In my daydreams my yard is filled with a dozen or so stacks of locally sourced hardwood, air-drying and waiting to be turned into furniture and ukuleles. Brenon Plourde and Logan Whittmer make it seem so simple.

Step 1: Get a mill.
Step 2: Find some trees.
Step 3: Mill them up.
Step 4: Wait for the wood to dry (or use a solar kiln like Brenon!).

Well, between steps 2 and 3 you have to find a way of moving a log weighing thousands of pounds. The problem isn’t even just getting it to your house—you have to get it ON the mill. Well, my mind was blown the first time Matt Cremona showed his clever trailer. If you haven’t seen it, even if you don’t plan on becoming a sawyer, you’ll enjoy it.

Of course, Matt isn’t just going to make a kick-butt trailer—he made his mill too.

If you share my lumber-filled daydreams, you should check out Woodworking in America 2024. Logan will be there with a sawmill for you to try your hand at, and Matt will be there talking about how to make the most out of the stacks of custom-milled lumber you’re dancing between in your daydreams.

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