TXR Milling and Woodwork

06/14/2024

This 1/2 ton live oak yielded six 2-inch thick slabs. Time to get them weighed & stacked for drying!

06/14/2024

Who says you can’t put a 3/4 ton log in a 1/2 ton pickup truck?! The tripod winch, on the other hand, went across the steel bridge to the equipment afterlife.

09/13/2023

2nd mesquite log is sliced on up. Big’un is next!

09/11/2023

With the pecan cut, I could begin milling the mesquite. I got one log sliced up Saturday & was able to get the 2nd started on Sunday. I’ll work on finishing the last 2 this week.

09/08/2023

It’s been a very busy last 7 days. Elliot & I went to Austin Parks and Rec Urban Forestry’s reclamation day on Friday. We were able to load out two trips of mesquite & pecan. We were the first in and last out!
Over the Labor Day weekend I built a log jack from scrap 2x6s and promptly put it to good use milling the pecan log. It was an odd shape and required some special handling so the jack was born of necessity. Best of all, somehow I engineered it to fold flat for storage or transport.
Elliot and also went out to Bertram, TX yesterday & picked up a deer feeder tripod with a winch attached. It’s perfect for rigging and positioning these big logs on the jack for milling. I was able to position the pecan perfectly as I made the cuts. I ended up with 7 pieces out of the pecan log and may be able to get a couple more out of the crown cut.

03/10/2023

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02/17/2023

New! Handtooled leather earrings with eco friendly stain. Available Saturday at the Mardi Gras Market at Brushy Creek Food Park. Come see us!

02/06/2023

Spent part of today cutting up this downed cedar elm. A few interesting pieces came out of it.

02/06/2023

Cut down this storm damaged cedar elm on Friday. Lots of good millable wood in there.

01/23/2023

Bandsaw tires were shot on the 14/12, so I replaced them with Carter Ultra Blue urethane tires. The bandsaw now cuts like butter with the big Resaw King blade!

12/14/2022

Tonight’s activities… some eastern red cedar a friend dropped off over the weekend. Not bad for just 2 hours prep & cutting, I think!

12/13/2022

Some pictures from the monthly Austin Parks & Rec wood reclamation & subsequent slabbing of this post oak I was fortunate to pick up.