My cherry project

[Fabiola]

Hi Furby, nice coffe table...
Can I have tea instead?

[Patty]

Furby,

I love multiple choice questions! OK, when slicing the stump , we start at the butt and slice toward the Y or the crotch. On the Y shaped log, if the whole Y fits on your mill, slice it whole (or we do), the grain is really beautiful. If you have to slice off the leg to make it fit, do so, but we cut off only as much as we have to to get it to fit on the mill.
We don't have a slabber, so I don't know what it's limitations are.

[Furby]

Hi Fab!
Coffee, tea, same difference.  

Patty,
From what I've been reading, the slabbers are mostly limited by their engines. I'm looking at a little longer bar then what I'll need for those logs, just so I can use it when I get an even bigger log.  
I really like the wide "Y" slab idea. I'm hoping to get a couple out of that log. I kind of thought I'd start at the butt, but I had to ask.  
I'm guessing it would be a good idea to coat the slabs with Anchorseal?

Ok, for all you who would rather talk about the car........
Here's a couple of pics. They are the best I could do with all the junk around it.  






I came across a lot just around the corner today that has a big pile of fresh cherry and oak logs.   I'm heading over to talk to owner on my way out.  

[redpowerd]

i really dig them slanted side windows, look pretty sweet chopped down to mail-slot size
it would make that trunk appear to go on for miles!

[Paul_H]

Hey Furby,
is that Cherry I see in the background?

[Jeff]

Hey Furby,
is that Cherry I see in the background?

[Furby]

 

Note to self (again): Remember to crop all background out when showing pics of car.  

[FeltzE]

How thick are you cutting the slabs when you are looking for the figured wood in the "Y"

and how are you drying them to reduce degrade?

Eric

[Patty]

Eric,

We cut those slabs anywhere from 2-3 inches thick. The 2" we figure, is thick enough for a nice slab table or bench or fireplace mantal, the 3" and greater will work for gun stocks and such. We sticker and stack them in a weather proof shed, with several concrete blocks on them for weight, and in about 6 months to a year, depending upon the wood and the thickness, they are dry.
This is just what we do, no advice intended. We have been learning by trial & error over the past 3 years or so.
The walnut and cherry are very forgiving and dry with very few cracks and warping. Oak is more prone to checking we have found. We have been trying different things to keep the oak from drying too fast, like being more generous with the Endcoating  and slathering it all over the boards. We have yet to see if this makes a big difference or not.

[Skeeter]

Furby,

In pic # 2....thats what them old roofers called a *smith beam*....purty slick .

I have used them and while it works...ya gots ta watch that weight limit....'specially 2-3 stories up on a roof !!

We almost exceeded it a few times (a couple of us fellers had to stand on the back end ya know)

Nowdays everyone uses a crane...much easier....and safer !

Nice score on that cherry....Wisht I had more

Skeeter

[Furby]

Yeah I know what you mean about the weight.  
That's an old boom that my uncles used to tow cars with, they had it in the back of a pick up. It has a two ton Holland winch, two speed.  
It's been sitting out back for a couple of decades or so, up until last year when I dug it out and put it on the trailer. We used it to replant a 25' tall Magnolia tree from the front of the house to the back yard. When we were done with it, we just set it out back "as is".
Then this tree came along and I was going to just drag the logs out back, but thought of this and gave it a try.  
It works pretty good, but the trailer is the limiting factor. I've got another trailer that's a little bit stronger that I'm going to move the boom on to, when I get time.