You are correct one ended up with a variety of cuts of cherry. I have not tried this method again because it seems harder to do this way. Lots of flipping and turning. I have since encountered a variety of foreign objects in the wood and you are correct a lot of time the teeth are not visually damaged but the set is gone. I just do this for fun it's been a good learning experience so far.

I did not use plans. I watched Matthew Cremona's big sawmill build it is very informative. Took design elements from his mill and scaled it down. Also studied videos from cooks sawmills, timberking, woodmizer and diy builds. I incorporated different features I liked from each brand to build my own. I just recently found a FB group called Home Made Sawmills. They have a wealth of info that would have been very helpful knowing about that resource before starting a build. If you watch the video building a sawmill in 12 minutes you can see the logical progression I followed on the build. Start with the band wheels with tension and tracking and build from there on. The carriage is the main component the trailer is easy and can be built to accommodate any sawmill carriage.

Wow thats kinda a bummer unless you like cutting dimensional lumber. I am pretty lucky we have a wide variety of lumber types. My goal is to mill as many different types that I can source locally.

@@thedelcodave I do campfire benches and countertops that seem good so far

@@aaronymousunlimited2661 I saw your benches are beautiful I am definitely going to try to make one of them. Also considering making a cookie cutter attachment that was a good idea. I have an idea in my head to make a slab flattener that uses the mill bed and rails and has its own carriage to carry a router or large electric motor to drive the cutter head.

@@thedelcodave sounds great. Ill be watching. I have a new video coming today soon covering features in action. Please stand by.

Must be the camera because when I sent that wood through the thicknesser it was pretty darn flat.

@@thedelcodave awesome! I find when my blade gets dull it starts to wonder.

@@integr8er66 For sure mine will do the same thing. Exactly how I can tell when its time for a blade swap.

I can confirm because most of the wood ended up rift sawn. I don't think there is truly any easy way to quartersaw lol.

@@thedelcodave it is a dieing skill these days with traditional quarter sawing

@@jasonsshaffer8775 I will try it another way but when I have an extra set of hands requires lots of turning.

I agree I am still confused how this produced quarter sawn. I can see some but alot is riff sawn. Seems like a ton of work.

@@thedelcodave Yeah, only about half your boards are ,but for a fairly small log you got some really good boards and some utility grade. I figure you know now you're not going to get rich with a manual mill anyhow so as long as you had fun it was a good day milling, right?

@@timothylongmore7325 definitely won't get rich that's for sure. I had fun designing and fabricating my mill. I enjoy learning the milling process. Most all the wood I use for my own projects or give the wood to friends.

@@thedelcodave I've got an oscar thirty on a trailer and a homemade half built. After a day with my oscar I knew I better not do the math and just have fun with it. I'm a timberframe/barn repair guy and always wanted to be able to make what I need when I need it. Mission accomplished, lol.

@@timothylongmore7325 that's awesome. I hope to get some land and do some timberframe construction of my own some day.

I agree. I for sure ended up with more riff trying this method.

I'll check it out. I agree the woodmizer method was not the best way to go.