
Woodworker's Journal Magazine Click Here to Subscribe Sign Up to Get Free Plans Visit Our Online Store From Oak Trees to Lumber to Projects October 8th , 2012 by Herb Brodie 3 Comments A couple of weeks ago , in Woodworker’s Journal eZine Issue 310, Woodworker’s Journal editor in chief Rob Johnstone wrote in his introductory editorial about a friend who’d questioned him on the viability of cutting his own lumber for a project Rob asked eZine readers if any of them had ever chopped a tree down , turned it into lumber and built a project . Many of them had including Herb Brodie , who shares his story . here I have many large , old oak trees on my lot . Every couple of years , one fails for a variety of reasons from wind to rot . I’ve cut a lot of firewood from these trees over the last 30