Mill Free Timber from Logs using your Table Saw

I don't know why you guys that add the horrible music to your videos think anyone wants to hear that shit. Would've been a good video but you ruined it by adding music especially that music 👎👎👎

Thanks, your jig gave me ideas for a radial arm saw.

brilliant video! Thanks a ton!

Great idea !!!! I just got some free walnut logs (up to 6" dia.) to try this on ! Thank you !

Simply BRILLIANT. Thank you!!!

Great vid! Quick question, how do I make sure both of the jig's sides are parallel? On the vid you marked the first side somehow (I'm guessing the log's mid point and 1" on each side), but the second side looks unmarked. How did you know where to drill the 2 screws, so both ends are aligned? Otherwise the top of the jig might be skewed, right?

very nice

I was wondering if this system would work for freshly cut Eastern Red Ceder logs 3 1/2" and 4" thick and about 35-40" long each to make picture frames? (And I assume a 2x4 would do as well as plywood.)

how to do that with a hand saw

You put alot thought into making that setup..... its simple but amazing how it works

You answered all my questions about milling on a table saw and I love the way you glue the panels together, I'm gonna start doing that every time, thank you very much!

So clever

Brilliant, Thank you

Amazing clamp

Thank you so much. Extremely helpful

is there a way to do this and avoid the large screw holes in the wood?

Thanks

Great....that was so helpful

Nice video but you didn’t show how you trimmed the edges to insure a good fit when joining the boards.

I see you're making several steps when sawing, adjusting the depth of the blade. Can it work if you start sawing with full blade depth right away? I do not have adjusting system on my table saw.

Great video! It gave me an idea, that's working, on how to use my 10" table saw to rip/cut 4x4's 8' long into true 3x3's within 0.020" end-to-end that are parallel and square all 4 sides. (yea, I even measure wood with calipers and dial indicators...LOL) Thanks Greg Virgoe!!

Looks a bit like a wood in the Elm family, great job.

Thank you so much for sharing. I have some logs and I have been looking how to cut them without a bandsaw.

Hey Greg, thank you so much for this. You did not show a very important step that i would love to learn. How did you cut the wood pieces straight to glue the two pieces together? Did you use a planner or something?

Hi cringe at stuff like this… one pinch and goodbye fingers

Can I send you questions. I’m an amateur and need your help.

Good idea going to try one on some of my juniper

This is what I will be doing. I've been trying to figure out how to get quality wood for fine woodworking. This is the best way, I think.

Great idea. Gorgeous finish!

The clamping wedges would have been enough to hold the boards tight so why glue sacrificial boards to the side? Love the sawing method!

Nice jig. Very simple but very good and helpul tool. I am impress.

Very nice results! Simple jig, I like your idea.

why not just cut a flat edge then put that against the table top, thats how i cut round vegitables with a knife

That so cool I never seen the old school method of clamping wood like you did but then again I don't know much about wood working trade. Thank you I really learned a lot.

Thank you. This was a great idea all around.

Extremely awesome

I love the clamp wedge idea. That’s genius.

Question: neighbor just cut down a maple tree and gave me the logs. Is it ok to use this method with green wood? Or should I let the logs dry out before doing this? Note: Some of the logs are rather large so I’ve split them into quarters already

I like your idea of the sacrificial strips to reduce snipe. You seem to have glossed over how you avoided the pith. This is what I have been wondering about with very small logs. Or perhaps yew pith is less problematic than other species?

Just got some logs of cherry, juniper and amber. Will try it this way - thanks! Oh and I got some deer antler along too to make a knife handle. Interesting project 😀 Anna

Nice vid by the way bud.i have saved all the pine tree I just cut down so looking into planking it up. I attempted some with a chainsaw free hand and they are very un even 😂🙄

Question... could you not of left the glue off of the waste strips?thought that by the time you hammer in the wedges it will still all be tight.

This is awesome. Thank you! I just started using my table saw yesterday to make boards from cedar. This is an extremely smarter way of doing this.

A friend gave me some bits of cherry tree branches (quite chunky bits), I wanted to make some small boards and this came up on a search. Simple jig & method so thank you for posting I will give it a go as I am now on furlough for the next three months and am spending more time in the workshop.

please be careful! the way your holding the push arm on the table saw isn't safe, one misstep and you're forearm is hitting the blade.

I'm no safety prude, but no guard on a chop saw, that's insanity.

Fantastic, safe idea. Thanks! Cheers, Sean

Slowest firewood splitter ever...

Thank you Greg. I have quite a few logs I was going to take recycling.
I can use them for raised garden beds.