Assembling Woodland Mills HM130max Sawmill by Myself
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- I'm feeling pretty proud of what I"ve accomplished here today. As you'll see I'm out in the woods assembling Woodland Mills HM130max sawmill by myself. Although there were some times when a friend would've been helpful to get this sawmill put together, it was completely possible to build it myself without too much trouble. Of course, I wouldn't have been able to do much without the tractor to lift the assembled sawmill onto the trailer. That process was a bit of challenge in itself. I'm a half-decent tractor driver but when I start thinking about the small details of lifting this 1000 pound sawmill up into the air with nothing more than my DIY weld-on hook on the bucket holding it, I get a bit nervous. I'm certainly not a pro at welding and so if my weld was going to break, today would've been it. Luckily for me all ended up well and the sawmill met it's match. Soon enough I"ll be firing up this sawmill and making some dust. Be sure to tune in for that one!
Sawmill shown in this video: Woodland Mills HM130Max
Sawmill trailer shown in this video: Woodland Mills HM130Max Woodlander Trailer
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Doing the job is one thing. Taking footage of the job is another thing. Editing footage from the job is yet another thing. Working a real job while doing the other three jobs. Well, that makes four jobs.
Keep crushing it, Sandy.
Thanks I appreciate that. I 'm happy to help and it does take a bit of work as you mentioned but I"m happy to do it.
@@sawingwithsandy made my first cut with the HM130MAX today. I have to say, it was a way better experience than I expected. The smell of the lumber from my first cut will be ingrained in my memory forever. It makes me forget how sore I am!
Woodland Mills should be giving you some type of royalty for all their units your videos are selling.
I appreciate all your support Jay
Hey Sandy, got my mill together. And even though it is down below 0 C here I was in a heated shop. Watched you doing this outside on cardboard. Hats off to you. Editing on these makes this look a lot easier than reality! But you are an inspiration to guys like me who are into the same kind of things. I just need to set my mill head and will be using a chain hoist to do that. In your other assembly video you hold the head (the black steel frame on top of the mill head that you lift the whole mill head by), you hold it with one hand, arm, and body while getting a starter bolt in. Well, I tried that! HA!. Had to use a chain hoist! I have the 16' 7" trailer. A really long sucker! I bought the power head and to anyone who has not watched your video where you install that, well, it is worth the money. While leveling the head, which took quite a bit of time, just cranking that lift/lower handle was pretty hard. A lot of weight on those cables. For your viewers, the head is worth the buckaroos! I could tell that just from setting the hand crank up. Guitars are a hobby for me, but I do a lot of profession film production with my real job. I know how much work it takes to put one of these videos together. Getting all the angles, stopping and repositioning the camera, and then editing. All takes time and has to be thought out. You are doing a great job. Some TH-cam videos are just painful to watch. Yours are like I am standing there and you are chatting with me.
Awesome. We would have done the trailer for sure, but it was out of budget. The assembly vid was well done Sandy. Thanks!
Glad you liked the video!
The trailer is out of budget for me too, but the head unit of the sawmill will fit into the link box on my tractor. So the plan is to build a frame with two steel rails at exactly the right width for the sawmill track, put that into the box, reverse the tractor up to the sawmill track, unbolt the end stops, and then roll the head unit off the track into the box.
That means that the head unit can safely and easily be moved from one location to another. The track can be disassembled and moved. That makes moving the sawmill quite a major operation which will probably cost most of a working day, but not at all impossible.
If this actually works, I'll post a video one of these days!
good looking saw
Thanks Cecil!
Started putting mine together yesterday finally. The day after mine was delivered I fell and broke 3 ribs that was a fun experience at 64 years old.Your videos were very helpful thank you very much and one of the main reasons I bought a woodland mill.
Hey Mike! Sorry to hear about the mishap. Hope you're feeling better
Nice video Sandy
Thanks appreciate that !
Somebody got maccano sets for Christmas. Big or small, It's lots of fun to build things.
Im with ya there!
Fun times there, putting new stuff together is always so fun! Can’t wait to see the end result! Cheers Sandy!
Thanks! Turned out great I think
And just like that, the Sawing with Sandy show went international. Next episode, Sandy goes to Brazil. Meet the locals, saw some lumber, adopt a child, fight crime, brings peace. And that's just one episode. Check out next month's series where Sandy goes to SPACE!
I sure have some crazy ideas floating around in my head. Who knows, maybe one will be "Sawing with Sandy on the road"
@@sawingwithsandy oh please do. You are quickly becoming a staple of family time in my home. Thank you. My son is requesting more chipper/shredder action. He is 3 and likes to watch the brush disappear. 👍
Hey Sandy,
Just finished watching the last three videos on setting up your new sawmill. I must say I really enjoy your meticulous work ethic in this video and all the others. Nice to see you take pride in your work. I truly enjoy watching your videos.
