April, you are an incredible mentor and example to our youth to put down the video games and cell phones and get out and build something! It doesn't matter if it's big or small, complex or simple, just do it! You exemplify the creative "get-r-done" attitude that is in such short supply these days with most of your generation. Thanks for your inspiring, informative, and entertaining videos. As an old fart, I so enjoy your learn as you go and learn from your mistakes attitude while at the same time stressing the importance of preplanning. And, as always, great job to you and your crew!
I have 30 years of welding/fabricating/blacksmith experience, plus in those years I was a Certified Pressure Welder - Boiler Maker, and I think that this would have been a interesting and exciting project to be involved in. Either way, it was both interesting and fun just tuning in and watching your build so far. You however can bet that I will be tuning in to watch the remainder of your project. In fact, before I was injured, I was designing my own saw mill, and that was long before these were a common item. I had my first sawmill experience when I was about 8 years old, when my dad used to take me to the local Mennonite Sawmill and help them with their engine from an old Cat. D8, as he owned a bulldozer of that same make , model and year. A truly exciting and interesting place to go as a small child. Keep up the great work and I do look forward to watching more of your projects.
Great job on the video! You really did a great job capturing how much fun we had behind the scenes, I had a great time! Thanks for all the kind words, can't wait for part 3!!!
Seeing it come together you realise just how big it is. Also seeing the teamwork and craftmanship involved renews my respect for skilled tradespeople. There is no such thing as overbuilding. In the lab I worked in before I retired we had precision grinding machines which needed careful alignment down to hundredths of a mm. They sat on benches and ran off our standard 240V supply. They needed regular adjustment and service and had to be sent offsite every 12 months for major service and adjustment. When the lapping plates wore out they had to be replaced with expensive manufacturers parts. All this was originally done by hand using old free-standing machines powered by massive 415V motors. These were so old they had bakelite switches which eventually had to be replaced after about 50 years of use. When the lapping surfaces on these wore out we just took the plates they were mounted on to the engineering workshop down the road and they cast, machined and fitted a new one. I regularly used these for quick one-off jobs to avoid the time spent setting up the precision machines. I also used them for really large samples the smaller semi-automated equipment couldn't handle. Sure these were over-engineered but I doubt their modern counterpart will still be operating 80 years later.
Being an ex-Nuclear Submarine Machinist Mate Auxiliaryman, Shipyard Outside Machinist, Licensed Carpenter, Machine Shop Supervisor, Screwmachine operator, Overhead Electrical Lineman, Inventor and now a fabricator for Ocean Spray Cranberries, I love seeing people learning new skills. I found out how to do something new at every company I ever worked for. Seeing you guys learning new skills and not accepting that "Oh, I'm not a welder", or "Oh I don't know how to use a drill press so I will have to have someone else do that..." attitude, is very heartwarming for me. Anyone can learn anything if they just give it a try. Never say you can't do something, not at least until you try, try, and try again, and still fail miserably, do you get to say, yah, I can't do that. For me musical instruments are not my forte.
welcome back April we miss you a lot on the last period and I hope your tour for the exhibits was great and successful, nice to see part 2 for the giant mill saw project and for sure I will follow it up till the end God bless you always
Great to see everyone working hard, having fun and loving what they do. Being humble enough to learn from more experienced is always a great goal! Thanks for another great video.
Been off you tube, but was to find the video. Agreed, if someone offers tips and shows you how to do something better, become a sponge. Glad you guys enjoyed yourselves. Having seen how big a log this mill can cut it's not overbuilt. Always amazed at how big they are and that Matt gets them there without a crane. Thanks for sharing April.
Teaching what you learn is a great way to learn. I just saw a video of a Chinese lady go out and harvest some bamboo, drag it home (on her shoulder), then build furniture with it. I thought of you, Matt and Nathan from Out Of The Woods. It went from harvesting to cutting to building to using. It was a beautiful video.
Lady, you and your gang are doing a great job on a really challenging project. It sure helps to have Matt the designer on site and some other experts like JD. It should turn into a really useful mill for someone who will be doing a load of wood projects. It should end up paying for itself somewhere down the line. Glad to see you all having fun. I hope you provided some great food and beverages for the talent you had on hand.
