It is surprisingly not that hard to make your own lumber from small logs // WnW 281
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Two years ago we had to move a Serviceberry / Amelanchier shrub in our yard. It had been growing for quite a few years, so we had some hefty logs to cut as we pruned it back.
On a whim, I saved a few sections of the cut logs, painted the ends, and tossed them up into my wood rack in the shop and left them year.

Fast forward two years to now... I was about to start a small scrapwood project, and I decided to pull out these logs and see if I could get some actual (small) pieces of lumber out of them. I rigged up a sled to hold the logs while I milled two 90-degree edges on the band saw. From there it was a simple matter to rip out some boards and after that it was planing and jointing as per normal

The wood was fairly soft, kind of like spruce, and it was a definite green-yellow colour. It will be interesting to see how or if it darkens over time and with UV exposure.

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Index
00:00 Intro
00:29 Amelanchier?
00:43 Bandsaw Sled
01:57 Slicing Boards
03:08 Testing Dryness
03:48 SHOULD You?
04:31 Cutting, Planing, Jointing
05:18 Build A Thing
07:40 Finished!?