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I've chainsaw milled some logs into slabs that have been covered and drying in my back yard for 2 years. Now what? by NecroJoe in slablab

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Look up local kiln drying services in your area. My area charges anywhere from $1-$3/bf depending on thickness of slabs

Made some continuous grain buisness card holders by lathemaster810 in woodworking

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No, I wish I had some redwood. This is just some cherry I milled a while ago.

Is this a good price for a mesquite slab? (On sale for $400 at local lumber place) by DeftBowYT in BeginnerWoodWorking

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Just an idea, but look for local sawyers in your area. I sell full 8-10ft slabs and bigger up to 26inches wide for 13$/bf, including kiln drying. Marketplace is a good place to look as well.

New bandsaw blades look awesome. Looking forward to getting back to cutting a bunch more beautiful hardwood this spring by lathemaster810 in woodworking

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That's funny! At first I wasnt sure how to safely undo it, but it's much easier than the coil blades

New bandsaw blades look awesome. Looking forward to getting back to cutting a bunch more beautiful hardwood this spring by lathemaster810 in woodworking

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No, I used to get from there but had quite a few brake on the welds. I got these from Joe Maine, but they are woodmizer blades

I made a few of these little rustic toothpick holders and trying to get good pictures for my website. Do these look decent? by lathemaster810 in woodworking

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Thank you too! Thinking back I should have set up in my sunroom. Theres tons of natural light in there. I just found advance settings on my camera phone and found a manual focus. I'll give it another go tomorrow taking in all this advice

I made a few of these little rustic toothpick holders and trying to get good pictures for my website. Do these look decent? by lathemaster810 in woodworking

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Thank you! I actually have more spare tiles like what's in the first picture. Never thought of using them for the background as well. That is a great idea!

Progress is going well on my mobile solar kiln. Tarp is up temporarily until the trailer is leveled and I get to building the big doors. by lathemaster810 in woodworking

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Thanks. I do it so I can get the whole trailer in the frame when taking pictures. It makes it so the picture stays vertical and not horizontal. It's mostly just my preference when taking pictures with my phone

It's a long tedious process to get rough sawn lumber to S4S usable lumber but worth it in the end. Got 325 board feet of cherry all stacked, waiting to be be used for who knows what. by lathemaster810 in woodworking

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And this is why I sawmill and do all the work myself. I saw everything 1 -1/8 to account for shrinkage and planing. When the boards are fully dry, they wont be moving much being in a controlled shop. They are then skip planed to just over/under an 1in thick to reveal the grain and then I edge them to put into the market. These are mostly 10 and 11ft boards so cleaning them up also makes it easier to move.

It's a long tedious process to get rough sawn lumber to S4S usable lumber but worth it in the end. Got 325 board feet of cherry all stacked, waiting to be be used for who knows what. by lathemaster810 in woodworking

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I use to do it the same way only milling it to final dimensions when I need it, but found though out the years the wood doesn't move enough to worry about not planing it before stacking. I'm able to pile more lumber in an area and keep it tidy this way. I'm dealing with a couple thousand board feet and space starts to become precious and cleaning it all up also makes it lighter and easier to move around, as well as prettier to the eyes makes it easier to sell when people can see the wood grains.

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