Milling yellow pine into true 6x6 timbers on a Wood Mizer sawmill. Fall line ridge, homesteading, lumber, timber, DIY, southern yellow pine, pine, timbers, trees.
What part of GA are you in, if that's the fall line you're named after? Looking at getting a mill, and would love to check out your setup, and pick your brain, if you're not too far away. I'm located in Bleckley County, GA
Beautiful work, Wes! Really enjoy watching the saw milling. Still waiting for my mill to arrive. 14 months since I ordered it, and I feel more and more like a kid counting the days till Christmas time! 👍
@@johncampbell1853 John, I actually ordered a Hudson Oscar 336 Pro. It's basically the same capacity as the LT15 wide. I chose it because delivery time was actually faster than Woodmizer and it's about $2,000 cheaper. Stay tuned on my channel, and hopefully it will be coming soon!
Southern Yellow Pine may be cheap and plentiful in your neck of the woods, they charge a premium price for it where I live. As a builder, I'm always looking for off-center cut timbers rather than those center cut. The minimal checking is always a plus.
Enjoyed the video. I was wondering why you did not mill out some 1 by material while log was on mill. Was it that you have alot of logs, time issues or do not need 1 by lumber at the time. Keep making great videos.
This might seem like a silly question... you are using diesel for lube. This is $3.09 per litre here in New Zealand + Road User charges (3.8 letters = 1 US gallon...) I have noted in previous videos (or newer ones, not sure of the order I am watching some of these.... that you are using diesel as lube.... Why not use soapy water? Love your channel by the way, love the lifestyle.
The wood will warp somewhat after drying. Especially at the center. For this reason, you want to leave extra material. When the wood is dry, you run it thru a jointer to make it flat again. Some material will be lost in the process
Love this video about how to saw up lumber and you connections with Lestersfeetfoundation. We will for sure check them out. How long do you let you lumber cure before milling and after before use? Seems like plans always change when trying to complete a video. Y'all have a great and safe memorial day. God Bless.
thank you so much for the kind words. Getting to know Wes over the last couple years has been a blessing. We are so humbled that he would share our mission on his platform.
I've tried that before, and it does make things go faster. However, it's pretty fussy trying to flip and move two logs at a time around on the mill. Plus the sawdust tends to spray all over the place between the logs.
These got wasted. Since then I've started putting the off cuts from the squared up cant back on to get another 2x6 because I realized just how much I was wasting. The round cut offs, however, are usually not worth the time because it takes a lot of handling to get something out of them. The square ones only need one cut. Thanks for watching!
@@falllineridge Ah, so. Yes. I knew that. Don't know where my brain was. I know better. I remember my mom being very picky about the fire wood she would accept.
I am still fighting the thoughts of using diesel fuel as a lube. I just cut hickory for 2 days I fought pitch all the time. Went thru 20 gallons of soapy water.
Yes, I could take it to Wood Mizer and they would bend over backwards to fix it I'm sure. I've always had great customer service from them. To be fair, though, some of it is probably operator error.
That works when you are making multiple cuts without repositioning the log, but when you need to reposition the log it's not really safe to leave it going.
Just over a year ago I got very frustrated with the amount of ad's I was watching and the frequency in any particular video. So I broke down and bought TH-cam "Premium" and have been a fairly satisfied customer since. However lately (Over the course of the last several months) I have been seeing content creators advertising for their sponsors. Ok I get it, TH-cam creators need money etc, etc. But I (And many others I may add) have paid good money out of our own pockets for the exclusive reason to NOT see ad's in videos we are watching! Yet content creators go around the subscription service I had paid for and put in their own ad's! To me that's dirty and pushes me further and further away from the "subscribe" button. I know you get paid just for me clicking on the video weather I watch the ad's or not. But that is a dirty tactic and I will never subscribe to content creators under those terms. End of rant!
Hey clam, sorry to hear that, and I can understand the frustration. The ad in this video is not a paid promotion. I put it in the video for free to make people aware of a good charity to support and as a thank you to Real World Wildlife Products. Hope you'll stick around.
@@falllineridge honestly you should delete him as a fan… that was the most selfish comment I’ve ever read on here..,. Crying about you trying help kids in need.. your a good man and it shows… don’t apologize to that guy
What you did was quite acceptable. Don't change in the future. Delete the 1% that are just selfish butt heads. The rest of us don't want to hear from them either.
I'm sorry brother I love your videos but man you waste a lot of Lumber why would you cut up good Lumber to use as a pallet why would you not use offcuts Maybe I'm Wrong it just seemed to be like a waste of Good Lumber
Diesel as a lube? So your saw is spraying diesel fuel all over the place? What, in a day it would be like dumping 5 gallons of diesel on the ground? This seems stupidly unnecessary, and will probably make every tree hugger go into spasms. I'm not a tree hugger, but I'm also not stupid, what is wrong with you? I use water, and cut the pitchiest white pine known to mankind. Never had a problem with 'buildup'. This is the dumbest thing I've ever heard. Granted I've only been milling for a couple years, but - hey, may sure you mill next to a waterway, or where you plan on drilling your well! Do other shitheads really use diesel as well? A gallon for 10-15 logs? So you aren't getting any real cooling from the lube, which is the main reason for the lube (it isn't to lubricate, it's to keep the blade from overheating - 1 gal in 10 logs won't cool the blade enough to be effective).
