Hickory...My Favorite Wood to Hate!
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- Опубліковано 24 чер 2024
- Join me to saw a few Hickory Logs!
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I find these series on milling packages for new home builds or renovations very interesting, thanks Cory.
Glad you like them!
I made flooring using a multi-head milling machine. You but in a blank and it came out a piece of flooring. Hickory gave us the most trouble on the machine. We had to run it slower and had knives in cutting heads break off. It gave us all kinds of problems.
Yes I also make flooring with a moulder(check out some other videos on the channel!) I try to avoid making hickory flooring although it’s some of the toughest and most beautiful flooring you’ll find.
I think hickory saws best fresh off the stump I cut some logs one day and milled them the next day on my circle mill and it was a lot better than letting them set around a few days or weeks
Yes you’re right, most logs saw easier fresh!
Nice logs... hickory in my area rarely gets that big. They seem to die by the time they get to be about a foot in dia.
These were bigger than you typically see although I’ve sawed some around 24-30” in the past.
Nice boards. Noticing some blade wave in them. Last time I sawed hickory it did the same thing. I played with more tension on the blade and tried to keep my belt drive tension at 14 lbs but still waved. It's hard to use the deflection guage to get the belt drive tension precise. Either that or they are getting worn. Really frustrating to have blade dive.
Yes I hate wavy lumber.
I had a gentalman drop off a bunch of logs this past weekend. he just wanted two wide boards. he thought it might be poplar. Nope hickory with a very large heart wood pattern.. two more logs left and like you i have a love hate relation ship with it..
Nice to look at, not so much to work with!
Nice Job and Channel! When you mill and dry your Hickory for flooring are you cutting full width boards, drying then sizing? Seams my hickory warps more when I size them down smaller before drying.
Yes, I definitely cut oversized so I can straighten after drying. Bigger dimensions do tend to stay more stable (cut a 1x8 to rip into 1x4’s instead of sawing a 1x4). Thanks for watching!
Cory, I hate sawing hickory what blade did you use . 4's gave me best cutting,w/ frequent blade changes. Best with me and hickory was glue ups.Cory did you get the email?
I’ve standardized on turbo 747’s for everything. I just found the email in my junk folder…keep an eye out for your mail!
Sounds like my current love hate relationship with eastern red cedar.
I wish we had some around here!
have you sawn any american / red / slippery elm ? thats a fight as well
The Nightmare Elm Logs
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@@hillcustomlumber thanks will watch