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Building a Sawmill to Repurpose Juniper Trees
Deliver the materials.
Deliver the mill.
Assemble the mill motor.
Mill Motor done?
Leveling the floor for the motor has to be done before building the exterior of the mill.
Level and prepare footings for building.
Start the foundation.
Put up the foundation walls.
Almost done.
Getting the roofing supports up.
What's next?
More roof supports.
Progress on the skeleton.
Roofing has started.
Progress on the roofing.
The ridge is placed on last.
But does it work?
Bring in the first log.
Set the log in position.
The bumpy exterior has been shaved off one side.
Some of the many boards obtained by the cedar milling process.
How the Nature Preserve Repurposes Eastern Red Juniper
Trunks that are not going to be used immediately are painted on ends to slow drying process.
The first step is cutting the length of the logs.
This bench is ready to sit on.
With help, the ends of a board are smoothed.
The foundation of the picnic table is assembled at the Baumann Village Site.
Checking out the layout for the picnic table top.
The picnic table becomes a map showing the route of El Camino Real through Milam County.
The completed picnic table with additional log seats provided by the Baumann family at the Baumann Village Site.
An indoor dining table with legs protected with tape during the assemblage process.
Trail signs from thinner and shorter boards.
More trail signs.
No good piece is too small. They can be made into cutting boards!
Small pieces become shelves and long strips become legs to construct handmade specialized speaker stands.
The stand will be coated as final step in production.
