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• The ugly side of urban logging... This is why yard logs are not worth buying. - 08-01-2012 12:12 AM | 15 comments

  Here is what you get in a lot of yard trees. The owner always swears nobody every put any metal i...

• Urban Logging #2: Turning blanks for the local Senior Citizens Center - 07-31-2012 04:14 AM | 11 comments

  This weekend, I spent my time bringing home some walnut and maple logs. The limbs don’t mak...

• Urban Logging #1: Wood gloat! 3 trees! One big spalded maple & 2 big black walnut trees - 07-29-2012 02:47 AM | 13 comments

  I’ve spent the entire day cutting trees into logs and bringing them home… They aren&#...

• Maple Tree in the geezer stage of it's life... - 07-16-2012 02:27 PM | 9 comments

  I woke up this morning and when I let my shop buddy out for her morning search for ‘that pe...

• Free Sawmill & Woodlot magazine - 01-25-2012 05:57 PM | 2 comments

  For anyone who’s been interested in turning logs into lumber or managing your woodlot, here...

• What should I make with this raw material? - 12-12-2011 07:25 PM | 7 comments

  I’ve got some small pieces of wood that are left over from making blanks to carve gunstocks...

• Red Oak Lumber #3: Quartersawing a BIG red oak log - 09-03-2011 04:42 PM | 4 comments

  Here’s a photo and a description of how I sawed a huge red oak log to get the most quarters...

• Red Oak Lumber #2: Quartersawn red oak - The Lumber - 08-21-2011 03:23 AM | 9 comments

  Here’s a small part of the lumber I cut from a 48” X 4’ red oak log. I had to s...

• Red Oak Lumber #1: Quartersawn red oak - splitting a big log - 08-08-2011 03:13 AM | 6 comments

  It’s Been a while since I’ve split logs. When I was growing up, I lived in a farmhou...

• An easy method to cut mortise and tenon joints for a bench - 06-11-2011 01:05 AM | 5 comments

  I made a bench for a gift, but it was just too rustic looking. So, I made another one from red oa...

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