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Thanks Matthew and Philip the tree has been trimmed a couple of time but i think the first limb that hasn't been cut is about 10' from the gound.
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cherry tree
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I have to cut down a cherry tree in my yard. Its about 10" diameter and about 30' tall. Its fairly straight. I would like to mill it up myself or pay someone if its cheap enough but I am not sure o...
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All good advice, in my area (ontario) the other sawyers and I charge $0.05 a board foot to cut it with a move in fee of anywhere from 0 to 75 depending on how far away you are, some ppl stay away from a "yard" tree since they can have some interes...
First my friend has a bandsaw mill .. and it is sweet .. .. we guessed and cut our boards about 1" thick .. figuring we would plane then down to 3/4 for final
If air drying is a problem in your area .. One thought is to search for "solar kiln pla...
I agree with the manageable lenghts but at 10" across it is going to be hard to get much wood out of it-but little wood is better than no wood. I live in Minnesota so for every inch thick it takes between 1 1/2 to 2 years to dry. I had gotten free...
Thanks Matthew and Philip
the tree has been trimmed a couple of time but i think the first limb that hasn't been cut is about 10' from the gound.
You should go ahead and cut boards to rough sizes before drying. The wood will change dimension as it dries mostly across the grain. the bandsaw can work if you can support the length of the tree. It may be hard to achieve 5-6% moisture content by...
Sounds like a project.
How long is it between the ground and where the first major limb starts?
I have to cut down a cherry tree in my yard. Its about 10" diameter and about 30' tall. Its fairly straight. I would like to mill it up myself or pay someone if its cheap enough but I am not sure on some details. I am not sure what I am going to m...
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