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WOOD MILLING sa EDGE JOINT & EDGE JOINTING sa PLANING & SURFACING WOOD x MILLING LUMBER x SAWMILL xx WOOD Jig for sawing a small log into boards using a band saw. Backyard lumbermaking. Options for sawing and drying your own wood. Articles included on (1) finding good wood, (2) sawing a log, (3) small-scale sawmills and (4) drying your own wood. Dimensioning stock. Both machine methods (using jointer and planer) and hand planing methods are detailed. Covers rough-cutting the stock, jointing one face, flattening the opposite face, etc. Technique for milling small logs (10" diameter) on a band saw. Tips on detecting curly figure in logs prior to milling. Tip shows how to make a band saw jig for handling small logs (under 10" in diameter). An explanation of the terms flatsawn, quartersawn and riftsawn. Tip shows how to make cradles to secure a small log for band sawing. Wood from the source. Tips on purchasing wood directly from small sawmills. Diagram of a tree trunk shows where various types of wood (straight grain, root wood, burlwood, etc.) are taken from the tree. Backyard bounty. How to convert small trees into suitable lumber for a woodworker. Pros and cons of using the portable band saw mill. Sourcing the rural sawmill. Tips on purchasing lumber directly from small, private sawmills. Milling your own project wood using a chainsaw mill. Tips on cutting and drying. How to make your own lumber using a chain saw mill. Includes information on finding and evaluating trees, cutting the trees and selecting a chain saw mill. Loading a sawlog with a rope, a tractor and a wagon. Build a homestead one-log hauler. A narrow two-wheel trailer made from angle iron is used to haul a 10-ft. log up to 19" diameter. How to cut and plane lumber. A look at portable mill attachements for your chain saw to cut the lumber and jointer/planers to finish the lumber. Includes tips on cutting and drying. Build your own chain saw milling attachment from wood and a replacement chainsaw bar. Difference between quarter-sawn and plain-sawn lumber. Working with green wood. Getting the most out of unseasoned native lumber sawn at a local mill. A mill for the chainsaw. Use this easily made accessory to mill your own boards and beams. How to map a sawlog for cutting. Tips on using ash for house construction. Chainsaw lumber mill. A log builder's track-and-carriage design handles big logs (40-ft. or more). Making lumber with a band saw mill. Advice on finding trees and cutting them into high-quality boards yourself. Chain-saw lumbering. How to use a portable chain-saw mill to cut your own lumber. Includes tips on cutting, stacking and sharpening of the special ripping chain. One woodworker describes the process of getting wood, converting logs to lumber, using a sawmill, using a portable chain-saw mill, and some of the representative costs and problems in acquiring satisfactory furniture wood. Sawmilling. How one small mill works. Includes information on the equipment, sharpening the large saw blades, and doing business with a sawmill. Hewing. How to use an ax and hatchet to hew a beam out of a log. A band saw sawmill. Sliding carriage table is used to saw logs into lumber using a band saw. Saw up to 7" diameter logs on a 12" band saw. Timber. What it means to cut a tree. How to acquire logs and what to do with them calls for creative skill. Chainsaw lumbermaking. How to modify the chain and how to make a winch and yoke assembly to move the saw through the cut with a minimum of labor, noise and vibration. Quartersawn lumber. What it is and how it is cut. Tips on cutting black locust logs with a portable band saw mill. Tip on using a metal detector to locate nails before resawing old lumber or urban trees. Orchard woods. Jewel-like boards take effort to prepare but are worth the trouble. Includes tips for drying orchard woods and a resaw jig for cutting small logs on a band saw. Lumber from your own backyard. Advice on hiring a sawyer and his machine to reap furniture-grade lumber at great savings. Home sawyer. From forest to floorboards with a portable band-saw mill. An in-depth look at both the process and economics of using a portable band-saw mill to convert logs into lumber. A cut above. Advice on purchasing wood from a local sawmill. Dimensions for a small sawmill powered by a gasoline engine. The design is basically an oversize table saw. Tips on starting and operating a small sawmill business. How to build a traversing-beam sawmill, a site mill to trim whole logs and cut lumber. Est. cost: under $1,000. A guide to lumber and other products you can buy from a sawmill and pointers on doing business with one. Tips on how to find decorative wood in backyard trees. Tip: How to reduce large-size timbers (8"x8") to smaller sizes using an ordinary table saw equipped with a dado head. How to mill your own lumber with a chain saw. Getting the best figure from crotch wood. How careful milling can produce several pieces with facinating grain patterns. Harvesting wood for carving stock. Advice on finding suitable trees that must be cut down, cutting, hauling, milling, drying, etc. Tip on cutting scale lumber from small logs using a band saw. Timber cruising. How the pros size up fine stock on the stump. How a high-volume hardwood sawmill turns logs into lumber. Includes information of interest to the woodworker. Timber. How one craftsman buys hardwood trees (dead or alive), fells them with the help of friends, and then mills his own lumber. One-man sawmills. Description of setting up and operating the Foley-Belsaw M-14 sawmill. How to transform found wood into usable stock. Step-by-step instructions for transforming short logs of unique wood into boards of varying thicknesses and preparing the wood for drying. Milling process uses a router, shooting box and band saw. One woodworker's description of his acquisition of a handheld portable sawmill, how it works and the air-drying of the boards. An explanation of the difference between quartersawn, riftsawn and plainsawn boards. Formula and chart for estimating board feet of lumber in a standing tree. Wood by the yard. How to salvage usable lumber from a yard tree that has fallen or must be cut down. Dealing with wood defects. Tricks to salvage lumber with a bow, crook, twist, etc. Custom sawmilling. How to get your own logs sawn just the way you want them. Flatsawn and quartersawn lumber cutting is explained. Tips on buying lumber that has been milled and dried by amateurs. Dimension lumber ("two-by" stock). Tips on selecting, drying and cutting dimension lumber for use in furniture making. Advice on making long diagonal cuts and then regluing pieces together to eliminate knotholes or resize a piece of lumber. Timber topics. Part 14. How to measure trees using simple calipers and a Weise's hypsometer. Timber. The direct route. A survey of what is involved in finding, converting and seasoning your own lumber. Salvaging wood from storm-damaged trees. Tips on converting wind-fallen wood into usable or saleable timber. Tips on converting a fallen monkey puzzle tree into usable lumber. How to cut and cure your own lumber. Part 1. Covers where to find good timber, how to fell a tree with a chain saw and how to convert a log to lumber using a lumber-making attachement for a chain saw. How to process wood from the log to dry, ready-to-use lumber. Some tips. Tip: Simple jig to rip small logs on a band saw. Guide to portable sawmills. Tips on their selection and use. | |||||||||
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