jerry cousins
09-20-2006, 7:42 PM
Here's a technique for setting the 1st cut with an Alaskan Mill.
Put 2 nails in the ends of the log - pic 1 – roughly the same height from the bottom of the log. Then put in 2 nails on the top of the log at each end – about the same spacing as the end nails. Level the 2 nails to each end – note.. the pairs of nails (2 at each end of the log) do not need to be level to each other.
Tie a string to one of the end nails – draw it up and over the nail on top – stretch it down the length of the log – on top of the nail at the other end – down to the nail in the end - wrap it around – then wrap it around the other end nail – and again stretch it up and over the top nail and down the log - tie it off to the nail in the end (your’re back where you started) – pics 3 & 4.
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jerry
Put 2 nails in the ends of the log - pic 1 – roughly the same height from the bottom of the log. Then put in 2 nails on the top of the log at each end – about the same spacing as the end nails. Level the 2 nails to each end – note.. the pairs of nails (2 at each end of the log) do not need to be level to each other.
Tie a string to one of the end nails – draw it up and over the nail on top – stretch it down the length of the log – on top of the nail at the other end – down to the nail in the end - wrap it around – then wrap it around the other end nail – and again stretch it up and over the top nail and down the log - tie it off to the nail in the end (your’re back where you started) – pics 3 & 4.
see the next post
jerry