Today's lecture on Milling Lumber was given by Leigh. Leigh is one of my favorite instructors due to his practical experience working in the boatyards in Port Townsend. His approach is to explain the process for whatever we are doing but then to tell us how he would efficiently do it in the "real" world. In his discussion on Milling Lumber there are three comments that he made that are ones to remember for the future:
1. "You need to figure out first what you are trying to get out of this piece of wood before you do anything".
2. "Always keep the board as long as you can, for as long as you can".
3. "Decide if you are going to bring the piece of wood to the tool or the tool to the piece of wood".
Correction Milling
Correction Milling
- mill all the pieces of lumber at the same time
- mill from the thickest board down to the thinnest
- run all the material through first, then change the thickness
Rough sawn/live edge board
- plane down to thickness
- maybe join? or
- draw a straight line (rip on bandsaw or skilsaw) then join on table saw
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