Thanks April. I did a similar project using a thickness planer I took the bottom platten off, and mounted the head onto a carriage. I was able to use this assembly to plane timbers up to 12" x 12", with a 30' carriage, and the rollers would self feed. . I used this several times for my last timber frame.
Even though I would never build one of these, this was such an interesting and fun video to watch! I love watching you build what you need. You've come a long way and deserve all the success you've achieved. Well done Ma'am!
Hi April, i noticed that you almost always weld from left to right (while you are righthanded) and have the pieces in front of you. With MIG/MAG welding you can weld from left to right direction or right to left direction, but both give different results. When welding from left to right, you get a smaller welding joint with deep penetration, while welding from right to left, gives a wider welding joint and less deep penetration and less sparking. Also an extra tip : when using a MIG/MAG welder, you probably have noticed that the copper tip (where your welding wire comes out) inside your nozzle, gets sticky with little molten metal balls from sparking. There is a special spray that you can use to prevent this sticking, but they don't last long if you are welding all day. For this, you can use Tipp-ex correctionfluid what you normal use to correct write errors. This fluid comes in a little tube with brush and can be easily applied on the copper tip. When welding, this fluid doesn't burn off and last many hours of welding.
Great narration, April! Natural educator. Watching Matt's videos makes me want to move to a place where I can have a mill, when I move from Callifornia.
Looking good,are you going to run an electric motor like Matt,or and IC engine? Here's a tip-Instead of using card stock or paper for welding shims,I use 1/2" wide steel banding material (lumber bunk strapping).I leave it stick out a few inches on one end of the assembly,so once the welding is complete I can use a vise-grip style slide hammer to jerk the strapping out. This is much easier than trying to force the assembly off of paper shims. It also helps to give the banding a coat of spatter shield before use.
I love watching this bandsaw mill series April! I like how you gathered the best people together to make this build quick, and just as important FUN!!! I laughed so hard when they broke out the little bandsaw. I just didn't see that one coming...lol. Have a Great Sunday Funday April!
As always, I was so excited to see the newest segment of the build. I noticed everyone had a more relaxed and comfortable demeanor during this filming. The settling in portion has been completed and the tasks are moving faster and easier. Your method of filming the project and accompanying dialog makes me feel like I'm there with you guys. I know it has been a lot of hard work so far but the result will make it all worth it. It sure has been fun for me so far. Can't wait to see the next video...Just lovin' it!
Kudos to you and Matt and the rest of the team April for a fantastic job. That mill is the envy of all woodworkers and all wannabee wood enthusiasts. Excellent work. -Mark
I can’t say much of anything that hasn’t already been said, but I have to say it for myself. Great teamwork. I’m a solo act that has on occasion found others who add synergy to my shop. I thoroughly enjoyed watching the flow of work and the influences of the team. Your input with the voiceover on the video is exceptional. Be Blessed!
I have a very talented friend who asks me how I do something (art) every now and then.....I'll never forget his comment the first time he did that. "Great, now I know what you know...I'll add that to everything I already know and be even more amazing" it sounded funny, but having known him for years and watching him grow through his style of questioning has always been a nice life's lesson. His name is Thomas Yeates and is the current artist for Prince Valiant. I think that's the one thing I like the most about you April, is your willingness to learn, to enjoy the process and let people in. Great video.
This build is over the top cool; what a great crew. The proper way to put the two vertical linear rail posts into position is having the two linear slides mounted on the horizontal beam and mounted to the vertical rails, and assuring the beam is perpendicular to the rails and doing multiple re-positions top and bottom which will make sure the rails are absolutely parallel within thousandths while adjusting clamps prior to tacking. That way, the mounted width of the slide carriages define the width distance and the rotational parallelism of vertical rails. So looking forward to the next installment.
April, This is what I love about you and your channel. This is also another reason I subscribed to your channel. You are very good at your trade, you are not afraid to learn new thing, you listen to what others have to say and you are not arrogant like other channels I have subscribed to. (wood whisper for example) Thank you for teaching me new things and also for sharing your skills.
