Log Peeling

Peeling logs for a log home.

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Howto & Style

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• log
• peeling
• debarking
• home
• cabin

[erlc05]

How long after the logs were cut down do you de-bark them?

[sleepy00029]

I cut my logs in the winter and tried to have them all peeled before it gets to late in the spring. The beetles (bark and borers) start getting in them when the weather starts to warm up. Once the bark is off the beetle larva can't survive.

[NorEaster07]

Is that Pine? What are you using the log for?

[sleepy00029]

It's pine. We're using them to build our log home.

[ryhily]

have fun takein' the stone chips out

[sleepy00029]

You don't want to drag your logs through any rocks so that they don't become embedded in the bark. If you do find rocks embedded most can be washed away with a spray nozzle on a water hose or preferably a pressure washer as they are usually caked in mud. As you peel keep an eye out for not only rocks but also nails both can reek havick on your draw knife.

[treadley]

lots of work, but I'm sure you'll have such a beautiful home once completed! Hat's off to you!

[stardust13]

I would suggest some protective eye gear, I speak from experience as that bark particles hurt mike a big dog LOL a ton of work but well worth the effort when your finished

[HappyJackSlade]

sorry a draw knife

[HappyJackSlade]

Whats the tool called that your using. Sorry im new to all this

[C0mm3n]

THATS A WOMANS JOB!

[mharrop396]

that's why I always peel my logs before I cut them down so I dont hit rocks w/ drawknife......ok bad joke....

[MsSATANHIMSELF]

other than peeling the bark, what do you have to do to persevering pine? i live in n.w. florida and pine is readily abundant. i want to use pine , but i need to be sure it will last. how do you keep from getting sap all over every thing?

[lakeboy36111]

Who is this peeling this log? and where is this site at? I'm very curious

[trucker274]

what kind of tool is that?

[logpro1]

This guy is working himself to death. He needs a real draw-knife to peel with.

You can make one with a piece of hardened steel such as Grader of Bucket blade steel, welded (pitched downward with the flat surface up, slightly off center) to the galvanized pipe that you bend to your comfort. It will take about an hour or so to sharpen it right, and you will want to tape the handles with non-slip athletic tape.

[wahabsy]

Can i peel hardwood logs such as red oak and ash logs from the draw knife?

[josephklon]

I have some green red oak. Could. you take care of them for me?

[CITYHALLANIMAL]

I'd rather play with the 4 wheeler in the background

[Benjiman72391]

this gives it a unique look

[djayer5925]

how long after the tree were fell did you debark them?

[mnbvczxc]

You sure made that look easy, thanks for the video.

[Fire4FX]

Looks very labor intensive.

[lazlow69]

get that tree down mid-may to mid-june and you can peel the bark off without scraping, would save a ton of labor

[logdebarker]

that thing called waterjet debarker. or hydralic debarker

[logdebarker]

Should do it with a debarker.

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[pumkinvine]

dude, I admire your effort but, barking spud + green log = way less work and no dust.

[thermalexplorer]

Do the logs need to be treated with a preservative after being peeled? Especially pine logs?

[joejoemorgan]

A pressure washer with a rotating chisel tip also works well to peel a log.

[BrokeTrailerTrash]

Well, what kind of logs are you non-pine logs? Spruce, Fir, Cedar...? Any ways, to peel nicley around a knot, peel up to it the way your peeling and then peel the oppesite way into the other side of it. Basically your always peeling into the knot, from about a foot away from it, never from the knot out, that way you don't get the wood tearing in big strips.

[jeff2114]

I peel logs for part time, but my the logs i peel are 60 feet long and are non pine trees, the harder bark ones, is there any special techniques u can tell me, i keep fucking up with the knots