Author Topic: The Great Pecan Project (Read 10710 times)

Magicman · « **Reply #20 on:** February 07, 2011, 08:32:16 am »

I made a free offer for a certain FF member to bring his swinger and harvest this Pecan tree tree.

If he doesn't/can't do it, it gets Hack-N-Squirted. $:-\$

34" Diameter Pecan.

LeeB · « **Reply #21 on:** February 07, 2011, 08:39:33 am »

If you weren't so far from me I would love to have that one Mm. I really like pecan.

scsmith42 · « **Reply #22 on:** February 07, 2011, 08:56:38 am »

Quote from: LeeB on February 07, 2011, 08:39:33 am

If you weren't so far from me I would love to have that one Mm. I really like pecan.

+1. Not to mention the fact that the slabs make great grilling wood!

wwsjr · « **Reply #23 on:** February 07, 2011, 09:22:45 am »

That looks like a good reason to have a Southern Chapter FF meeting in south MS sometime in the future.

Magicman · « **Reply #24 on:** February 07, 2011, 10:29:01 am »

Quote from: wwsjr on February 07, 2011, 09:22:45 am

That looks like a good reason to have a Southern Chapter FF meeting in south MS sometime in the future.

I would say "near future". I can fire up the "chicken crisper"

Or would "chicken-on-a-stick" be better

DanG · « **Reply #25 on:** February 07, 2011, 10:41:19 am »

Why doncha knock that pecan down and throw it on your Woodmizer, MM?

Bandmills really shine when they get into that sorta stuff. I bet you could draw a crowd of free labor with them little chicken stick thingys, or some of your famous Blackened Yard Bird.

Magicman · « **Reply #26 on:** February 07, 2011, 10:57:03 am »

DanG, your question is the obvious one, but this monkey just don't need another limb to swing from. My wagon is fully loaded already.

I have planted Cherrybark Oaks underneath, which will be more valuable than that Pecan will ever be, so it's gotta go. If it is felled, I don't want the limbs removed. I have nothing that would/could move that log, so a swinger is the obvious answer. It's simply free for the taking.

Jeff · « **Reply #27 on:** February 07, 2011, 11:00:53 am »

I see where the free part comes in now.

Sounds like you need to hire a swinger.

Slingshot · « **Reply #28 on:** February 07, 2011, 11:04:05 am »

Pecan also makes beautiful furniture. Back in the 70's my wife and I bought
a coffee table and two end tables made of pecan. Here is the coffee table :
More than 40 years old.

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ljmathias · « **Reply #29 on:** February 07, 2011, 12:09:27 pm »

hey, MM: if Fish doesn't want it, I might make a stab at it. Only problem is loading it, which I could do with my FEL and tractor; only problem then is I'd have to leave the tractor there, come home and unload with

Then go back and get my FEL.... any ideas? or is James really planning on getting it? Maybe he and I could figure out how to load it and bring it back here, then we could have a Southern Chapter meeting at my place- all the pecan sawdust you can eat!!

Seriously, though, I cut up a monster almost that big last summer- made beautiful, beautiful lumber with only one draw back: within a day or two, white mold all over it. Being worried about PPB as well, I mixed up some of the magic (pun intended) antifreeze-20 mule team plus boric acid mix and rolled that on all the boards. Had to restack as I did it but it seems to have worked.

Second comment to reinforce those of others: nothing harder in the US. Ty may have lucked out and gotten a "soft" pecan (new breed?) but the stuff I've worked here just tears up saws and planars.... and PPB love it!

Anyway, so much for rambling...

Let's have that Southern Chapter meeting anyway- my place is available and I can get some really great BBQ- no time to make chicken into charcoal like MM does, and I'd certainly never want to compete with him for the title...

Lj

DanG · « **Reply #30 on:** February 07, 2011, 01:03:00 pm »

I've turned down more pecan logs than you could shake a chicken stick at. Just got offered one yesterday about 4 miles from here, but I won't even go look at it. Like MM, I've got more irons than fire these days and very little time to deal with them.

Magicman · « **Reply #31 on:** February 07, 2011, 03:00:56 pm »

Quote from: Jeff on February 07, 2011, 11:00:53 am

I see where the free part comes in now. Sounds like you need to hire a swinger.

There will not be any hiring. If no one wants it, I will just have my way with it and let it rot down.

Hack-N-Squirt

Weekend_Sawyer · « **Reply #32 on:** February 07, 2011, 04:45:11 pm »

What are you using for hack n squirt and did you add die?

Just Me · « **Reply #33 on:** February 07, 2011, 06:11:49 pm »

DanG it.

Sure hate to see that go to waste and I have a circle mill at my disposal, but according to my calculations that would be one expensive log for me. I love Pecan. Come to think of it I love Pecans too..

What the heck an I doing up here freezing my touckus off?

Oh ya, no snakes, no fire ants, no chiggers, no aligators, never see 100 degrees.

tyb525 · « **Reply #34 on:** February 07, 2011, 06:21:51 pm »

I'm sure someone would take that nice log.

pineywoods · « **Reply #35 on:** February 07, 2011, 06:24:42 pm »

That log would sure make a bunch of these. I'm sure all of you need someplace to keep your gun collection. I sawed up one about that size, neighbor asked what are you going to do with all that nice wood ? He built 2 of these, one for him and one for me.

customsawyer · « **Reply #36 on:** February 07, 2011, 07:09:53 pm »

I'll take it off your hands MM all you have to do is cut it down, take the butt cut just above the first limbs and then haul it to Perry Ga. I am willing to go that far and pick it up.

Magicman · « **Reply #37 on:** February 07, 2011, 08:00:14 pm »

Quote from: Weekend_Sawyer on February 07, 2011, 04:45:11 pm

What are you using for hack n squirt and did you add die?

8oz. of Arsenal per gallon of water. I have never used dye, but plan to do so this year. That particular spray was Arsenal and some Pathway that I was getting rid of which made it look green.

I have built clocks, bedroom furniture, and various other woodworking project with Pecan, and yes it is a beautiful wood. Pecan is a slow growing tree and really in my particular area, is an invasive species because crows spread the Pecans. We are overrun with Pecan saplings. Compared with Red Oak, it makes a poor firewood because it pops badly and leaves a pile of ashes.

I have not meant to highjack WDH's thread. Customsawyer, what is your sawing schedule? Looked like you will have to split that butt cut.

WDH · « **Reply #38 on:** February 07, 2011, 08:27:34 pm »

LC Chris,

Pecan will gray stain bad if there is poor air flow or if the stack is too wide. It can act a lot like maple in that respect. The fan in the early part of the drying should be the way to go. On this wood, I plan to stack it only 4 feet wide and take my chances.

James,

Quartersawing it will reduce the cup and warp and make the boards more stable. There is also a nice vertical grain, almost striped effect from quartersawing that I really like. Even so, there is more degrade that in other woods like oak, cherry, and walnut from cupping primarily. Quartersawing helps.

MM,

It is a shame to hack and squirt that beauty. Maybe you could fell it and pull out the butt log, sit it to the side somewhere, and someone will come get it. Who knows, it might even spalt if you forget about it long enough and Lee will need to make another case or two

. BTW Lee, that is a gorgeous case, one of a kind.

The gun cabinet and table are also awesome. They show why it can be such a special wood if you have the where-withall to withstand the vexing part

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DanG · « **Reply #39 on:** February 07, 2011, 09:42:26 pm »

Yep, that night case is a beauty all right! That's a family heirloom if I ever saw one.

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Author Topic: The Great Pecan Project (Read 10710 times)