Incredible diverse talents coupled with GREAT teamwork and professional editing makes for an impressive video of a super cool mill. "The Mill Team" rocks and you all will never forget this astonishing accomplishment.
I worked for ATI....a Top 10 Stainless Steel Mill Corp. in the world. There welders could weld thing better than some of the machines that welded, you know those robot machines. Those guys where amazing. Very Nice April.
Great publication, all-in effort, and no robo-voice !! Huge machine,... you might need a couple more deck lengths.. I very much enjoy 16-24 foot board lengths !! Solid wood furniture is my spiel. Building another CNC has been my ongoing adventure for a decade now.
"AskWoodMan" (Allan Little) swears by those Bessey Rapid-Action clamps, which is where I first learned of their practical use not only in welding applications, but also woodworking - I agree - they're a "go-to" clamp in my shop too! Thanks for another interesting video in your ongoing series toward your bandsaw build -- good stuff!
Hi April Ive watched you for a while and really enjoy your videos. I've built that fold down workbench table you did and its been a great tool for doing what I love in an apartment garage when my wife is at work. That video was quick and straightforward. That's all it needed to be. However this amazing project deserves more then a couple 15 minute videos. I really hope you can go into more detail and spend more time. I would totally watch a 45 minute (especially with Matt) video. Great job and looking forward to the next hopefully longer installment.
Your sawmill is great for what it will be used for. I wouldn't want to cut 500,000bf of pecan or hickory on it but for what you're doing it should give you really good results for a long time. Drying the lumber is toughest part, air dried lumber runs between 12&15%. If you know someone who owns a kiln, you will be able to use your lumber on interior projects. It's almost cost prohibitive to build a dry-kiln unless you plan on going into high production, where you can use the sawdust and chips from the slabs to fire a boiler furnace . You could boil away your moisture using a vacuum pump. Water boils at 55° at 28" of vacuum, maybe there are videos that can give you some process pointers. I know there are many videos concerning resin stabilization that maybe helpful.
You have such great organizational skills as I have mentioned before and now this project should have tested your limits but I don't believe it did. Your an amazing young lady and a really great team player. The build is awesome!
It makes everything go by fast when you have fun and good friends to help, love your videos, I am trying to get my granddaughters to learn how to do things like you so they can do things better and take pride in whatever they do in life again thanks and may God bless and keep you safe.
Hey April going to be a great mill when completed, just a suggestion , if you don't have a set of bolt on forks for your tractor bucket they are one of the best investments I have made for my tractor . They are easy to put on and take off and don't take much storage when you take them off and are not that expensive.
@@AprilWilkerson Bolt on forks suck. Either buy a pallet fork mount for the tractor or build one. We built a pallet fork mount for my wife's tractor ( a little bigger than what you showed) and it is one of the most useful things that she can mount on the front of her tractor. We even built a pallet fork mount frame that fit in a Kubota bucket and bolted in since the Kubota did not have a quick detach bucket. As soon as my son got his skid steer, we built a fork mount for it too. He has picked up a Jeep Cherokee with it and one project that he built that was well over 3000 lbs.
April Wilkerson build a set of pallet forks that take the place of the bucket on your loader. You should be able to find the forks used possibly from a bone yard for forklifts in your area.
You never cease to amaze me April...You have more energy than I think I ever had. Wondering how you like those Fireball Tools? Adam Booth, Keith Rucker, and the other usual suspects love theirs. Such great work, but wow...Your husband is a saint, because I'll tell you right now, my wife would NEVER allow me to built (or buy) anything like this...I barely got my 3D printer by her!
It was fun watching you guys build your Bandsaw Mill. Great example of working together. Editing and narration was great. Your narration must have had a couple of practice runs. You did VERY GOODLY. That is twice as good as good.
OHHHHHHHHH you are full of skill and only growing & getting better Lady... U ROCK !! Long ago I use to be a welder then I transferred to taking up Machining.. We use to make all those cargo carriers you see at all the airports. But the point is you could have worked along side all those guys and there were a few gals doing it but you might have been a distraction. COMPLIMENT.. Good video
My son is in the process of designing a shop. He has already decided to go with 16' doors so he can get stuff in and out. P.S. We use Fusion 360 do design EVERYTHING. It is easy to use and we export cut sheets for the CNC Plasma table to make sure that everything is in the right place and it fits.
