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how to turn logs into lumber
Hello all,
can the transformation of trees into lumber be achieved at home? I mean, are there some home-installable tools that can be bought for this task? If so, how much do they cost? thanks |
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"Zed Rafi" wrote in message .. . Hello all, can the transformation of trees into lumber be achieved at home? I mean, are there some home-installable tools that can be bought for this task? If so, how much do they cost? thanks Two ways of doing it. Buy a portable sawmill, or have someone do it for a fee. Check out Woodmizer as one of the more popular brands. http://www.woodmizer.com/en/index.aspx They also run a referral service to find a local guy to do the work for you. Probably a half dozen others if you search on "portable saw mill" There are attachments for chainsaws also, but they are a little clunky and waste more wood from what I've seen. Rule of thumb to dry wood is one year per inch of thickness. To get a finished 3/4" board, you cut it to 1" full, then dry and plane it to proper thickness. |
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"Edwin Pawlowski" writes:
"Zed Rafi" wrote in message .. . Hello all, can the transformation of trees into lumber be achieved at home? I mean, are there some home-installable tools that can be bought for this task? If so, how much do they cost? thanks Two ways of doing it. Buy a portable sawmill, or have someone do it for a fee. More than that: With an Axe/Adze/Hatchet you can turn logs into beams, with wedges and large hammers tinto boards and with a froe into shingles, and as a by-product wimpy arms into well muscled ones. -- Dr. Juergen Hannappel http://lisa2.physik.uni-bonn.de/~hannappe Phone: +49 228 73 2447 FAX ... 7869 Physikalisches Institut der Uni Bonn Nussallee 12, D-53115 Bonn, Germany CERN: Phone: +412276 76461 Fax: ..77930 Bat. 892-R-A13 CH-1211 Geneve 23 |
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Yes. There's a bunch of ways.You'd need a chain saw or its equivalent,
just to fell the tree, then some type of bandsaw or big 'ol circular saw, or even a push-pull type ripping saw to cut it into planks. I've seen attachments for chain saws to allow cutting dimensional lumber from the logs, too. You can do the math. Tom |
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On Mon 12 Sep 2005 03:20:06p, Juergen Hannappel -
bonn.de wrote in : More than that: With an Axe/Adze/Hatchet you can turn logs into beams, with wedges and large hammers tinto boards and with a froe into shingles, and as a by-product wimpy arms into well muscled ones. If I recall correctly, Mr Underhill used a froe to turn a log into a slab, which he then turned into a shaving horse. Seems like I remember an old Fine Woodworking article where the author went through a chairmaking class, all material coming from one large veneer- grade maple log, cut with a bucksaw, split with a froe and shaved on a horse to make all the chair parts - seats, legs, spindles. Can't recall if they bent the wood for the backs. |
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Zed Rafi wrote: Hello all, can the transformation of trees into lumber be achieved at home? I mean, are there some home-installable tools that can be bought for this task? If so, how much do they cost? thanks Unless you have a lot of time on your hands, get someone with a woodmizer to do it for you. Especially if this is a one time task, it will be cheaper and faster than buying a chain saw mill. The downsides are that you have to either pay someone to kiln dry it or wait awhile for it to air dry. Also, keep in mind that it's somewhat of a crapshoot in regards to quality. A lot of the wood you harvest may be a fairly low grade. Sure, it's still usable, as you can cut around the knots and other defects, but it adds a lot of time. For me, it wouldn't be worth the trouble. I can buy FAS grade red oak for about 2.60/board ft with free delivery. If I want a lower grade, it's a lot cheaper. The wood I buy is already kiln dried and can be used immediately. But I have precious little time to do woodworking, it's not worth the hassle to me. It might be worth it for you. |
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Zed Rafi wrote: Hello all, can the transformation of trees into lumber be achieved at home? I mean, are there some home-installable tools that can be bought for this task? If so, how much do they cost? thanks Yes certainly. The very cheapest way involves some bracing to hold the log in place and raise it to allow a saw to be used either horizontally or vertically to cut slabs of the appropriate thickness. Possibly less than $100 in equipemnt but a huge degree of labor. There are some portable mills advertised in Popular Mechanics and some woodwork magazines starting from about $3,000. |
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In article shlVe.5128$sa6.3279@trndny06,
Edwin Pawlowski wrote: "Zed Rafi" wrote in message . .. Hello all, can the transformation of trees into lumber be achieved at home? I mean, are there some home-installable tools that can be bought for this task? If so, how much do they cost? thanks Two ways of doing it. Buy a portable sawmill, or have someone do it for a fee. Check out Woodmizer as one of the more popular brands. http://www.woodmizer.com/en/index.aspx They also run a referral service to find a local guy to do the work for you. Probably a half dozen others if you search on "portable saw mill" There are attachments for chainsaws also, but they are a little clunky and waste more wood from what I've seen. Rule of thumb to dry wood is one year per inch of thickness. To get a finished 3/4" board, you cut it to 1" full, then dry and plane it to proper thickness. If he has lots of time he could always go the axe/saw/broadaxe/adze route. -- Larry Wasserman Baltimore, Maryland |
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"Zed Rafi" wrote in message .. .
