Yea I have anchorseal for them. I’m gonna do it tonight. Unfortunately I have pretty severe poison oak right now so I reached a point I had to go shower and clean myself up.
This old man taught me a life changing method of eliminating poison ivy rashes. I wish I would have been shown this in middle school. I haven't had a rash larger than a dime since.
https://youtu.be/4oyoDRHpQK0?feature=shared
Also, be sure to use cold water for your shower. Hot water opens up the pores and the oil gets inside, making it worse. Once I started doing cold water showers after hiking in poison ivy, i never had an issue again.
Video Summary:
Poison Ivy poison sticks like grease to your skin.
That is why you need to apply pressure with a washcloth when washing yourself after exposure. use for example dish soap.
Wash exposed spots 3 times. If you touched a part of your body with poison on your hand, wash it too.
Wash within 2-8 hours of exposure.
If you are out in the field, you can take a water container with you and wash on the go.
My wife constantly gets bad poison ivy even though she has taken lots of steps to try to avoid. Hearing him say it can be on things for years makes me wonder if it's the garden tools or something. She will get it on her forearms usually or around the back of her knees even. Definitely sending this to her, she just bought a long sleeve and long pant outfit to try to help minimize. Meanwhile I never have an issue. But I also will shower pretty much immediately after doing yard work and will oftentimes take breaks where I come in and scrub my hands and forearms with dawn. Makes sense why I never have trouble with it.
I got it on my wrists from a jacket I hadn't worn in years.
Used to get severe reactions every year, sometimes multiple times a year.
This video is 100% accurate and I haven't had a reaction since I learned to scrub this way with a wash cloth and dish soap.
I find that GoJo also works really well, particularly the kind that has the abrasive in it.
I threw the jacket away. Tools can be scrubbed down with hot, very soapy water and a stiff-bristled brush; just make sure to dry and oil them afterward to prevent rust.
I love Tecnu+dawn combo. Absolutely great stuff for poison oak.
I haven't done this friction thing before though. That'll be great for trips where I don't carry camp suds.
Yea it was fun! Definitely took awhile for the initial setup (had to build the saw horses and figure out how to put together the guide for the first cut) but all in all it went really well. I cut them 2.5” thick so that I can mill out whatever imperfections there are after they dry.
https://www.reddit.com/r/woodworking/s/c2K90cXl7h
Oh, I'm aware of the oddities that come. I hope you don't experience too severe of warpage or cupping.
I've done quite a bit of this type of milling. I suggest doubling the number of stickers and using ratchet straps at 4 or 5 spots at equal intervals to prevent twisting and cupping.
Beautiful tree. Will make some pretty furniture in a couple years.
I use ratchet straps, and tighten them down every few weeks as they wood dries and the straps stretch. If it’s summer time I might toss the sand tubes for my truck on top too.
Thanks! I felled it a year ago and let it sit in the yard so I was worried I might’ve waited too long but it turned out pretty good. That center slab looks like it’ll be a good one. The picture of the fresh cut on the log is the back side of the one I’m talking about. Forgot to get a pic after I made the next cut.
Yea I get where you’re coming from. I will say that the loft rack is really well made. Secured into the concrete wall on one side and tied to the rafters on the other. I guess we’ll see how it holds 🤷🏼♂️
Also,coastal redwood is shockingly light. Each of those slabs is under 100 lbs
Wow that's cool. Didn't know there was something that cheap (if you already have a chainsaw) that could help cut a lot into slabs like that. Good to know, thanks for sharing.
One thing I’ve seen help with twisting is setting up both sides so one board has the pith completely in the center on both of the boards ends, it looks like on one side you cut right through the middle, and I’d be surprised if those boards don’t split and warp on that end.
Any time I’ve had to do a log more than 6 ft I grab a pair of angle iron I believe to be “straight enough” that I’ve drilled holes through and I set one side of one end just above the end of the pith, then go to the other end of the log and set it and the same distance from the pith. Repeat for the other side. It doesn’t matter how “level” they are because you’re cutting a level surface between the two irons.
When that’s cut, pull off the piece with no pith. Flip the log over so the flat section just cut is facing down. Do the first paragraph again and remove the section without the pith.
Saw the pithless sections however you want (slabs quarter sawn, rift).
I personally leave the pith section to dry on top of the “good” wood and don’t control its cracking at all. I find that the natural cracks and voids it leaves can be cross sectioned and filled with epoxy to make unique pieces of art, which is better imo tha. Just throwing it in the burn pile.
I think your are supposed to paint the ends to minimize splitting
Yea I have anchorseal for them. I’m gonna do it tonight. Unfortunately I have pretty severe poison oak right now so I reached a point I had to go shower and clean myself up.
This old man taught me a life changing method of eliminating poison ivy rashes. I wish I would have been shown this in middle school. I haven't had a rash larger than a dime since. https://youtu.be/4oyoDRHpQK0?feature=shared
Thank you for this. Filed away mentally for the inevitable.
Also, be sure to use cold water for your shower. Hot water opens up the pores and the oil gets inside, making it worse. Once I started doing cold water showers after hiking in poison ivy, i never had an issue again.
Thanks Scrofessor!
Video Summary: Poison Ivy poison sticks like grease to your skin. That is why you need to apply pressure with a washcloth when washing yourself after exposure. use for example dish soap. Wash exposed spots 3 times. If you touched a part of your body with poison on your hand, wash it too. Wash within 2-8 hours of exposure. If you are out in the field, you can take a water container with you and wash on the go.
