Cutting Lap siding boards on a Bandsaw

[AHPP]

26 minutes ago, openspaceman said:

I lost my first reply which was long so I'll do a short one;

 

It's strange that we first cleft planks from the round and now saw a rectangular cant and flip it in order to reproduce the cleft shape. Wouldn't it be logical to half a round log then dog one sector and index it through the saw?

**************** the modern world. Let it grind to a halt and starve through competitive ignorance. 

[Conor Wright]

14 hours ago, AHPP said:

**************** the modern world. Let it grind to a halt and starve through competitive ignorance. 

Be careful what you wish for, you'd have nowhere left to post such stuff if it ever did happen. Just sayin'.

Saying that, Scaling back a bit on our general consumption could only be a good thing. A complete breakdown of "the modern world" would be uncomfortable at best and that's just for those who survive it.