Hello all, can the transformation of trees into lumber be achieved at home? I mean, are there some home-installable tools that can be bought for this task? If so, how much do they cost? thanks You've already received numerous answers. I turn logs into lumber quite often using my woodworking tools. First, let me say that for 90% of the projects I do, a 4' length of lumber is sufficient. So, here is what I do. I built a sled out of MDF and hardwood. The MDF is about 16" wide and 6' long. I added a hardwood runner that fits into the miter slot on my 14" bandsaw (w/6" riser), along wit an additional runner that rides along the outside edge of the table. It is supported on the infeed and outfeed by roller stands. I cut to tree into ~4' long sections. If the diameter is greater than about 12" I cut the log in half length wise with a chainsaw. I then set the log on the sled, position it and cut boards. They are then stickered and stacked to dry. It works for me. YMMV. -- Al Reid |
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On 2005-09-12, Zed Rafi wrote:
Hello all, can the transformation of trees into lumber be achieved at home? I mean, are there some home-installable tools that can be bought for this task? If so, how much do they cost? thanks http://www.ripsaw.com/sawmill.html $1600+- and you need to provide a chainsaw head to drive it. I use a Stihl 046 that I already had. Works, but it's damn hard work shifting logs around to get it into action. Probably be easier to hire out a band mill owner as others have suggested. I did the chainsaw mill trick on a huge oak. You need special "rip" chain or you'll be there until old age claims you. You also need a helper and TWO large '090 or so power heads. It's a gigantic pain in the arse - but my share was two ten foot by two inch by thirty inch planks. This was for an entire day of very hard work. There were four of us working in shifts driving wedges to hold the slabs up and run the two motors. I wouldn't do it again. -- I can find no modern furniture that is as well designed and emotionally satisfying as that made by the Arts and Crafts movement in the early years of the last century. |
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You have many solutions from 35$ to 45 000$ !
For home use you can try this: http://www.thelittleripper.com/ http://www.nicks.ca/Lil.rp.html http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.a...=1,41131,41139 http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.a...=1,41131,41139 http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.a...=1,41131,41139 Try also this: http://www.right-tool.com/right-tool/graninchains.html http://www.jober.qc.ca/index.htm http://www.baileys-online.com/Mill.htm http://www.mobilemfg.com/ http://www.petersonsawmills.com/ http://www.ripsaw.com/ http://www.woodmizer.com/en/index.aspx Build your sawmill: http://www.procutportablesawmills.com/index.html S.B. "Zed Rafi" a écrit dans le message de news: ... Hello all, can the transformation of trees into lumber be achieved at home? I mean, are there some home-installable tools that can be bought for this task? If so, how much do they cost? thanks |
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Try also this:
http://www.rd.com/americanwoodworker...ontentId=7 65 S.B. "Zed Rafi" a écrit dans le message de news: ... Hello all, can the transformation of trees into lumber be achieved at home? I mean, are there some home-installable tools that can be bought for this task? If so, how much do they cost? thanks |
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