BTW: Jason, your channel is the only one that I follow enough to be anxious for the next video. I noticed that in this one, you switch between two views. That's neat. I was terrified for a moment that you were going to hit one of the log supports. I've hit the log dogs on my HM126 way too many times. - Dan
Wow! Thank you, Dan! I actually did hit one but my camera had stopped recording for some reason. Absolutely destroyed the blade. I always like to show when it happens but unfortunately I couldn’t this time. Stay tuned for the maintenance video. I’m going to take my time with it and make sure it’s top notch.
lol, i knew exactly what happen when you ran out of fuel. Crap happens I did it once slabbing out a big oak log. you were lucky, I found it hard to start the blade again from the weight of the slab pinching down on the blade. great video!
Great show of what is involved start to finish on a project like that. Had some hiccups to overcome and you did it. I look forwrd to seeing what it takes to keep a sawmill in good working order...next time.Thanks again for bringing us (taking us?) along with you.
Jason, I am really impressed to see you maximizing the yield from your timber. Some of these TH-cam "sawyers" attack the log by making huge primary cuts that result in hugely thick flitches that get thrown away. Starting with thinner slices yields smaller, usable boards that can be utilized as stickers or odds and ends. We own a couple hundred acres of pines and hardwoods. We believe that we have been entrusted with this forest land and are responsible for it's maintenance and use. Thanks for setting a higher standard.
Thank you, Bob! It’s definitely time consuming to cut the thin flitches and then resaw them with the mill but I needed every board I could get. Sometimes I’m that guy that cut the bigger flitches if I’m in a hurry but I try to come back to them later.
Hey Jason! Nice video. When you are zipping down a cant, stop just before you get to the 5 1/2 or whatever width you are doing. Open the clamp, set your stakes, and put the boards that need to be edged in between the cant and the stakes. When you go down the 5/8ths or whatever, you get your next board and all your boards edged. The cant helps keep the boards plumb.
Have been enjoying your vids - my grandpa was in the logging business about 70 years ago. Something about saw mills have always been of interest to me.
Good sawing, Jason. I saw the shake in the end of that first log before you started cutting it. Good advice on the gas too - like make sure there's water in the pool before you dive in (lol). Take care. Bill
This video reminded me that I've got to get back to work on the cedar fence I started last fall for a hard a$$ customer (my daughter). Her fence has 350 slats! ¾x4x6'. No spaces! I'll fire up the mill this week and get that done, but I just finished maple syrup season in Northern Vermont today (Sunday 4-10) so I've been a little busy.
@@VTKingdomsawing I started the same way but with a Woodland Mills. I sold a couple live edge boards for more than I ever imagined and jumped into my LT-35. It paid for itself in 6 months sawing reclaimed lumber for a construction company. I got pretty lucky but opportunities are out there.
Hi Jason, A maintenance video on the Woodmizer would be nice. I've seen several of them being assembled, but non on maintaining them. You and your family stay safe.
Nice job Jason! Way quicker than my first big order which convinced me to sell to others I did it on an LT 15 before I got my auto drive 350 boards 7.5” wide It was a load for my pick up 😜
Hi Jason, great work. I watch all your vid's and learned a lot from them as well as being entertaining, thanks. I've had the large trees in my yard cut down and I am slowly milling them on a lt35hd. We've lived in this place for over 40 years. The majority of the trees were fir with a couple of cedars. The fir were up to 36" diameter. We had the trees down because of the increasing winds here. As well the trees had pitch oozing out in various places. They have some shake, explains the pitch but I have milled some nice lumber out of them. I made a couple of great swing sets so far. In around 11:10 of the video you pull the bottom board off the mill. I think because it was too thick but not thick enough to mill. For this situation I usually put a couple of the previously milled boards under the thick board and then a scrap board on either side, then clamp low. It allows me to mill that last board. It takes extra time but it seems that last board is often the best material. I have around 60 hrs on my mill and I am interested in your up coming mill maintenance video. Leo
When you get that tension, flip the can’t 180 and take a few off the other side. You will have to trip 1/8 or so to get that bow out but I have to do it all the time with poplar here in KY.
Cool, I make about a 1000 13/16 th 6 foot by 6 in fence boards each week with my LT 35. People love the thicker cut than the box stores. Washington State
Maintenance. Should be interesting. For some reason I was wondering about the unglamorous job of disposing of saw dust. Assume you don’t make charcoal briquettes a la Kingsford.
Another great video but I have a burning question on your video where you were digging the drain for your building I noticed you had the bucket turned backwards never seen that before guinus.
Thank you, Jeff! Ever since they came up with the hydraulic quick-attach for the excavators, switching the bucket like that became too easy not to do. It’s very handy.
