Building Lake Corona

[jk96]

Back from vacation and took a trip to the local mill this morning. Was able to get some really nice lumber out of the walnut log. Most pieces 8ft to 11ft. About 16 pieces 12" wide and pretty clean with very few if any knots. Ended up with 284 board feet.

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[two_bit_score]

Very nice! What are your plans for it?

 

[lilranch2001]

I have a couple walnuts I need to take down, was just going to give them away, but you pics made me think.....

What was the diameter?

Can I ask what they charged to saw them?

 

[dodge man]

That’s some nice lumber, really nice grain.

 

[s219]

If you want to mill walnut, first let the logs sit for 12+ months. It causes the color to equalize between heartwood and sapwood and you get more of the prized dark wood people associate with walnut (commercial mills steam their walnut to get the same effect). Unlike some logs, walnut can sit for a while before it starts decaying on the outside -- just block it up and keep it off the ground.

Last walnut I cut down, the sapwood was a good 25-30% of the diameter of the log when fresh cut. So letting the color equalize gains a lot more dark wood. Those logs had sat for about 2 years before I milled them. By then, the wood was uniform color all the way across.

 

[jk96]

I have a couple walnuts I need to take down, was just going to give them away, but you pics made me think.....

What was the diameter?

Can I ask what they charged to saw them?

About 18". They charged .50cents a board ft so only cost $142 to mill which I thought was a bargain. They unloaded, milled, moved back to my trailer in a nice stack and even strapped it down for me while I drank coffee and chatted with the owner.

 

[lilranch2001]

Thanks for the response!

I just measured the two I have to cut down, one is about 16" with the bark, and one is about 20 with the bark, not sure if that makes for a decent saw log.....

Oh, and that was at shoulder height

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

About 18". They charged .50cents a board ft so only cost $142 to mill which I thought was a bargain. They unloaded, milled, moved back to my trailer in a nice stack and even strapped it down for me while I drank coffee and chatted with the owner.

Bargain!

 

[Jstpssng]

Thanks for the response!

I just measured the two I have to cut down, one is about 16" with the bark, and one is about 20 with the bark, not sure if that makes for a decent saw log.....

Oh, and that was at shoulder height

It depends on how straight and defect free they are. Also, since you are the one who will be using them; what you plan to make from them. A good sawyer can produce some pretty nice small dimension lumber for doing cabinet work and other projects. If you want a 16 foot fireplace mantel though and there's a big piece of rot in the middle, it would be more difficult.

 

[lilranch2001]

They both reasonably straight and seemingly rot free they are just in my way right now so I need to cut them down, the smaller diameter one has a limb at about 14 foot and the larger diameter goes up several feet taller before it starts to limb out.

I put a culvert in this summer and they are both in the middle of the route to cross the culvert.

My House is all oak trim, so I really don稚 know that I have a use for Walnut but I hate to just saw it up for firewood.