April this is the first time I have watched one of your videos and I really enjoyed it. Your on air personality is great and your narrative is spot on. Subscribed immediately.
Again - WOW! Watched Matt's build video in amazement, but the synergistic aspect on this series was really a thing of beauty to see. Now if only you were my neighbor, I've got some mesquite I'd really like to introduce to your mill. ;-) Good stuff y'all - well done.
here's a good idea for a little side project put a universal quick coupler on the mini loader so you can swap between a bucket and pallet forks it much easy to move stuff with pallet forks.
Y'all did an outstanding job on that so far. Something you might think about is when you pour the slab you make it big enough that the gantry crane can run alongside in case you ever need to do any work the saw mill. Get enough hover boards for everyone and you can play "shop Hockey" using push brooms and wood cut offs.
Even though I’m probably going for a Frontier OS23 which is a way small Bandsaw mill these vids are DOPE. Congrats on building such an awesome machine in such little time.
kudos to you for taking and applying info from others, awesome and very insightful of your character as you work towards being the best you can be...its more fun
April, you are an incredible mentor and example to our youth to put down the video games and cell phones and get out and build something! It doesn't matter if it's big or small, complex or simple, just do it! You exemplify the creative "get-r-done" attitude that is in such short supply these days with most of your generation. Thanks for your inspiring, informative, and entertaining videos. As an old fart, I so enjoy your learn as you go and learn from your mistakes attitude while at the same time stressing the importance of preplanning. And, as always, great job to you and your crew!
I have 30 years of welding/fabricating/blacksmith experience, plus in those years I was a Certified Pressure Welder - Boiler Maker, and I think that this would have been a interesting and exciting project to be involved in. Either way, it was both interesting and fun just tuning in and watching your build so far. You however can bet that I will be tuning in to watch the remainder of your project. In fact, before I was injured, I was designing my own saw mill, and that was long before these were a common item. I had my first sawmill experience when I was about 8 years old, when my dad used to take me to the local Mennonite Sawmill and help them with their engine from an old Cat. D8, as he owned a bulldozer of that same make , model and year. A truly exciting and interesting place to go as a small child. Keep up the great work and I do look forward to watching more of your projects.
Great job on the video! You really did a great job capturing how much fun we had behind the scenes, I had a great time! Thanks for all the kind words, can't wait for part 3!!!
JD, were the breakfast tacos as good as I’ve heard?
: ) Thanks JD. This was a very long edit, but it was worth it. I'm glad you liked it!
JD Weld..... sounds like a great name for a business and a play on the name of a certain product.
Seeing it come together you realise just how big it is. Also seeing the teamwork and craftmanship involved renews my respect for skilled tradespeople. There is no such thing as overbuilding. In the lab I worked in before I retired we had precision grinding machines which needed careful alignment down to hundredths of a mm. They sat on benches and ran off our standard 240V supply. They needed regular adjustment and service and had to be sent offsite every 12 months for major service and adjustment. When the lapping plates wore out they had to be replaced with expensive manufacturers parts. All this was originally done by hand using old free-standing machines powered by massive 415V motors. These were so old they had bakelite switches which eventually had to be replaced after about 50 years of use. When the lapping surfaces on these wore out we just took the plates they were mounted on to the engineering workshop down the road and they cast, machined and fitted a new one. I regularly used these for quick one-off jobs to avoid the time spent setting up the precision machines. I also used them for really large samples the smaller semi-automated equipment couldn't handle. Sure these were over-engineered but I doubt their modern counterpart will still be operating 80 years later.
Being an ex-Nuclear Submarine Machinist Mate Auxiliaryman, Shipyard Outside Machinist, Licensed Carpenter, Machine Shop Supervisor, Screwmachine operator, Overhead Electrical Lineman, Inventor and now a fabricator for Ocean Spray Cranberries, I love seeing people learning new skills. I found out how to do something new at every company I ever worked for.
