I dont know why there are so many critics out there decrying what hes doing wrong. He's come up with an ingenious solution to a common question. It works for him, and if you can do better, then post your own videos and let us judge them.
Great video again. If you were to square the trunk to the support table via wedges your first cut will be parallel or 90 degrees to the trunk. Then the second surface would also be parallel to the first and the trunk would be square/true to the top. Also this will balance it for the lathe if you so desired. Your first cut is at the mercy of the person that cut the side that is laying on your support table. Not important, just mentioning it. Thanks for sharing.
@@upyego. If the log is not sitting plumb and you cut the first cut level when you flip it to cut the second level cut the log is sitting flat and level but the log is not plumb…the two ends will be parallel and level but the log will not be plumb…weather it makes a difference is up to what your looking for…for me I’m setting a anvil on it so I want the log to be as plumb and level as possible…I hope I explained myself clearly…🖖
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That is one technique I'd like to do in the future. Especially for an end grain cutting board. Putting them in the planer need some preparation and the size is always a concern. I might use it also for my woodworking table top that is no longer perfectly flat. Thanks for sharing!
And if the log is too canted off and a wedge section from the side, I'd guess that shimming the bottom while leveling the top would be the way to do it? Also wouldn't using an axe or adze to hew off the bark be more effective than that power tool? Sometimes that bark will split off in a big ol' chunk and it goes faster than what you did there.
I think parallel is more accurate. Since one end is a larger than the other, it may be a challenge for them to be perpendicular. Really enjoyed the video.
it can be done with the same jig if you turn the stump horizontally and find the centers as pivot points so that you could rotate the stump instead manually
Maybe leave the bark on one time? The bark is so beautiful maybe you could incorporate it into your build but it was pretty interesting watching you nonetheless good job!
I've got a 220v 3hp Grizzly G800 lathe I've never even run you can have for $4k. Professional level machine. Center is 12" over the bed so you can turn a 24" piece, and has 60" long bed. Has an open end so the 150# power head can be turned around and you can turn up to a 60" disc. Solid cast iron, weighs about 600 lbs. Grizzly stopped importing them bc there wasn't enough profit due to China iron embargo and not enough buyers. A similar quality American-made lathe costs two to three times more. I live in So California. Reply if you're interested. Harder to move than a piano.
graet idea in theory! but it seems like there are better ways!its alot of work for starters it isnt to hard to do with a chain saw the practice cuts would be easier than your jig!
How to flatten a stump and destroy you’re back at the same time. Just a little advice my friend, you better stop abusing your back because you’re gonna wind up in the shape I’m in. Just because it’s quick to just reach down and pick up something and get it done fast doesn’t mean that’s the way you should do it lol. If you don’t have a way to lift heavy things use your mind and not you’re back. In this video you could have used a board to roll that block of wood up on that table and I’m not being a smart ass , I’m telling you this because I have destroyed my body by doing things the fast way,so be safe and take care of yourself young man.
Ain't fuck all to do with being strong. You could have the ability to bench press 1000Lbs but STILL fuck your back picking up a kitten . . . Let alone a fuck-off great lump o' wood.
Nice jig idea and video. I have two comments. Take it from a guy who used to lift and work just like being portrayed in this video. Eventually, you are going to blow out some lumbar discs. I've had two surgeries from years of doing the same in the video. Second, you mentioned the ends are "perpendicular". I assume this is in reference to perpendicular to the sides of the log. Actually, the two milled ends are parallel to each other. The sides are not necessarily perpendicular. The sides could actually be many degrees off, but the ends would be parallel to each other.
Thanks my stove only fits 21 13/16" logs . just jokeing . It would make a good anvil base if i had one . O yes i do. Becarefull with your back you only get one take care of it. No bull the owner of the machine shop i work at used the giant borring mill to do one for a anvil for in the yard .
3:36 "perfectly perpendicular", nope. Perpendicular is 90 degrees from each other. The top and bottom as you were trying to say are PARALLEL to each other. Since you were going to do both, the top and bottom. You very easily could have cut the first end PERPENDICULAR to the log side. THen flipped it and then just cut the bottom parallel to the top, therefore making it PERPENDICULAR to the sides as well. That way the log would not look like it was leaning. Unless leaning is what you were after. You can also get a piece of thick plexiglass and attach it to your router deck. Example 30" long and the width of the diameter of the table on the router. Then affix your boards and run the new "table" back and forth, left and right, etc without moving the "track" for each pass. I've been doing this for many years. It is much easier with the movable "deck" attached to the router. A plunge router is the best way to go as well. A time saver, so as to not have to move your tracks.
