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Tough Log Decision

5/23/2015

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Sometimes a log that I end up with isn't always a good one. It happens from time to time that I end up with a log that really is borderline. It is a hard decision whether to sped the time cutting the log in hopes of salvaging some lumber or just cutting it up for firewood. This log was in that category 16" diameter and 6' long. It was not straight and in fact had a large bow in the middle. The log also had what looked like ring shake on the large end. The rings of the log separate in the growth rings and that causes the boards to be low grade. In a perfect world that size log should yield about 50 bdft of lumber. In the real world sometimes things don't work as planned. I cut off the top hump and then rolled the log and cut off the horns on both ends. I then went ahead a squared the log into a four sided cant and the just cut it through and through to the deck. In the end it produced 27.5 bdft so it yielded half of what it should have. I guess at 27.5 bdft of lumber it really could have gone the other way just as easy, I guess that is my favorite part of milling logs you just never know until you open the log up.
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