Posted By: Randy Cook
Making trees into timber - 01/28/03 06:43 PM
I just moved to Northern Virginia and I'm just amazed at all the straight-grained, knot-free Red Oak available for the taking. The only problem is that my boards and beams are still inside the tree. Is there some sort of inexpensive, muscle-powered rip saw, or other tool that I could use to cut a trunk into planks and beams? It seems a shame for it all to go into fireplaces, but that's where it all goes right now. As must be obvious, I don't know beans about timber-framing (yet), but you guys seemed like a good bet to know about this stuff. Thanks