LEARN THE BASICS OF MILLING AND THE TOOLS NEEDED
There or loads of ways to mill your own wood but in this video I will cover the process that I use to prepare my lumber to become furniture.
When buying rough-sawn lumber, the boards will never come completely flat or square. You need to make them that way by milling it.
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Philip Morley
Use this video as a reference every time you mill wood. Feel free to skip ahead.
What do I mean by "milling?" - https://youtu.be/ahr7oUWhiLU?t=27
Check the jointer is set up correctly - https://youtu.be/ahr7oUWhiLU?t=151
What if the outfeed table is too high? - https://youtu.be/ahr7oUWhiLU?t=326
Let's talk about milling - https://youtu.be/ahr7oUWhiLU?t=506
First, check how the board wobbles - https://youtu.be/ahr7oUWhiLU?t=563
Don't push too hard. Just enough to keep the board secure - https://youtu.be/ahr7oUWhiLU?t=600
Watch out for grain direction - https://youtu.be/ahr7oUWhiLU?t=620
Here is one way you can mill a board - https://youtu.be/ahr7oUWhiLU?t=705
Here is the way I mill - https://youtu.be/ahr7oUWhiLU?t=866
On to the planer - https://youtu.be/ahr7oUWhiLU?t=898
Back to the jointer - https://youtu.be/ahr7oUWhiLU?t=993
How do I mill the final edge? - https://youtu.be/ahr7oUWhiLU?t=1046
Back to the planer, of course - https://youtu.be/ahr7oUWhiLU?t=1110
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