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@Terry, You've pretty nailed the container sizes. USPS Flat Rate Large(either) = 11.875 x 11.875 x 5.20(inside) or 11.75 x 23.5 x 3.1(inside) USPS Flat Rate Medium(either) = 13.5 x 11.75 x 3.25(inside) or 10.875 x 8.325 x 5.4(inside) Saw head doesn't have a lot of flutter, most flutter seen is in the entry of the log.....first 2-1/2" or so. Once the band is inside the cut, it travels pretty nicely. But I'd consider that part waste anyway, I don't want folks sending me the 'imperfections'-so I wouldn't send them that stuff either(besides those pieces help get the burn barrel going when it's cold outside). Here's a close-up of some timber I recently cut. The chisel laying there is 1/2" wide, the piece was not sanded....just wiped the sawdust off. You might be able to squeak by with a belt sander using 220 to get a finished piece, or like me....use a few passes through a Makita 2012BN(but I wouldn't be able to justify planning for sale pieces-I'd be looking at them for a long time as the knives are not cheap to sharpen or replace). And thanks for the size recommendations! @Kevin, I'm always looking for help while sawing. I pay in wood! Scott (more rain.....blah) B

Quality of the photo is about right in the scrolling world...folks like to 'borrow patterns without permission' Is the acrylic a 'clear/translucent' material? I'd think it would be cool with the sun hitting it! Scott (what kind of size too) B

Tired of over paying for material to make crafts with? Here's an easy fix. Cut down a tree, give me a call, I show up and turn the log into lumber that is whatever size(to be read as thickness) that you would like. I have different rates for different species(hardwoods, softwoods, and cedar)...and I charge by Doyle Scale on the log. Example: Pine 20"diameter and 14'length = 224 boardfeet(a boardfoot is 12x12x1inches) Multiply the 224 times $0.34/bdft = $76.16 If this log had been Oak it would = $80.64 Cedar would equal $85.12 There is a travel/set-up, but that is per mile...I typically waive that for milling jobs over 2,000bdft (I have range limitations....within 75 miles) I will be adding some 'standard' lumber to the website(right now it's all pen and bottle stopper blanks for 'turners). To help me help you....I'd like to hear what thickness to offer? Remember, this would be 'rough sawn'...not planed or sanded. Also, pieces would be limited to USPS Game Box/Large/Medium flat rate dimensions for shipping. Local pick-up would also be available.... Is this something that would interest folks? Scott (it's raining a lot too) B

WoodMizer has a section in their website called "Find a Sawyer", I'm listed in there...as well as a LOT of other sawyers with sawmills. I am portable, but you're a tad bit too far to drive. Scott (been to Houston a bunch though) B

This may be a little late for the question, but this fella makes some of the best looking cutting boards I've ever seen! Scott (I watched most of his work) B

Didn't do a time lapse, or any 'cool' stuff....just milled 2675boardfeet of Southern Red Oak - quartersawn, so it took all day.... This morning, after the rain, I took the mill to 'work' and milled my stash. Wind and cold might may been a factor...it guaranteed that every bit of sawdust coming out of the 'exhaust' ended up in my face! I've been collecting random logs for the last few weeks... Eastern Red Bud, Persian SilkTree, Eastern Red Cedar, White Oak{inclusion}, Black Cherry....it was a bit to do. Made about 255 boardfeet of 'stuff' for future pen blanks, as well as a lot of scrollsaw blanks for the 'boss'. The Persian Silktree had a small crotch in it....close-up. The day was fun! Scott (sawdust in my nose) B

Move south! It'd melt by the morning!!! As a former "yankee"{from Maine}, I remember all too well shoveling that silly white stuff! I don't do it anymore.... Scott (it's cold here too...48*F) B

I always went with a bath, show up, stop talking.....figure that should have worked? Scott (why am I married again) B

Time lapse doesn't really have 'sound', it's just a big pile of photo's that get stacked. Another way to think of the process.... 1970-ish photo's equals one photo each 1/2second equals 16.41minutes. Compressed into 2min:58sec equals Charlie Chaplin! There is sound, but it's just a looping audio piece I had in the computer..... Scott (biscuits are gooooood) B

Very neat! Never thought about bowls with a scroll..... already have the lathe and a ringmaster 723, maybe I can talk her into a few for the craft table? Scott (inspiring) B

As some may know, or may not know...I have been a hobby sawyer for quite sometime. As with most 'hobbies' around here, they must pay for themselves....MUST. Well, I can honestly say, this is the best hobby I could have hoped to find! I am actually 'booked' for milling jobs through the beginning of the year as of today. With more wanting scaled logs and quotes! If I don't watch out, I'll have to quit the 4-10hrs and just do this...but then it wouldn't be a 'hobby' any longer and I'm afraid that it too would become a nasty four letter word......work. Ms. Lyn has enough 1/4, 3/8, and 1/2 material to start a small store. I have roughly 750boardfeet stacked to air dry in the garage in ERC, Oak, and a little Pine. I have a few 5x9 inch 12ft beams to build the entry way to the backyard(swinging gate to get the mower in and out of)....timber frame jointery will start tomorrow morning! I know....this is useless without photo's. Customers Southern Red Oak slabs for making tables and such. There is also 85 actual 2x4's in the stack that are also Oak. The slabs are 21inches in width and 10ft long....they weigh almost 175lbs each(yes, carrying them to the stack was NOT fun). Close-up of the grain pattern inside a piece of White Oak crotch I cut open. This is also a customers piece. I have a bunch already for Lyn. A quick video, well it's actually a time lapse. This is 1970+ photo's of the milling of the White Oak 'chunk'.... I'm not a videographer, and I'm probably too fat for anything less then the wide angle of the GoPro I used, but the more I work, the thinner I get... On a side note, it takes about three days for the 'ache' to wear off after a weekend of milling timber, carrying tons of lumber, and everything else that goes with it. Heating pad and Advil are my friends....the checks/cash for milling sure help too. Scott (having fun and making dust) B

Reading this reminds me of the latest milling job I just did. Faced with a similar ordeal, this couple purchased a small piece of land and then purchased a 12x20 Morgan building. Added some 2bys in between the 2bys that were spaced at 36" centers, blew some insulation and covered the stuff with 1/4" something. The porch is where the fella does his woodworking and the wife does her stained glass. They built in a loft for storage and 'bed', and it looks to be quite cozy! And it was definitely warm inside, even though it was only 44*F outside. I milled 195boardfeet of Black Cherry they were going to use as countertops(beautiful timber). Took about 1.25hrs.... Cost.....2 gallons of gas and a glass of water. We parted with smiles on our faces Scott (think small) B

Very cool! Scott (showing this to her) B

All great advise! It was one of the 'starter packs' containing 12ea in three different sizes. Not sure what size she handed me to 'flatten' but I know now....a way not to do it. She reloaded with a #5 UR FD and went to town. I'll order more tomorrow(personal thing about ordering on a weekend).... And try again. Scott (she was having too much fun) B

Thanks! I'll show her this....finger crossed. Scott (I'm soggy now) B