This log has been relegated to the non instrument pile and is being broken down a bit differently to the way I would saw up guitar wood. The tree grew on quite a lean and if you look at the billet, second from the top of the pile of four with the yellow painted end you can see a serious ring shake opening up (that dark semi-circular line). This ring shake is not a consequence of drying and shrinking as it opened up almost straight after the log was cut from its root system. Because of this I will use it for cabinetry, a bit of art and a outdoor workbench.
I took a 70mm thick bark to bark slab off it first with the big Stihl (066) to use as a rough heavy benchtop. Then I broke it down into the three vaguely 12" x 6" billets and a 12" x 12" with my small cheapy saw. The first three I will knock down to 1" planks on the bandsaw and dry them at that and the 12" x 12" I will be using for sculpture.
The main reason behind this post other than for me to ramble on about what I am up too was for anyone wanting to deal with logs that maybe feel you need a stack of equipment. This has been broken down by hand so to speak using marking pen lines on the wood as a guide. The saw you can see sticking out of the log is a Baumr-AGPRO, I bought it on a Ebay auction brand new for $135 deliver to my front door, they claim it is a 65cc saw and it cuts a reach of 19" from dog to tip. The first time I used it it worked for 20 mins then stopped and wouldnt start so I sighed, traced to fault back to the coil then sent the coil back, they sent a new one and the saw went again except it would not hot start, so I tuned it and now it runs like it should. It is not the greatest saw, the air filter design is flawed and I can't stop dust getting in the pot so I assume it won't last forever but is plenty powerful for now. Comparing it to the bigger 92cc Stihl I have it is certainly not built to the same level of quality but for the price I reckon it is excellent, also I reckon I have got my 135 bucks worth out of it by now anyway.
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Life is good when you are amongst the wood.
