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  1. 16th October 2011, 12:57 PM #1
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    Default Old Growth Douglas Fir Slabbing

    I put on my Lucas wide slabbing attachment and cut 5 slabs today for a customer. The tree had 18 growth rings per inch. The tree was growing on the shoreline and received a lot of stress from wind. Each slab had 4-6 pitch inclusions that the owner will need to repair in order to make his tables.

    I found that after two passes the chain was dull, I did not expect that, I have been able to make a lot more passes in hardwoods such as maple. The DF is just tough to cut.
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    Nice post and good size slabs.
    Would the DF be tough on chains due to a high silica content in the timber?
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    Nice slabs!!

    If you cut that with the bark on there may well be garbage in the bark to cause some of the problem.
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    Yeah, the bark was 4-6" thick. Coastal DF seems to have that quality.

    I also think that the high growth ring count results in a denser wood. That 12' log weighed nearly 5000 pounds.
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