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Sawing short stuff

Firewood Potter

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Anyone here made a rig / carriage/ jig to saw really short billets on a bandsaw mill? My mill will nearly handle 7’ but I have need a lot of times to saw some that I call firewood, 2’-3’ long. have an idea for one and have made a model, but I would like to see what others have done.
 

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What make mill you have? Lots of times you can simply order an extra cross arm. Then you use a piece of 3/4 plywood as a bridge, fasten to the cross arms. Lay your short on the ply and toe-nail the ends with a few screws. Some folks add a 2 by as an additional support fence along your short.
 
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