Homemade Log Clamps For My Logosol Farmers M8
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ก.ย. 2024
- Cutting through a 20" diameter hardwood log creates a fair amount of vibration. So, sharing a variety of homemade clamps I've been trying for my Farmers M8 to tightly hold the logs down while cutting. I think I now have a winner.
Think i've seen this clip before but forgot about it.
Just bought a pair of the XL clamps, very expensive but hopefully worth it.
This seems such a good idea i will make at least one copy, since my mill has three log lifters.
Or maybe two - one for spares, if or rather when i saw through an XL one.
The principle is solid, i would weld some 10 teeth on it on the entire surface, and also use screws like you do.
That looks like a good idea. I brought the clamps from the M8, for mine (M7). They are a cam stile, when I tested them they seem ok. I like your idea with the plate & lag bolts though.
I was thinking about the cam clamps myself....That said, hard to beat securing with bottom with lag bolts for slabbing. Regardless, it's all big fun making your own lumber - thanks for checking out my vids; Booyah!
I'm also having trouble finding end stop. Fabricating my own maby best solution. To the drawing board!
+Bob Hart I had that same issue as well, but once I screwed in the lag bolts on the log clamp I made - the logs stopped moving.
Heavy duty clamps are a must especially wen milling soft woods.
Rick Thanks for the log stop build. I have not bought one of these Logosol yet still wondering if it is going to work for my project. So I am asking you if you were going to mill up a bunch of 1" hardwoods to cover 80% of my 1400 sq ft home do you think the farmers mill would be a good idea. Also wanted to know how big a planer you decided on. I was thinking a 15" would be good enough
My view would be no, and here is why. You need a large supply of hardwood logs, a very large 90 plus cc chainsaw, all the equipment to move the logs around and to the mill, lots of gas and chain lubrication, a lot of time and a lot of very hard work to mill the wood. Once milled you need to dry it. Given this would be for inside a home, the wood would need to be heated (to kill insects) and dried to say 8% moisture - so you would need to build a kiln. Logosol sells a Sauno kiln unit for about $1500 that uses steam and high temperatures to stabilize and dry the wood. Then you would need a place to store the dried wood until your ready to use it. Once ready, you then need all the woodworking equipment - Jointer, Plainer, and Tablesaw etc..to process into what you need. So it's a huge and expensive undertaking. I hope this helps you.
if you only need 1 project then clearly not, but in case you want to do this your entire life, meaning you gonna want to build multiple projects over many years, from chicken house to having a side hustle making stuff for your neighbors, and smash time and time again in expensive not customizable wood which cuts in you profit margins, then investing in the tools and do it properly will worth it. There are plenty of videos here on TH-cam showing you how to do things, high precision machining tools included - so is more like what kind of person you are and based on that decision is safe to go forward with such an investment since you invest in yourself your skill level, and in this uncertain crisis environment we live in - with this covid19, is better to be more self reliant then not.