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Greetings! I've been a long time lurker, and only just now started posting. I am a hobby woodworker, and as I got more in to it with both flat work and turning on the lathe, the more interested I became in harvesting my own lumber. Fast forward to now, and I have a 56" mill with an MS661c, also...

Hi All, I promised in another thread a while ago that I'd report back on a CSM re-build project I was undertaking....It's taken a lot longer than I'd hoped (day-job, kids, bushfires, pandemics etc), but I finished it a few weeks ago and so below are a few pics of the build. I had been...

I'm considering doing another mod to my cheap Holtzforma mill by adding some wheels (maybe rollerblade or skateboard wheels) to replace the stock "skids" on the saw-end bar clamps. I've noticed the steel skids can gouge the natural edge of slabs and also require the occasional bit of saw...

I have a 31' DBH black walnut in my woods that I discovered a hole leading to the center about 2 feet above the ground and 6-8'' of the center rotted away. There are several other black walnuts in this part of the woods but this is the biggest (not by much) and I like the campground look of this...

Hi folks. I'm new to csm. I live in Florida. I'll be milling 8-14" cypress next week, and possibly some swamp tupelo. I also have semi-cured black cherry logs (1.5 years), 8 month-old red oak logs, 2 whole 26" pines (slash and loblolly) to mill for pole barn beams, and a 25' curved red oak...

I got sick of waiting for slabs to dry out in my basement so I built a really simple kiln. The floor is green treated lumber 16" on center using a 3/4" subfloor plywood. The sides and the top are framed using 2x4s ripped in half as well as 1" thick foam board. Sides and back are just...