Large Urban Walnut I sawed..

Kedwards · July 11, 2005, 05:45:09 PM

Posted on the other site and someone said I should post this here..

I have a lot more pictures if you want see.

The Log was 36" diameter, flared into a crotch 14' above the cut off and the branchs were 20-22" diamter with nice potential crotch. the metal stain is due to my saw not the wood and I believe can be easily removed later. The photo doesn't show it, but this tree also have a lot of curl.

Dan_Shade · July 11, 2005, 05:53:26 PM

how long's your bar? that slab is huge! good luck on getting it dry without warping/splitting, if it does come out, that will be sweet

Kedwards · July 11, 2005, 06:01:48 PM

drying is usually not a problem..I sticker in well ventilated environment thats covered and not exposed to the sun and wait 3-6 months before putting in the kiln

Timburr · July 11, 2005, 06:43:42 PM

How thick do you slab out at?

And yes, we do want to see.

Tim

Jeff · July 11, 2005, 07:58:45 PM

Kedwards, yep we want to see them, but please optimize and use the forum server so the photos don't disappear on down the road. Also our users with slow connections can see them as well. I am fixing the pic above because of the large download size. (I get complaints). The fixed version is one FIFTH the file size.

tnlogger · July 11, 2005, 09:05:12 PM

good lopking pc of wood there 8) and yes more pics would be nice

iain · July 13, 2005, 01:58:57 AM

Them pics will be drooled over properly on this site ;) :D

iain

Kedwards · July 14, 2005, 01:18:51 AM

more pictures

Kedwards · July 14, 2005, 01:24:00 AM

more

Kedwards · July 14, 2005, 01:24:36 AM

iain · July 14, 2005, 02:02:17 AM

Now your getting the hang of our needs

tell me about your slabber attachment, if you got time

iain

Jeff · July 14, 2005, 12:10:44 PM

I know he has a photo where the log is all stacked back together after slabbing. I wanna see THAT one.

Kedwards · July 14, 2005, 02:44:27 PM

hehe :D.. I did post that twice in my gallery, but here it is.

moving a 3 ton log .. one piece at a time.

Btw.. I spoke to the lady that had a monster cherry today and I scaled it out at 1100 ft and from the looks of it may be curly .. the trunk is 31" DIB and doesnt taper for 14 feet then the next 14 feet to the end looks to be about 24-26" then the top broke out in a twist at the fork. Narry a limb for 30 feet. The limb looks like it is 18-20" wide and straight. She said I could have it although I promised her some money for it and a round off the end.

Iain,

the slabber is an attachment on my regular Lucas Mill although it may start to be a permanent fixture with the huge demand for the slabs and the size and quality of the urban trees I am getting lately. the bar max width is 50" so I could saw a log 50" in diamter 20 feet long..sounds crazy since I would need a crane to move the log. The largest tree I have sawed was 56" DIB willow oak.

Furby · July 14, 2005, 03:51:55 PM

I like that pic!
8) 8) 8)

GF · July 14, 2005, 04:04:23 PM

That is some nice looking walnut, one of these days I am going to have to take a look at those Lucas mills.

sigidi · July 14, 2005, 06:39:08 PM

Hey There Kedwards,

welcome fellow Lucas miller/slabber man 8)

I too have the slabbing attachment, and just love how some of those biggur ugly old tree's turn out!! Terrific pic of the finished cut log. By the looks of it you have a great set-up to sotre your slabs etc.

Great stuff mate keep it coming

Dan_Shade · July 14, 2005, 09:28:22 PM

how do you all typically handle the bark on a big slabbed up tree? scrap/spud it off? I use a little mattick type thing, it works if the log has been sitting a while and the bark will "slip", but it don't work for squat on a fresh log.

Gilman · July 15, 2005, 01:46:00 PM

Ken,
Those look great. Not trying to hijack your thread, but add to the Black Walnut part.

I like how the tree was taken down with a chainsaw instead of an excavator a piece at a time. See below for how to NOT take a BW down.

This was a piece of a black walnut tree that was taken down with an excavator to, "save the logger some time." It is 1 of 4 trees that grew together. I could of had three more with this great figure.

Kedwards · July 15, 2005, 08:03:19 PM

Thats a nice piece of wood

!

Got the cherry today and will post as soon as it is slabbed. The largest clean piece was 25" diameter 9' long and has counterclockwise spiral twist. I am hoping it is curled like the last one. The other 2 sections were 8 foot and 6 foot and were a clean 21" in diamter Total footage is around 525 scaled and slabbed will make some nice 6/4 pieces.

rebocardo · July 16, 2005, 06:19:35 AM

Kedwards,
That is the kind of slab I dream about cutting into tables. Awesome wood.

Kedwards · July 17, 2005, 09:18:53 PM

here is the large cherries I just got.. heck.. I have a line on some BIGGER than these.. 8)

The main butt log is 25" dib no taper 9feet long, the other two are 21" all will be slabbed to 6/4 thickness.

the following is the original butt log of the walnut stickered at 2 and 3" thickness. the color is starting to really peak through.

Gilman · July 18, 2005, 11:00:11 AM

Ken,
You have any normal sized trees in NC? :D

Does your slabber have a power feed?

I assume that walnut is stacked in your new garage. Have you told us about the new garage yet?

Kedwards · July 20, 2005, 12:47:12 AM

the power feed is me ! I will take some garage pics this weekend when I slab the cherry.

TN_man · July 20, 2005, 05:34:48 AM

Kyle,
It is good to see you back over here posting again. I go to your website from time to time to check on how your business is going. Thanks for the pics.

Jeff

Kedwards · July 31, 2005, 05:44:04 PM

Here are some of the pics of the cherry I slabbed. Picked up another 40" Black walnut yesterday and looking at another large one about 2 hours from where I am at. The slabs of this black cherry is 22"-25" wide and 6/4 thick and had some nice color and is already to darken considerably.