Seeing you guys learning new skills and not accepting that "Oh, I'm not a welder", or "Oh I don't know how to use a drill press so I will have to have someone else do that..." attitude, is very heartwarming for me. Anyone can learn anything if they just give it a try. Never say you can't do something, not at least until you try, try, and try again, and still fail miserably, do you get to say, yah, I can't do that. For me musical instruments are not my forte.
welcome back April we miss you a lot on the last period and I hope your tour for the exhibits was great and successful, nice to see part 2 for the giant mill saw project and for sure I will follow it up till the end God bless you always
Tons of good advice, sound practice and if it too strong it will not break.I have been around bandsaws for over 50 years and this is a good one.
What a huge shop Ms april,you definitely have the biggest shop in all woodworkers on you tube.
Great to see everyone working hard, having fun and loving what they do. Being humble enough to learn from more experienced is always a great goal! Thanks for another great video.
Love watching the Cremona and Wilkerson team at it again . great work , can hardly wait until I am able to make one of those .
I really like this build and the professionalism you add to it when narrating. Really, really nice job!!
Been off you tube, but was to find the video. Agreed, if someone offers tips and shows you how to do something better, become a sponge. Glad you guys enjoyed yourselves. Having seen how big a log this mill can cut it's not overbuilt. Always amazed at how big they are and that Matt gets them there without a crane. Thanks for sharing April.
Teaching what you learn is a great way to learn.
I just saw a video of a Chinese lady go out and harvest some bamboo, drag it home (on her shoulder), then build furniture with it. I thought of you, Matt and Nathan from Out Of The Woods. It went from harvesting to cutting to building to using. It was a beautiful video.
You definitely are right to feel proud of it. You’re a smart lady. Your mill is going to be world famous soon.
Pour a slab and build a shed for that mill, look forward to those videos as well!
Cheers from Tokyo!
yeah no kidding!
Kicking butt and taking names. Super awesome build. Teamwork!
ALOT of good pepole on that build specaley Mathew ..your Awsome ..loving the new vids I found.
Lady, you and your gang are doing a great job on a really challenging project. It sure helps to have Matt the designer on site and some other experts like JD. It should turn into a really useful mill for someone who will be doing a load of wood projects. It should end up paying for itself somewhere down the line. Glad to see you all having fun. I hope you provided some great food and beverages for the talent you had on hand.
Thanks April. I did a similar project using a thickness planer I took the bottom platten off, and mounted the head onto a carriage. I was able to use this assembly to plane timbers up to 12" x 12", with a 30' carriage, and the rollers would self feed. . I used this several times for my last timber frame.
I would bet there is not a dude anywhere who does not envy that shop. Looks good on you.
I don't.
I'm a woman and I do.
@@happykt I'm a man and I also do
Even though I would never build one of these, this was such an interesting and fun video to watch! I love watching you build what you need. You've come a long way and deserve all the success you've achieved. Well done Ma'am!
: ) Thank you!
Hi April, i noticed that you almost always weld from left to right (while you are righthanded) and have the pieces in front of you.
With MIG/MAG welding you can weld from left to right direction or right to left direction, but both give different results.
When welding from left to right, you get a smaller welding joint with deep penetration, while welding from right to left, gives a wider welding joint and less deep penetration and less sparking.
Also an extra tip : when using a MIG/MAG welder, you probably have noticed that the copper tip (where your welding wire comes out) inside your nozzle, gets sticky with little molten metal balls from sparking. There is a special spray that you can use to prevent this sticking, but they don't last long if you are welding all day.
For this, you can use Tipp-ex correctionfluid what you normal use to correct write errors. This fluid comes in a little tube with brush and can be easily applied on the copper tip.
When welding, this fluid doesn't burn off and last many hours of welding.
Enjoying the heck out of this build series April! All the work that went into this and seeing your mill coming together - Very cool!
: ) Thanks James! It was a lot of work but so much fun.
Great narration, April! Natural educator. Watching Matt's videos makes me want to move to a place where I can have a mill, when I move from Callifornia.
Looking good,are you going to run an electric motor like Matt,or and IC engine?
Here's a tip-Instead of using card stock or paper for welding shims,I use 1/2" wide steel banding material (lumber bunk strapping).I leave it stick out a few inches on one end of the assembly,so once the welding is complete I can use a vise-grip style slide hammer to jerk the strapping out. This is much easier than trying to force the assembly off of paper shims. It also helps to give the banding a coat of spatter shield before use.
