u/jonlandit — reddlx

Milling for square rule layout

Hi folks - I finally have everything ready to start milling my white pine logs for the Will Beemer build. As I’m doing square rule layout - my initial thinking was I’d mill the beams oversized for instance the 7x7 would be 7.5x7.5. This seems the safest means for me to ensure that I get a final building that is the exact dimension I want.

I’m thinking about this correctly right? Just want to double check before I start milling.

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u/jonlandit — 3 days ago

▲ 4 r/sawmilling

Concrete Piers for lumber mill - rebar needed?

Hi folks. I’m looking to get my mill up on some proper beams that will sit on concrete piers. I’m in northern WI so I need to go down 3-4 feet to get below the frost line but I think they’ll extend no more than a foot above ground. That plus the beam the legs will rest on should get me up as high as I want. I’m doing 8 inch sonotubes- some folks are telling me that I need rebar in the piers - others seem to be looking at me like I’m crazy when I say that I need them.

Anyone done this before and can give some insights into that you folks did?

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u/jonlandit — 18 days ago

▲ 7 r/timberframe

Plan for milling timbers

Hi folks - So Im starting to think through how to mill my logs to get the timbers I need. My initial hope was to mill multiple square timbers (7x7) out of one larger diameter log. But as I read more about milling it seems that milling the square timbers boxed heart is the safest way to go. I do have a few logs that are large enough diameter that I could get 4 7x7s out of a single log - which was my initial plan but Im now wondering if its safer to go the boxed heart route.

So I see a couple of options...

* Mill the logs into the biggest cants I can. Then work the cant from each side milling off pieces that I will eventually use for siding. The end result would be the boxed heart timbers I need.

* Mill the logs into the biggest cants I can and if possible try to get multiple 7x7s out of each cant.

Anyone have any thoughts? Im planning on doing square rule layout so I'd really be looking for 7.5x7.5 inch beams.

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u/jonlandit — 2 months ago

▲ 20 r/timberframe

White pine logs have arrived!

I’m planning on building Will Beemers timber frame from the book this year and I finally found an amazing local logger to source logs from. My plan is to mill as I need cutting the joinery one log at a time. But in the interim should I be worried about these drying out at all? Would it be worthwhile to seal the ends as many of these might be sitting for a few months before I get to them?

Can’t wait to start milling these into cants and see what Timbers I can get out of each log.

u/jonlandit — 3 months ago

▲ 0 r/woodworking

Tung oil finishing question

Hi folks. I’m experimenting with more natural outdoor finishes. I wish I would have taken a picture of this table before but it had been sealed with some kind of film finish which peeled and looked terrible. I took a belt sander to it and am now trying to finish with a tung oil based finishes. The first layer is 50/50 pure tung oil and citrus solvent. Went on great and really looks good IMO. I know tung oil can take a long time to cure I was hoping for better weather but the night I put the first coat on it rained a little bit I had tipped the table against a wall but it looks like a few drops still made its way on and ran down the top. I was surprised to see they left marks like this as I thought tung oil was pretty water resistant.

Anyways my instinct here is to let it dry in the garage and maybe add another coat. My initial plan had been to top coat this with a finish made of bees wax, carnauba wax, polymerized tung oil, and more citrus solvent. I’m hesitant to try that until I get these water stains out though. Thoughts?

u/jonlandit — 3 months ago

▲ 1 r/kubota

Hi folks. Went to go hook up a new implement on my tractor today and found once side of the tooling almost frozen. I was able to get it to move by taking it off and threading a pry bar through it. Have since unthreaded as far as it will go, sprayed the crap out of it with PB blaster, cleaned the threads and it’s a little easier but not much. On closer inspection it looks like the threads are disintegrating a little.

Any ideas? I’ve read you can take the grease fitting off and pound out a pin to get it to unscrew fully but haven’t gone that far yet. If you look closely you Dan see part of the threads are literally falling off.

u/jonlandit — 4 months ago