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Magicman

#25
May 25, 2012, 07:54:11 PM
I did a Poplar like that one time and it opened up like a banana peel.

I hates Sweetgum.   :-\
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WDH

#26
May 25, 2012, 07:57:32 PM
Those cants are already trying to walk off the mill   :).

If sweetgum were to marry sweetgum, there would always be a lot of tension  :D :D :D.
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customsawyer

#27
May 25, 2012, 08:00:50 PM
They put 30 tons of weight on them to hold them down till the bolts go through. All I know is when you can cut sweet gum, bolt it together and then sell for more than a dollar a BF I say do it. ;D
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WDH

#28
May 25, 2012, 08:10:35 PM
I need to bolt my sweetgum  :D.
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CalebL

#29
May 25, 2012, 08:53:51 PM
You guys ever seen a sweetgum that didn't have spiraled grain?  I cut one about a week ago for a guy and it there was no doubt it was a sweet gum but it wasn't spiraled.  Sorry didn't take pics. 
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WDH

#30
May 25, 2012, 08:57:29 PM
In my experience, not all the boards warp, even with spiral grain.  However, the first boards flatsawn off the cant on each face almost always twist and warp almost to the point that they are unusable. 

Trees are like people.  There are always a few weird ones.
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customsawyer

#31
May 29, 2012, 06:56:53 PM
CalebL sorry it took me so long to get back to you. Yes I have cut lots of sweet gum that didn't have the spiral grain. I can't reply on how it dried as they take the lumber from me the next day and make pallet boards out of it. As for the timbers I don't think the big cranes and excavators mind a little bow. ;D
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pigman

#32
May 29, 2012, 09:11:27 PM
Quote from: WDH on May 25, 2012, 08:57:29 PM


Trees are like people.  There are always a few weird ones.
I resemble that remark. :( ;)
Things turn out best for people who make the best of how things turn out.

WDH

#33
May 29, 2012, 09:12:20 PM
Not to call any names.......Tree names that is  :).
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ellmoe

#34
May 30, 2012, 07:16:28 AM
Quote from: WDH on May 29, 2012, 09:12:20 PM
Not to call any names.......Tree names that is  :).

   If you called someone a "sweetgum" smiley_furious3, would that send you to the woodshed?
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fishpharmer

#35
May 30, 2012, 07:20:19 AM
Good question ellmoe, may depend if they have twisted grain. :)
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customsawyer

#36
May 31, 2012, 05:57:20 PM
I thought most of us was a little twisted. ;D
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scsmith42

#37
June 01, 2012, 12:04:48 AM
Quote from: customsawyer on May 31, 2012, 05:57:20 PM
I thought most of us was a little twisted. ;D

or warped....
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Magicman

#38
June 01, 2012, 07:42:36 AM
Does dotage count  ???
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WDH

#39
June 01, 2012, 08:23:16 PM
Twisted, warped, and doty?  That is a real combination, for sure  :D.
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scsmith42

#40
June 02, 2012, 01:52:29 PM
I can take twisted, warped and doty FF members, just not crooked....
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Smith - Gallagher dedicated slabber
Tom's 3638D Baker band mill
and a mix of log handling heavy equipment.

WDH

#41
June 02, 2012, 09:08:35 PM
"I always thought that he had a lot of sweep".

:D
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