{"id":14468,"date":"2026-05-04T01:33:04","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T01:33:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ben.akrin.com\/?p=14468"},"modified":"2026-05-04T01:33:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T01:33:04","slug":"mean-lean-milling-machine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ben.akrin.com\/?p=14468","title":{"rendered":"Mean Lean Milling Machine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I started going through the massive amount of <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/ben.akrin.com\/extra-christmas\/\" target=\"_blank\">oak that was dropped in my driveway<\/a> last Winter. It&#8217;s fun and fast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ben.akrin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_6018-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ben.akrin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_6018-1024x643.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14470\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Everything is massive with this oak. I excised some of the cool knots, not sure if I&#8217;ll ever do something with them but I figure they might be cool in some project. They need to dry a few years first so now&#8217;s not the time to think of what that could be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/ben.akrin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_5998-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ben.akrin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_5998-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"14471\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/ben.akrin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_5998-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ben.akrin.com\/?attachment_id=14471\" class=\"wp-image-14471\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/ben.akrin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_6002-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ben.akrin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_6002-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"14472\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/ben.akrin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_6002-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/ben.akrin.com\/?attachment_id=14472\" class=\"wp-image-14472\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beyond the knots, we thought it&#8217;d be kind of a shame not to get a few boards out of such a special tree. It&#8217;s oak, it really stood out as a tree, it&#8217;s close to 200 years old, and we walked past it for 10 of them. So after researching possibilities, I bought a chainsaw mill with a 24&#8243; bar and a ripping chain. The saw is a monster when fully equipped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ben.akrin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_6056-1-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ben.akrin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_6056-1-1024x541.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14478\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I haven&#8217;t taken it on its maiden ripping yet, all in due time. And now I&#8217;m dreaming of going deeper in the woods and building a cabin with lumber milled on the spot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I started going through the massive amount of oak that was dropped in my driveway last Winter. It&#8217;s fun and fast. Everything is massive with this oak. I excised some of the cool knots, not sure if I&#8217;ll ever do something with them but I figure they might be cool in some project. 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