Category Archives: BPo3 Homestead

Day 470 – SPEED TEST

I clamped a scissor jack to the sawmill frame to see how well it performs as a toe board. A toe board is essentially a jack that raises one end of a log so that the log can be milled with the center axis of the tree parallel with the travel of the saw …

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Day 464 – Beam Me Down Scotty

I’m beginning to realize just how often the sawmill and my nearly endless supply of pine logs are the answer. I need to make level platforms to hold the lumber pallets when stacking lumber. Easy! Two beams for each station, leveled with whatever …

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Day 459 – Play Fort & Sawmill Fort

Life is too short to not play. I can’t say yes to every request when I’m working, but I try to play as much as possible. A great quote, which I can’t remember where it came from, goes something like this: We only grow old when we quit…

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