Today, Bill arrived with his Bobcat and Wood Mizer portable sawmill and over the next few days he will turn our pile of cedar and maple logs into full sawn boards for use as siding and decking. Logs are loaded and aligned and the sawing begins. Once the log is squared, slicing the boards goes quickly. It looks easy, but it takes a keen eye to assess the log and cut it to get the optimum quality and use of the material. What is left becomes more firewood.
Below, the before and after; logs turned into 1x10x8' boards, "stickered" and stacked to air dry slowly in the shade by the creek.
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