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How to Transform Found Wood Into Usable Stock

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• How to Transform Found Wood Into Usable Stock
• Start by Sectioning the Logs
• Make yourself a shooting box
• Processing Your Wood: The 5 Key Steps
• 5 Key Steps Continued

Make yourself a shooting box

With any luck at all, you now have several workable sections that need further processing. But wait a minute! Because none of the surfaces is flat enough to allow machining, you need to build what we call a "shooting box." This simple-to-construct jig makes it possible for you to shave one of the log's surfaces flat with the help of a router. The Shooting Box Drawing shows how the various jig parts fit together.

How to Transform Found Wood Into Usable Stock

Continued on page 4: Processing Your Wood: The 5 Key Steps

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