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Started by POSTON WIDEHEAD, December 04, 2017, 11:53:17 AM

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POSTON WIDEHEAD

A guy called me just now.....
He wants me to get a dry log out of my yard.
He wants a 6x6x8 Pine to make 2 table legs.
He wants to get out as cheap as he can.
He just wants a straight 6x6x8 post from a dry log.
Since he's tryin to get out as cheap as he can he does not want
anything fancy or spectacular.

What does a straight, fancy, spectacular 6x6x8 look like from a dry log?  say_what
The older I get I wish my body could Re-Gen.

Savannahdan

Surely you told him that he'd need at least 2 of those since most tables have 4 legs. :laugh:
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goose63

have you been giveing him purple drank???????????  :D
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paul case

You should tell him that ''Tha Goat Aint Got Nuttin That Is Straight!''

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Darrel

Just get that old log that the goats have been climbing on and tell him it's the best you have.

:D ;D :D :laugh:
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Chop Shop

Quote from: POSTONLT40HD on December 04, 2017, 11:53:17 AM

What does a straight, fancy, spectacular 6x6x8 look like from a dry log?  say_what

Looks like $300, don't it?

Resonator

Give one of the sticks you stack lumber on. That shouldn't be to fancy or spectacular. :)
Under bark there's boards and beams, somewhere in between.
Cuttin' while its green, through a steady sawdust stream.
I'm chasing the sawdust dream.

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terrifictimbersllc

Tell him you don't dry out logs because the ratio of tangential to radial shrinkage isn't pi.   :snowball:
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WDH

The answer is that it is a waste of time  :D. 
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drobertson

I don't know, I've dealt with similar in the past, and there are some older dryer logs tucked back.  Its amazing what a 10" log can produce in regards to a 6x6.  It sounds like he is either going against a wall and just needs two, or, he is making a heavy duty coffee table kinda thing,, either way, sounds like a quick wack and hack job, at least to me, I reckon this old goat eats more briars than the Carolina goat,  Oh, I forgot,  sorry, you are a Clemson goat, ;D
only have a few chain saws I'm not suppose to use, but will at times, one dog Dolly, pretty good dog, just not sure what for yet,  working on getting the gardening back in order, and kinda thinking on maybe a small bbq bizz,  thinking about it,

Peter Drouin

I would just grab the first log in the pile make his 6x6 and sell it for what you get for a 6x6x8.
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POSTON WIDEHEAD

On his table one side is connected to a wall.

Says he gonna turn 2 legs out of the 6x6.

I did exactly what Peter said and charged him $30 and went back to catching up my orders.

All in all a Spectacular day.  :D :D :D
The older I get I wish my body could Re-Gen.

Peter Drouin

A&P saw Mill LLC.
45' of Wood Mizer, cutting since 1987.
License NH softwood grader.

barbender

Is that figure missing a zero?😁
Too many irons in the fire

4x4American

Some ppl... I sold a lady two 16' pine bartops 1 live edge.  I guess she figures that a live edge means the bark is still attached.  I splained it to her that the bark usually falls off esp on a summer cut log...live edge just means its not ripped straight in da edger..  I told her to try and staple or nail the bark on...  Well shes missing the bark in a few places so she emailed me asking if she could come over and get a bag of bark lol..I said sure theres plenty of bark lying around maybe you can find what you're looking for.  If she asks me to cut the bark to fit the 3" bartop I'm gonna have to do all I can to contain myself lol
Boy, back in my day..

barbender

 :D :D The bark whisperer ;D
Too many irons in the fire

Peter Drouin

4x4 I tell the customer I have only sell live edge, not natural edge.
Live has no bark
Natural has bark. I don't sell Natural.  ;D
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License NH softwood grader.

Percy

Quote from: 4x4American on December 04, 2017, 07:49:59 PM
Some ppl... I sold a lady two 16' pine bartops 1 live edge.  I guess she figures that a live edge means the bark is still attached.  I splained it to her that the bark usually falls off esp on a summer cut log...live edge just means its not ripped straight in da edger..  I told her to try and staple or nail the bark on...  Well shes missing the bark in a few places so she emailed me asking if she could come over and get a bag of bark lol..I said sure theres plenty of bark lying around maybe you can find what you're looking for.  If she asks me to cut the bark to fit the 3" bartop I'm gonna have to do all I can to contain myself lol
Lol@bag of bark  :D :D :D :D


Oh man Im dyin here  :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

Bags of bark for sale......or just callem Barkbags hahahahahahahahahahahhahaha
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Kbeitz

You need to invest in a bark-O-matic machine.
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Southside

I would tell her that only dogwood still has the bark.....
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WDH

Is the bark-o-matic like the bass-o-matic? Remember that one?
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Magicman

There is something fishy about that because it would be Basswood.   :o
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Resonator

Yes the days of scaling, cutting and gutting are over! (Dan Akroyd, Saturday Night Live, Bass-O-Matic76).
Under bark there's boards and beams, somewhere in between.
Cuttin' while its green, through a steady sawdust stream.
I'm chasing the sawdust dream.

Proud owner of a Wood-Mizer 2017 LT28G19

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