If you have been thinking about buying a spray gun, stop! There is no reason (except for money) to think about it anymore. Start living your woodworking dream and buy one.
To be veneer quality, a log has to be perfect or close to it. It needs to be straight, round, defect free, and have not been pecked by a yellow-bellied sapsucker!
Woodworkers are asked to make some magic happen from time to time. Often, it involves stretching lumber to make a project even possible, such as this large island countertop made from a customer's small walnut tree.
When I get ready to break down a log, I only use the chainsaw free hand - without the bar guide. Here is my plan of attack for chainsawing a potentially valuable tree.
An immensely popularly read article on Urban Woods' bid for a free Super Bowl commercial and bloggist Scott Wunder's take on drying "twisted" hardwoods, generated an exchange of comments between readers.
In the world of sawmilling, very few logs come right out and announce that they are going to twist. They don’t say, “Don’t waste your time cutting me, idiot!”
Amid the giant boulders of Elephant Rocks are some very intriguing hardwood trees. On my visit in November, I really took notice of trees growing on top of the rocks.