As a retired southern forester, I have to throw in a correction. Loblolly pine is one of the four primary southern yellow pine species: Loblolly, Slash, Longleaf, and Shortleaf. I wish your customer luck with those thin boards. Like you, I’m afraid he may be disappointed.
I, personally , would rather saw 1/2" boards as opposed to 1" from good logs since my price is then based on square footage rather than board footage. One inch or less is sold at 1" price. A good log will yield a lot of square footage without having to stop to change logs or saw slabs. Were you dropping 1/2" to yield 3/8 boards or dropping 5/8" to yield 1/2" boards?
I have a lt 40 super wide mill, and when I cut pine I will be cutting good and straight, then hit a knot and it will dive or rise and make a bad cut. All I know to do is slow down when I get close to those old hard knots. What do you do. Could there be something wrong with my mill?
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I’m cutting pines just like that now for flooring in my new house. Beautiful stuff those old pines like that are hard to beat
I agree beautiful straight grain Lumber
As a retired southern forester, I have to throw in a correction. Loblolly pine is one of the four primary southern yellow pine species: Loblolly, Slash, Longleaf, and Shortleaf. I wish your customer luck with those thin boards. Like you, I’m afraid he may be disappointed.
Thx for watching and commenting 👍
I, personally , would rather saw 1/2" boards as opposed to 1" from good logs since my price is then based on square footage rather than board footage. One inch or less is sold at 1" price. A good log will yield a lot of square footage without having to stop to change logs or saw slabs.
Were you dropping 1/2" to yield 3/8 boards or dropping 5/8" to yield 1/2" boards?
I set it to 9/16 on the drop which equals 7/16 thx for watching
I have a lt 40 super wide mill, and when I cut pine I will be cutting good and straight, then hit a knot and it will dive or rise and make a bad cut. All I know to do is slow down when I get close to those old hard knots. What do you do. Could there be something wrong with my mill?
I run a 55 thousand thick Turbo 7 blades
I run them as fast as my mill will go with no problems jumping over the knots.
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I use that one too thx for watching and commenting