Glad everyone's enjoying it - I am. There's something very satisfying about scraping off the sawdust after the cut to reveal the grain. And wondering what the next cut will reveal.
We haven't cut into the upper crotches yet, I'm hoping to do that this weekend. It's going to be an interesting log to try and position on the sawmill - there's more than one potentially good fork and I don't think we can easily cut for both of them.
I'll post more photos once we finish the milling. Hopefully there'll be some more nice pieces to show off.
I'll take my chances with PETA
. For the record though, we've planted a lot more shade trees than we've cut down!
