Tuesday, September 2, 2014

How to give lumber an old saw mill look





                                                                                                                              To give lumber an old saw mill look I used an old saw blade and bent a couple of teeth. This will give you boards that look like they came out of an old barn.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 












To start I found an old saw blade but there was one problem, the hole was to big for my table saw. My arbor was 5/8" and the hole on the blade was 3/4". So what I did was get a 3/4" washer and with my drill press and a vise I carefully drilled out the washer with a 5/8" drill bit. This gave me a bushing that fit in the blade.


To  keep track of what I was doing I use a Sharpie and marked a few teeth that I wanted to bend.









I put a small screw into a piece of plywood protruding 1/16".
To get an accurate reading I  measured it with a caliper.                          





I used a piece of maple and with a hammer I pounded the saw blade.
I took quit a few hits to get  the bends I wanted.

 I installed the blade and was ready to test the blade. Below is just one example of the texture I got. I tried many different woods and got many results. I guess it depends on blade height, type of wood and maybe the speed you push the wood.
Now I have to find some projects to  use this wood!













7 comments:

  1. Thanks for this guide for the give lumber old saw mill look. Would like to see some other posts on the same subject! Thank you!

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  2. This is really interesting and I like the detailed photos, too! I used it as reference to work on mine and turned out close to what was posted here.

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