Cherry and walnut boards
I finished ripping (with the Logosol Timberjig and Stihl chainsaw) the walnut and cherry I cut this winter. The boards are now drying.
I still have one ash to rip.
75 days ago | |
Cutting down a walnut tree for furniture
I cut down a walnut this month.
After felling:
Bucked into 5 pieces:
Winching with my little Tirfor (Griphoist):
All done and covered with a tarp:
Next steps: rip the logs into planks, let it dry for a year or two, then make furniture!
128 days ago | |
Major additions to the shop
I finally decided to add 2 major equipments in my workshop: a good workbench and a big bandsaw. For the bench, I settled on a Anke “extra-schwer” (extra-heavy) model that I ordered through my friends at feine-werkzeuge in Berlin.
The bandsaw is a Scheppach Basato 5-2, that I got from a fine wood machinery specialist in nearby Busca, Piedmont, Italy. (A4 Alessandrini)
Both are heavy and required the help of several strong friends to carry them. Everything is installed and working good. Now I can really speed up my next project, a shoe cabinet I will make with the elm I cut 3 years ago. More details soon.
197 days ago | |