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in woodworking •  8 years ago 

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I helped a friend at his awesome job, he takes down old barns and reuses the wood, he paid me with some old cedar posts and a few US $'s. I spent a day taking down an old shed trying to salvage as much old wood as I can for him. Quite an interesting job finding old junk and such forgotten and abandoned. It's very rewarding work not to mention a good workout. My payment was these old cedar posts from the farm. 

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I like resawing wood to use for projects. The best way to resaw old logs is with one of these bad boys. 

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Got an old Frick 00 saw mill in your backyard? unrefurbished ones go for 8k. I am not that lucky, but fortunate to have a 14" Grizzly band saw and I found this log mill that holds the logs in place on amazon, it's awesome for resawing wood using a bandsaw. 

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First you need to make two cuts using the log mill. 

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Once you have the first cut then turn the log 90 degrees and make the second cut using the log mill agian. 

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Now that you have the two cuts, you can use a fence to make the board cuts. 

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Once you have the boards cut you can place spacers in-between the boards to help with the drying. I love resawing my own wood and someday I would love to have a portable sawmill that can handle much bigger logs. This project was especially fun working with cedar. The sweet aroma stays in my shop (that has a parking space) for a few days. It's awesome. If you are interested in buying some of this exact wood contact me on steem chat. I accept steem and SBDs'.

Thanks for reading.

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Dude, awesome. I get a bunch of free pallets and chop them for good firewood, but creating from old wood is so much more rewarding. Looking forward to seeing what you build w the planks.

Thanks friend. Welcome to Steemit.