cutting

Scott cut two 32" black walnut trees today. He also managed to light his pants on fire when he was cutting metal for a new ramp! He's fine as always! It was just that kind of day.

Walnut

We had a great day. We cut another dead black walnut. It was on Gayle's property which has a spring and mill creek running through it. Brady was in town so he made the cut. We drank spring water and went swimming in mill creek after we loaded the logs. Gayle made hummus and we ate fruit in the sun. It could not have been more fun! The logs look really good, solid with little checking.

This week is a black walnut week. We got calls on four large dead black walnut trees which were in different places but all along mill creek. Kind of strange. Worked on a black walnut coffee table top. It is 1 3/4" thick and 20" wide by 5' long. The tree came from the old powerhouse lane residential area and had about 80 nails in it of every kind. Should have taken pictures, there were roofing nails, lots of 16 penny nails , a lag bolt, a square nail,a concrete nail, a couple of spikes, with a bunch of 8 penny nails thrown in for fun. The tree came down easy and looks like some nice wood.

visit

Scott's Dad and Stepmother came out for a visit this weekend and and were swiftly put to work! We worked on a sink, some lamp designs and at the sawmill we cut poplar beams and chinese elm 1"x6" for some french doors Dave Sadoff is making.

We finished a chestnut bowl and a catalpa bowl and server set. The stack of chinese elm is getting bigger. Today we are pulling stumps and things.

Elm

Katy milled up a bunch of chinese elm for Dave's various projects, door, shelves, and cabinets. It came out beautifully. She also cut up another poplar log for 4x6's for chris's grease pit. Then she took a ride in th rock crawler with chris.

burn

We burned the slash pile the tree trimmers left on the property and moved things around a bit so we can access more of the logs. We back lit the pile just before the wind picked up. Only a moment of excitement and then we ate elk roast and watched it all collapse in on itself.

chestnut

We milled up the chestnut stump into 3 inch slabs for tables. They will be flipped and matched and inlayed with stone.

duane

Duane and Dona were over and milled up a bunch of engelman spruce for cabinets

table

Today we finished a table made from catalpa wood. It was our first project with the wood and we love it-beautiful grain, lightweight, and strong. Scott made pegs from black walnut for the base and we used black alabaster for the inlay. We are happy with how it turned out!

platter

This is a black walnut platter. it was cut from the root ball of a tree that we dug up last summer. It has some nice grain.