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Summer Days       Steve cuts cedar boards on the portable sawmill

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Step 1. Find a log from the pre-shaved pile...

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...or from a rougher pile from the woods.

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Step 2. Roll that baby onto the sawmill's platform.

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Step 3. Brace it up.

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Step 4. Measure the depth of the blade.

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Step 5. Cut a flat side on the log so it will stay in place.

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Step 6. Make a cut.

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Step 7. Measure how much wood you can get from it.

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Step 8. Keep cutting.

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Step 9. And cut some more.

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_Done! Just like cheese slices! Next it goes to a regular saw to cut it down for nice cedar trim. This batch was used to frame windows!

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