You guys seem to live in town. I grew up at the countryside and we were taught that wood stacks are no toy. I know about two kids who died in the saw mill next to our home, because they played on the wood and the whole tower fell onto them. I am sure they had a good time, just until they got injured.
That little fella is enjoying himself immensely, I bet ya his imagination is running full up instead of the xbox doing for him. Great way to raise a family
Your boy is wild as heck I love it! Reminds me of myself at that age. My sole purpose in life was "to test the structural integrity of everything around me" per my father lol. Teach him well, all the jobs that very few men know how to do anymore.
Pretty sharp setup ! It also goes to show most people that kids these days dont need all the high tech gadgets everyone thinks they need instead give them a pile of offcut lumber scraps and they will figure out how to have fun I’m a retired Woodworker and my son used to like to watch. Me doing. All my projects i. Used to make a pile for Jim to do whatever he desired it cost me a few handfulls of nails and. A couple of glue bottles and he would build any thing from a airplane to a car that he proudly displayed in his room or gave away as presents he is now 27 years old and has grown up to be quite handy in a workshop or around a home when he was a teenager. He bought his first boat and was capable. Of performing all of the maintenance himself plus to earn himself. A Place to dock it in my marina he worked part time for the Marinas owner on the weekends doing odd jobs around the docks for the aging owner Because of my background in woodworking ive always had a interest in Sawmills And logging in general
I am confident that non parents will be concerned with your child's safety while playing on your slab pile, but as the father of 4 boys I can say that I am more concerned with a child tearing up the wood pile knowing that it would be me restacking while my kids moved on to another demolition job. It's all in good fun and an important part of growing up.
As someone who has seen children become life long epileptics from falling off a 3 foot balcony onto grass i can promise you this is not safe. Ask anyone whos ever worked in an ER and you'll find that traumatic brain injuries are the most common self inflicted deadly injury in children. Alot of people don't survive brain surgery so don't do anything to try and get a subdural hematoma. Keep the kids under super vision, i say this as a child who was free to run around a ranch and climb trees, there were so many opportunities for me to have killed myself it's not even funny. It's quite frankly a miracle i'm alive.
As the kid gets a little older, dads tools will slowly migrate to various forts and tree houses around the property. My dad used to buy kegs of nails and cheap tools at farm auctions for us kids to build such things with. What fun
Awesome job with saw mill and raising good o'l country boy to the negative comments about kid your probably the ones raising kids in bed room never seeing out side that kid is building skills you can learn from books or teacher balance and agility hes the one who will be all star foot ball player while the negative comment guy is raising the kid that thinks there should be no score and every body is a winner get off the political correct b.s i grew up country just like this those where the best times of my life your doing an awesome job Mr keep it up we need more people just like you
I tried watch the cuts... but That kid is having too much fun and has great balancing skills. Reminds me of the objects we found and played with as a child. City folks don’t and never will understand the homewood... great video and lovely child
Thanks for the video! Very informative....and entertaining, too. We enjoyed your expose' and we also enjoyed the ninja-in-the-making in the background. :) That kid has some ninja balance, doesn't he?
Hi from Oamaru N.Z. Go to a dirtbike shop and buy a hour meter activated by vibration this will help u change oil at every 100 hrs. Make sure you drain water and sediment from carbie float bowl too. Buy or mount a 20 liter water container up top ( go to a car or truck dealership workshop and ask for a translucent antifreeze, washer detergent container). All this will improve things a lot.
You can tell that was an experienced lumber tester in the background by the knee holes in his jeans. That means he can test lumber and anything else in the area. Also, Harley the watchdog, was named after the old Indian word meaning "one who listens". Thanks for a great video.
Great Vid, Love your helper,,And im impressed with Harbor Frieght,, Nice PeeShooter you have,and don't listen to the policlily correct,Nice Job,all the way around!!
im looking to get into milling my own boards, any suggestions for a newcomer to the trade? my family and i are working on our 5 year plan working towards homesteading, and i trying to put together a list of items and tasks to accomplish within our timeframe to make the transition more smooth. thanks
My only complaint is the shakyness of the video try using a mount next time other then that awesome video.. Loved seeing your kid playing in the back ground.. Good work sir keep it up
I got my hf mill up finally and am going to do this upgrade. I noticed you didnt extend the baseplate for mounting the larger engine, cant really get a good look at what you did to get that thing to hold steady, but other mod videos ive seen say to weld an extension onto the motor mount platform
I'm always surprised at how much power it takes to run these things. A 40" Wood Mizer I saw had a 25 up diesel on it! Yet chain saws use much smaller engines.
Like the video...considering picking up a harbor freight mill. I see you did the upgrades to the rails and swapped out to predator 420cc. Did you do anything else? Are you happy with the mill? Woodmizer would be $2000 more, don't know if it's worth it...
