Harvesting Lumber and Using a Small Scale Sawmill

When we were looking for factors that motivated us to move to Tennessee, one of the huge ones was the “built in” community I already had here. Greg Pennington is one of the main pillars of that community. Greg and I were able to participate in an urban lumber salvage project for some absolutely massive oak trees where the city was clearing for a waterway this week. With chainsaws, we cut the trees to length, then brought the trees back to Greg’s to saw them into lumber on is Timber King lumber mill for future use. Greg showed me his lumber storage and taught me how to stack and sticker wood for it to dry. This video takes a tour of Greg Pennington’s Windsor chair shop, his sawmill and lumber storage. We’re also sharing some plans and project ideas for the future.

If you're interested in learning where your lumber comes from, how to turn logs into lumber, how to mill your own wood, how lumber is dried, and what the heck we are gonna do with all this wood, this is a great place to start.

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