Thanks for sharing.
Stay safe,
Dirk
Thanks Dirk! Appreciate that
Not long ago I put mine together. Was good to watch you do it. Have fun Sandy. Thanks for sharing
Always happy to help Gene!
Well another big step towards the first cut. I'm glad to see that all is going well and very smooth and I do think you'll really like sawing at this height much better it's easier to see and almost illuminates the bend over. Great video Sandy And be happy to see the next
Thanks Jeff
Congratulation Sandy Wounderful machine 🙂
And I'm REALLY glad I watched this before next week! Having seen it, I think I'm going to assemble the sawmill head in the big shed up at the farm, and bring it over the hill in one piece. Much better than trying to assemble in very uncertain Galloway November weather, and risking losing small parts in the dirt!
I think that would be a good plan for sure
Pretty cool Sandy it's awesome your living the dream
Thanks appreciate that support !
Thanks for another good show
Always happy to have ya Allen
Love the way you put the page numbers in!!!
Glad it was helpful
Great assembly video Sandy.
Thanks David
You got it done! Now for a mobile project? That will be nice because you can tow it to where you're cutting trees down and leave the saw dust and cut offs where you cut them. I would still use what I could but it'll be nice to not have to move that stuff around as much. It'll still be there when you need it. Not sure if you said but does that give you any better capacity? Enjoy your new mill you have a nice mobile back up now. Hope they gave you a great deal on it with all the good publicity you give them. Have a good one Sandy!
I think the HM130max gives me a wider cut ability but I can't remember for certain. It certainly does have a wider space between the track rails. Thanks for watching. Great to have nice folks around the channel like yourself
That is a lot of pages for the assembly. Woodland Mills manuals are excellent. Don't forget the last piece, a license plate for on road hauling.
That’s good point.
Excellent! Thanks again for sharing with us.
Thanks Liz. Hope all is well with you
You done really well Sandy.
Thanks appreciate that
The attention to detail and quality seems quite good on that saw. I'm very impressed!
Right on. I'm hoping for good things as well
MM77 Approved 👍🏼👍🏼
right on right on
Sandy you don’t curse and swear nearly enough! Every dropped nut, bolt, is a missed opportunity.😉
Nice build!
haha I'm sure thinking it sometimes
Thanx Sandy, nicely done. True Canadian. Red plaid and beige Dickies!
and a dark sludge (coffee)
Sandy, I think you will love the tracking system on the newer models...I have not had to change my tracking ever since I fine tuned it the first few months even when going to a different brand of saw blade. Just change the blade and use it basically...and the tracking is much easier than on older models I have noticed.
That's great to hear Mike. Simple is best in my books
Good morning Sandy did do a good job looks like everything went smooth now time to have a little giggle when I got my saw mill I told the representative if you can not put a little red wagon together at Xmas for your kids don't try to put the mill together on your own I said that because of some of the comments I read from people that just got there saw mill i hope you like the humor have a nice dat
hahaha
It didn't hurt that you now have a second mill under your belt and yes I did notice that all the holes did line up with no extra drilling the holes larger or welding a bracket that had problems before even starting. Were I the owner of this mill company, I would throw you some nice tools to go with for doing this as a video showing how a lesser priced mill is the real deal, no joke. If it had been Woodmizer, you could double the price because of the popular name and so many now on the job sites. Its no different than say a Kubota tractor or the TYI/ Kioti thats not as popular yet.
Woodmizer is in a class of its own. No comparison.
I'm definitely excited to put the mill through it's paces for sure. Hope your'e keeping well Morgan
Well done on the assembly Vid, I just finished assembling my woodland mills wood chipper ( the same as yours ☺) & next on the list is the HM130MAX, which I hope will be available in the land of AUS very soon. There was a back order on them when I purchased the chipper. Thank you for helping me choose the WOODLAND MILLS products. They are as good, if not better, as what I've seen on your station & the OUTSIDER's!!! Keep up the good work, Cheers 👍
Great to hear Steve! Hope you're doing well down under and all the best
Good morning buddy, how are ya? Wow that is fantastic!! You’ll find having the sawmill on a trailer is so handy just pull up to the logs and start cutting. I can’t wait to see what ya do! Thanks for sharing God bless you and yours.
I'm doing well thanks! Hope all is well with you. I know what ya mean. I"m looking forward to getting out to the woods with the mill before long
I missed the page reference for where you turned the shipping crate into a work bench... lol Now, having a mobile sawmill I know your going to need that solar Kiln... HINT HINT wink wink... Looking forward to the side by side comparison on features and capacity / limitations in being mobile. May be just me but one reason I was not sure about the trailer was that I may be cutting large logs and was worried the trailer (over time) might not stand up to the weight and movement of heavy logs at capacity especially the legs and where they mount. Also the idea of getting the logs up onto the trailer vs how you have the log bunks seems like it would present some challenges and a real need to be gentle given the weight. Thank you for the video. I will be referencing it as I put mine together in 2 weeks.
