2021 what did you do today?

Shredd · December 04, 2021, 07:23:43 PM

Ouch..!!! Heal fast, Friend...

wood carver 2 · December 04, 2021, 08:48:17 PM

Quote from: Buemaker on December 04, 2021, 06:44:43 PM
Dreaming of beautiful women when using sharp tools is a no no.

Lol, I have a scar on the knuckle of the same finger to remind me.
Dave.

Roy from Pa · December 05, 2021, 03:49:59 AM

Ouch Dave.
Hope you heal up quickly.

Appalachian Hillbilly · December 07, 2021, 07:12:20 AM

Working in a hatchet for my fathers Christmas. Handle is some maple I had. Dyed with Transtint and fi is her with Tung Oil. Now to make a holster for it.

Roy from Pa · December 07, 2021, 07:56:36 AM

Awesome job.

Appalachian Hillbilly · December 07, 2021, 08:07:15 AM

Thanks Roy. My dad is somewhat of a hoarder. His basement is full of old stuff from a lifetime. I often go "shopping " in his piles of stuff and tools. He has a lot of old farm and tack stuff from our family generations. Wife and decorated our cabin with family items such as my great great grandfather's shingle fro,crosscut saw, sythe, etc.

This hatchet head was from his stuff. He has no idea. I have another one for him in the works as well.

mmattockx · December 07, 2021, 10:42:29 AM

That's a sweet hatchet handle, will make a great gift.

Mark

Jeff Freeman · December 07, 2021, 10:44:40 AM

That is pretty a bit Lizzie Borden would really like it lol

wood carver 2 · December 11, 2021, 04:35:36 PM

I went over to my friends place and we limbed and bucked up a couple of ash trees that he cut down a while ago. Then we dragged them over to the sawmill and cut one log into slabs.
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Nice piece of wood. 😁
There are three more logs to cut up and two of them have been laying on the ground for a while so they have some spalting in them. I can't wait to cut into them.
The wind was howling. We heard a tree break back in the woods behind us.
Dave.

Stagmitis · December 11, 2021, 04:52:40 PM

I have so many dead ash trees from the emerald borer dont know what to do with- Thinking of a Log splitter, stihl 500 1 chain saw and an alaska mill

Shredd · December 11, 2021, 05:25:32 PM

The alaska mill is only so good... If you are gonna be ripping a lot of wood and you want a little bit cleaner face I would think of an alternative way...

Flem · December 11, 2021, 05:53:28 PM

Ditto what Shredd said. Chainsaws, even with a fresh ripping chain are really slow and thats in softwood..... unless you have a REALLY BIG chainsaw. Stihl 500 might have the power?
I had an Alaska mill, used it a couple times and sold it.

Stagmitis · December 11, 2021, 06:01:16 PM

Like a portable $ sawmill Shred?

Appalachian Hillbilly · December 11, 2021, 10:19:41 PM

I need to convert a bunch of ash trees to lumber as well. Damn beetles have killed nearly all my ash trees. Some were humongous.

I did get 2 more knifes done. Working on holsters now.

Shredd · December 11, 2021, 10:39:27 PM

Quote from: Stagmitis on December 11, 2021, 06:01:16 PM
Like a portable $ sawmill Shred?

Or take it to a mill... Or do what I do... Use the alaskan mill to cut the log in half then run the rest through the bandsaw...

Buemaker · December 13, 2021, 11:56:05 AM

Testing to see if pics come out upside down.

Shredd · December 13, 2021, 02:53:29 PM

No... They are not... Try again...

Roy from Pa · December 13, 2021, 04:04:06 PM

Bue, I am impressed:)

Mad Max · December 13, 2021, 04:35:23 PM

He turned his camera upside down

Roy from Pa · December 13, 2021, 05:22:40 PM

This better Bue?

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