Dealing With Blade Kerf Milling Lumber w Woodmizer LT15 Sawmill

Wilson Forest Lands
Wilson Forest Lands
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Published 2024-01-03
This is how I deal with the blade kerf on my Woodmizer LT15 sawmill. Or maybe said more accurately, how I justify the way I deal with the kerf. The blade kerf is the wood the blade removes as sawdust. The blades I use create a curve about 1/8 inch thick. If something isn’t done to account for the kerf, we will end up with lumber that is thinner than what we may want. In this video I am milling some Douglas fir logs into lumber. Some of which I plan on using to build a small off grid cabin. I also attempt to answer other questions I have been getting. Why I mill full dimension lumber instead of common dimensional lumber.  What I do with the lumber after I mill it. Do I sticker plain and process it more?

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All Comments (21)
  • @ronaldmatros9890
    Stop it,stop it, your making my side hurt I'm laughing so hard. OSB attachment, I just about hade coffee blow out of my nose. You do know how to make a person smile.
  • @stevek5988
    Final thought, Remember, today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.
  • @jlc3867
    I finally found a person with a sence of humor. Most people now are gloom and doom. Hey everyone know it's bad out there without others telling them. I would rather watch Mr Wilson and learn some things. Ideas for future video? Maybe why it didn't rain the other day...LOL.
  • @100-AcreWoods
    I just purchased a Woodmizer LX50Super (new model), and I've been watching your content in anticipation of sawing my first logs. This is exactly the video I was going to ask for! Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
  • @edwinlikeshistractor8521
    You are my favorite time traveler of all time. Maybe the weatherperson was right and you had just slipped a dimensional cog or two.
  • @howardkettner
    Another terrific video. Love it. A ton of learning in a short time.
  • @jamesmorgan6782
    You are definitely a unique person, lol. Love the little quips.😊
  • @user-df4ul5kt6d
    All my angst just went away! I’ve been so fixated on how thick to cut my lumber. I’ll just cut fulldimension, and deal with it! Thanks for that! Also looking for how to slab short(24”) like firewood length boards for a friend who makes custom signs. How about a vid on that!? Thanks John
  • @brentoconnor6127
    It’s actually geometry, but it funny regardless! Glad I found your channel.
  • @digger0429
    Like your videos funny and learning about how to cut lumber nice looking
  • @glenbobnick4192
    Building with green rough sawn lumber has its challenges...lots more measuring due to variable thickness and widths. And then allowing for shrinkage in service (or just compromising). I use rough sawn for pole barns and farm/ranch structures. Fortunately most of what I mill is pretty dry already, but I lose a lot working around the radial splits. The bug holes and other defects however can add character to furniture and go well with my B grade joinery!
  • @Pascalore
    It only seems like the cost of things goes up but what is really happening is the value of the money being used to buy those things goes down so you need more of it to buy the same quantity. But on topic, kerf really doesn't exist when you make your first cuts to the outside of a log as that is all unusable anyway. I do like your presentation.
  • @arthurbrands6935
    I know a guy who says he can get me OSB and birchply seeds, ready to plant, only $1000 / sack!