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think that it's a lot like driving a car- there's a lot on your mind at thebeginning, but it all becomes secondnature with practice.garage, spaced with thin wood strips calledstickers to allow air to circulate. Air-dryingThe Moment of Trufh wood can take up to one year per inch ofAfter sawing the first trunk section, thickness.and building confidence at themill's controls, I furned my attentionto the section containing the If you've got a large stand ofYou Cqn Do it Toocrotch. I would finally see if it concealedthe wild figure I'd hoped for. portable mill may be atrees to convert into lumber. aAfter each cut, I shut down the good investment. Youmill to look at the newly exposed can own a Wood-Mizerwood. For the first few cuts, not LT15 mill for aroundmuch appeared. Then, on the fifth S4,500. It doesn't have allcut, I brushed offthe dust and saw the hydraulics or the cuttingcapacity of the LT-40,spectacular figure. I cut three 8/4slabs that I might use to build table but otherwise the setup istops. Two more 4/4 pieces showed similar. Going all out for thethe same pattern before the wild LT40 will set you back aboutfigure petered out.S25,000. You'llfind other Wood-Now I know why this woodbrings a premium price. In acrotch of at least 2Orr-diameter, Igot only five slabs having thiscoveted wood figure.Good Wood from WqsteWith surprising speed and littlesweat on my part, this mill hrrned afee destined for the firewood pileinto enough board feet of lumber tobuild many projects. Of course, itwill be a while before the wood isdry enough to use.I coated the ends of each plank with latex paintto prevent them from drying too quickly andsplitting. Then I stacked the lumber in myMizer models priced in between.Other nameplates you'll findon portable band saw mills includeTimberKing and Lumbermate.For the less ambitious, I recommendcalling Wood-Mizer orTimberKing to get the names ofsawyers in your area who can milllogs at your site. Rates vary byregion, tree species, and accessibility.Once you have a sawyer onhand, treat him well - you mayget to take a cut or two with yourhands on the controls. ffiYou don't have to shape a log into a cant. 0n a trunk section, Dave flattened one edge ofthe log, then flipped it over and flat-sawed the resto create wide, rcugh-edged boads.