Walnut logs

[xlogger]

I've got a logger that I get my white oak logs from that has 4  8ft long black walnut logs around 16". I agree to cut them on half. I've never cut walnut and not sure what to do with my half. I was thinking about cutting into 2 1/16" with live edge and if someone wanted 1" board later that I could split them if they stayed flat or just trim off the edges if they wanted. Have any of you tried this or have a better idea? Ricky

[t f flippo]

There is a log broker up in Culpepper that might be interested,

If you saw 4/4 the customer will want 5/4.Or vice versa.Saw it out from 4/4 to 12/4.
Who is going to buy it? A funiture maker can use the big stuff for legs and smaller stuff
for the top and stiles and rails ect.

Fireplace mantels were going for $250 to $350.

I try not to saw for inventory.I would Anchorseal the ends and set the logs up off the ground.
Had a customer back in Dec. that I custom sawed a couple of walnut logs I had for over a year.
They sawed out great and the price I got was well worth the wait.I try to inventory speciality
logs instead of lumber.It seems to work better for me.

[Don_Papenburg]

Years ago I got several 6' to 10' walnut logs that a guy had laying in his feed lot .  They looked bad with punky rot on the outer edges . He had planned to just burn them . I took a chance because I needed some walnut .  Most of that wood turned out to be some of the best I ever had .  So save your half in log form ,but keep it out of the weather and off the ground with good air movement .  Cut what the customer or you may need later.

[xlogger]

That's what I try to do with my cedar and white oak. Sounds like a plan for the walnut also.

[drobertson]

ricky, sounds like you have it figured out,  save yours til you know what direction you are going.  Store off the ground,  I just recently sawed on that was bumping the size limit, 36" dia. it had been down for 6 years, just a lil doty on the outside but beautiful on the inside, cut great with no issues at all.  Swapping sawing for logs is nice when only a few logs are in the order,   david

[xlogger]

I posted on another topic about sealing the ends of logs. I got white oak and now this walnuts logs but all have been cut for a week or longer. I was thinking about getting some anchorseal, they sell it across the road where I work. The only problem there is I go to work before they open and off to late. But one guy said if you don't put on right away it might be a waste of time.

[VictorH]

Go ahead and seal them.  A week is not going to make that much difference.

[Ron Wenrich]

We've sealed some export logs that have been laying around for much longer than a week.  I think a lot would depend on the time of year.  During the warmer weather, you have the blue stain problem in sapwood and pines.  That's not much of a problem at this time of year.  We don't seal sawlogs, but we don't leave them lay around for a long period of time.