week 7

This week I looked into how I would mill my own lumber but all that I could find was how to make my own home made mill which would run about $400 and still take a long time to put together and get working right. Then I had an idea about how I could make the shelf piece mentioned in my last blog post. On my plans I accounted for the shelf coming out about 6 inches from the wall. This means that I would need a 6 or 7 inch diameter log to process. This is a lot smaller than i was thinking so really I was thinking that there was a problem when really there wasn't. My first option is to see if I can find a circular saw blade big enough to cut in on a table saw. (either my dad's or the school's) If that doesn't work out then the school has a very large band saw that I think would work if I made a jig sort of like a wedge to keep the log steady while I cut it.      
In case you didn't know, the left picture is a table saw and the one on the right is a band saw.