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Made and atempt at milling some cedar recently for a patio deck type thing. Lot of work. obviously power tools would be helpfull but setting thoes aside, does anyone have any tips for doing this the old way?
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squisher
THE CALM ONE!!!!
I don't think you'll find tips on doing it by hand, but lots of good info on milling in general in this thread. https://www.masterblasterhome.com/showthread.php?10040-milling-thread
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Strikermike
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Yep what he said. Or you could build a pit saw.
Al Smith
Mac Daddy
That isn't a broad axe it's a riggers axe .
woodworkingboy
TreeHouser
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
You might find this chread helpful as well Page.....
https://www.masterblasterhome.com/showthread.php?12520-Timber-Framing
https://www.masterblasterhome.com/showthread.php?12520-Timber-Framing
MasterBlaster
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This is an interesting thread. Please, DO go on.
I'm loving it.
I'm loving it.
Back in old times they dug pits for sawing the logs on the spot.
Hence the name.
We still find the old pits in the woods now and again.
Kind of an oval depression in the ground, very easy to tell apart from those caused by uprooted trees.
Hence the name.
We still find the old pits in the woods now and again.
Kind of an oval depression in the ground, very easy to tell apart from those caused by uprooted trees.
woodworkingboy
TreeHouser
It was dark in the pit too, so sometimes they had a lantern below...maybe to help follow a line? The sweat, dust, and lantern smoke, it could only have been fun.
Al Smith
Mac Daddy
As I understand it during colonial days in the US they used a series of ganged pit saws to cut clapbords for siding .Several saws cutting in multiple .Some show using a sapling as kind of a spring to pull the saw upwards while someone below pulled it down .
SouthSoundTree
Treehouser
That sapling thing is ingenuitous.
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