All you really have to do is get it there, then fetch it from them when it's done. Yes, who'sever kiln you use will probably want to restack your load to best fit their chamber/load. Sure wish we had them when I was younger, wasted a lot of time and money owning and insuring multiple vehicles. You won't have any trouble finding used trailers of various sizes and types around. Even a small pick up truck can pull various trailers, depending on your needs. I rely on trailers for hauling logs/lumber/tractor/tools/garbage/firewood. There are some places in the house where figured wood would be beautiful. If it turns out that there is curly grain down near the bottom that would be uber-cool. It seems like the hard part for a guy in my situation (non-commercial) is going to be, how do you get your stack of air-dried wood to the kiln? I'll need a fork lift and a flatbed truck I guess? Or do you re-stack the wood at the kiln?īy the way, I was planning to concentrate on the straight trunk parts of the trees. I did a Google search on "Joe Neal in Port Orchard" and found a nice list of other places around here that might offer small-scale kilning ( ). As the crow flies, it is only 12 miles northwest from Olympia, but it's 45 minutes by road (there's a bridge to the island). The site is on Harstine Island in Puget Sound. I'm thinking now that I should hold off on the cutting/milling/stickering until even as late as April, to avoid more of the cold/damp weather of early Spring. You can't necessarilly buy limbs and crotches and twisted trunks to build with. Others use the branches as posts - very strong, stronger than any joint I can make using multiple pieces of similarly sized lumber, I'll say that, and intesting if you prefer natural forms to the rectangles and squares we tend to build with.
Some people prefer the wilder grain you find on the underside of where limbs branch of from the bole, or where the crotch(s) form. Point being, before you fall those trees, you might do a little research to determine what type lumber you want.
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That nice straight trunk? Not very interesting grain, but stable, and sometimes you can find quilt in there if you know how to check (I really don't but have seen it done). Very important to understand how the stresses the tree experience affect the character in the lumber. It's not hard to come by hereabouts, that's sure. I'd be hard pressed to say how much Big Leaf Maple I have laying around in the bushes or up on bunks.a few thousand feet, for sure. I also have a bunch of 1/2" thick flitches.maybe 18" up to 84"+/- long left over from making cabinet door panels a few years ago, some still stickered, some not. Came out straight, true, flat and freakin' gorgeous.
The log had been on the ground for maybe a year, then we milled it into 9/4x14"+/- blanks and promptly took them to Joe Neal in Port Orchard to run through his kiln. Just this past year sold a fat maple log, then milled it with the customer, then assembled a really nice staircase in their home out on Steamboat Island Road. I have been working with big leaf maple for a few years now and have some experience that may help. REACH OUT.Woodbkayaker - Where exactly are you? I am between Roy and Yelm, about 20 miles east of Olympia. IF YOU DON’T SEE A SLAB THAT FITS YOUR NEEDS, REACH OUT DIRECTLY AND WE CAN CHECK THE SLABS NOT LISTED. ONCE PURCHASED, WE WILL REACH OUT VIA EMAIL TO COORDINATE AND GET THE BEST NEGOTIATED SHIPPING RATE FOR YOU.
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