Tramp Metal In Logs

With all logs that I mill it is inevitable that sooner or later I will hit some sort of tramp metal.

Tramp metal is the unknowingly art of placing a nail or screw in a live and growing tree, most of the time to hold up a sign, birdhouse, or the like, or even placing an object on a low limb or at the base, etc,

Trees most likely to have tramp metal are those that come from neighborhoods or someones yard. I have had customers state : Ive lived here for 20 years and have never put a nail in that tree:

Well it happens, and more often then it should, and of course when I hit tramp metal it ruins the cutting ability of the blade.

Tramp metal can nearly be anything, such as nails, screws, fence wire, insulator's, crowbars, what have you, if left in the tree or on a limb, or even leaning up against a tree long enough, it will grow around it. Here is a photo of a bicycle where I suspect it may have broke down on its rider, and was parked against this now old growth pine, most likely in the northwest. You can see the bike is somewhat off the ground a pretty much consumed by this tree.

The morrow of the story is, If I'm sawing up your log and there is tramp metal in it, I will find it.

Lots of spiecies of Appalachian Hardwoods available

Well here is just a Lil shot of some of the Appalachian hardwoods in stock here at the shop.
The spiecies are many, and here is a list.

We have OAK 4/4 8/4 red and white, & Quartersawn
MAPLE Hard and soft, 4/4 8/4
WALNUT 4/4
CHERRY
4/4 POPLAR 4/4 8/4
BASSWOOD 4/4 8/4
ASH 4/4
HICKORY 4/4
CEDAR 4/4
LYPTUS 4/4 WALNUT4/4 AFRICAN MAHOGANY4/4 GENUINE MAHOGANY4/4
AND MORE ,, MANTLE SLABS BAR TOP SLABS
Note:: sale on Southern red oak,, 75cents per BF
OCALA
HARDWOODS
& SAWMILL BY WC WOODWORKS HARDWOODS AND SAWMILL 352-489-2728
17101 WEST HWY 40
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O.K. Here's my mug shot

Yes I can see eye to eye,, even with Billy Blue jay,, in fact Billy Blue jay was rescued by Robin as it was the runt, and fell out of its nest, and we couldn't get it back up there.
So we began the task of feeding it crickets and lil grub bugs that feed under the bark of downed Pine logs,, Robin would in most case's crush them and spoon feed this bird, and at the time he bearly had downy feathers,, well now Billy is fully grown and flies all over the place here on our wooded 3 acres. He comes into the shop to say hi, and makes his presence known daily, in fact he landed on my head while I was writing this,,, He is a bit mischievous too. Billy Blue jay.

CUSTOMERS ORDER IS READY TO GO.

Here you see this trailer is loaded with pine fencing. The customer brought in 11 sixteen foot pine logs to be milled into fence boards. the logs were left here at the shop on the customers trailer, the work was done and the customer just has to hook up and go. The yield was about 1,400 board feet of 1" X 5 5/8".
Contrary to what many people believe, this wood is ready to be used, it can be installed,via nails, screws, to the fence post and it will dry just fine right there.

On Site sawmilling,, From Logs to Lumber

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Here the Customer contracted with me to bring the mill on site to cut up a Bunch of Yellow Pine logs for numerous building projects he had in mind, which some include enclosing in a pole barn with board and batten construction, as well as porch material he wanted , for an edition he planed in the near future,, in most case's the yellow pine can be ready to go in about 3 months with a low enough moisture content.

Its difficult to show a photo of all the hardwoods here in the shop as the constraints of space has me using all the available areas for wood storage, but here you'll see several racks with many spieces.

ENTRANCE TO WOOD CRAFTING WOODWORKS, HARDWOODS, & SAWMILL
17101 WEST HIGHWAY 40

OCALA FLORIDA 434481
352-489-2728

HARDWOODS AVAILABLE

MANY SPIECIES OF APPALACHEIAN HARDWOODS AND SOME SOUTHERN HARDWOODS ARE SOLD HERE, SPIECIES RANGE FROM RED/WHITE OAK, SOFT/HARD MAPLE, POPLAR, BASSWOOD, ASH, HICKORY, CHERRY, WALNUT, AND MORE. IN 4/4 AND 8/4 STOCK, ROUGH OR SURFACED.
QUARTER SAWN RED OAK.