| This blog is written by MoshupTrail | 14 entries so far |
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Solar Lumber Drying #1: Solar Lumber Drying Course at VT
I got this email from Virginia Tech. Thought it should be shared…———R...
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Setting Up Shop #3: Getting Started
(I posted some of this on someone else’s Forum post and thought, that’s pretty good I...
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Tool Gloat #1: Cutting Wood Warms You Twice
With an area of 1000sf, a 10’ ceiling and 2 large garage doors my shop is difficult to heat...
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Milling Lumber (grudgingly) #8: When mistakes are made...
There was one mistake made. The miller was pushing a little too hard (milling too fast) and the ...
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Crosscut Sleds Made Simple #1: Thinking about making a sled?
I can make a crosscut sled in about an hour. I put this off for a long time and when I finally d...
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Milling Lumber (grudgingly) #7: Now what?
So now I have a fairly large quantity of red oak. Most of it is probably FAS equivalent. No kno...
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Milling Lumber (grudgingly) #6: Lessons Learned
Lessons Learned – Milling Logs Safety First. You will want to wear good leather gloves, eye pr...
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Milling Lumber (grudgingly) #5: Milling Day(s)
Finally the day has arrived. It’s time to mill the fallen trees from hurricane Irene! I h...
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Milling Lumber (grudgingly) #4: Gathering Downed Trees
I just realized I went through a whole phase, and forgot to post anything. I hired I guy with a ...
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Milling Lumber (grudgingly) #3: The work begins - buck and stage the logs
With the inventory complete I engaged the services of a local excavator. To keep cost low all he...
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Setting Up Shop #2: What do YOU do with your scraps?
I checked and it’s been about 6 months since we had a “scraps” discussion on LJ...
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Milling Lumber (grudgingly) #2: Inventory
I got a lot of good advice – most of which I’m taking in one way or another – f...
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Milling Lumber (grudgingly) #1: What would you do?
It is interesting that the storm knocked over almost exclusively the red oaks. I lost 6-10 large...
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Setting Up Shop #1: How to get a 500 lb table saw out of your truck - alone
My shop is about 40 minutes from town. So when I got a great deal on a saw and I wanted to get i...