This land,The sawmill does work pretty good. Do you have a building project in mind for the lumber you will be producing? I'd suggest putting a roof over the mill to protect it from the elements. BTW, Safety glasses would be a good investment for you. I have some experience with operating a saw mill. Even though you're not getting any sawdust or chips in your eyes while demonstrating your sawmill, you will eventually. Sawing lumber on windy days seems to blow sawdust right at your eyes. Being partially blinded from having sawdust blown into your eyes at a crucial moment can lead to a worse injury than having sawdust in your eyes.
I am buy the harbor freight sawmill and really liked what you have done with the rails. What is the width of rails? I would like to do this to mine, but have it ready when it gets here. Any info/advice would be appreciated.
Very entertaining video, I couldn't stop watching the kid on the woodpile trying to win a Darwin Award. Or the dog that seems to have just given up on life.
is there anything out there to buy like a cant to hold the wood down on the last few cuts. It seems to bow and cut off when it gets thinner. that's only thing I see wrong with this mill. we just cannot get get the last few cuts to measure rt. it cuts off in middle or the ends 3/16ths or more. anyone else having this problem. that's lot waste for sure.
What size was the motor before? I built a mill and run a 5.5 hp motor on mine but find like you said it shakes I know I need a bigger motor but space is limited with the design I built so I think I might sell this one and build another one.
The star of the show is the white dog who's looking at us while you make your second cut... He has such a I don't give a crap look about this guy operating a power tool behind me... Classic!
What a funny video. Your practicing safety on the mill, and your son is doing his damn circus act trying to get the lumber pile to bury him. I had tears in my eyes from laughing so hard. Thanks for the entertainment! W.W.
I know this is an older video but I just have to say the kid made me smile. Great to see a kid having a good time outside.👍
Totally!
You guys seem to live in town. I grew up at the countryside and we were taught that wood stacks are no toy. I know about two kids who died in the saw mill next to our home, because they played on the wood and the whole tower fell onto them. I am sure they had a good time, just until they got injured.
im not even gonna respond to your story cause you didnt provide any facts ...that littlle wood stack in this picture aint killing nobody
Until it does.
Gravity works whether you believe in it or not.....even if it wont kill you...I kept thinking his little leg getting snapped....
One serious worker in the background.
It's hard to find a good wood pile inspector these days.
He deserves a raise.
I just couldn't help watching the kid in the background going mashuga with the logs in the background . What a great upbringing!
That little fella is enjoying himself immensely, I bet ya his imagination is running full up instead of the xbox doing for him. Great way to raise a family
Sad how many parents would see their kid doing that and scream "GET YOUR BUTT OFF OF THERE!".
I bet he goes through his weight in band-aids every year.
Cj capp my kids are grown now but 1, but he was making my heart beat like crazy lol. I miss those days. kids being kids not staring at a TV screen.
band-aids are for pussies!
Ron Poddig dozers
The 3-foot lunatic bouncing around in the background is the most entertaining of the whole piece! Cheers, Chris.
your not the first person to notice my helper
Seems like the stock version that Harbor Freight mill could be mounted to a trailer?
Cactus Makeshop I had mine on a trailer but wanted to cut longer boards
Yeah it looks like your kid was having more fun than you were. Looks like something I might have done as a kid. Nice Mill BTW.
He is performing quality control by stress testing the wood.
I agree. the kid being a kid is priceless.
Your boy is wild as heck I love it! Reminds me of myself at that age. My sole purpose in life was "to test the structural integrity of everything around me" per my father lol. Teach him well, all the jobs that very few men know how to do anymore.
Pretty sharp setup ! It also goes to show most people that kids these days dont need all the high tech gadgets everyone thinks they need instead give them a pile of offcut lumber scraps and they will figure out how to have fun I’m a retired Woodworker and my son used to like to watch. Me doing. All my projects i. Used to make a pile for Jim to do whatever he desired it cost me a few handfulls of nails and. A couple of glue bottles and he would build any thing from a airplane to a car that he proudly displayed in his room or gave away as presents he is now 27 years old and has grown up to be quite handy in a workshop or around a home when he was a teenager. He bought his first boat and was capable. Of performing all of the maintenance himself plus to earn himself. A Place to dock it in my marina he worked part time for the Marinas owner on the weekends doing odd jobs around the docks for the aging owner Because of my background in woodworking ive always had a interest in Sawmills And logging in general
The kid in the background is having a great time, fun to see. The sawmill is great too.
I like the track you built. good job. don"t ever stop working.
That motor didn't bogg at all! Great upgrade and you have an AWESOME little helper in the background...... :-)
ya I'm pretty happy with it so is my helper
This Land is My land Ranch how did the rest of the machine hold up with the uprade engine?
jster1963 _
I am confident that non parents will be concerned with your child's safety while playing on your slab pile, but as the father of 4 boys I can say that I am more concerned with a child tearing up the wood pile knowing that it would be me restacking while my kids moved on to another demolition job.
It's all in good fun and an important part of growing up.
As someone who has seen children become life long epileptics from falling off a 3 foot balcony onto grass i can promise you this is not safe. Ask anyone whos ever worked in an ER and you'll find that traumatic brain injuries are the most common self inflicted deadly injury in children. Alot of people don't survive brain surgery so don't do anything to try and get a subdural hematoma. Keep the kids under super vision, i say this as a child who was free to run around a ranch and climb trees, there were so many opportunities for me to have killed myself it's not even funny. It's quite frankly a miracle i'm alive.
As the kid gets a little older, dads tools will slowly migrate to various forts and tree houses around the property. My dad used to buy kegs of nails and cheap tools at farm auctions for us kids to build such things with. What fun
Awesome job with saw mill and raising good o'l country boy to the negative comments about kid your probably the ones raising kids in bed room never seeing out side that kid is building skills you can learn from books or teacher balance and agility hes the one who will be all star foot ball player while the negative comment guy is raising the kid that thinks there should be no score and every body is a winner get off the political correct b.s i grew up country just like this those where the best times of my life your doing an awesome job Mr keep it up we need more people just like you
you're* doing an awesome job...
As long as they make him restack that wood they're doing good.
between the kid in the background, and the random little dog not even phased by the sawmill, great video!
I tried watch the cuts... but That kid is having too much fun and has great balancing skills. Reminds me of the objects we found and played with as a child. City folks don’t and never will understand the homewood... great video and lovely child
Good job with the mill great job with the kid great to see young ones outside having a blast your a lucky father
Love the kid out there playing without anyone telling him to stop before he gets hurt.
I really enjoyed saying your son play in the background remind me of one of my son was young
It's good to see a real boy doing what boys do. Gives me some hope for the future.
Your kid in the background, is having more fun then you! Lol
The kid is some of the best content
Thanks for the video! Very informative....and entertaining, too. We enjoyed your expose' and we also enjoyed the ninja-in-the-making in the background. :) That kid has some ninja balance, doesn't he?
Hi Terri,
Terri Juanette
My. The
I love this kid
The little man was having a ball. nice to see these days for sure. go at it little guy, bring some friends out next time.
As much as I like this mill I had more fun watching your kid have a blast!..now I feel like climbing shit and bouncing around!
A friend of mine mounted same engine on his stump grinder been great so far
That's a nice Saw Mill looking good .
Nice job framing/upgrading the motor on that mill... this sounds much cheaper than most options on the market today. God bless you.
Heck yea, you're in business....thanks for the video and thumbs up!
Great video. Keep up the good work.
That boy is having a blast!
Sorry I missed most the video. I was watching the kid having fun!
Nice upgrades!
Good video. Like to see the old Case tractor in the background on video.
2 years later no trees on his property. haha
stay safe and nice work.
2 years later several hundred fruit trees in it's place. =) That is how a homestead should be.
I am not sure if that thing can produce enough to keep up with the destruction in the background!
That's a nice setup you got going.
Any time I want a laugh I watch this video and enjoy the little guy bouncing around and see-sawing like a boss.
Your son is the star.
Lil guy on the wood pyle having fun :)
Thanks for the video!!! I've been curious as to how well a larger motor would work on those mills.
i want one to build a log cabin with, save so much time and effort
Thank you. Nice set up, pro.
Hi from Oamaru N.Z.
Go to a dirtbike shop and buy a hour meter activated by vibration this will help u change oil at every 100 hrs.
Make sure you drain water and sediment from carbie float bowl too.
Buy or mount a 20 liter water container up top ( go to a car or truck dealership workshop and ask for a translucent antifreeze, washer detergent container). All this will improve things a lot.
You can tell that was an experienced lumber tester in the background by the knee holes in his jeans. That means he can test lumber and anything else in the area. Also, Harley the watchdog, was named after the old Indian word meaning "one who listens". Thanks for a great video.
I'm glad I seen this video. I was planning on buying one from harbor freight but I wasn't for sure it would be any good
Awesome sawmill man like that.
Yup, youngin on the slab pile, awesome, kids need that kinda playin, I fought lotsa pirates and such on the woodpile at that age🙂
That's pretty cool, I didn't know they had those.
That kid in the back... Awesome!
Enjoyed the video of the mill as well as your boy... lol
looked like this video was going to turn into a kid bust his ass video
David Teney lol yea
I was also waiting for that
Had the same thoughts
I was hoping!
That's what kept me watching!
Great Vid, Love your helper,,And im impressed with Harbor Frieght,, Nice PeeShooter you have,and don't listen to the policlily correct,Nice Job,all the way around!!
Thank you very much for posting
Great....now I want a saw mill!
I like the kid in the background bouncing around on the slab pile. :-)
that kid is priceless in the background!!!!!
im looking to get into milling my own boards, any suggestions for a newcomer to the trade? my family and i are working on our 5 year plan working towards homesteading, and i trying to put together a list of items and tasks to accomplish within our timeframe to make the transition more smooth. thanks
My only complaint is the shakyness of the video try using a mount next time other then that awesome video.. Loved seeing your kid playing in the back ground.. Good work sir keep it up
I got my hf mill up finally and am going to do this upgrade. I noticed you didnt extend the baseplate for mounting the larger engine, cant really get a good look at what you did to get that thing to hold steady, but other mod videos ive seen say to weld an extension onto the motor mount platform
Little boy in background playing, cmon little boy, help daddy, lol
thinking about putting one on ours. just wondered if it bolted right up.
I'm always surprised at how much power it takes to run these things. A 40" Wood Mizer I saw had a 25 up diesel on it! Yet chain saws use much smaller engines.
i couldn't see much milling all I could think is I remember when I was that happy and could have that much fun doing anything
Like the video...considering picking up a harbor freight mill. I see you did the upgrades to the rails and swapped out to predator 420cc. Did you do anything else? Are you happy with the mill? Woodmizer would be $2000 more, don't know if it's worth it...
Sticks and dirt having a blast
How kids should grow up. Not even a "be careful!" Kudos.
The kid in the background, awesome!
Good looking 64' dodge in the background
😛DIBBS!😛 I saw it first!
Thanks for your video.
This land,The sawmill does work pretty good. Do you have a building project in mind for the lumber you will be producing? I'd suggest putting a roof over the mill to protect it from the elements. BTW, Safety glasses would be a good investment for you. I have some experience with operating a saw mill. Even though you're not getting any sawdust or chips in your eyes while demonstrating your sawmill, you will eventually. Sawing lumber on windy days seems to blow sawdust right at your eyes. Being partially blinded from having sawdust blown into your eyes at a crucial moment can lead to a worse injury than having sawdust in your eyes.
Like the video looks like more comments about the little guy having fun
I am buy the harbor freight sawmill and really liked what you have done with the rails. What is the width of rails? I would like to do this to mine, but have it ready when it gets here. Any info/advice would be appreciated.
Great Job Brother
Nice little unit
That boy in the background is killing me lol 😂
Very entertaining video, I couldn't stop watching the kid on the woodpile trying to win a Darwin Award. Or the dog that seems to have just given up on life.
is there anything out there to buy like a cant to hold the wood down on the last few cuts. It seems to bow and cut off when it gets thinner. that's only thing I see wrong with this mill. we just cannot get get the last few cuts to measure rt. it cuts off in middle or the ends 3/16ths or more. anyone else having this problem. that's lot waste for sure.
What size was the motor before? I built a mill and run a 5.5 hp motor on mine but find like you said it shakes I know I need a bigger motor but space is limited with the design I built so I think I might sell this one and build another one.
The star of the show is the white dog who's looking at us while you make your second cut... He has such a I don't give a crap look about this guy operating a power tool behind me... Classic!
Works for me. Time to get the wood on!!
loved it thanks!
I use Pinesol in the water to help keep the blade clean from sap etc and for a little help on the lube.
Can’t explain the thrill you feel opening up a good log and getting something out of it that you can use. Sad more people can’t experience it.😔
Would make great logs for a log cabin even good rough cut lumber for siding
Like the video but my eye was drawn to the old dodge in the background. Love me some mopar.
Do you still have this? How is it holding up? Replacement blades and parts easy to acquire?
Good job my friend
did the motor and the saw mill come from Harvard freight or just the motor is so how did it cost
Ear Protection! Is a Necessary Must! My husband is almost deaf - working around motors and equipment for 40 years. Protect your ears! :)
What a funny video. Your practicing safety on the mill, and your son is doing his damn circus act trying to get the lumber pile to bury him. I had tears in my eyes from laughing so hard. Thanks for the entertainment! W.W.
how did the machine hold up with that horsepower upgrade?
I like your hobby buddy, I dreamed about having band sawmill.....
did you have to change anything to mount the bigger engine.
I enjoyed watching the kid bouncing around more
very good video! sir what's the hp of this engine?
Hows the saw mill holding up? Great video👍
Hello Friend, it has now been 4 yrs with this mill, do you think it was a good purchase, thank you!
How is the saw holding up? Still working good
Start this video because I was interested in the tool hundred percent entertained by the kid in the background
Why don’t they have a dual sided saw blade so you could cut in both directions?
that's cute. We have a 20hp Norwood.