Sawmills, sawmill buildings, drying sheds, and kilns... show your pictures!
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Rustyiron
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20" is plenty big for sawing building materials 
Nice looking stack of logs!
In my short time sawing I never really thought through log taper or sweep. Sawing will clearly illustrate it especially when you look at the slabwood pile
Nice looking stack of logs!
In my short time sawing I never really thought through log taper or sweep. Sawing will clearly illustrate it especially when you look at the slabwood pile
Rustyiron
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About Basswood, what can it be used for? All that I've ever heard is carving and trim work. Last year for giggles I cut a couple of 8x8 cants out of 1 tree. One twisted and checked pretty severely and the other looks great. They spent the winter outside stacked 8" off the ground. I've got some beautiful straight and some tall basswood and popple that I've been tempted to saw into lumber but it seems to be looked at as mainly pulpwood.^^^^
I wouldn't even be able to put those on my mill the way that it's set up now. I tried cutting an 8' basswood log around 16" on the butt... when I turned the log it pushed the entire mill sideways, off the supports.
My nice hemlocks are limited, the previous owner was a logger, not that he stripped everything but....
bindian
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Nice looking mill. Where are they made?
hugs, Brandi
bindian
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Toe boards are nice for logs with huge taper. With that said, I hardly use mine. Faster to just cut thru two faces. Otherwise, it just moves the taper to the last two faces. On sweep................horns always up.20" is plenty big for sawing building materials
Nice looking stack of logs!
In my short time sawing I never really thought through log taper or sweep. Sawing will clearly illustrate it especially when you look at the slabwood pile
hugs, Brandi
bindian
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I think I finished leveling the pad today. Gonna wait for my concrete guy with his laser transient to say for sure.
hugs, Brandi
hugs, Brandi
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I spent a couple 4, maybe 5 hours on that 20" log. In those pictures last night I only had one side surfaced. I still needed to rotate and cut the other 3 sides. Having to rotate with a pevey (sp?) ain't easy. Missing the turn, the log dropped back down on the mill and caused me problems in the travel smoothness. Plus the overall length is about 2 to 3 iches short of my overall travel. Some of my slowness is trying to plan my cuts for 2x material. Final log to saw after squaring was about 16" x 16". I still have about (4) 1" pieces to cut into stringers tomorrow before the next log goes on. These are red pine.
In the afternoon, I had to relevel the mill and get better supports under the 4x6's under the mill. Plus I think we set record temps today, up in the 90's. Yuck. Tomorrow, more heat before it starts to cool back to normal on Saturday. Jon
In the afternoon, I had to relevel the mill and get better supports under the 4x6's under the mill. Plus I think we set record temps today, up in the 90's. Yuck. Tomorrow, more heat before it starts to cool back to normal on Saturday. Jon
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Mill is a Timberry M100 with a 9hp Kohler engine. Entry level, single post. When looking for them last year, I liked the cross bracing on the rails that Woodmizer mills had. Noticed Timberry had them also. Found out that Woodmizer bought out Timberry and are now making them in Indy, IN. Better delivery last year than Woodmizer due to shortages. Doesn't have all their frills. Jon
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Well I am officially in the que at Woodland Mills . My order was confirmed today .
I ordered an HM 130 max mill with extension , 2 boxes of blades , 1 peavey , 1 winch post kit , sawmill cover until I get something up to cover the mill and a spare parts kit . Right now they are saying 6-12 weeks . My chipper came in a month earlier than it was supposed to last fall so I am hoping to get the mill in 6-8 weeks . (never know) I am also going to look around for a good green laser for the mill so that I am not constantly pulling out the measuring tape . In the meantime I will finish the area down in the woods that I am clearing for the mill and lay shale down for a good solid pad to build a base on. Then I will get milling on the wood for our shop. Pretty pumped !
I ordered an HM 130 max mill with extension , 2 boxes of blades , 1 peavey , 1 winch post kit , sawmill cover until I get something up to cover the mill and a spare parts kit . Right now they are saying 6-12 weeks . My chipper came in a month earlier than it was supposed to last fall so I am hoping to get the mill in 6-8 weeks . (never know) I am also going to look around for a good green laser for the mill so that I am not constantly pulling out the measuring tape . In the meantime I will finish the area down in the woods that I am clearing for the mill and lay shale down for a good solid pad to build a base on. Then I will get milling on the wood for our shop. Pretty pumped !
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