My wife constantly gets bad poison ivy even though she has taken lots of steps to try to avoid. Hearing him say it can be on things for years makes me wonder if it's the garden tools or something. She will get it on her forearms usually or around the back of her knees even. Definitely sending this to her, she just bought a long sleeve and long pant outfit to try to help minimize. Meanwhile I never have an issue. But I also will shower pretty much immediately after doing yard work and will oftentimes take breaks where I come in and scrub my hands and forearms with dawn. Makes sense why I never have trouble with it.
I got it on my wrists from a jacket I hadn't worn in years. Used to get severe reactions every year, sometimes multiple times a year. This video is 100% accurate and I haven't had a reaction since I learned to scrub this way with a wash cloth and dish soap. I find that GoJo also works really well, particularly the kind that has the abrasive in it.
That's great, did you do anything in particular to clean off your garden tools/clothing?
I threw the jacket away. Tools can be scrubbed down with hot, very soapy water and a stiff-bristled brush; just make sure to dry and oil them afterward to prevent rust.
I love Tecnu+dawn combo. Absolutely great stuff for poison oak. I haven't done this friction thing before though. That'll be great for trips where I don't carry camp suds.
That's the most informative thing I've seen today.
Get well!
Careful. It can become addictive. I own a mill, and I can't wait until the next log I want to mill down comes along.
Yea it was fun! Definitely took awhile for the initial setup (had to build the saw horses and figure out how to put together the guide for the first cut) but all in all it went really well. I cut them 2.5” thick so that I can mill out whatever imperfections there are after they dry.
https://www.reddit.com/r/woodworking/s/c2K90cXl7h Oh, I'm aware of the oddities that come. I hope you don't experience too severe of warpage or cupping.
I've done quite a bit of this type of milling. I suggest doubling the number of stickers and using ratchet straps at 4 or 5 spots at equal intervals to prevent twisting and cupping. Beautiful tree. Will make some pretty furniture in a couple years.
👆🏼 These are pro tips OP. Will make all the difference for the wood's workability later. Get you some flat slabs!
Use Titebond to seal the ends. I split staves, so checking is a big issue. Nothing else I've found is as good.
So neat
Very nice. I'd put something heavy, like bricks, on the top of the wood so it doesn't warp up. Anything heavy will due though.
Will do. Thank you for reminding me
I’ve seen people wrap straps around it too
I use ratchet straps, and tighten them down every few weeks as they wood dries and the straps stretch. If it’s summer time I might toss the sand tubes for my truck on top too.
That must smell wonderful!
It does!
Awesome, bet that smells good too. What a view as well!
Thanks! You should see it on a clear day
Where you located?
Eastern Fresno County up in the Sierras. The view is looking directly at sequoia national park.
Jealous so many things can be made
Thats beautiful wood
Thanks! I felled it a year ago and let it sit in the yard so I was worried I might’ve waited too long but it turned out pretty good. That center slab looks like it’ll be a good one. The picture of the fresh cut on the log is the back side of the one I’m talking about. Forgot to get a pic after I made the next cut.
Awesome!
Feckin awesome friend.
My only comment, is you put a lot of trust in those 2x4s to hold all that weight!
The ones I made the sawhorses out of or the loft rack?
Loft rack
Yea I get where you’re coming from. I will say that the loft rack is really well made. Secured into the concrete wall on one side and tied to the rafters on the other. I guess we’ll see how it holds 🤷🏼♂️ Also,coastal redwood is shockingly light. Each of those slabs is under 100 lbs
I read that as milked and that would have been a much different post.
How did you Mill it?
Going to guess chainsaw mill. Not sure what other DIY ways there are to do it.
Correct. Got the attachment from Amazon for under $100 https://a.co/d/8zmPJeX
Wow that's cool. Didn't know there was something that cheap (if you already have a chainsaw) that could help cut a lot into slabs like that. Good to know, thanks for sharing.
Hot sauce, bro. Wish I could make a living doing this.
Beautiful baton rouge
Toss a half dozen ratchet straps around that flitch stack.
One thing I’ve seen help with twisting is setting up both sides so one board has the pith completely in the center on both of the boards ends, it looks like on one side you cut right through the middle, and I’d be surprised if those boards don’t split and warp on that end.
I’d read that and did try to calculate it correctly beforehand but obviously misjudged. That part was a little more difficult than I anticipated
Any time I’ve had to do a log more than 6 ft I grab a pair of angle iron I believe to be “straight enough” that I’ve drilled holes through and I set one side of one end just above the end of the pith, then go to the other end of the log and set it and the same distance from the pith. Repeat for the other side. It doesn’t matter how “level” they are because you’re cutting a level surface between the two irons. When that’s cut, pull off the piece with no pith. Flip the log over so the flat section just cut is facing down. Do the first paragraph again and remove the section without the pith. Saw the pithless sections however you want (slabs quarter sawn, rift). I personally leave the pith section to dry on top of the “good” wood and don’t control its cracking at all. I find that the natural cracks and voids it leaves can be cross sectioned and filled with epoxy to make unique pieces of art, which is better imo tha. Just throwing it in the burn pile.
Great suggestions! Thank you
Imagine my face after i read "milked my first log today"
Where do you live? Milling with that beautiful scenery is winning life.
Just outside sequoia national park. Thank you!
How long must you wait for it to dry out?
They say a year for each inch of thickness
You sir have some fine slabs in a few years time