I love watching this bandsaw mill series April! I like how you gathered the best people together to make this build quick, and just as important FUN!!! I laughed so hard when they broke out the little bandsaw. I just didn't see that one coming...lol. Have a Great Sunday Funday April!
As always, I was so excited to see the newest segment of the build. I noticed everyone had a more relaxed and comfortable demeanor during this filming. The settling in portion has been completed and the tasks are moving faster and easier. Your method of filming the project and accompanying dialog makes me feel like I'm there with you guys. I know it has been a lot of hard work so far but the result will make it all worth it. It sure has been fun for me so far. Can't wait to see the next video...Just lovin' it!
Kudos to you and Matt and the rest of the team April for a fantastic job. That mill is the envy of all woodworkers and all wannabee wood enthusiasts. Excellent work. -Mark
I can’t say much of anything that hasn’t already been said, but I have to say it for myself.
Great teamwork. I’m a solo act that has on occasion found others who add synergy to my shop. I thoroughly enjoyed watching the flow of work and the influences of the team.
Your input with the voiceover on the video is exceptional.
Be Blessed!
I have a very talented friend who asks me how I do something (art) every now and then.....I'll never forget his comment the first time he did that. "Great, now I know what you know...I'll add that to everything I already know and be even more amazing" it sounded funny, but having known him for years and watching him grow through his style of questioning has always been a nice life's lesson. His name is Thomas Yeates and is the current artist for Prince Valiant. I think that's the one thing I like the most about you April, is your willingness to learn, to enjoy the process and let people in. Great video.
Great video of the build. I especially liked the ending with the test cut. Over built for the band saw huh!! Way to go April and team.
This build is over the top cool; what a great crew. The proper way to put the two vertical linear rail posts into position is having the two linear slides mounted on the horizontal beam and mounted to the vertical rails, and assuring the beam is perpendicular to the rails and doing multiple re-positions top and bottom which will make sure the rails are absolutely parallel within thousandths while adjusting clamps prior to tacking. That way, the mounted width of the slide carriages define the width distance and the rotational parallelism of vertical rails. So looking forward to the next installment.
April, This is what I love about you and your channel. This is also another reason I subscribed to your channel. You are very good at your trade, you are not afraid to learn new thing, you listen to what others have to say and you are not arrogant like other channels I have subscribed to. (wood whisper for example) Thank you for teaching me new things and also for sharing your skills.
Nice job on your editing, April. Looks like you all had a lot of fun behind the scenes but still accomplished a LOT in a short time.
: ) Thank you. This was a long but fun edit. Yep! We worked hard but also enjoyed playing.
I just love how you go after everything you want with excellence. Keep on moving forward but remember what you already said, Play Hard!
: ) Yeah, work hard but also gotta make time to play.
Looks like y'all got that out of the shop and in place juuuust before some rain came in! This has been an awesome build to watch!
Awesome crew. If you have a good crew, you can do anything.
Good work by a real competent crew. It’ll last very well.
Incredible diverse talents coupled with GREAT teamwork and professional editing makes for an impressive video of a super cool mill. "The Mill Team" rocks and you all will never forget this astonishing accomplishment.
We call ourselves the bandsaw bandits. ;) hahaha
Marvelous! I think the mill is incredible and also not overbuilt at all.
Impressive! Thank you for sharing the planning and fabricaction process. Enjoyed the teamwork and fun!
That was hugely entertaining. Great skilled team. And what about this April, love her name, her skill and beauty!
This sawmill is a beast! great build April, i'm looking forward to part 3
I worked for ATI....a Top 10 Stainless Steel Mill Corp. in the world. There welders could weld thing better than some of the machines that welded, you know those robot machines. Those guys where amazing. Very Nice April.
Great publication, all-in effort, and no robo-voice !!
Huge machine,... you might need a couple more deck lengths..
I very much enjoy 16-24 foot board lengths !!
Solid wood furniture is my spiel. Building another CNC has been my ongoing adventure for a decade now.
Bravo young lady! Always a treat to watch your videos. And, WOW, you are almost at 1 million subscribers. Hope all is well,William
I’m glad you enjoy them!
