trouble with the pine

[Dave H.]

here are some pictures of a pine I csm'ed 2 yrs ago. these are 19.5" x 2" x 7.5ft.(wide as my mill at the time) this was the butt end and full of pitch. I didn't set the pitch since I don't have a kiln and this happened. only lost 3 slabs total. these will now be fire starter wood,lol. I cut a total of 13 slabs from 2 logs. stats; 2 days (3hrs a day, 1.5 gallons gas mix. lota of water,lol.


  

 

[Ljohnsaw]

You still have 10 good slabs, but, what's to keep you from scraping off the pitch?  Could you then rip them in half and run them through a surface planner to clean them up and have some pretty 2x10s for shelves or benches or something?

[drobertson]

I've seen this one time in a pile of pine, it was about a 24" 20'er.  split four ways for beams, (not my choice) the mill I was at, the log exploded bout 2/3rds through with maybe five gallons of sap!  never seen such a mess.  most times it's not that bad.  looks like you still recovered some good slabs! 

[Dave H.]

john you are right,i might scrape them but for now they are on hold.i did find some pictures of the first day of milling,second day was taken on a cell phone that I took for a swim while fishing (campfire story,lol)


  

  

 

[Magicman]

Sometimes an old Pine has overgrown an old injury and "pitched" up such as that and there is really nothing that you can do.  The sap is horrible and the lumber does not have it's normal strength.  It will sometimes fracture when you try to drive a nail through it.  Makes good firewood kindling.

[47sawdust]

Dave H.
I thought Ludowici was a foreign country.I did a Google search and it looks like a pretty interesting place.Lot of nice old buildings.

[WDH]

Could you then rip them in half and run them through a surface planner to clean them up

Planing pine with that much pitch is a trial.  You spend more time cleaning the planer and the rollers than planing by a 5 to 1 margin  .

[POSTON WIDEHEAD]

I NEVER plane pine. I use different sanders....learned my lesson.  ;D

[Sixacresand]

Dave H.
I thought Ludowici was a foreign country.I did a Google search and it looks like a pretty interesting place.Lot of nice old buildings.

We drove through Ludowici a couple weeks ago if you talking about in the one in Georgia.

[Dave H.]

Dave H.
I thought Ludowici was a foreign country.I did a Google search and it looks like a pretty interesting place.Lot of nice old buildings.

We drove through Ludowici a couple weeks ago if you talking about in the one in Georgia.

the one and only.lol. stop in next time.

[Magicman]

I'll admit that I did not Google it and I did not know either.   :

[slider]

Dave H we have a second home not too far from you near sterling or about 5 mi. from seabord landing in the swamp.