Great video. Can’t wait until your maintenance video, does that include cleaning all the sawdust off the mill? Or just changing the oil and filters? I watch quite a few of you sawmill guys, and notice that most don’t clean off the sawdust around the pulley’s or open the blade guards and blow out that area. Just curious. Thanks for sharing. God bless.
Hey buddy how are ya? I love the new shop!!! I want one hehehe. I just got my mill a few months ago, I can’t believe how many off cuts and scraps the mill makes. What do you do with the scraps? Make into fire wood? Thanks for all you share, and do.God bless you and yours.
Excellent video sir! Just a quick question for ya. What bands are you running? Your boards look waaay smoother off the mill than mine ever have. I'm running ripper 37s from Jerry's ReSharper, but they seem to leave a fairly rough cut.
I always enjoy your videos. Do you really find it is profitable to cut fence boards? Home Depot sells theirs for $4 a board. By the time you buy the logs, Handle each piece milling, edging, and the squaring the ends. I have never thought it was worth trying to compete. But, I trust your experience. Are you making any money on fence boards?
Thank you, Bill! I always make money on fence boards because I’ve never had to buy a log. I got $3 each for these boards and the video will make money as well. I once cut $200 worth of cedar for a guy and the video was popular and made over $1,500. I factor that into my pricing.
I’m always cheaper. I’m very small time and can’t always accept an order but in this case, I check Home Depot’s price and cut 25%. I feel like I deliver a better product.
That is a mouth watering load of cedar, someone is a lucky chap.
Those narrow cuts,would make nice border and garden fence.
Thanks for the video. Looking forward to the maintenance video!!! 200 hours! Congrats!
BTW: Jason, your channel is the only one that I follow enough to be anxious for the next video. I noticed that in this one, you switch between two views. That's neat. I was terrified for a moment that you were going to hit one of the log supports. I've hit the log dogs on my HM126 way too many times. - Dan
Wow! Thank you, Dan! I actually did hit one but my camera had stopped recording for some reason. Absolutely destroyed the blade. I always like to show when it happens but unfortunately I couldn’t this time. Stay tuned for the maintenance video. I’m going to take my time with it and make sure it’s top notch.
lol, i knew exactly what happen when you ran out of fuel. Crap happens I did it once slabbing out a big oak log. you were lucky, I found it hard to start the blade again from the weight of the slab pinching down on the blade. great video!
Thank you! I know what you mean. If I’m in a big log like that I try to use a wedge to take pressure off of the blade.
nice job and video take care, be safe and well.
Thank you, John!
12:59 my favorite part, watching all them weird pieces get equalized.
Great show of what is involved start to finish on a project like that. Had some hiccups to overcome and you did it. I look forwrd to seeing what it takes to keep a sawmill in good working order...next time.Thanks again for bringing us (taking us?) along with you.
Thank you, John! I’ll be making that video soon. We had a crazy snow storm this week that has thrown everything off here. Stay tuned!
Love the trick editing !!,
Thank you! I try to put one in every video.
@@NorthwestSawyer makes watching even more fun, thank you
@@markam306 not everyone catches it. I’m glad you enjoy it 😉
Nice fence pickets ....
Thank you, Charles!
Jason, I am really impressed to see you maximizing the yield from your timber. Some of these TH-cam "sawyers" attack the log by making huge primary cuts that result in hugely thick flitches that get thrown away. Starting with thinner slices yields smaller, usable boards that can be utilized as stickers or odds and ends. We own a couple hundred acres of pines and hardwoods. We believe that we have been entrusted with this forest land and are responsible for it's maintenance and use. Thanks for setting a higher standard.
Thank you, Bob! It’s definitely time consuming to cut the thin flitches and then resaw them with the mill but I needed every board I could get. Sometimes I’m that guy that cut the bigger flitches if I’m in a hurry but I try to come back to them later.
Looking forward to the maintenance video, I have 185 hours on my Lt35. I've done belts and oil changes that's about it so far.
Stay tuned!
Good as always my friend.
Thank you, Jimmie!
Hey Jason! Nice video. When you are zipping down a cant, stop just before you get to the 5 1/2 or whatever width you are doing. Open the clamp, set your stakes, and put the boards that need to be edged in between the cant and the stakes. When you go down the 5/8ths or whatever, you get your next board and all your boards edged. The cant helps keep the boards plumb.
Good call! I usually use a thicker piece for a side support but that would save a step.
Nice job! A satisfying truck load of fence boards!
For sure and a happy client that ordered more👍👍
Great job kid.
Thanks😬
Have been enjoying your vids - my grandpa was in the logging business about 70 years ago. Something about saw mills have always been of interest to me.
