Cutting Your Own Lumber for Beginners | Getting Started with a Portable Sawmill

Cutting your own lumber for beginners is the topic on today's episode of sawing with sandy. This video should help you if you're getting started with a portable sawmill and if you're looking for a step-by-step guide to cutting your own lumber with a portable sawmill, today's the day. Watch as I take you through what I do and why I do it so that you can identify how to successfully make lumber quickly without the headaches that can be associated with learning new equipment.

If you've just bought a portable sawmill or are wanting to learning more about cutting your own lumber from trees, today's episode should help you.

Be sure to watch for the little trick I've used to help me estimate lumber amounts from each log with nothing more than a little scrap of wood and a pencil. If you've ever struggled to get accurate cuts without wasting material, my little trick shown in today's episode should help you. You may also want to check out my overall sawmill setup in which I show you the sawmill shed, lumber shed and off cut slab rack where I process sawmill waste. From start to finish my setup works well for me and hopefully with the information shared in today's episode, you'll be out cutting your own lumber using a portable sawmill real soon. Glad you're all here, here we go!

Portable Sawmill used in this video: 2017 Woodland Mills HM130
Blades used in this video: Lenox Blades