Questions tagged [milling]
For questions pertaining to cutting tree trunks into rough-cut lumber, e.g. using a sawmill or hewing axe. Not to be used for 3D carving with a milling machine, which should instead be tagged [cnc].
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Buying logs to saw: should I expect to pay a premium, or get a discount?
I own a portable sawmill and used to mill logs from my own property. I had to sell the property and now want to buy logs. I want to know what is a reasonable price to pay for sawing-quality logs, e.g. ...
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How to keep a portable sawmill blade from jumping the roller guides
I have a Grizzly portable sawmill, which I've owned for about 3 years.
It's a piece of shit, but it's what I have. It requires constant maintenance and adjustments to just make it work. I hate ...
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"Box generator"-like software for laser cutting this shelf from MDF
I'm thinking of building this shelf out of 1/4" thick MDF:
Now knowing how slow I am in the most basic of woodworking, I want the job to be speedy & easy. So I decided laser cutting it & ...
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Creating a flat on logs to allow bandsaw milling
I have some small walnut logs I'd like to mill on my 14" bandsaw. (About 300mm diameter, and up to 1 meter long, but able to be cut down into shorter lengths as even at this size they're rather ...
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How to safely cut old lumber with old nails in it?
A friend gave me a bunch of really old lumber (the late 1800s, early 1900s) and they have a bunch of old handmade nails in them which I tried pulling out but half of them broke off in the wood. I ...
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Using a left and right shooting board to square the ends of a board
I'm a beginner hand-tool only woodworker and am trying to square the two ends of a 3ft long, 2.5" thick board of cherry for a floating shelf.
I've succeeded in squaring one edge, one face, and ...
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What are some techniques for jointing boards using a router table?
I've seen suggestions to us a router to joint edges of boards, and some answers here that mention it, but I don't seem to be able to get the necessary precision using a router and table.
I've tried ...
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Does the bar oil from using a chainsaw create problems for woodworking?
I have some smallish sections of a tree trunk that I would like to break down, but they are too big for the power tools that I own, other than my chainsaw.
My biggest concern with the chainsaw is that ...
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Is it better to mill boards before or after drying? (And does it depend on diameter?)
I just cut a log that I want to mill into boards.
(In case the best technique depends on the size, the log is only about 4 inches in diameter, and I want to mill one or two small boards from it, just ...
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How to keep bandsaw blade from bending
I've got a solid old Craftsman 12" bandsaw and it works great for most things. But I've been trying to use it to mill small logs into boards and having a really hard time making a straight cut, ...
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Make parallel edges with router table or table saw?
I have a couple of boards that I jointed the edges on, thinking them to be parallel. But, after re-measuring it appears the edges were not parallel (or maybe the jointer took more wood off at one end?)...
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Black Walnut logs - comparing value as a unique feature in home vs. cash
About a month ago, I had a black walnut tree felled in my back yard (downtown Lansing, Michigan).
The tree had to come down for many reasons:
juglone from the roots was poisoning the neighbors' yards ...
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How to produce lumber from logs?
I have two 30 meter sitka spruces that have fallen in my yard. I'd like to process them into usable planks ideally as long as possible only using hand tools. Can someone give me a step by step on how ...
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What is the name of that milling technique
I remember a wooden pot-coaster: one side had lateral grooves milled and the other side had the same grooves, but in orthogonal direction. The grooves were deep enough that the grooves met in the ...
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Advice on narrow CNC angles
I’d like to cut this with a CNC machine:
It will slot into another piece. As you can’t really create internal 90 degree angles with CNC the other piece has 10mm fillets as does this piece - but it ...
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