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You could build a hot box. I got the idea from a Union buddy of mine, they use them on a job site to heat thier lunch. I built mine out of sheet metal duct work. It is basically a big tin box that is...

I just went up to Minnesota and picked up 8 Butternut logs. It is very pretty wood and although softer then some I think it is very pretty wood.
Woodcarvers use it as it carves easy and holds detail...

I sell my kiln dried red oak for 2.00 a bdft. That is rough lumber so I guess planed and straight edged for 2.50 isn't bad. I haven't bought any wood for quite sometime but I had bought some from...

I am planning on taking a trip to the local lumberyard:D
Need to mill about 3000 bdft so I have my work cut out for me.

Went out to the lumber store to get some walnut and red oak.
Need to cut about 2000 bd feet of walnut and red oak, so I have my work cut for me.

In the rough!!!!
I really don't need the lumber but I don't want to see it go to waste..
so I guess I will have to get busy and fire up the mill;)
Now just have to find a place to store it.

That is a great example of a spice box. Wonderful job!!!!

Popular Woodworking has a plan and I think the hardware came from Horton hardware on the pop wood one.

I am building two one from...

I am not sure if this what you mean but I have heard it called tiger oak before.
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=10473&d=1095343968

They are logging cottonwood around here lately and, they are paying 9 cents a board foot to the owners for it. I am not sure you are going to get rich at that rate but maybe if you have enough. I...

I logged this ash a while back, and then milled the logs and then dried it in my solar kiln. I made this for my SIL and tried amber shellac on top of stain to see what it would look like. I was...

Here is a side shot of the latest one without stain and before sanding.

This is a shot of the original I made for my friend.

They are in fact made from walnut. I like walnut fro small projects...

I made this simple box for a friend. It was just a simple little project but I kind of like those as they are quick and easy.:D I hope the person that gets it will like it.

Happy Thanksgiving

Milled up the SYP on Saturday. It was interesting as I don't mill much pine, not real common in these parts. It turned out ok and I like the blue stain in the outside boards I have some ideas for...

Corey

It is still available, in fact I got some big 2XSYP from Builders and built my bench with it. Milled those big SYP on my 4" Delta portable jointer, that was quite a job.:p

Things go so much better using hydraulics:D
The log was heavy, close to 4000 lbs so we cut it in half, and then I cut the half in half. I decided not to take the other half as it has some big knots...

It is about 10' long and measures 42' dia. I am not sure how I am going to cut it but it ought to be interesting.

Working on the miter sled idea may need to stiffen it up a bit so it don't flex.;)...

Do you think I can resaw this on my14" bandsaw:D
Big Southern Yellow Pine
Not sure what I will use it for but I just can't say NO!

I have noticed many guys doing construction work, concrete, masonry, siding, and all other types of work that have ads that say 25 years experience. I have known several of them and know that the guy...

In my 20 years of being in the house renovation business I have found you can still find guys that do quality work. They are harder to find, partly because they don't advertise, mostly because they...

I know when I built my house I hired guys that I knew did quailty work that I looked at before I hired them. It cost me more up front but it has paid off in the long run. It is one of those times...

As long as the cable is in the middle of the log it will work wonderfully, if the cable is off center the log will have a harder time starting off. I would say 9 times out of 10 it works great the...

Here is how I handled the really big logs. If I can get them next to the mill I can get them on the saw using this setup.

Todd

I think that may be the second biggest problem with a sawmill. They generate a ton literally of waste, I use some in my fireplace, some I give away and the rest I burn in a big pile and...

This is what I use to skid logs to my mill. It is primitive I suppose but those tires are 13" so you can kind of see that it can handle a pretty big log. I know it will hold a 28" 10' long white oak...

That is by far the hardest part of the logs to lumber process.
I have a small logging arch to pick up the logs, I move them next to the saw and use a manual winch to roll them up a couple of ramps....