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The last episode of our Milling Your Own Lumber series went live yesterday. In this seventh installment, Dan Cassens discusses how to calculate board feet, a high-level overview of grading [...]
Milling Your Own Lumber [Video]
Sponsored by Wood-Mizer. Finding affordable lumber has always been a mainstay for woodworkers, and when you tie our dwindling natural resources into the conversation the time is right to look...
The Way Wood Works
by Nick Engler Wood is a cantankerous substance; there’s no two ways about it. Its virtues, of course, are legendary. It’s attractive, abundant and easy to work. Pound for pound,...
How It’s Made – A Trip to M. Bohlke Veneer
I’m a “behind-the-scenes” junkie – any chance I get to see the inner workings of manufacturing or industrial spaces, I jump at the opportunity. So, I was especially thrilled to...
Mill a Log into Lumber with Ron Herman
Every woodworker who sees a downed tree quickly says a short prayer to the gods of nature and immediately thinks of turning that log into lumber. It’s just natural to...
A Lumberyard Map: Find a Lumberyard Near You!
More than a year ago, before I joined the staff, Megan Fitzpatrick and I talked about an article I wanted to write about lumberyards and the perennial discussion about domestic...
Slabs From the Sawyer
I often feel like sourcing wood takes on two dissonant aspects. It can be an annoyance when I can’t find the board I’m looking for, and everything is checked, warped...
Q & A: Can I Air-Dry Wood Indoors?
Even if your wood has been drying in Uncle Joe’s barn for the past 100 years, the moisture content (MC) will be more than 15 percent. What you need is a MC of about 8 percent.
Q & A: Is Construction Lumber Good For Furniture?
You can’t use this wood as it is. You’ve got to do some selective cutting first and then dry out the wood before making furniture with it.
Lumber Library
Lumber Library These books are so easy and fun to make that you’ll want a dozen! By Jock Holmen If you can't stand throwing away good wood, you’ve probably got...
Steam-powered Sawmill
Last weekend I was lucky enough to wrangle an invitation to Miner’s Annual Saw Day. What’s a “Saw Day?” In this case it’s private backyard mini-festival hosted by [...]
VIDEO – Choosing Project Lumber
Popular Woodworking Senior Editor Robert W. Lang visits Frank Miller Lumber to select the stock for his Craftsman Bookcase, the August 2008 cover project.
