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Section 1: Walnut Logs |
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| Walnut Logs from an Amish Farm in Gettysburg, PA. | |
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| Walnut logs being hauled from the logging site in the Smokey Mountains of Tennessee. Wood from these logs will not be used for at least 5 years. |
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| The logs are transferred to a smaller truck with a boom and then brought into the mill for sawing. |
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| Walnut logs as they lay on the ground waiting their turn. | This log is nice and round so it is able to be debarked without disturbing the wood. |
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| Sawing in progress. Some logs, if unfigured, will be cut thicker for solidbody wings. | Flitches are kept in sets as they are sawed. |
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| Figured Walnut is on the horizon! Two separate limbs form the crotch at the top of the butt log. This odd shaped log will be sawn horizontally to leave the crotch intact throughout the flitch. | |
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| Logs are measured to estimate yield before cutting. | Crotch Walnut flitches (sold by the set) are stacked and ready for shipping. |
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