Making a bar with your own hands

Today, you can find many different materials on sale that make good houses, outbuildings and even pieces of furniture. For these purposes, profiled timber is often used. It is ideal for a wide variety of applications. In this article, we will learn how you can make this material with your own hands.

Currently, profiled timber is used literally everywhere. Both inexpensive and elite dwellings, house buildings and other structures of similar types are built from it. Many people use timber to make homemade eco-friendly furniture. All this speaks about the relevance of the material under consideration, its relevance. But few of the users know that it is quite possible to make a timber with their own hands.

There are several most common reasons why users decide to make quality timber on their own.

1. At the head of the "table" is the financial issue. In fact, in many cases, users can seriously save money if they make a beam with their own hands, rather than buying it ready-made. But at the same time, we must not forget about the temporary factor - you will have to spend some time on making homemade products.
2. Often people need a beam that has dimensions that are far from standard. It can be very difficult (or impossible) to find such materials on sale. In such a situation, the solution to the problem can only be the independent production of such an environmentally friendly material with suitable dimensional parameters.
3. The reason for the independent production of timber can be the presence of a large amount of leftovers, for example, edged boards, which are no longer profitable to put up for sale. From such components, you can make a high-quality timber and put it into action.
4. If you really need powerful and strong supporting beams, then a beam made of thick boards will be a good solution. The result is very good designs that do not crack, twist, rot or mold.

It should be borne in mind that walls built from homemade profiled beams can be left without auxiliary finishing. Without paint, wallpaper and other materials, such bases look no less impressive and attractive.

There are several different ways in which users can make a high-quality timber with their own hands. Each home craftsman chooses the optimal technology for himself.

Before looking for tools on sale that will help make a good bar, you need to figure out what it can be made of. Different materials are suitable for such work, but ordinary boards will be the best solution.... Homemade timber is made of them in most cases, since it is quite simple and convenient, especially if the master does not have special woodworking equipment available.

Also, a beam is not difficult to build from a round log. This is an equally popular solution. Most often, in order to build bars from such a base, craftsmen use a high-quality chainsaw - in this matter, it will become the best "helper". Together with the chainsaw, it is also advisable to prepare a special attachment that you can build with your own hands.

Carrying out such work, it is necessary to act step by step in order to avoid mistakes and not to translate the existing material in vain. Let's consider in detail how to properly make a high-quality timber with your own hands.

Homemade timber is quite possible to obtain using a conventional hand router. It is a very useful and practical tool that many craftsmen have in stock. The considered method of manufacturing a bar is considered one of the simplest and most affordable. For all work, it is necessary to use only a powerful device (not less than 1.5 kW.). To make a bar, the master must also stock up on cutters with a radius of 40 to 50 mm. If it is planned to build not a simple, but a more complicated type of bar, then it is advisable to additionally prepare different nozzles.

With the help of a router, you can even make parts that have a D-shaped side. For such procedures, you will need to additionally purchase a belt or disc sander, as well as a high-quality electric plane.

The use of a router for making a log house has its positive aspects.

1. If the workpiece from which the timber is made is competently prepared and has excellent quality, then with the help of a router it will be possible to achieve 100% accuracy in preparing the groove.
2. If the nozzle on the milling cutter is well sharpened, then the master will not have to additionally grind the part after it has been properly processed.

Let's analyze the process of harvesting a bar using a router in stages.

1. First you need to build a stable and reliable foundation. It is made in the form of a slipway, or a workbench, which stretches over the entire length of the workpieces being processed. The support should turn out to be strong, not staggering, there should also be no backlashes in it. The workpieces should be fixed as efficiently as possible.
2. As mentioned above, in addition to the milling cutter, the master will need special milling nozzles. Their sizes and shapes will directly depend on the degree of complexity of the profile that the master chooses. If you have a lot of experience and appropriate skills, you will be able to get high-quality products that are as close as possible to industrial designs.
3. When working with a milling cutter, the master must necessarily observe the ideal accuracy of guiding the apparatus over a pre-marked area. It is advisable to act so that the tool moves accurately, smoothly along the stably set guides. Jerks or side play should be avoided.

