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Started by Jjoness4, November 11, 2017, 10:15:50 AM

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Got these freshly logs sawed urban walnut logs cheap (I think).  $10.00 each.  600 bd ft Doyle.  Loaded with log arch.  Had to block traffic to load.  Got the Boston ivy free.  I'll let you know how cheap they are after sawed and I check blade inventory.  These might have been in a fence row. Ouch!!
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I'd take them, and saw them with a bi-metal blade.  I can't even get walnut logs here to save my life.
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Larry

I used to saw walnut every day that I harvested from my farm.  To get a better idea of which logs to sell for veneer and which to saw, I tracked every log across the mill for a month.

Seeing a picture of your logs I predict your yield will be 1,000 board feet or a little better.

I never worry about bands when sawing urban walnut trees as I know I'm in black gold.  And a walnut never ever has a bad board.

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nativewolf

So those are nice straight logs! 8) heck of a deal.  Who minds a little metal in Walnut, just like Larry says.

Exporters will pay top dollars for those if they are 15" at the small end, just so you know.  Maybe $2000 on the trailer.

Just saying...just saying
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Crossroads

I paid $100 for 2 pieces with crotches in them that are only about 5' long and they don't have near the dark colors that yours do. Congratulations on a good score!
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That is a score my friend, one urban logger to another.  Wand every cut for metal and take that bark off with a spoke shave or peal it (still warm enough) and sit on 2.5" and charge a $100 a slab as they come off the mill. Sit on it for 2 years and you hit the magic number at 10% which is $300 a slab
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Downstream

WOW!  I have not seen a score like that in a long while.  It's like seeing gold nuggets in the pan.  I was lucky to get alot of walnut early, but much harder lately.  did you have to cut down tree also or was it already on the ground?
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ToddsPoint

I paid $200 for 24 walnut crotches left over from a logging job.  I milled them all for gunstocks.  I've had good luck finding walnut around here.  I got more walnut at a local log dump and those were free.  Gary

 
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nativewolf

Toddspoint, that is a very very nice pile of crotch.  Again, I could sell that in log form for much more than the $200. 

Out of curiosity what did you do with that much gunstock?  We are starting to cache some smaller crotches and really special ones that just don't make sense to export. 
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Jjoness4

Quote from: Downstream on November 11, 2017, 09:43:29 PM
WOW!  I have not seen a score like that in a long while.  It's like seeing gold nuggets in the pan.  I was lucky to get alot of walnut early, but much harder lately.  did you have to cut down tree also or was it already on the ground?

They were already cut and bucked out.  The tree was a double hanging right over the road and a power line.  I would not have cut the tree.
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Jjoness4

Quote from: cwimer973 on November 11, 2017, 09:07:40 PM
That is a score my friend, one urban logger to another.  Wand every cut for metal and take that bark off with a spoke shave or peal it (still warm enough) and sit on 2.5" and charge a $100 a slab as they come off the mill. Sit on it for 2 years and you hit the magic number at 10% which is $300 a slab

I have not been diligent at taking the bark off but I have all my walnut logs off the ground.  I have about a 40 walnut logs of varying shapes and sizes.  How long will walnut logs last, bark on before degradation starts.  I just need to get to sawing!!!
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Larry

Wood turning walnut bowls has taught me to keep the sapwood white and bright I need to process within two or three weeks of felling the tree.  After that the sapwood starts to get slightly muddy.  It was something I never really noticed when I was sawing.

I've sawn walnut logs 10 years old where the sapwood had completely rotted off.  The heartwood was still good.  Had a few more cracks in the end that I needed to work around.
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Cazzhrdwd

Quote from: Jjoness4 on November 11, 2017, 10:15:50 AM


Got these freshly logs sawed urban walnut logs cheap (I think).  $10.00 each.  600 bd ft Doyle.  Loaded with log arch.  Had to block traffic to load.  Got the Boston ivy free.  I'll let you know how cheap they are after sawed and I check blade inventory.  These might have been in a fence row. Ouch!!

Nice logs, I'd been at least a dollar a ft to buy them.
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Cazzhrdwd

Here's a nice one i sawed up recently.

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thechknhwk

Free walnut, too big to load, had to bring the mill.  Not all of it was this nice, but there was some pretty nice stuff and I never hit nail.  Probably about 20 logs.  Not bragging, just saying :D :D Should be pushing about 2mbf all said and done.  I had to cut down and clean all the brush.  Got more pics from the last batch, but I never uploaded them.  I slabbed a bunch of it 9/4 & 8/4.










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Oh My, that is a goodun.   8)
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Darrel

I'd be glad to pull my trailer over the Cascades to where walnut grows and pick up a log or two like that and bring'em back over here and sawum up! Those are purdy.
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ToddsPoint

Quote from: nativewolf on November 12, 2017, 10:12:48 AM
Toddspoint, that is a very very nice pile of crotch.  Again, I could sell that in log form for much more than the $200. 

Out of curiosity what did you do with that much gunstock?  We are starting to cache some smaller crotches and really special ones that just don't make sense to export.

I'm stashing all I cut for myself.  I'll have enough for the rest of my days.  Then you can buy the rest from my widow. :D  I stocked other peoples guns for 35 yrs., now I'm retired and doing my own for a change.  Here's some drying and some I finished.  Gary

  

 
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Jjoness4

Quote from: ToddsPoint on November 14, 2017, 04:58:14 AM
Quote from: nativewolf on November 12, 2017, 10:12:48 AM
Toddspoint, that is a very very nice pile of crotch.  Again, I could sell that in log form for much more than the $200. 

Out of curiosity what did you do with that much gunstock?  We are starting to cache some smaller crotches and really special ones that just don't make sense to export.

I'm stashing all I cut for myself.  I'll have enough for the rest of my days.  Then you can buy the rest from my widow. :D  I stocked other peoples guns for 35 yrs., now I'm retired and doing my own for a change.  Here's some drying and some I finished.  Gary

  

 

Wow.
Beautiful craftsmanship.
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btulloh

You do some nice work.  Makes me want to send out some guns for new stocks.
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nativewolf

Quote from: thechknhwk on November 12, 2017, 10:32:49 PM
Free walnut, too big to load, had to bring the mill.  Not all of it was this nice, but there was some pretty nice stuff and I never hit nail.  Probably about 20 logs.  Not bragging, just saying :D :D Should be pushing about 2mbf all said and done.  I had to cut down and clean all the brush.  Got more pics from the last batch, but I never uploaded them.  I slabbed a bunch of it 9/4 & 8/4.











Good to brag about that and thanks for sharing the pictures.
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Quote from: ToddsPoint on November 14, 2017, 04:58:14 AM
Quote from: nativewolf on November 12, 2017, 10:12:48 AM
Toddspoint, that is a very very nice pile of crotch.  Again, I could sell that in log form for much more than the $200. 

Out of curiosity what did you do with that much gunstock?  We are starting to cache some smaller crotches and really special ones that just don't make sense to export.

I'm stashing all I cut for myself.  I'll have enough for the rest of my days.  Then you can buy the rest from my widow. :D  I stocked other peoples guns for 35 yrs., now I'm retired and doing my own for a change.  Here's some drying and some I finished.  Gary

  

 
Great pics,,,beautiful work ! I'm curious , do you ever buy California walnuts for your stock business ? Rob
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Gary those stocks are absolutely beautiful. You have some serious skills and are quite a craftsman.
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