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   cwalvoord | Oct 27, 2009 09:03pm | #1

   Heuglin,
   Not sure if you are new to milling logs or not but I recently tried it for the first time. It took me a while to figure out the proper set-up but got some help from Knots on this thread - 47775.1. I found it much easier with a blade designed for green wood, very coarse with a wide kerf. I ordered this one,

   http://www.lagunatools.com/accessories/Silicon-Blades/bandsaw-bb107s

   but I am sure others make something similar. Call your favorite blade supplier and ask them what they recommend. I was also having a hard time keeping the logs on a straight line as I fed them through the blade. I have seen all sorts of sled ideas but I just ended up screwing them to a piece of plywood, shimming them up so they did not rock and taking a cut keeping the edge of the plywood against a long fence. This ends up taking off a slice of plywood as well but since it was scrap I did not mind.

   Hope that helps.
   Chris

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   Heuglin | Oct 27, 2009 10:02pm | #2

   Thanks for the reply. All good info to consider.

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   flairwoodworks | Oct 28, 2009 02:49am | #3

   If you want to draw attention, the best thing you can do is mill your lumber and forget about the screws holding the bole to the sled.

   Chris @ www.flairwoodworks.com
   and www.flairwoodwork.spaces.live.com)

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