In my daydreams my yard is crammed with a dozen or so stacks of domestically sourced hardwood, air-drying and ready to be became furnishings and ukuleles. Brenon Plourde and Logan Whittmer make it appear so easy.
Step 1: Get a mill.
Step 2: Discover some bushes.
Step 3: Mill them up.
Step 4: Anticipate the wooden to dry (or use a photo voltaic kiln like Brenon!).
Properly, between steps 2 and three you must discover a approach of transferring a log weighing hundreds of kilos. The issue isn’t even simply getting it to your home—you must get it ON the mill. Properly, my thoughts was blown the primary time Matt Cremona confirmed his intelligent trailer. In case you haven’t seen it, even for those who don’t plan on turning into a sawyer, you’ll get pleasure from it.
In fact, Matt isn’t simply going to make a kick-butt trailer—he made his mill too.
In case you share my lumber-filled daydreams, you must take a look at Woodworking in America 2024. Logan might be there with a sawmill so that you can strive your hand at, and Matt might be there speaking about how you can take advantage of out of the stacks of custom-milled lumber you’re dancing between in your daydreams.
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DeWalt 735X Planer
The DeWalt 735X produced two faces completely parallel to 1 one other, with surfaces far superior to what the opposite machines produced, due to its two feed speeds. At excessive pace, the planer works quick and leaves a {smooth} floor. However the slower, end pace produces an nearly glass-smooth floor. Knife modifications are straightforward, with spacious entry to the cutterhead from the highest and a gib screw wrench that doubles as a magnetic raise to take away the knives. The 735X additionally has nice mud assortment, due to an inner blower that helps evacuate chips. The port has a 2-1/2-in.-dia. opening, however has a built-in adapter for 4-in.-dia. hoses. My solely grievance is the placement of the mud port. It’s on the outfeed facet of the machine, and exits straight again. In case you don’t pull the hose to the facet, it interferes with materials because it leaves the machine. The highest is massive and flat, so it’s an awesome place to set materials in between passes by means of the machine.
Ridgid R4331 Planer
Priced almost $300 lower than the DeWalt 735X, the Ridgid R4331 is a superb worth. Its three-knife cutterhead left splendidly clear surfaces on plainsawn white oak and white pine. It didn’t carry out almost as effectively on curly maple because the 735X, but it surely created much less tearout than all however one of many different machines (the DeWalt 734 was its equal). Knife modifications had been fast and simple with the offered T-handle wrench. Mud assortment was good, assisted by an inner fan. The two-1/2-in.-dia. port on the outfeed facet of the machine is directed to the facet, so the hose is out of the best way. The planer’s high is flat and supplies a superb floor for holding inventory between passes.
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