Next, build a platform that will hold your saw and wrap around the post. To mill your wood, simply stand it on end near the post and guide your chainsaw down and through the length of the log.

He sinks a 6-ft. log into a shallow hole and uses a chainsaw to mill two 3-in.-thick slabs for use as a back and seat. To guide the cut, Barnes marks a line or follows a straight 2 x 4.

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Save big by choosing an affordable, portable sawmill to cut homemade lumber with a bandsaw mill or chainsaw mill attachment.

Our experiments with an Alaskan small log mill attached to our chainsaw had variable results making planks from downed trees.

I started milling lumber about 25 years ago with a chainsaw mill, which is just a chainsaw with an attachment to control the depth of cut. The simple device allowed me to consistently cut accurate ...