Milling

With all the mapping done I spent my time doing some rough milling, where I break down the boards into widths about 1/4" oversize, and a couple of inches too long.  This gives me space so when I flatten the edges I do not make the board too narrow.  I do the ripping (cutting parallel to the grain) with my band saw, and the crosscutting with a handsaw.  The next step is to flatten the edges and the faces by hand, and cut them to final width.