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Daniel Bohrer

Gaaah, what did I get myself into here with this 46 kg monstrosity…?! I can hardly lift it myself. This will be interesting to get through the bandsaw.

I really gotta learn to say no to such things 🫣 But it's one nice long cherry log…
(Oops, did I say one? I meant three – the other ones are hiding out of frame. Luckily they're a bit lighter!)
#woodworking

The cherry log is resting on the workbench. It's going nowhere on it's own. And it's filling the workbench completely. It's about 30 cm in diameter and 90 cm long.
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Daniel Bohrer

Two logs and another broken screw extraction later. One log to go. 😤

Somehow my body aches a lot today. I can only imagine how people must have felt after sawing logs to boards 100 years ago. 😫

The large log sits in a cradle made from a long board of plywood on the bottom and two "book ends" which hold the log vertically with screws at each end. The contraption rests on the bandsaw table and a roller stand.
A wooden mallet, a 13 mm chisel, and a slotted screwdriver lying on top of the sawn-off log. In its endgrain, a screw sits inside the wood with its head snapped off, but the wood around it has already been removed with the tools, so it can easily be taken out with pliers.
Seven cherry boards, still with bark, each about 3 cm thick and 90 cm long, stacked with spacers in between them for air circulation on top of the workbench. Another log is standing vertically, resting on the side of the workbench.
The shorter log has been stacked up similarly, and held together with two ratched straps. The ends of the straps are long enough to be tied together, and the log is just about light enough so it can be carried around the neck in front of the body.
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wedge

@ubo @daniel_bohrer

I’d like a whale saw. Hard to find. Reflecting on it, I’d prefer over a frame saw from the standpoint of handling/balance.

For ripping smaller milled boards, though, like done in the vid, it’s easier done with a primed panel saw. Sellers shows a great technique, and it’s fast.

Short logs, like Daniel is cutting, poses the problem of holding them without special vice builds.

Longer logs are ideal for the whale, I would guess. And no need for a rowing machine. :)

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UBO

@wedge Totally agree, even though the frame saw isn't my best friend.

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