Hoverboard: Weapon of Mass Distraction. Fun stuff April! This has been a lot of fun to watch. Thank You!
Glad you are enjoying it! The hover board is so much fun
I'm planning my own saw , and I will be using your videos as a guide.
Thank you for taking the time, and for sharing what you know.
Hats off!
If you plan to build your own mill, by all means watch Matt Cremona build his own, by himself, over a Minnesota winter, outside.
"AskWoodMan" (Allan Little) swears by those Bessey Rapid-Action clamps, which is where I first learned of their practical use not only in welding applications, but also woodworking - I agree - they're a "go-to" clamp in my shop too! Thanks for another interesting video in your ongoing series toward your bandsaw build -- good stuff!
Hi April Ive watched you for a while and really enjoy your videos. I've built that fold down workbench table you did and its been a great tool for doing what I love in an apartment garage when my wife is at work. That video was quick and straightforward. That's all it needed to be. However this amazing project deserves more then a couple 15 minute videos. I really hope you can go into more detail and spend more time. I would totally watch a 45 minute (especially with Matt) video. Great job and looking forward to the next hopefully longer installment.
Your sawmill is great for what it will be used for. I wouldn't want to cut 500,000bf of pecan or hickory on it but for what you're doing it should give you really good results for a long time. Drying the lumber is toughest part, air dried lumber runs between 12&15%. If you know someone who owns a kiln, you will be able to use your lumber on interior projects. It's almost cost prohibitive to build a dry-kiln unless you plan on going into high production, where you can use the sawdust and chips from the slabs to fire a boiler furnace . You could boil away your moisture using a vacuum pump. Water boils at 55° at 28" of vacuum, maybe there are videos that can give you some process pointers. I know there are many videos concerning resin stabilization that maybe helpful.
You have such great organizational skills as I have mentioned before and now this project should have tested your limits but I don't believe it did. Your an amazing young lady and a really great team player. The build is awesome!
It makes everything go by fast when you have fun and good friends to help, love your videos, I am trying to get my granddaughters to learn how to do things like you so they can do things better and take pride in whatever they do in life again thanks and may God bless and keep you safe.
Very Awesome. Great work and it is good to see everyone working together. Kudos to everyone.
Thanks for letting us come along with your fun!
Hey April going to be a great mill when completed, just a suggestion , if you don't have a set of bolt on forks for your tractor bucket they are one of the best investments I have made for my tractor . They are easy to put on and take off and don't take much storage when you take them off and are not that expensive.
I do have some but they aren't good ones and just move around on me. I'm looking into alternatives. : )
@@AprilWilkerson We may have different brands, Really enjoy your videos.
@@AprilWilkerson Bolt on forks suck. Either buy a pallet fork mount for the tractor or build one. We built a pallet fork mount for my wife's tractor ( a little bigger than what you showed) and it is one of the most useful things that she can mount on the front of her tractor. We even built a pallet fork mount frame that fit in a Kubota bucket and bolted in since the Kubota did not have a quick detach bucket. As soon as my son got his skid steer, we built a fork mount for it too. He has picked up a Jeep Cherokee with it and one project that he built that was well over 3000 lbs.
April Wilkerson build a set of pallet forks that take the place of the bucket on your loader. You should be able to find the forks used possibly from a bone yard for forklifts in your area.
You're going to need a huge loader for logs that big! Keep up the good work and greetings from Woodman
Amazing work. I had a idea of building a sawmill but i did not know how to build one, but now i know. THANKS.
Endless straps are great. Make sure you inspect them well before using & when you put them up.
Awesome build, that mill will saw most anything you drag up to it into beautiful lumber or slabs.
Awesome build - this will produce quality timber for many years. 👏👏👏👏
Yep!
April. This has been fun to watch. I wish I had the room for a mill. Looking forward to seeing the next installment.
You never cease to amaze me April...You have more energy than I think I ever had. Wondering how you like those Fireball Tools? Adam Booth, Keith Rucker, and the other usual suspects love theirs.
Such great work, but wow...Your husband is a saint, because I'll tell you right now, my wife would NEVER allow me to built (or buy) anything like this...I barely got my 3D printer by her!