The level of quality of conjugation of all elements will directly depend on how accurately the master will act. This will also affect the quality of buildings that people will build from self-made material in the future.

The timber can be made not only with a router, but also with a saw. The tool can be either gasoline or manual. This manufacturing method also turns out to be simple. It is especially convenient to use a saw to make a bar from a round log.

Let's consider what steps such work will consist of.

1. First you need to make a chainsaw attachment. To do this, use corner pieces welded with each other. A round pipe is also used - this will be a handle. Chainsaw fasteners are made on the side. It should rotate 360 ​​degrees.
2. From the chainsaw, you will need to remove the plastic cover and attach the homemade rig.
3. Further, in the center of the log, it will be necessary to fix the board guide by attaching it to the screws.It is along it that the slider with the saw will move.
4. Next, it will be necessary, in 2 approaches, to cut off the side parts of the log on both sides. As a result, you will get a perfectly flat square bar.

There is a method that will make it easy to profile the finished rectangular bar. Let's consider what stages it consists of.

• In this case, it will be necessary to build a high-quality structure, in the form of a strong, non-staggering slipway, or a workbench. The length of this structure must match the length of the raw material.

• In the work under consideration, the main goal of the master will be to correctly cut out the same type of V-shaped grooves. They should be on opposite sides of the piece of wood.

• In order to accurately mark the areas with future grooves, you will need to prepare a template from the bar, the width parameter of which will correspond to the size of the future groove. This template will need to be installed along the entire length of the main bar, exactly in the center. In accordance with the indicators of the template, the master will need to beat off 2 parallel lines, along which cuts will subsequently be made.

• Along the marked lines, using a circular saw set at an angle of 45 degrees, you will need to make a neat cut along the entire length of the base on opposite sides, at a given level of depth. If everything is cut correctly, you will end up with a perfectly flat V-shaped groove.

If you decide to build a high-quality timber with your own hands, then you should take on board a few useful tips and tricks that will allow you to carry out all the work without errors and shortcomings.

• Before making a bar using a milling machine, the master must take into account that a high-revving tool with very sharp cutters will avoid the further process of grinding a homemade bar.

• It is most convenient to cut a log to make a bar using a chainsaw equipped with a special frame. Such a device will allow you to properly cut the workpiece, abandoning the services of a sawmill.

• Before starting the chainsaw for sawing workpieces, the master must make sure that the tool contains chains designed for longitudinal cutting of wood (the same type of cutting is suitable for breaking up a log - this is the easiest way to dissolve it into boards and slats). Only then will the sawing process be simple, fast and of high quality.

• When working with various tools for cutting or sawing wood, it is very important to observe safety precautions. The user must act as carefully, carefully and strictly according to technology. In such work, unnecessary haste and anxiety can lead to very bad consequences.

• It is most convenient to make a bar using high-quality and properly working tools. Excellent quality is demonstrated by branded devices, for example, devices from Makita, Bosch, Dexter. In use, such products turn out to be very convenient and effective.

• When making a bar using a router, one must not forget that a special nozzle for such work should ideally suit him. Often, craftsmen are faced with the fact that the newly purchased accessory for the router did not fit their tool. It is necessary to select nozzles in accordance with the specific model of the machine.

• The timber is strongly recommended to be made only from high quality boards or logs. The materials must be free from signs of decay, mold or other serious defects. From such raw materials, it will not be possible to obtain truly reliable and strong bars, which will be used for further construction work.

• When making homemade glued beams, the prepared wooden layers (boards) should be sewn using a special glue for woodworking. The composition must be designed for indoor use. It is advisable to find an environmentally friendly adhesive solution.

Self-made timber is not the fastest process... If the master is afraid to get involved with such works or does not want to waste time, then it makes sense to think about buying ready-made bars. This is the easiest way out.

In this video, you will learn how to make grooves in a bar using a template.