My Dad's fabricated sawmill
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Ran a 22” and over 30” white oak through last nite.got some 2” slabs.
Nope. Hafta use a belt sander or make a jig for a router. Not too outta shape as is
Yes I have sawn up a few logs from my property on a ban saw mill. They amazing machines
I have a 15" surface plane you can use, but it would be a shame to rip them down.
I have a 15" surface plane you can use, but it would be a shame to rip them down.
Have you guys considered building a solar kiln? Pretty easy and cheap to pull off. If I remember the vantage point correctly, the cabin is up on the ridge and should get good sun nearly all day, making it a great spot for one. I have a bunch of info from my time in that industry if you'd be interested. Also, the big dry kiln co-op project I was working on is still alive and that will be in your neighborhood as well.
Couple good places to start from a kiln knowledge standpoint:
https://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/products/publications/several_pubs.php?grouping_id=101&header_id=p
https://www.esf.edu/wus/documents/DryKilnOperatorsManual.pdf
And this is probably the finest publication out there on solar kilns: https://pubs.ext.vt.edu/content/dam/pubs_ext_vt_edu/420/420-030/420-030_pdf.pdf
The VA Tech program is arguably the nation's best. If you get serious about it, I'd suggest called Mr. Harry Watt at NC State. Feel free to mention me if you connect with him. Great man and easily one of the best resources out there!
https://cnr.ncsu.edu/directory/harry-w-watt/
https://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/products/publications/several_pubs.php?grouping_id=101&header_id=p
https://www.esf.edu/wus/documents/DryKilnOperatorsManual.pdf
And this is probably the finest publication out there on solar kilns: https://pubs.ext.vt.edu/content/dam/pubs_ext_vt_edu/420/420-030/420-030_pdf.pdf
The VA Tech program is arguably the nation's best. If you get serious about it, I'd suggest called Mr. Harry Watt at NC State. Feel free to mention me if you connect with him. Great man and easily one of the best resources out there!
https://cnr.ncsu.edu/directory/harry-w-watt/
Way back when I was building the cabin that I live in I built solar kilns to dry the logs. I cut all the logs off of my own property so they where completely green. I left them in the kilns for 18 months, when I completed the cabin I checked wall heights a year later. I did not lose anything so I figure they where pretty dry.
Never thought to do sawn boards that way. But I don’t think there would that much difference between air drying or a solar kiln. The solar kiln would be faster but the finished product would be the same.
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Never thought to do sawn boards that way. But I don’t think there would that much difference between air drying or a solar kiln. The solar kiln would be faster but the finished product would be the same.
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