Haha I must’ve missed that page. Yeah the solar kiln is in the works for sure
I just finally got my mill set up after sitting in the crate for almost a year and it went together nice still haven't had the chance to fire it up
Right on! Great to hear Ricky
don't forget the old likeroo.
Always appreciate the likearoos! Haha
Hi Sandy, on my 130 max, the blade tension handle always loosens up and sometimes during the cut. I actually ruined a nice slab of black walnut because of that happening. When you get going, I'd be interested to see if you have the same issue. I plan on contacting grizzly to get there idea of what my issue might be. As always, I appreciate your efforts on the videos, lots of great stuff. Thanks again, Scot in New Hampshire, USA
Good to know Scot. I"ll be sure to keep an eye on that. Thanks for the heads up
Sandy, nice job on the assembly. Wish I could have watched before I put mine together!
Just a heads up... watch your shins on the jack handles. They stick way out there.
After raking my shins across them one too many times, I replaced the jack handles with bolts of the same diameter.
(You have to drill holes in the bolts for the roll pins that hold the gears of the jack.)
Problem solved. No more handles waiting to nail me.
Just carry a drill-driver and zip the jacks up level in no time.
And my shins are not all bruised any more!
Good point about the jacks. Thank you!
Sandy, you are one patient man. Can you come to Ohio and put the garbage bin trolley together my girlfriend got for her birthday ? She doesn't have your patience and determination ! LOL
haha
Very nicely done, especially by yourself. (Unless you edited out the footage of the woods elves coming to help you a few times.)
haha thanks! This was all me this time around. Although a hand from those elves would help when the wrench is just out of reach at times
I finaly got my head on my HM126 with trailer. I'm at the stage that I need to tightend evrything on the head.
It was quite a long journey to get to that stage. I had to go back to step 3 in the trailer manual comple of time.
I end it up using a lazer and a square edge. It's as strait as it should be.
I have 1/32 difference in the width. The rail are strait, no wave in them (that was tricky to do I found).
Then when I got to the stage to installed a crossbeam I lost my perfect width. I had gain 3/16 on some bunk to 1/16 on some other.
I called woodland they told me they will send me shims for the bunk. They have 1mm and 2 mm shim that can be hadded on each side of the cross beam.
I'm waiting for the shims, in the mean time I had 2mm and 3mm metal sheet that I could used. That will need to be replace the metal is already rusted and I did not feel like painting them. I had to use a 3mm shim on the crosbeam for the rear jack. A 3mm shims on the axel cross beam
That will be a bummer to replace with the good shim later on. Also I belive I need a 2mm shim on my axel but they only included 6x3mm shim. I belive it's supose to be 2x1mm,2x2mm,2x3mm). And i had to use a 2mm shim on the next crossbeam after the axel.
What is your width variance? Did you had a hard time achiving the proper spec foe the trailer?
I build mine on a concreat slad in a garage... hoping that the rest of the build will be smooth.
Hi Francis, I found my width to be pretty much the same all the way along. I’m guessing if there’s any variance it may be less than 1/16”. Hope you enjoy the sawmill!
@@sawingwithsandy less then 1/16 is good! I had a hard time gething there.
by cj not sh -- thanks sandy, i have the max/woodlander also... having this video would have really helped my installation process!! i hope WM is telling new purchasers about your video.
Glad you liked the video Sondra!
I want one sooo bad! Just not there yet on the money. Soon....🤞
Hope all works out for ya soon Joseph. Thanks for watching
never mind you did :)
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Right on Tim'r!
If there are no more parts on the ground, where did you put the extra parts? LOL.
hahaha
Looks very similar to my Hardwood Mills mill the way it goes together, except for the water tank.
Right on. Glad it went smoothly. Now just to fire it up
Sandy can you talk about the primary difference between your old mill and the new one!?
Sure Marc. I'll be sure to keep that in mind for future videos.
Hi Sandy, big fan of your channel. We found you after we purchased our own woodland saw mill. Recently, however, our insurance company cancelled our policy once we tried to put the machine under our farm policy. Can you let your viewers know about this snag and if you have yours covered can you let us know what company because we ve been looking and no companies are willing to take on the liability.
Glad to hear you're liking the channel and sorry to hear about insurance issue. I find TD insurance is quite useful for all things like sawmills and even other equipment
@@sawingwithsandy thanks so much for replying...we heard that td might be open from another friend as well...and it might be worth letting others know it might be an issue
Hi Sandy. Do you think the metal crates are thick enough to make a sled, or wheeled, for maybe hauling the cut lumber back to the shed?
Have good days!
