Paul Hartzell
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I have several logs about 4 ft. long. The wood is Russian Olive. The thickness varies from 5-10 inches. I contacted a local saw mill and they said they are too short to run through their mill. I would like to turn these into boards of 3/4 thickness....width obviously would vary. I've thought about using a power plainer to make a flat side, then resawing through a bandsaw....if I could find one that can cut up to 10 inches thick. I don't really want to have a bandsaw beyond this task. Once the logs are sliced I would run them through a planer, which I don't have but wouldn't mind having. I'm not trying to set up a woodworking shop, but I would like to build something with Russian Olive, even if it's small. So my question is....how would you handle this task? If there was someone in the Minneapolis (or even Minnesota somewhere) I would pay to have someone do it. Apart from that, I'd invest in the minimum amount of tools.