Summer Days Steve cuts cedar boards on the portable sawmill
![Picture](/uploads/1/1/0/6/11068915/389220.jpg?890)
Step 1. Find a log from the pre-shaved pile...
![Picture](/uploads/1/1/0/6/11068915/283908.jpg)
...or from a rougher pile from the woods.
![Picture](/uploads/1/1/0/6/11068915/8291466.jpg)
Step 2. Roll that baby onto the sawmill's platform.
![Picture](/uploads/1/1/0/6/11068915/1293996.jpg)
Step 3. Brace it up.
![Picture](/uploads/1/1/0/6/11068915/1395685.jpg)
Step 4. Measure the depth of the blade.
![Picture](/uploads/1/1/0/6/11068915/7506266.jpg)
Step 5. Cut a flat side on the log so it will stay in place.
![Picture](/uploads/1/1/0/6/11068915/3216615.jpg)
Step 6. Make a cut.
![Picture](/uploads/1/1/0/6/11068915/1952411.jpg)
Step 7. Measure how much wood you can get from it.
![Picture](/uploads/1/1/0/6/11068915/8139768.jpg)
Step 8. Keep cutting.
![Picture](/uploads/1/1/0/6/11068915/4215991.jpg)
Step 9. And cut some more.
![Picture](/uploads/1/1/0/6/11068915/2687427.jpg)
_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!
![Picture](/uploads/1/1/0/6/11068915/9128227.jpg)