This is going to sound weird but... a couple years ago I took the kids
camping in the Great Smokies. We arrived on a Monday when a lot of the
other campers in the Cataloochee valley were going home. One guy who was
leaving offered me his pile of firewood, which was very kind of him, since
I didn't have room for any when I packed. Anyway, the firewood, cut to
18" lengths and split, appeared to be walnut. I'm sorry to say I burned
some of it, but I brought home a half-dozen chunks. Does anyone have any
ideas on how to cut it safely into boards. I don't have a bandsaw, but I
do have a table saw. I've given some thought to making a sled with a
wooden clamping device, but the idea of the saw grabbing the chunk and
flinging it makes me nervous.