Friday, March 26, 2010

Milling For Campaign Signs

Yesterday I rolled some poplar logs onto the mill bunks and gave them a saw. You may remember me cutting these dead trees down in Deerwood Forest then skidding them to the mill yard about a month back.

After charging the battery (new battery charger), replacing the start cord
(after it broke), and fixing the throttle cable (broke) the milling went as smooth a silk.


Stack of loose boards fresh from the mill.


View from atop the 'cant' wood passing through the mill blade.


It was nice to smell the fresh cut wood and give it a good air-dry stack.

I like to do things all the way through - not just one part. That's why I find the logging, skidding, milling connection. I see it all come together from start to finish. And when I put the signs up with the paint on? Putting the whole thing together is a satisfaction that money can't buy.

Believe me, no part of the whole is easy. It's all a hard struggle. But that makes the final reward all that much better.