.com/board/index.php/topic,38800.msg558950.html#msg558950

Magicman · « **Reply #11 on:** December 12, 2009, 09:45:18 am »

Quote from: metalspinner on December 11, 2009, 10:45:11 pm

That would be me jumping for joy!

Was this figure in just one log, or several? Full length of log?

Not just one log...the whole tree, and several of them. It's going to be close to 1K BF of "Purty" Cherry, and well over 2K BF of just regular old stuff...... $$$

customdave · « **Reply #12 on:** December 12, 2009, 11:43:35 am »

Magicman , That is nice lookin cherry, going to be nice on a wall , boy I would love some on one of my walls!!

Dave

petefrombearswamp · « **Reply #13 on:** December 12, 2009, 01:31:39 pm »

What nice stuff!
I see your Lombardini in the background snorting in anticipation of sawing them.
I have a lot of Cherry in my 65 acre woodlot here but never had any that i sawed with figure like that.
By the way the cherry market here sucks right now, but Sugar maple has come back somewhat.
decided to sell my ash as the Emerald Ash borer is only about 100 miles away now.
Only got about half of what I would have 2 or 3 years ago.
Future looks bleak for Ash.

Magicman · « **Reply #14 on:** December 12, 2009, 02:06:33 pm »

Quote from: petefrombearswamp on December 12, 2009, 01:31:39 pm

What nice stuff! I see your Lombardini in the background snorting in anticipation of sawing them.

Yup, It was cold, and I had just cranked it up. Smooths out rather nicely after it warms up....

Quote from: petefrombearswamp on December 12, 2009, 01:31:39 pm

What nice stuff! By the way the cherry market here sucks right now

We have no market for our Cherry. Not enough of it, and it's generally small and poor quality. This Cherry was salvaged after a logging operation. The logger said that it was not worth him hauling it to the mill.

tomsteve · « **Reply #15 on:** December 12, 2009, 02:09:35 pm »

i think that wood is contaminated with some sort of conatgeous bacterial viral fungal disease and could cause irreversible damage to your nervous system. you will want to quarrentine it in shrink wrap, put it on pallets, and ship it to me for further investigation.

Magicman · « **Reply #16 on:** December 12, 2009, 02:26:34 pm »

BBBBbbbbuuuuuuuttttttttt.......

metalspinner · « **Reply #17 on:** December 12, 2009, 03:14:08 pm »

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James, all of the 1" will be used for wall paneling.

Some future owner of the home with this paneling will slap a couple coats of white paint on it for sure.

Chris Burchfield · « **Reply #18 on:** December 12, 2009, 04:52:31 pm »

The Cherry is Purty but, I'm J E L I O U S of the F E L on your tractor.

WDH · « **Reply #19 on:** December 12, 2009, 07:05:57 pm »

Those cherries definitely look forest grown. Down here, it would be a real find to come across that many nice cherry logs at one time.

The pics of those logs promote jealousy

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ljmathias · « **Reply #20 on:** December 12, 2009, 07:19:32 pm »

Magic: those are incredible! If I knew where you were, I'd grab Radar and we'd do some midnight logging... That's the most beautiful cherry I've ever seen and certainly I've never cut any like that. Next time this logger doesn't want to haul anything like these logs to the mill, I'll be glad to help him out.

Been raining like crazy here all day- at one point it was coming down so hard you couldn't see ten feet... so I just sat in front of the fire place most of the day and worked on paperwork and rebuilding a computer system for my grandson- he's into linux right now so we loaded Ubuntu on- nice OS and seems very stable and usable, and best of all, it's free (unlike those logs you got)

Lj

Magicman · « **Reply #21 on:** December 12, 2009, 07:39:22 pm »

Quote from: Chris Burchfield on December 12, 2009, 04:52:31 pm

The Cherry is Purty but, I'm J E L I O U S of the F E L on your tractor.

Yup, we offered to do the sawing for an even trade on that JD 5325 4WD. The customer indicated that he felt that the "green" tractor was worth a bit more. Dumb cluck.....just doesn't recognize the value of quality sawing.

Here's what my tractor looks like.....

It ain't green and it ain't purty, but it is 4WD......

fishpharmer · « **Reply #22 on:** December 13, 2009, 02:00:53 am »

Quote from: metalspinner on December 12, 2009, 03:14:08 pm

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James, all of the 1" will be used for wall paneling.

Some future owner of the home with this paneling will slap a couple coats of white paint on it for sure.

Naw, us MS rednecks appreciate the finer things in life. More likely they will pull it out and sell it.

