Today I started with some boards that I sawed out of some slabs of silver maple yesterday:
I planed them down and sawed them to width and length - once I finish sanding them they will become cutting boards like this one:
I created a nice heap of chips and dust:
And because it wasn't hot enough I burned that pile this afternoon. Then it was just about right.
Then we had a nice sunset. All in all a good start to the summer.
5 comments:
I haven't heard Nestea mentioned in years.
Yeah, that was a Johnny Carson joke from back in the '80s, as near as I can tell. Hiyo!
How do you make boards, 60? Do you have a sawmill, or just a chainsaw.
I use the chainsaw to cut the slabs into pieces which then resaw on my bandsaw, which can saw boards up to 11-1/2" wide. So the tree is cut into slabs with my chainsaw, after drying for a couple of years those slabs are cut into manageable sized pieces, again with the chainsaw, then I saw boards with my bandsaw. Today I sand. Have I mentioned how little I enjoy sanding?
My bandsaw is a Hitachi resaw bandsaw model B-600A that I bought in late '91 or early '92 - it has been a workhorse and I have replaced all kinds of parts on it over the years, including the motor, but it keeps doin' the job so I hope I never have to get another.
Like that song. These are the only days we have.
Post a Comment