The Family Mill ~ POBphotocontest New Round: WOOD

Fifteen years ago, as a family, we decided to buy the bandsaw mill that you see here.

It can cut logs up to a 36-inch diameter. Most of the wood we mill comes off of our property here in Upstate New York. Working with wood is one of my favorite hobbies. With the prices of lumber being off on the charts, thank goodness we are capable of producing our own lumber.

The 25-horsepower Briggs and Stratton engine can handle anything that we can load onto the bed of the mill.

Over the years we have milled thousands of board feet on all different species of wood. Here you see some of the wood we have cut, most of it being specialty lumber, including Spalted maple, Black Cherry, Black Walnut, Ambrosia Maple, and all different species of pine.

Some of the wood I use for all types of projects. The cutting boards in this picture we sell at different craft shows. They go like hotcakes. The cutting boards are made from different species of wood which give them a very unique look. No two boards are ever exactly the same.

Another item I bring to market are these handcrafted signs. Most of them have a live edge. Live edge lumber simply means that the wood is not produced with straight edges, but rather with the edges of the wood following the contour of the tree's outer edge.

This sign says it all, and for those that have a dream follow up with it and it may just come true.