Magicman · « **Reply #23 on:** December 18, 2009, 08:04:53 pm »

We finished sawing that cherry job today. I had predicted 3K BF, but due to two split and two hollow logs, I got 2609 BF. It still was a good job, and "bestest" of all, my Son helped with the entire job. Just don't get any better than that. The proceedes from this job will pay for the Cherrybark Red Oaks that we will plant next month.

A whack of Cherry lumber.

fishpharmer · « **Reply #24 on:** December 18, 2009, 08:12:51 pm »

MM, nice looking stack of lumber. Do you stack for your customers or did they do that? It looks like you left with some satisfied customers. Nice to hear your son could help you out.

Mooseherder · « **Reply #25 on:** December 18, 2009, 08:18:03 pm »

And that tractor is purty.
Especially them treads on the back.

Magicman · « **Reply #26 on:** December 18, 2009, 08:20:31 pm »

We stacked it. I do whatever the customer wants. May take a little extra time, but a satisfied customer is a repeat customer. This was a "first time" customer, and when he drove up and saw his lumber, he was very satisfied......

Before we left, he was talking about cutting some Poplar trees to panel other rooms.....

Magicman · « **Reply #27 on:** December 18, 2009, 08:23:29 pm »

Quote from: Mooseherder on December 18, 2009, 08:18:03 pm

And that tractor is purty. Especially them treads on the back.

As in NEW.....

nas · « **Reply #28 on:** December 18, 2009, 09:19:38 pm »

Quote from: Magicman on December 18, 2009, 08:20:31 pm

Before we left, he was talking about cutting some Poplar trees to panel other rooms.....

Love those jobs. Had one last week, when I left the guy was going out to cut some more trees down for me to cut.

Nick

WDH · « **Reply #29 on:** December 19, 2009, 07:11:43 am »

MM,

Some really nice wide cherry in those stacks! (Note to self: Go find some cherry logs like the ones MM just sawed.)

Magicman · « **Reply #30 on:** December 19, 2009, 08:00:37 am »

Quote from: WDH on December 19, 2009, 07:11:43 am

Some really nice wide cherry in those stacks!

Yup, I'm exicited about sawing that really big cherry, but I can't get the mill to it until it dries out. I didn't measure it, but I did see it standing before it was cut down. It's going to be close if not over 30". I talked to my forester about it, and he said that it could be maybe 300 years old. We estimated that some of the ones on that last job were 100-150 years old....

Dave Shepard · « **Reply #31 on:** December 19, 2009, 09:46:47 am »

Nice job Magicman. I like sawing cherry. The only species I've sawn more of is white pine.

WDH, you like wide boards, eh? I sawed up a few logs for a tree guy last month. He wanted all flitch sawn, but the walnut wouldn't fit through the mill that way.

Magicman · « **Reply #32 on:** December 19, 2009, 10:13:02 am »

Quote from: Dave Shepard on December 19, 2009, 09:46:47 am

but the walnut wouldn't fit through the mill that way.

How many times have we had when we only needed 1-2 inches more? But, I guess if they made the mill a "couple" of inches wider, we would want/need more......

BTW, Nice Walnut !!!

Dave Shepard · « **Reply #33 on:** December 19, 2009, 10:26:00 am »

Chris, the tree guy, likes to get as much flitch sawn as he can for his furniture projects. Like you say, if the mill was a couple of inches wider, then we would just find bigger logs.

Those walnuts are 22 to 24" wide. Unfortunately, the boards that have two live edges are almost all sap. We don't get many walnuts around here, and these were my first.

Ole CB · « **Reply #34 on:** December 19, 2009, 10:42:38 am »

Magicman,

Those are some beautiful pieces of wood. Want to trade for some walnut??? I'll send the walnut down the Mo River and you'll have it soon as the ice breaks up. You can send me the Cherry FedX!!

Chuck White · « **Reply #35 on:** December 19, 2009, 11:21:50 am »

There's a logger operating in our area now! It's on a neighbors property!
There are a few Cherry up in the back end of the property that are exceptional!
The loggers told me there isn't much of a market for cherry in this area! We'll see!
I've already told the neighbor that I might be interested if the loggers don't take them!
One in particular is about 40-50 feet before the first limb and about 28"dbh!

Magicman · « **Reply #36 on:** December 19, 2009, 01:42:53 pm »

Quote from: Ole CB on December 19, 2009, 10:42:38 am

Want to trade for some walnut???

