Long Weekend Project

mikecpeck · September 20, 2012, 01:39:08 PM

The wife and I are well into a house build project, but last weekend required us to step away from that and work on something a little smaller. We needed a building to house a pump system to feed water to our new house. So, starting Friday morning, we changed the oil in the tractor and headed up to the trees and cut 2 doug-fir trees down and trailered them to the sawmill.

We cut them in 8 or 10' lengths, pressured washed them and by Friday evening, we started sawing.

We only got through 3 logs that evening, but loaded some more up the following day.

We were after 2x6 material, but a couple of the logs were too good, so made some 2x8's. We were at Home Depot the evening before (buying sheet goods) and looking at the lumber prices, and it was roughly $5 a stick. Makes it easier to keep the wife motivated when $5 a stick comes off the mill.

By Mid-day Saturday, we had a stack.

Sunday, it was time for framing. The walls were framed and sheeted whole, and lifted into the place with the tractor. The roof was cut out in the shop, then assembled on top the structure... just a few compound cuts on this one.

By Monday, we had it framed, sheeted, and papered (didn't take a photo after the roof sheeting went on)

Now, we are thinking of making our own shingles out of a large lighting struck tamarack my father was going to burn for firewood, but that's for another post. Love having our own mill... $5 a stick! $5 a stick!

fishpharmer · September 20, 2012, 01:55:45 PM

Welcome to FF mike! Your lumber and project turned out nice. Another happy woodmizer sawmill owner. What model WM have you got there, I am guessing an LT28?

Magicman · September 20, 2012, 02:18:13 PM

Very nice, mikecpeck, and Welcome to the Forestry Forum.

mikecpeck · September 20, 2012, 03:04:50 PM

Yup, that's an LT28. Ordered a bone stock one, ended up with one with powerfeed and log handling package. Wasn't ever quite sure how that happened, but I'm glad it did.

Quote from: fishpharmer on September 20, 2012, 01:55:45 PM
Welcome to FF mike! Your lumber and project turned out nice. Another happy woodmizer sawmill owner. What model WM have you got there, I am guessing an LT28?

POSTON WIDEHEAD · September 20, 2012, 03:09:55 PM

Nice work Mike. I'd say you were a good sawyer and GREAT carpenter!

You and your wife deserve a pat on the back.

mikecpeck · September 20, 2012, 03:16:31 PM

Much too kind. I'm a software developer by day, and tinker with wood on the weekend. Everything I know about housebuilding, sawing, or woodworking, I learned from Google (and you fine folks).

Quote from: POSTONLT40HD on September 20, 2012, 03:09:55 PM
Nice work Mike. I'd say you were a good sawyer and GREAT carpenter!

You and your wife deserve a pat on the back.

Chuck White · September 20, 2012, 04:09:28 PM

Nice project there Mike!

Congrats on the sawmill.

That's some nice looking territory you've got there!

Leigh Family Farm · September 20, 2012, 10:21:18 PM

Thats a nice stack! Congrats on the project and convincing the wife that the mill is actually worth the money. Welcome!

Okrafarmer · September 20, 2012, 11:31:12 PM

Welcome to the Forum! Let's see-- Douglas Fir, tamarack. . . . where do you live? Let's see, British Columbia, maybe? Washington state?

customsawyer · September 21, 2012, 01:04:27 AM

Welcome to the forum. Very nice work.

Tree Feller · September 21, 2012, 01:33:44 AM

Welcome to the forum and congrats on getting the pump house built so well and so quickly. Yeah, at $5 a plank, it won't take long to pay for that fine sawmill, and then some.

That sure is a scenic location shown in your pics.

Peter Drouin · September 21, 2012, 06:04:54 AM

Good job, and a nice mill, welcome to the FF

Burlkraft · September 21, 2012, 07:06:03 AM

Nice work!

Nuthin' like havin' a grapple bucket for the Kubota.

I thought forks were the way to go, until I got my grapple bucket.

Keep the pics comin' 8)

thecfarm · September 21, 2012, 07:16:18 AM

mikecpeck,welcome to the forum. Nice place you have there. I see some buildings on the edge of the field and a corner for a fence.Are you sawing lumber for the house too?I kept this about shingle making.
https://forestryforum.com/board/index.php/topic,42092.0.html

mikecpeck · September 21, 2012, 11:09:20 AM

Thanks again everyone. I am super fortunate to live in N. Idaho, and my wife and I are building on property that's been in our family for nearly 100 years. We've been busy the past 2 years building the house, and probably 80% of the lumber we sawed using the woodmizer and trees from the property. Hard to buy 2x10's, 20' long with quality like this!

Favorite framing photo (The day after the crane left to help lift the monster reclaimed beams into place)

Mostly current status - Roof on, rough plumbing in, starting on electrical (and sawing for siding).

Quote from: thecfarm on September 21, 2012, 07:16:18 AM
mikecpeck,welcome to the forum. Nice place you have there. I see some buildings on the edge of the field and a corner for a fence.Are you sawing lumber for the house too?I kept this about shingle making.
https://forestryforum.com/board/index.php/topic,42092.0.html

And yes, having a grapple bucket on the tractor is the most amazing tool. We got ours 2 weeks after the tractor, worth every penny!

Magicman · September 21, 2012, 01:43:39 PM

Whoa, as of today, that is also my favorite framing photo.

ScottAR · September 21, 2012, 07:36:37 PM

Those are great pics indeed... What kinda device is that holding up the stack of sheet goods? Looks very handy and I may have to have one.

WDH · September 21, 2012, 08:43:26 PM

Your sticker stacks show that your care about your lumber and give it the proper respect that it deserves. A lot of bad lumber comes from bad handling, stacking, and drying.