| Building a house? Shed? Workshop? There are times | | | | All it requires is a little bit of steel and some bolts. To |
| when you need to buy lumber. The trouble is the | | | | make the mill you'll need a rectangular frame that's |
| price of quality boards can be extremely high. But a | | | | just a bit shorter than the chainsaw length. And of |
| Chainsaw mill will let you make your own lumber. | | | | course you'll need to weld it together. Plans for |
| Mills that make plywood are being shut down and the | | | | building your mill can be found online with no trouble. |
| timber companies have less old grown to mill and | | | | You'll want to practice good safety measures at all |
| most of the lumber that's now affordable is new | | | | times. You'll want to wear ear protection, safety |
| growth pine. Spruce is also very common. | | | | glasses, and proper footwear when you are milling. |
| However woods like cherry, poplar, or oak are | | | | Once you own a chainsaw mill you will never again |
| incredibly expensive and out of many people's | | | | buy a board. Instead you'll mill each board you need |
| budgets. But there is a workable solution. You don't | | | | all by yourself. And each board will be exactly what |
| need to settle for pine or spruce. If you mill your | | | | you want. |
| own boards you choose the trees and you can have | | | | And no longer will your budget hold you to pine or |
| oak if that's what you want. | | | | spruce. Finally you can have some of the more exotic |
| There is a variety of way to make boards from | | | | woods again. Now you'll be able to mill boards from |
| trees. Most require expensive equipment. You can | | | | your back yard. It's a great way to recycle dead |
| contract out the work or you can buy a portable mill | | | | trees, or to selectively log your property. Now |
| for your back yard. Trouble is a portable mill will set | | | | instead of leaving trees to rot you can mill them. |
| you back thousands of dollars. | | | | You can purchase a pre-fab chainsaw mill or you can |
| But wait, there is another choice. Did you know you | | | | build one from scratch. Pre-fabs are available online or |
| can use your chainsaw to make your own boards? All | | | | at stores like Home Depot. They are designed to |
| you need is a large saw and a special device that fits | | | | work with all the major chainsaws like STIHL or |
| onto the chainsaw bar and you can make any kind of | | | | Husqvarna. |
| board you want. The good news is it costs you just | | | | No longer will you walk up to the counter and get |
| pennies per board. | | | | stick shock as the teller rings your purchase into the |
| This device is called a chainsaw lumber maker and it | | | | cash register. No longer will you settle for cheap |
| can mill through any tree. It doesn't matter how | | | | woods. Instead you'll be milling gorgeous lumber in |
| larger, how tough, how big, how thick, or how tall. | | | | your backyard. |