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Continued Milling and Lumber Production

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Ruined Log on The Woodmizer?

What happens here

After the initial flattening cut, the milling process continues to produce 2-inch thick live-edge ash slabs. The presenter demonstrates how the sawmill's de-barker runs ahead of the saw blade to remove bark and small debris, reducing wear on the blade. The resulting slabs, though from a beetle-infested tree, reveal beautiful grain and character, with small wormholes adding unique patterns. The potential uses for these slabs include live-edge furniture or fireplace hearths.

Goal: Produce finished ash lumber from the log.

Tools and materials

  • Wood-Mizer LT40 Sawmill Wood-Mizer — Cutting the log into slabs

What they say

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absolutely gorgeous i've got a little bit of water here we put on there i'm gonna get you guys a good close-up you tell me whether it's good or not i think it would be a total waste to turn this into siding i think i'm gonna cut it into two inch thick live edge slabs and this is an eight foot piece right here so it'll make some awesome beautiful live edge furniture or we could cut it into about four inches thick and make fireplace hearts out of it it is absolutely gorgeous check take a close look at it so we went from this nasty looking mess right here which looks like that log is just completely rotten to this absolutely beautifully grained a little bit of stains little holes a little bit of character is this what you want in your live edge furniture could you build shelving with that what could you make with that should we mill it into siding or should we cut it into two inch live edge slabs i think we're gonna rock it out and cut it into two inch thick nice live edge slabs i'm going to cut one more cut off the top of this before we do it so we can get down into the thicker part of the wood so i'll get a one inch cut off the top and then we'll start doing two inch slabs right through the middle [Music]

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