Lumber Milling Jig for Bandsaw

Super Jig Kevin

-- W James Brokenbourgh Custom furniture maker http://artisticwoodstudio.com/

I just finished setting up my new Rikon 10-325 14” BS and want to do a “little” milling of lumber. Your post is perfectly timed for my benefit! Thanks for sharing this.

-- Randy-- I may not be good...but I am slow!

Great jig! I thought about doing something like this, but then again, I would have to be motivated to cut the logs. Not sure this old man has it in himself! Well done!

-- HorizontalMike -- "Woodpeckers understand..."

Nice jig, great apple wood.
Since I got my new Rikon BS I’ve been making cutting boards out of firewood to give to people as gifts, usually accompanied by a bit of wood with the bark still on it so they can see the original wood. Folks seem to like getting them. I usually just freehand the first cut and then head to the jointer until it’s straight, but your setup would save me time, work and wood.

Nice job on this jig and some very nice apple wood too!

-- Use it up, Wear it out --------------- Make it do, Or do without!

now I just need a band saw…

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good design idea Kevin- Ive needed a jig like this for awhile and will copy it- thanks for sharing

-- phil, nevada

Great Jig. A Band Saw from Metabo stable, would be joining my workshop shortly and this could be the one of the first jobs I would attempt.

-- ALPHA-ZEE CREATIONS

Can you share what size blade you are using with that? I have that same Grizzly band saw… I think I am going to give this a try..Thanks for sharing!

-- Measure twice and cut once.....

Looks great. I want one for my bandsaw, too (though I’ll have to mount a riser first).

Great jig Kevin. Did you square off one side of the log before you run it through the band saw? From the pictures, it looks like the blade stays pretty true to the jig board. How thick did you cut the blanks?

-- Hawaiilad Larry

with the cost of wood now days, and also the lack of varity , I think ithis s the way to go. Looking at the apple wood you cut is proof. I recently Bought a small bandsaw mill and had an amazing discovery, everyone has logs they want to give you. I think they become attached to the trees and don’t want to see them become fire wood. plus you get to work with wood you can’t find at the lumber yard. I hope you have fun with the great jig you made, and I hope you find all kinds of cool wood to work with.

-- I was going for that distressed look

Wonderful jig

-- Norman

nice jig. i’ll have to try one of these

Alongiron, the blade is 3/4” 3 TPI, I don’t recall what brand, but I bought it through Grizzly.

Hawawiilad, I didn’t square it up first. Just started with the raw log. I line up the log to the blade in a way that I hope will yield the most wood. Make the first cut, then I’m careful to adjust both braces the same amount so each cut is parallel. I cut these blanks a little shy of 5/4. After planing they are just over 4/4. I also cut a slab at 8/4 but I don’t have a picture of that. I will post the project I made from it though.