milling pecan

pecan , i’d like the see some of that. i like making boxes out of nut wood . seems like people always like wood that’s a little different.

-- Paul , Calfornia

Looks good

-- W James Brokenbourgh Custom furniture maker http://artisticwoodstudio.com/

I like using pecan, nice hard wood and finishes nicely. Made a couple of seachests out of them. Have you tried drying other types of wood, one of my favorites is honey locust. I am always amazed of what is growing in our backyards especially the lesser known tree species. You will have to post some pictures of what you will do with the pecan.

-- Richard Boise, Idaho

I love working with Pecan. It finishes up really nice. And what I screw up makes for some mighty tasty barbecue…

How did you mill that? I thought I saw a long bar Echo Chain saw there. Are you using an Alaskan mill? How well is that working for you?

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Great wood score. Waiting to see what you end up making with it.

Don’t just “lurk”. I am sure we would all like to see your projects also.

Keep it up.

Scrappy

-- Scrap Wood's the best...the projects are smaller, and so is the mess!

Thanks for the comments.

flower, the only over wood I have dried is some red oak that I milled from my place in the Ozark Mountains. Its been drying about 6 months and looks good so far.

dbhost, I used a Stihl Ms 290 with a 20”bar and an Alaskan small log mill. My chainsaw is a bit under powered for milling but if I go slow it does a pretty good job.

You get any deeper in that bootheel and you’ll have to yell find me to tell anyone show me or show me the way home. Good looking wood, we love using pecan up here in NORTH MO. My uncle uses lots of it, unfortunately the last bit I wanted to go after got cut up into firewood. Welcome to LJ’s, good to see another Missourian here. BTKS
PS, I use the 290 for firewood up to about 18in bar. I’d recommend upsizing for that much ripping. But hey, if it gets the job done then the job will get done whatever your choice. later

-- "Man's ingenuity has outrun his intelligence" (Joseph Wood Krutch)

Some great looking wood. And it’s almost free right.

-- I've been blessed with a father who liked to tinker in wood, and a wife who lets me tinker in wood. Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

THATS SOME OF THE HARDEST WOOD ON THE PLANET BUT I LOVE IT HAVE IT IN MY SHOW ROOM . I WAS BORN IN ALTON MO. GODS COUNTRY!! STILL HAVE A FARM IN THAYER MO

-- COPPERHEAD

Let me know what it does to your machines. I lived in NC and worked with some fallen pee-can and it was hard and dulled my saw blade and planer knives. I like the look of it. I built coffee tables in shaker style with it.

-- Humble Wood Servant