If it only belonged to me instead of the customer......Sure I would.....maybe I would.....might not.....NOPE......I'd keep it all for myself......'specially that "Purty Stuff"......

stonebroke · « **Reply #37 on:** December 21, 2009, 03:43:17 am »

Quote from: Chuck White on December 19, 2009, 11:21:50 am

There's a logger operating in our area now! It's on a neighbors property!
There are a few Cherry up in the back end of the property that are exceptional!
The loggers told me there isn't much of a market for cherry in this area! We'll see!
I've already told the neighbor that I might be interested if the loggers don't take them!
One in particular is about 40-50 feet before the first limb and about 28"dbh!

no market for Cherry in upstate NY!!!! If the landowner swallows that there is a bridge in Brooklyn I like to sell him

John S · « **Reply #38 on:** December 21, 2009, 09:48:44 am »

MM,
What size chain are you using there and where should I look to get suitable tongs? The only cherry I have milled so far was from my 93 year old mother's back yard. At that time all I had was a Granberg CSM with an Stihl 066, now I am up to an LT-15. Thanks for the great posts.
John

Dodgy Loner · « **Reply #39 on:** December 21, 2009, 12:01:55 pm »

Magicman, your posts should all come with a disclaimer-

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Caution: Reading and/or viewing of this post may be hazardous to your ego.

Wherever you tread, jealousy abounds

WDH · « **Reply #40 on:** December 21, 2009, 07:16:11 pm »

(Note to self: Seek counseling to deal with jealousy)

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Radar67 · « **Reply #41 on:** December 21, 2009, 07:36:23 pm »

Note to WDH, get some cherry of your own and you won't have to spend money on counseling.

WDH · « **Reply #42 on:** December 21, 2009, 07:40:03 pm »

Easier said than done in these parts! I am receptive, however

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Carpenter · « **Reply #43 on:** December 21, 2009, 09:52:42 pm »

Hey, Magicman, have you considered sawing some of the larger cherry for gunstock blanks? I make muzzel loaders from time to time, its been a while since I have had time to make one. I have never worked with cherry, but it is used for gun stocks. I have seen some very nice rifles stocked in cherry. And figured wood is desirable for stocks. From the sounds of it the 300 yr old trees that you have access to would be dense enough for stocks and certainly large enough if cut right. I know very little about cutting the blank from the tree, I buy most of my blanks from a gunsmith that I have known for a long time and most of them are sugar maple. It may be worth considering.

Magicman · « **Reply #44 on:** December 21, 2009, 10:44:12 pm »

Quote from: Carpenter on December 21, 2009, 09:52:42 pm

Hey, Magicman, have you considered sawing some of the larger cherry for gunstock blanks?

I happen to have an old rollingblock stocked with cherry. It's really pretty.

Magicman · « **Reply #45 on:** December 21, 2009, 10:49:38 pm »

Quote from: John S on December 21, 2009, 09:48:44 am

MM,
What size chain are you using there and where should I look to get suitable tongs? John

That's 3/8" chain. The end tongs I made myself out of broken logging tongs. Check out this link.

http://www.forestryforum.com/board/index.php/topic,38800.0.html

Carpenter · « **Reply #46 on:** December 22, 2009, 01:01:40 am »

If you do want to cut some stock blanks, let me know. My wife wants me to build her a rifle with a cherry stock. Here is a picture of two guns I built last year.

The picture didn't turn out very good but the guns did. On top is of course a stock blank. The top gun killed 3 deer last year and the one on the bottom was a Christmas present to my dad. I would like to get pictures that do the guns justice but our current camera isn't up to it. I think I bought a better camera for my wife for Christmas this year. Have to wait untill she opens it though.

Dodgy Loner · « **Reply #47 on:** December 22, 2009, 09:23:02 am »

Wow! Nice work, Carpenter! Looks like your name should be Gunsmith

And Radar, don't feel too bad for WDH- He's got the nicest stash of curly cherry this side of Pennsylvania. I know, I helped him stack it (took 6 months of counseling to conquer the envy

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Magicman · « **Reply #48 on:** December 22, 2009, 01:40:20 pm »

Are you saying that all of those tears..

.. were for show and sympathy

Trax · « **Reply #49 on:** December 22, 2009, 03:11:59 pm »

Quote from: stonebroke on December 21, 2009, 03:43:17 am

Quote from: Chuck White on December 19, 2009, 11:21:50 am
There's a logger operating in our area now! It's on a neighbors property!
There are a few Cherry up in the back end of the property that are exceptional!
The loggers told me there isn't much of a market for cherry in this area! We'll see!
I've already told the neighbor that I might be interested if the loggers don't take them!
One in particular is about 40-50 feet before the first limb and about 28"dbh!

no market for Cherry in upstate NY!!!! If the landowner swallows that there is a bridge in Brooklyn I like to sell him

I was thinking the same exact thing while reading that.

stonebroke · « **Reply #50 on:** December 22, 2009, 03:28:37 pm »

I think Harden might just take those cherry.

Stonebroke

customsawyer · « **Reply #51 on:** December 25, 2009, 07:44:48 am »

Not only does WDH have the wood he also has the talent to know how to use it. Don't let his tears pull at your heart strings to hard.

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