Thank you, Andrew. I have stumps on my property that were logged in your grandpa’s era with the plank notches in them. That was real logging!
@@NorthwestSawyer spring boards!
Thats some great lumber right there. Nice video as always, thank you for letting us join. Stay safe.
Thank you! You too.
Beautiful wood 👍.
Good sawing, Jason. I saw the shake in the end of that first log before you started cutting it. Good advice on the gas too - like make sure there's water in the pool before you dive in (lol). Take care.
Bill
Oh man! I’ve gotta write that pool one down😂
you have come a long way jason thanx 4 sharing the content!!!
Thank you, Karl!
This video reminded me that I've got to get back to work on the cedar fence I started last fall for a hard a$$ customer (my daughter). Her fence has 350 slats! ¾x4x6'. No spaces!
I'll fire up the mill this week and get that done, but I just finished maple syrup season in Northern Vermont today (Sunday 4-10) so I've been a little busy.
That syrup process is fun to watch. Bus Huxley did a video on it last year. Very interesting.
@@NorthwestSawyer there's no money in it for a micro operation like mine but there's joy, not to mention taste testing!
@@VTKingdomsawing I started the same way but with a Woodland Mills. I sold a couple live edge boards for more than I ever imagined and jumped into my LT-35. It paid for itself in 6 months sawing reclaimed lumber for a construction company. I got pretty lucky but opportunities are out there.
Great looking fence boards!!!!
Thank you, John!
Good to see ya at it n getting stuff done.must be a busy man at work.good stuff.
Too busy😬
Hi Jason,
A maintenance video on the Woodmizer would be nice. I've seen several of them being assembled, but non on maintaining them. You and your family stay safe.
Thank you, Don! I think a maintenance video might be missing from TH-cam. Stay tuned!
@@NorthwestSawyer I agree, looking forward to it! Just hit 250hrs on my lt35
Good video,enjoy watching you make lumber that can be used by people to make useful stuff.This is an age old story practiced in our county
Wow cedar boards cut to order and length and delivered. Hurry and cash that check that’s one way to pay for a sawmill
Good looking boards. Nice video.
Thank you, Mack!
Very good 👍👍
Thank you!
Awesome job brotherman, you make it look soo easy. Thanks for sharing, stay safe and God bless
A little more than a truckload! Nice work
It sure felt like it after loading it up. 😬
Drive it to CT and sell it for a million bucks! Seriously we cant even get cedar fencing here. It’s crazy right now.
Really look forward to the sawmill maintenance video.
Great! There seems to be a lot of interest so I’d better get to it.
The Toyota comment made me laugh!😂 But what pretty grain those logs were hiding!
Cedar rarely disappoints😉
Nice job Jason!
Way quicker than my first big order which convinced me to sell to others
I did it on an LT 15 before I got my auto drive
350 boards 7.5” wide
It was a load for my pick up
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Wow! That would be quite the workout!
Hi Jason, great work. I watch all your vid's and learned a lot from them as well as being entertaining, thanks. I've had the large trees in my yard cut down and I am slowly milling them on a lt35hd. We've lived in this place for over 40 years. The majority of the trees were fir with a couple of cedars. The fir were up to 36" diameter. We had the trees down because of the increasing winds here. As well the trees had pitch oozing out in various places. They have some shake, explains the pitch but I have milled some nice lumber out of them. I made a couple of great swing sets so far. In around 11:10 of the video you pull the bottom board off the mill. I think because it was too thick but not thick enough to mill. For this situation I usually put a couple of the previously milled boards under the thick board and then a scrap board on either side, then clamp low. It allows me to mill that last board. It takes extra time but it seems that last board is often the best material. I have around 60 hrs on my mill and I am interested in your up coming mill maintenance video. Leo
Getting my lt35 April 29. Yippie.
When you get that tension, flip the can’t 180 and take a few off the other side. You will have to trip 1/8 or so to get that bow out but I have to do it all the time with poplar here in KY.
The tension I was getting was side to side. Not up and down. I don’t know if that would’ve cured my issue.
What a cool video
Thank you, Robert! I do my best😬
Cool, I make about a 1000 13/16 th 6 foot by 6 in fence boards each week with my LT 35. People love the thicker cut than the box stores. Washington State
I wish I had the logs to do that. A client of mine just paid $20k for 600 1x6x8s that I couldn’t make😩
"Do not attempt this with your toyota" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I love it!
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Just found your channel, I also saw cedar. I saw northern white cedar.
Awesome! I have a video series where I built a covered fire pit out of California White Cedar.
@@NorthwestSawyer I will watch it, thank you!
