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Cherry Logs to Flitch

Project by JJackson posted 539 days ago 1111 views 0 times favorited 19 comments Add to Favorites Watch

This is the pics of the cherry logs I was referring to earlier. I have decided not to sell them to a veneer mill and go ahead and saw them into flitches. I ended up getting two trees that ended up yielding 7 pcs of butt log. They are perfect! No knots, no shake and no rotting on the inside. I will keep posting pics of the process as I flitch cut them on my mill. Hope you enjoy the pictures.

Jeff

-- Jeff, Indiana


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Jarrod Zion Murphree

348 posts in 616 days


posted 539 days ago

Nice logs. I wish I lived in an area where Cherries grow…

-- Jarrod, Taos, NM http://jzmurphree.wordpress.com/

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darryl

1392 posts in 1219 days


posted 539 days ago

looks pretty cool.
I hope to someday be able to mill my own lumber.
I like the idea of taking a project from log to completed furniture.

-- www.darrylmasterson.com ~ www.darrylmasterson.etsy.com

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Mathew Nedeljko

44 posts in 723 days


posted 539 days ago

Jeff, great find and good decision to keep the lumber! I look forward to seeing the lumber as you begin cutting it.

Did you happen to get a picture of the tree before it was harvested? That would be way cool!

-- When your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt! Henry J. Kaiser

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John Gray

1751 posts in 778 days


posted 539 days ago

You made the right choice.

-- Only the Shadow knows....................

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GaryK

9521 posts in 881 days


posted 539 days ago

Good looking stuff!

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

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Scott Bryan

20586 posts in 715 days


posted 539 days ago

I can see some beautiful projects in there. I agree that you made the right decision.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

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Dick, & Barb Cain

7033 posts in 1192 days


posted 539 days ago

All I can say is WOW!

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

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Joey

259 posts in 708 days


posted 539 days ago

i’m jealous. those are great. and i love cherry.

-- Joey, Magee, Ms http://woodnwaresms.com

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jockmike2

7299 posts in 1139 days


posted 538 days ago

I live in near Lansing Michigan, not far from Indiana. I would’nt mind the drive. What would you like in trade? MIKE

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

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TreeBones

1557 posts in 916 days


posted 538 days ago

Nice! Good decision. Now I need to go change my shirt that was drenched from drooling.

-- Ron, Twain Harte, Ca. Portable on site Sawmill Service http://westcoastlands.net/Sawmill.html http://westcoastlands.net/SawBucks2/phpBB3 http://www.portablesawmill.biz/concrete/

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DAN

6438 posts in 876 days


posted 538 days ago

nice looking green wood

-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever

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Daren Nelson

531 posts in 798 days


posted 538 days ago

I would love to have them setting in my yard ready to mill, those look like some real beauties. Flitch sawn they will sure be pretty, good call for keeping them…I would pick out one biggin’ that has the pith centered (you have 3 it looks like that would do) and 1/4 saw that puppy.

-- Urban logger, http://nelsonwoodworks.biz/

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USCJeff

899 posts in 961 days


posted 538 days ago

Drooling. Lot’s of possibilities there. . .

-- Jeff, South Carolina

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matt garcia

716 posts in 565 days


posted 538 days ago

After you mill them, you can donate them to me!! I will gladly accept them!!

-- Matt, Houston Texas

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Douglas Bordner

3421 posts in 957 days


posted 538 days ago

QS Cherry…hoo boy, pass me over that drool rag.

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.

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Grumpy

14914 posts in 744 days


posted 537 days ago

I am envious.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

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guitarBuilder

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posted 514 days ago

Any luck sawing them yet?

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Kipster

1072 posts in 646 days


posted 482 days ago

I think you made a good choice Jeff, Do you own a mill?

-- Kip Northern Illinois ( If you don't know where your goin any road will take you there) George Harrison

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Christopher

563 posts in 813 days


posted 479 days ago

What is flitching?

-- "That Government is Best that Governs The Least."-Jefferson

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