Good idea! I think it's light gauge for sure but definitely strong enough for a little cart
When I ordered mine I went with the 16.5ft capacity trailer because that’s what I needed. You do way more cutting than I do. Is the shorter trailer going to be enough for you and all you do?
I'm not sure yet. I think as I get going I'll find ut whether to upgrade or not. I think the benefit of this may be tight turning in the woods but hard to say quite yet
Good point. It is quite difficult moving mine around. I ordered a digital linear battery powered for mine in regards to the scale issue. Under 200 bucks from Toronto. Curious for your thoughts once yours is up and running
@@sawingwithsandy one idea. use trailered mill for short lumber in boonies and haul the longer timber up the first mill.
I’m happy for your new toy! I was wondering if you needed a mechanical lift for the saw onto the trailer or if you could have built it onto the trailer.
I think it is possible to build it on the tracks but would require some additional boards or similar to hold it in place.
Looks good to me. just saying
Right on Wallace
Took 20 minutes to put together, the magic of video editing. How long did it actually take to assemble? Nice attention to detail, sounds like you made a good upgrade.
The sawhead likely took me a solid day of working away
Thanks Sandy, hope you enjoy your new mill.
Not sure if anyone mentioned this idea or if the tracks are compatible but I would think you will still be cutting a lot more wood in the shack than on the trailer. Why not swap the new head onto the old track if possible?
The new track width is a bit wider than the old one
Hi great video,
your thoughts on the extended mill and trailer.
Thanks
Ray
@ 0:58 , I see you did not remove those small black spacers , I think they call removing them in manual?
Did you add any extensions? Says you can add a 4ft extension or as many as you want but I'm not sure if that counts with the portable 130max. Is this true? Also you used a bucket to lift that into place, can you do it with out the bucket. I don't have a bucket. Lol.
You can add an extension onto this mill to make it cut upto 16' 11". This version doesn't have an extension (yet). I think it would be possible with some sort of ramp setup
When everything assembled is there a break in time running motor or could you start cutting right away
I just started cutting right away
na dann good luck..
Thank for watching Claus
Did you torque all the bolts on the trailer and powerhead?
Yeah I went back with my torque wrench to be certain
Sandy ..... you put it on the trailer backwards :P
Wouldn't that have been a fun mistake haha
Let me know how the “ruler” works for you. I have a hard time with it - the arrow is too high for me to get good level eyesight on it. Something I may try to modify but I have not figured it out yet. Otherwise I’m real happy with the HM130max.
I'll be sure to look out for that Richard
Do you know if you can get the stainless steel bunks for the HM 126. I really like the 130max but it's a little over budget.
They do sell a trailer for the HM126setup so could have a similar setup for sure
I've been searching everywhere for an overall rubber on the road to the top dimension. If anyone has that please reply...Thanks.
wonders if it would work if mill was put on backwards onto trailer?
Great question Fred. I think the only trouble may be that the direction the blade turns forces the log into the log stops the way I have it but wouldn't be the other way
Awesome! Just put mine together last week, sans trailer. Make sure your throttle opens fully ;) oh, did you happen to bang your head on that stupid raised woodland mills badge on the water tank?!!! I'll be grinding that SOB off PDQ
I actually forgot to go back and check the throttle. cable. Thanks for the heads up!
@@sawingwithsandy cool cool. Mine was only running about 2/3 throttle. Had to loosen the two bolts holding the bracket for the lube switch/throttle assy and adjust those to work in harmony... not just a cable adjust
Sandy can you add an extension on the trailer, to get to 16 feet
You can add an extension to this and then it gets up to 16'11" cut
Are you adding a laser Sandy?
Not too sure yet Tony
@@sawingwithsandy I'm not a sawyer but it may need re-calibrating if you move it. I like to think ahead of problems & how to solve them!
What are you doing with old mill
Hi Mike, I sold it a few months back
Bolt heads on outside would be less to hang up on.
Yeah could be
How long did it take you to get your mill?
I'd say probably around a month or so. Maybe a little more
I ordered the hm126 I'm excited to make dust! Lol your videos are great!
Is it the 16 foot? Look smal.
It's a 10'5" cut currently
Ha! Ok . Not sure I understand why you traded your 16 foot hm130 for a hm130max 10 foot.
You could a just have bought the trailer for the hm130?
The new hm130max cuts wider material , electric start, auto lube and the trailer
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Congrats.
Right on!
If your up to a road trip I would happily pay your way to come to Ohio and help me build mine once I get it. Just let me know if your interested..
Thanks Bill! Lots on the go behind the scenes these days however
50 $ an hour to mill other people logs at there site ! Doesnt sound bad to me .
I'll take it
Those goggles make you look like you know what you're doing.🤣. Oh hell we know you do. Even Woodland Mills brags about you. Do you even grasp how much of an asset you are to the industry? You should have a teaching degree.
hahah