: ) Ha. Oh yeah those fireball squares are a different level of awesome. I'm so glad I have some in my shop now.
April love your show’s. I watch yours and Mat’s channels. 🇺🇸👍🇺🇸👍🇺🇸👍
Thanks! Glad you enjoy it
Great team and teamwork. Fun to watch
Go big or go home. What a talented team you have. I still love your portable hoist. Can't wait for the next episode.
Always love the comedy in your videos. Especially when you work with others.
: ) Haha thank you
I love this build and really enjoy your channel. And the "much cheaper" solution that you had at the end is hilarious.
Can't wait to see it finished. Looks like y'all are having a blast.
It was fun watching you guys build your Bandsaw Mill. Great example of working together. Editing and narration was great. Your narration must have had a couple of practice runs. You did VERY GOODLY. That is twice as good as good.
OHHHHHHHHH you are full of skill and only growing & getting better Lady... U ROCK !!
Long ago I use to be a welder then I transferred to taking up Machining.. We use to make all those cargo carriers you see at all the airports. But the point is you could have worked along side all those guys and there were a few gals doing it but you might have been a distraction. COMPLIMENT.. Good video
Cremona as counterweight lmao. I love y’alls videos but by far that’s the funniest thing I’ve ever heard lol 😂
My son is in the process of designing a shop. He has already decided to go with 16' doors so he can get stuff in and out. P.S. We use Fusion 360 do design EVERYTHING. It is easy to use and we export cut sheets for the CNC Plasma table to make sure that everything is in the right place and it fits.
Love this mill you're building.
April this is the first time I have watched one of your videos and I really enjoyed it. Your on air personality is great and your narrative is spot on. Subscribed immediately.
I'd advise anyone saying the mill is overbuilt to go watch Matt using his. It needs it with the size logs he cuts on it.
One word: Awesome!!!!
Enjoyed the vid, as always. It's so great to watch people who are so good at what they do and who enjoy doing it.
Nice video April. Good teamwork with a group of knowledgeable and humorous builders. Hey, you are almost at the 1 million subs mark. Excellent.
Again - WOW! Watched Matt's build video in amazement, but the synergistic aspect on this series was really a thing of beauty to see. Now if only you were my neighbor, I've got some mesquite I'd really like to introduce to your mill. ;-) Good stuff y'all - well done.
one old guy right here, green with envy! Looks awesome! Can't wait to see you make some slabs on it.
What a gas. Great build. Beyond FUN!
Simply, wow!
Its really quite amazing how many different incarnations there are of bandsaw and saw mills. So wildly different to the Lucas Mill or the WoodMizer
here's a good idea for a little side project put a universal quick coupler on the mini loader so you can swap between a bucket and pallet forks it much easy to move stuff with pallet forks.
Does that bring back
Memories.
Nice job by all
That's going to be one beast of a saw mill. Look forward to seeing the next videos
Great collaboration from my favorite TH-camrs!
Can’t wait to see some of that good dry Texas wood getting milled cedar and live oak. Love it good luck!
Can't wait to see it done...
I loved the minibandsaw part of this video... great job.
An altogether awesome build. Thanks for sharing it with us.
Hey it is looking great, anxious to see it cutting lumber.
Y'all did an outstanding job on that so far. Something you might think about is when you pour the slab you make it big enough that the gantry crane can run alongside in case you ever need to do any work the saw mill. Get enough hover boards for everyone and you can play "shop Hockey" using push brooms and wood cut offs.
Haha I love the idea of hover board shop hockey!
I saw this project it's finished already, working great!
Even though I’m probably going for a Frontier OS23 which is a way small Bandsaw mill these vids are DOPE. Congrats on building such an awesome machine in such little time.
:) Glad you're enjoying them!
great video and description of all you guys are doing April
Thanks for another awesome installment of this amazing build and team! 😃👍🏻👊🏻
: ) Glad you enjoyed it Fred
That is a lot of smart and skilled people working on that beast!
great job.Looking forward to seeing it when its all done.
kudos to you for taking and applying info from others, awesome and very insightful of your character as you work towards being the best you can be...its more fun
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