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Congrats on your mill! Hopefully you enjoy milling your own lumber soon.

The cedar I cut last year was about 80 years old. Trees like that don't come along too often unless you're buying from a tree service. I wish I had 18-22 inch diameter logs to throw on there everytime, but don't have the bankroll to make it happen.

@@HIVESawyer BAck in the day I used to rip small boards of things like apple and cherry on an 18" bandsaw. By the time they seasoned they were all warped. But if ya cut everything 2" thick you gotta wait 3 years. Those trunks and branches produced very little useable wood, but I just started making jewelry boxes. lol I'm in Northern VT now and I'm now surrounded by more free logs than I can even keep up with for firewood. I know of a couple of huge white pines that blew down last winter you'd just kill for. Good luck. Looks like a nice little saw.

I don't have plans for these boards yet, but have some plans for benches out of the 2" slabs I've cut out of some other logs. I have a couple entryway tables and tiered coffee and end tables I want to put together, which will also be videos on the channel in the future. I do imagine at some point selling lumber, since I can realistically get about a dozen boards from each good sized log and unless I'm doing sawing and woodworking full time, I can't use it all.

Are you requesting me to send the saw to China? That seems expensive and unnecessary.

Thank you! Yes, I probably should have those cables pinned up. The instructions did not have that step, but that's not an excuse. I don't know what you mean about going back and forth. Are you saying up and down the log as it's cutting or the log moving side to side? The log should be secured well enough that it doesn't move, but I do have trouble securing it against the flaking bark. Yes, the sawdust will get buched up from time to time, but I most often find debris such as bark will block it up much faster than wet sawdust. The purpose of the container is necessary for blade lubrication, and the leak actually drips off hose well before it can make it to the log. If I didn't have that, it could easily stretch and warp the blade and cause uneven cutting across the log.

This is the 10HP Briggs & Stratton engine. It was worth the upgrade to me for cutting some more dense woods.

Thanks for watching and the words of encouragement. It is a nice mill for the price. I have another piece of the Cherry tree, and just cut an oak down, so definitely have a few more videos coming this year.

Is that blade dull??

@user-hz3iu9bb5r I have taken two blades into the metal log supports, but other than those being replaced right away, these are factory sharpened blades. I have had the throttle cable work itself loose a couple times, so maybe not running at full power.

Glad to hear you are headed in the same direction on making your own lumber. It has given me access to some wood I wouldn't have been able to purchase locally, as well as some more expensive species. The cherry is about $7 a board foot near me, and I have a black walnut that needs to come down at $15 a board foot. Both would be about a 90 minute trip or special order to get for woodworking.

Keep at it. Once it's put together and level, the sawdust starts flying and you'll forget about the frustrations of putting the sawmill together.

@@HIVESawyer agreed, just a bad start to an expensive purchase. I already have people wanting me to mill things for them! I shouild be up and running this week, just doing final adjustments!

😅Je serais très reconnaisant si vous aviez le document technique en français et si vous pouvez me le faire parvenir : un grand merci et à bientôt. MT

La réponse je l'ai bien reçue !,mais toujours en Englais!!!!!!!!!

@@bateaugallia Je parle un peu francais, a la bibliotheque. Ca fait 10 a 15 ans. Je n'ecris pas la documentation. Je suis desole.