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What part of GA are you in, if that's the fall line you're named after? Looking at getting a mill, and would love to check out your setup, and pick your brain, if you're not too far away. I'm located in Bleckley County, GA
What a better way to start my morning than by watching a vídeo of yours, keep up the good work brother
Morning! Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching.
Nice one Wes! Good to see the Mill in action again. Stay safe & well. 👍👍
Beautiful work, Wes! Really enjoy watching the saw milling. Still waiting for my mill to arrive. 14 months since I ordered it, and I feel more and more like a kid counting the days till Christmas time! 👍
You'll have a blast!
Is that a woodmizer mill I have been looking at the Lt 15 didn't realize it took a year to get one
@@johncampbell1853 John, I actually ordered a Hudson Oscar 336 Pro. It's basically the same capacity as the LT15 wide. I chose it because delivery time was actually faster than Woodmizer and it's about $2,000 cheaper. Stay tuned on my channel, and hopefully it will be coming soon!
Thx for sharing
Another interesting video, Wes. Blessings to you and your family !!
I love watching your videos, it’s so relaxing. Thanks for sharing. God Bless.
Really enjoyed watching you saw the post . Great channel
Thanks! Appreciate you watching!
Always like watching your mill at work. Thanks for sharing your videos with us and God Bless
Thanks for watching!
Watching this is so relaxing and satisfying
Glad you enjoyed it!
Nice 6x6 timbers !!
Even cutting log have all kind of strange problem happens, thanks for sharing your experience.
For mitigation of Pine-Pitch on the blade, you could also use Pine-sol mixed at 1:5 ratio with water.
Nice. I’m cutting up some 6x6 as well. Beams and columns for a backyard chapel!
Cool!
Pro tip. Always have a spare belt for every different belt you use.
A pile of stickered gold! Lumber is crazy expensive right now.
nice wood
WOW
Southern Yellow Pine may be cheap and plentiful in your neck of the woods, they charge a premium price for it where I live. As a builder, I'm always looking for off-center cut timbers rather than those center cut. The minimal checking is always a plus.
those logs kuuked pretty straight , nice work . would think about ordering belts for the wheels too . just part of the maintance i would think
Not a bad idea, but I replaced those belt not too many hours ago. I think they're still ok.
Enjoyed the video. I was wondering why you did not mill out some 1 by material while log was on mill. Was it that you have alot of logs, time issues or do not need 1 by lumber at the time. Keep making great videos.
Mostly time issues. Appreciate you watching, Mike!
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This might seem like a silly question... you are using diesel for lube. This is $3.09 per litre here in New Zealand + Road User charges (3.8 letters = 1 US gallon...) I have noted in previous videos (or newer ones, not sure of the order I am watching some of these.... that you are using diesel as lube.... Why not use soapy water? Love your channel by the way, love the lifestyle.
Diesel here (NY) now is $4 a gallon. Diesel cuts the pitch better. I also hear it’s hard on the belts
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You can use cooking oil like Canola oil for your blades too
The wood will warp somewhat after drying. Especially at the center. For this reason, you want to leave extra material. When the wood is dry, you run it thru a jointer to make it flat again. Some material will be lost in the process
Love this video about how to saw up lumber and you connections with Lestersfeetfoundation. We will for sure check them out. How long do you let you lumber cure before milling and after before use? Seems like plans always change when trying to complete a video. Y'all have a great and safe memorial day. God Bless.
I sold some 2x6s to a friend once and he put them up green, worked fine. Outdoor construction you can build green all day long.
How long do you let the logs dry for after harvest and how long do you let the finished timber dry?
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thank you so much for the kind words. Getting to know Wes over the last couple years has been a blessing. We are so humbled that he would share our mission on his platform.
What blades are you using for cutting pine and hardwoods?
Those logs look pretty uniform. What prevents you from sawing them two at a time?
I've tried that before, and it does make things go faster. However, it's pretty fussy trying to flip and move two logs at a time around on the mill. Plus the sawdust tends to spray all over the place between the logs.
@Fall Line Ridge; are the majority of the logs you saw harvested from your own property or do they come from a third party? Another great video!
Third party. These are logs that are harvested from new home sites.
I use a soap solution and water for lube. I have found that diesel will eat at any rubber items. Like belts. Do you have this trouble?
That could have been a factor when a chunk came out of the belt later in the video.
What drying process is involved here? Let the lumber sit and dry naturally?
there is a lot of saw dust what do you do with it ?(would be good for smoking meat or fish in a smoker)
I would have done a rca on that belt to determine why a piece cane out if it...
