Lumber Scores! #3: Log to Lumber - Milling small Ash logs

Man that is one good use of firewood. Great job. I can say I have never seen someone run a log across a joiner. But then there is Jesse, he lives life on the wild side….. I like to see people doing exactly what you are doing.

-- Superdav "No matter where you go - there you are." http://chiselandforge.com

Thanks SuperDave!

-- Jesse --

I’ve often taken perfectly good lumber and inadvertently made firewood. Its good to see the process reversed.

-- There is nothing like the sound of a well tuned hand plane. - http://timetestedtools.wordpress.com (timetestedtools at hotmail dot c0m)

Not to feed anyone’s addiction to tools, but this process is even more fun with a bandsaw

-- Scott "Some days you are the big dog, some days you are the fire hydrant"

@DonW – I never thought of it that way!

@twokidsnosleep – I should have added “this is what I do to mill lumber since I have the crappiest bandsaw ever”!

-- Jesse --

Jesse… COOL!

Yes, I use a band saw too… I screw the log onto a flat board (about 1×6) along the side away from blade… with the part I want to cut off hanging off the opposite side of screws… always with enough to ride against the fence.

I make the one cut… then, I screw the Flat side (just cut) onto the carrier board, and make another cut.

Then, it’s the bandsaw from there out… with a flat side down & to the fence… Works slick… and not as wasteful as the TS kerf.

COOL way you use’em for a table top!

-- Have Fun! Joe Lyddon - Alta Loma, CA USA - Home: http://www.WoodworkStuff.net ... My Small Gallery: http://www.ncwoodworker.net/pp/showgallery.php?ppuser=1389&cat=500"

@Joe Lyddon – Yep. I gotta get me one of them new fangled bandsaws what cuts straight lines and all.
I shouldn’t really complain though, since I’m the one responsible for upgrading to a better machine. But until I do, I’ll be cursing mine out every chance I get!
Maybe I’ll do a video about it before I replace it, just for the memories :)

-- Jesse --

Nice write up Jesse. Like mentioned, with a bandsaw, you could be cranking em out quicker, and bigger. It is always something more to get. It never ends.

@ShaneA – Thanks Shane. I’ve been prowling for at least a 14”. Hope to have that upgrade later this year!

-- Jesse --

There’s also a plan in the works for a furnace blower powered dust collection system. Muahaahaaaa!

-- Jesse --

I agree with superd about the jointer.. wow. kinda insane, but, hey, twas a gr8 box in that piece o firewood

-- Roger from KY. Work/Play/Travel Safe. Kentuk55@bellsouth.net

Jesse, Great post and save on the wood. I use my jointer as well to flatten out to edges and then run it though my bandsaw. Have mostly been making pen blanks this way, a great way to use wood from free sources. I will have to try some projects with milled boards or slats.

CtL

-- Chris L. "Don't Dream it, Be it."

Thanks! The box I showed is actually sheathing and lath from left over from a window I put in last year. I just used it to illustrate how to make a panel from loose slats.

-- Jesse --

Nice box!

-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker