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We built my first cabin out of rough cut green hemlock every time we set a nail you got squirted by sap (pre airnailer days) all my friends said it would twist and warp as it dried but it never moved and inch.
The only pain was all the sheathing was random with full 1" so marrying all that together took some time but it was a good solid cabin.
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The only pain was all the sheathing was random with full 1" so marrying all that together took some time but it was a good solid cabin.
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Welcome to an exciting adventure - enjoy the trip.
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From what I've heard, you can hang hemlock green with no problems at all. Just need to wax the end grain to keep it from checking badly.
One of the fortunate by-products of our milling process is that I ended up with a lot of 1" boards that I'm going to use for siding. We plan on doing board & batten. We have different widths, ranging from about 7" up to about 10". But since the wood will be hung vertically, this shouldn't be a big problem. We plan on using the 7" boards on the gable ends in a horizontal lap siding pattern. The boards have been drying outside since Sept. '08. I covered them with roll roofing to protect from sun and rain. Some of the ends, which were exposed to the sun, had weathered gray in color. But we ran some of the boards through a planer and they look absolutely beautiful. I can't wait to hang the siding.
I'll post more pics of the process later today hopefully.
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looks like things are going right along. I also have a hudson mill, an oscar 28, that I've used to build our house{2000sq} garage sheds and structures for others. Hemlock can be a tough tree to mill with all of the knots. It can be very heavy compared to others also, seems to really hold onto the water. I had one last year that when we cut into it it was like someone had a garden hose running. It is also a very pretty board when done. You can use green lumber for frame work, infact some prefer it. If it is going to be around windows doors etc... though I'd make sure it was dried.
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Andy, Looking forward to the progress of your project. I like and can appreciate how you guys got started. I feel your (as well as your spouses) patience will be rewarded as you go along.
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You have a good-looking set up. I like how you've to it raised off the ground. My father-in-law set 6x6 treated posts in the ground (bedrock sandstone) and attached the rails to it. It works pretty well, but we noticed that when it rains a lot the tracks can get out of plumb just a little and the boards will be slightly thicker on one end than the other. We figured that the wood was absorbing water and swelling.
Here's a funny story...one Saturday we went into the woods and cut down an absolutely enormous hemlock. It was every bit 3' in diameter at the base. We worked all day on that tree, cutting it down and limbing it. It was on a very steep incline on the mountainside so we had to take our time and be careful. Anyway, we finally hauled it out of the woods to the mill. We got the bark off of it and put the first (thickest) part on the mill. That was a chore in itself!. We were very anxious to see just how much lumber we could get out of it. Well, we started sawing it and noticed that the wood was very soft. It was like styrofoam. I could embed a hammer a good 6" into the wood. We thought it might clear up, so we continued to cut. It never did clear up. We inspected the rest of the tree and found the same thing...the wood was like styrofoam. We wasted the entire day on that log.
