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 roughsawn lumber, the boards will never come completely flat or square. You need to make them that way by milling it.

Thanks for watching,
Philip Morley


Use this video as a reference every time you mill wood. Feel free to skip ahead.

What do I mean by "milling?"    • Milling Lumber: 101  

Check the jointer is set up correctly    • Milling Lumber: 101  

What if the outfeed table is too high?    • Milling Lumber: 101  

Let's talk about milling    • Milling Lumber: 101  

First, check how the board wobbles    • Milling Lumber: 101  

Don't push too hard. Just enough to keep the board secure    • Milling Lumber: 101  

Watch out for grain direction    • Milling Lumber: 101  

Here is one way you can mill a board    • Milling Lumber: 101  

Here is the way I mill    • Milling Lumber: 101  

On to the planer    • Milling Lumber: 101  

Back to the jointer    • Milling Lumber: 101  

How do I mill the final edge?    • Milling Lumber: 101  

Back to the planer, of course    • Milling Lumber: 101  

Did you know we have a Patreon page?    • Milling Lumber: 101  

Let's review    • Milling Lumber: 101  



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