The idea of turning the trees that fall down in the yard into lumber sounded really cool. I’m sure it’s much better for the environment than using it as firewood.
I recently acquired a 14″ Rikon bandsaw that I’ve been drooling over for a while, and it’s the perfect machine for resawing logs into lumber.
Conveniently, the winds knocked down a few trees in the yard, so I rounded up a few of the logs (box elder and willow) to run through the bandsaw.
Here’s how it turned out.
My fancy new bandsaw.
Birch log that fell over in the yard.
Pile of logs in the garage, ready for milling.
Resawing a small birch branch.
Resawing a willow log.
Preparing to cut the birch tree base.
Resawed the base of the birch tree into a big block.
Finished the block of birch. It’s got some carpenter and holes in the base, which is probably why it fell.
Book matched box-elder boards.
Sawed a block of box-elder. The red patterns of box-elder make it a very interesting wood.
Another look at one of the box-elder logs.
Progress, some willow, birch, and box-elder stacked and stickered.
All the logs sawn from the logs.
Fresh cut lumber stacked and stickered.
All the lumber stacked and stickered. It’s hard to see, but I put green end sealer to prevent checking and cracking on the boards.
