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u/jaybill · 1 pointr/woodworking

There are many ways to do this, but here's what I'd do: Grab one of these things (or a similar system that attaches to your chainsaw that lets you cut straight lines in logs) and cut them into slabs. I would probably shoot to make the slabs around 4/4, or 1" thick. Once it's dried and milled, this will yield a finished thickness of 3/4". Even if you plan to resaw it down to a thinner final size (for your boxes and such) I'd still dry it as 4/4. Personally, I've had a lot of trouble drying anything thinner than that.

Paint the ends of the pieces with Anchorseal (or even latex paint) to prevent checking. Find a covered dry spot that gets a decent amount of airflow (somewhere you won't miss the space for a year, I use the back of my open carport) and stack up the pieces with stickers (pieces of wood longer than the width of your slabs, cut to say 1" square) between them. Opinions vary on how far apart to place the stickers, I generally go 18". Line the stickers up. Place something heavy (cinder blocks, bricks, etc.) on top of the pile (over wherever the stickers are) to weigh it down and keep it from warping too much. I've also heard of people skipping weights in favor of ratchet tie-downs, but I've never tried this.

Drying time will vary widely depending on climate type of wood, how dry it already is, etc, but plan on a few months to a year before milling.

If this sounds like a fiddly process, well, it is, but it's not super difficult once you get the process down, and you can save a boatload of money versus buying finished lumber.

There's lots of resources online for how to mill/stack/dry lumber. Here's a few I pulled from my bookmarks:

http://www.woodmagazine.com/materials-guide/lumber/how-to-succeed-at-air-drying-lumber/

George over at Woodworker's Guild of America did a bunch of very useful videos on lumber/drying/etc:

http://www.wwgoa.com/video/000238_cutting-lumber-from-logs/

http://www.wwgoa.com/video/000268_how-to-plain-saw-logs-into-lumber/

http://www.wwgoa.com/video/000212_air-drying-fresh-cut-lumber/

Also, if you don't want to wait as long, you can build a solar kiln, which I swear I'm going to try someday.

http://www.wwgoa.com/video/000326_solar-kiln-basics/


Hope that helps and best of luck!