Quote Originally Posted by Luke Maddux View Post
My cousin and I are both woodworkers.

He is incredibly knowledgeable on the greener, rougher end of things, while I'm more of the finer side of things, i.e. furniture building.

We have collectively decided that, this winter (in the US) we are going to cut down a tree and mill part of it into boards. We will then wax and stack the boards, wait a year or two, and then build two matching pieces of furniture with the wood. A cradle-to-grave operation which will allow us to teach each other our respective skills, have something to look forward to for a couple of years, and end up with two heirloom pieces of furniture which will hopefully last many lifetimes.

Oh... and I forgot to mention... We're going to do it all - yes all of it - by hand. From felling axe to cabinet scraper all by hand.

Don't try to talk me out of it! I know this will require a colossal effort, but we're going to do it. All the way from tree to table (maybe that'll be a good title for the post about it in three years...).

So all of that said, I was hoping someone may be able to direct me to some online resources for information on how the first few steps are done. Basically a tutorial about how to turn a log into boards with hand tools. After that I've got it covered, but I want to do my research so that I'm not worthless for the majority of the sweating.

Thanks a lot in advance for any help on this.

Cheers,
Luke
Good luck with it Luke...MM