Oregon Pine Cutting (4 hours)

2025-07-28

Got help from a friend to cut the Oregon pine beams. I prepared the cutlist previously based on the plans and resources provided by Serge Pennec in the documentation. It took roughly 4 hours, including the trip back and forth to the workshop.

Good to have friends with proper machines.
Good to have friends with proper machines.
Half-way through the process.
Half-way through the process.
Packed and heading home.
Packed and heading home.
Done and back at the workshop. All cut and labelled.
Done and back at the workshop. All cut and labelled.
Shorter pieces.
Shorter pieces.

Captain Hindsight Speaking

In hindsight, I should probably have made fewer cuts on the table saw and left more beams to cut myself on the band saw. It would have been sufficient to have one straight edge as a reference and finish the rest on the planer.

The large table saw ate away 4 mm per cut which adds up to quite a lot of material.

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