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Steve cuts cedar boards on the portable sawmill
Step 1
. Find a log from the pre-shaved pile...
...or from a rougher pile from the woods.
Step 2. Roll that baby onto the sawmill's platform.
Step 3. Brace it up.
Step 4. Measure the depth of the blade.
Step 5. Cut a flat side on the log so it will stay in place.
Step 6. Make a cut.
Step 7. Measure how much wood you can get from it.
Step 8. Keep cutting.
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!