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The Off Grid Project Running Lumber Mill & More

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Channel: The Do It Yourself World · 2018 · Howto & Style

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Running the lumber mill and stacking fire wood for our off grid tiny house heating. Melanie finished painting the kitchen in the tiny home.

I spent the entire day running the Mil-Rite chainsaw lumber mill cutting logs into useful lumber.

I cut some odd shapes and sizes at first just for practice and for fun. I can use these for crafting and projects. The wood I used for experimenting is from dead standing trees which I am cutting down for fire wood.

I then got a 7 foot log and cut off the round edges and squared it up. I got a very nice 1 x 4 piece off the top and then a full length 4 x 4 which will be used to replace the aged feet of the mill itself.

It took all day working on and off as we overheated and also the chainsaw got hot. It was 96 degrees F out today and humid. So we had to take a lot of breaks. To prevent the chainsaw from being damaged we had to go slow anyway because it would get very hot.

Melanie finished painting the tiny house kitchen cabinets. They were a dark brown and she painted them an off white to brighten up the place.

I hauled the logs over and stacked them in the fire wood piles. The smaller ones went to the pile which is curing for immediate use this winter. The dead standing pine trees do not need long to cure once they are stacked. The larger logs go into another pile out back waiting for a log splitter.

Running a lumber mill is another part of becoming self sufficient. Now we can mill our own lumber, saving a lot of money and we can also make products for sale.

Another day on the off grid homestead comes to a close.

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