White pine is on of my favorite woods to mill. Such beautiful wood, and light. The sticky factor is the only downside. I milled several fir trees last Monday, I think they have more pitch than pine. Like your choice of music.
One thing I cut out was running the blade with lube flowing for a minute after every couple cuts just to clear the pitch off. Most of our firs are dying...rot and ants from the inside out.
Thanks Paul! I've always wanted to do a video showing just the effort that goes into turning the big logs and handling the big cants but I'm afraid it would put people to sleep.
Good one Paul.Keep the sawdust flying.
Brent
Will do, Thanks Brent!
Good job Paul ,you got a lot of good 2x's out of that pine. I just bought a load of nice cherry' i'll have to have a coming attraction
Thanks Paul. Can't go wrong with cherry...except to use pine-sol in the lube tank and miss out on the cherry aroma.
White pine is on of my favorite woods to mill. Such beautiful wood, and light. The sticky factor is the only downside. I milled several fir trees last Monday, I think they have more pitch than pine. Like your choice of music.
One thing I cut out was running the blade with lube flowing for a minute after every couple cuts just to clear the pitch off. Most of our firs are dying...rot and ants from the inside out.
@@southernadirondackoutdoors yes ours too. Use them while I can
Great video Paul. You got a lot of lumber from that cant.
Dave
Thanks Dave!
PS.. A fresh TOM blade works wonders!
Excellent work !
Thanks Dale!
That was very nice looking lumber!
Thanks George! It turned out better than I expected. I was thinking one half would be punky.
Amazing how much lumber comes out of the big cants.
Yes and it's much more satisfying (once the cant is made) than getting just a handful from a smaller log.
That thing was huge.. Good result though!
Thanks Paul! I've always wanted to do a video showing just the effort that goes into turning the big logs and handling the big cants but I'm afraid it would put people to sleep.
We have 10x10 white pine posts on our front and back porches.
That sounds plenty strong!