Is that stack of 2x4 in the back rotting away 🤔
Well done EXELLENT my Honey but if u do,nt mind where is this PLEASE
see you had a LT10 before
If I heard you correctly, your inch scale is off by 1/4". Or am I mistaken?
Dave
Seems to be, at least at the 6" mark.
@@falllineridge Maybe you should consider calibrating the inch scale.
Where did you get your j Bar mower?
I got it from McDonough Equipment and Attachments in Macdonough, Ga.
Buen dia quiciera saber como hoctener una .wood mizer lt 15 y saber el valor desde argentina
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What did you do with all the cut offs?
These got wasted. Since then I've started putting the off cuts from the squared up cant back on to get another 2x6 because I realized just how much I was wasting. The round cut offs, however, are usually not worth the time because it takes a lot of handling to get something out of them. The square ones only need one cut. Thanks for watching!
@@falllineridge Are they any good for fire wood?
@@tinydancer7426 in the UK they would be grabbed at for firewood, with logs such high price
@@tinydancer7426 For outdoor use. Pine is very pitchy and can build up creosote in chimneys.
@@falllineridge Ah, so. Yes. I knew that. Don't know where my brain was. I know better. I remember my mom being very picky about the fire wood she would accept.
Aren’t you wasting a lot of possible lumber?
Can't you get a canopy for the tractor?
Is wood turning profitable?
Why don't you go ahead and cut some 2x4s or 2x6 from the tops b4 you cut the 6x6s??
I was thinking the same thing. Seems like a lot being wasted
I am still fighting the thoughts of using diesel fuel as a lube. I just cut hickory for 2 days I fought pitch all the time. Went thru 20 gallons of soapy water.
Diesel works like a champ!
I'm surprised your mill is so inaccurate. Can the manufacturer help with replacement parts or whatever is need to get desired cut dimensions?
Yes, I could take it to Wood Mizer and they would bend over backwards to fix it I'm sure. I've always had great customer service from them. To be fair, though, some of it is probably operator error.
...using the diesel fuel as a lube could be contributing to the deterioration of the drive belt...🙂
For the Algorithm.
I don’t know if it was a good idea or not but I squirted some liquid car wax into my water
You're heating your house with Wood, I assume
Why are you wasting lumber just to get to your can't size. I see some pretty good boards going out as slabs
I'VE OFTEN WONDERED ABOUT WHY THEY RELEASE THE BLADE AFTER EVERY CUT, SEENS LIKE JUST LEAVIN IT ON WOULD BE EASIER, JUST MY TWO CENTS
That works when you are making multiple cuts without repositioning the log, but when you need to reposition the log it's not really safe to leave it going.
Petroleum products will disintegrate belts
Hmm, that might be part of the problem. This is the original belt too, so it's got a few miles on it.
Just over a year ago I got very frustrated with the amount of ad's I was watching and the frequency in any particular video. So I broke down and bought TH-cam "Premium" and have been a fairly satisfied customer since. However lately (Over the course of the last several months) I have been seeing content creators advertising for their sponsors. Ok I get it, TH-cam creators need money etc, etc. But I (And many others I may add) have paid good money out of our own pockets for the exclusive reason to NOT see ad's in videos we are watching! Yet content creators go around the subscription service I had paid for and put in their own ad's! To me that's dirty and pushes me further and further away from the "subscribe" button. I know you get paid just for me clicking on the video weather I watch the ad's or not. But that is a dirty tactic and I will never subscribe to content creators under those terms. End of rant!
Hey clam, sorry to hear that, and I can understand the frustration. The ad in this video is not a paid promotion. I put it in the video for free to make people aware of a good charity to support and as a thank you to Real World Wildlife Products. Hope you'll stick around.
I hate all those hard sell ads myself. When it's the you tubers doing it in their video I just fast forward it.
@@falllineridge honestly you should delete him as a fan… that was the most selfish comment I’ve ever read on here..,. Crying about you trying help kids in need.. your a good man and it shows… don’t apologize to that guy
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What you did was quite acceptable. Don't change in the future. Delete the 1% that are just selfish butt heads. The rest of us don't want to hear from them either.
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I'm sorry brother I love your videos but man you waste a lot of Lumber why would you cut up good Lumber to use as a pallet why would you not use offcuts Maybe I'm Wrong it just seemed to be like a waste of Good Lumber
Diesel as a lube? So your saw is spraying diesel fuel all over the place? What, in a day it would be like dumping 5 gallons of diesel on the ground? This seems stupidly unnecessary, and will probably make every tree hugger go into spasms. I'm not a tree hugger, but I'm also not stupid, what is wrong with you? I use water, and cut the pitchiest white pine known to mankind. Never had a problem with 'buildup'. This is the dumbest thing I've ever heard. Granted I've only been milling for a couple years, but - hey, may sure you mill next to a waterway, or where you plan on drilling your well! Do other shitheads really use diesel as well? A gallon for 10-15 logs? So you aren't getting any real cooling from the lube, which is the main reason for the lube (it isn't to lubricate, it's to keep the blade from overheating - 1 gal in 10 logs won't cool the blade enough to be effective).