Thanks for the vid
nice sawing
nice vid . 200hrs is time for filter changes i thought . maybe engine oil change too can't wait ti see it
I think you’re right. I’m planning to do it all.
Awesome!
Thank you!
A sawmill maintenence would be good to see. Thank you
I’m hearing this a lot. I’m going to take my time and try to cover everything in one video. Stay tuned!
What bands you running?🤔👍
About time you posted lol.
I was getting worried about you 🧡🌲👍👍
you don't have your end screens on here yet... cheer's
Hi! Nice job y wonder how offent you have to refil the wáter anda gás? Tks.
It really depends on what I’m sawing. Sometimes both will last all day and other times I’ll go through two tanks of gas and 5 jugs of water.
Nice work. those 1x6x6 are going for $12.00 a board where i live.
Ouch! I’m milling 3/4x5.5x8” and getting $11 for them.
@@NorthwestSawyer You should see what red cedar 1x6x8 is going for here in ohio. $25.98 Actual size is 13/16x5.5x8
Maintenance. Should be interesting. For some reason I was wondering about the unglamorous job of disposing of saw dust. Assume you don’t make charcoal briquettes a la Kingsford.
I burn most of it but have thought about building a press out of my wood splitter to make presto logs. I should get on that😬
Another great video but I have a burning question on your video where you were digging the drain for your building I noticed you had the bucket turned backwards never seen that before guinus.
Thank you, Jeff! Ever since they came up with the hydraulic quick-attach for the excavators, switching the bucket like that became too easy not to do. It’s very handy.
Good video
Thank you
Thank you, Mr Brown!
Great video. Can’t wait until your maintenance video, does that include cleaning all the sawdust off the mill? Or just changing the oil and filters? I watch quite a few of you sawmill guys, and notice that most don’t clean off the sawdust around the pulley’s or open the blade guards and blow out that area. Just curious. Thanks for sharing. God bless.
Thank you, Jim. I’m going to show everything. Especially the more complicated stuff. I’m going to take my time and make sure I cover everything.
Did you add two sides supports? I must have missed that on a past video. I’m amazed at the beautiful cedar you have in plentiful supply.
The mill actually comes with 4 supports. Only two are powered unless you order it with all four being powered.
When u gonna do some more videoing of where you work I like the ones u did
Hi Jason: Is there a way to cut the log so that the tension is minimized? Great video. Loved the added written commentary.
Thank you, Doug! I think the tension is just a characteristic of some logs for whatever reason.
@@NorthwestSawyer Are you centering the pith before cutting?
@@hpw59 I am.
Hey buddy how are ya? I love the new shop!!! I want one hehehe. I just got my mill a few months ago, I can’t believe how many off cuts and scraps the mill makes. What do you do with the scraps? Make into fire wood? Thanks for all you share, and do.God bless you and yours.
Thank you! You’re right. The mill makes a mess in a hurry. Here’s what I do and it’s a big time saver.
th-cam.com/video/htgIWQbEAcc/w-d-xo.html
Nice Toyota crack at the end and isn’t that the truth. Love my Cummins
excellen!
Excellent video sir! Just a quick question for ya. What bands are you running? Your boards look waaay smoother off the mill than mine ever have. I'm running ripper 37s from Jerry's ReSharper, but they seem to leave a fairly rough cut.
These are 10 degree double hard blades. They do leave a super smooth cut for sure.
I always enjoy your videos. Do you really find it is profitable to cut fence boards? Home Depot sells theirs for $4 a board. By the time you buy the logs, Handle each piece milling, edging, and the squaring the ends. I have never thought it was worth trying to compete. But, I trust your experience. Are you making any money on fence boards?
Thank you, Bill! I always make money on fence boards because I’ve never had to buy a log. I got $3 each for these boards and the video will make money as well. I once cut $200 worth of cedar for a guy and the video was popular and made over $1,500. I factor that into my pricing.
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Hey is it cheaper to buy from a independent saw mill like you or the big box stores lumber is through the roof as you know
I’m always cheaper. I’m very small time and can’t always accept an order but in this case, I check Home Depot’s price and cut 25%. I feel like I deliver a better product.
@@NorthwestSawyer thank you love you stuff
@@MrStarlin51 thank you!
One thing about ceader
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NO IS THE TIME TO CUT FENCING. FENCE BUILDING SEASON STARTS SOON.
For sure!
What's the going rate for rough cut lumber? I always struggle on pricing my wood
I usually look up the retail cost online and cut it by 1/3.
How much do "somethingorothers" go for these days?
For you? Too low to advertise.
What blade are you using seems to hold up good on that ceader?
That’s just the 10 degree Double-Hard.
My first name is Sawyer lol
To late for texting I quit !
😂😂😂