I hope you one day meet some of the thousands of people you have inspired to make things. The joy and self-reliance you have instilled in others will pay you future dividends my good sir.
Everybody wants to get in that workshop ... even the birds. Thanks for the video Kris. As Dot is the mother of all the plants and animals ...Happy Mother's Day Dot.
Your hard work building the sawmill is paying off. My factory built sawmill wobbles like that too. It is because of "blade friction" as it is cutting the wood. To stop the friction, you can do two things. Slow down how fast you are pushing the saw, and make sure water is flowing to cool and lubricate the saw blade. Add a few drops of soap in your water tank as well. Cheers.
Hello Kris, Good update... when you were driving the tractor up to the mill it was great to see the trees you planted doing well... See you next time. Take care. Paul,,
My brother made this his business. Gets paid to cut trees down. Then mills the logs and sells that too. He's built a couple of houses with his free wood. Built some hardwood furniture also.
We just got a truckload of red cedar and Alaskan yellow cedar utility poles that are going to be cut into fencing materials and whatever else we can get out of the logs. The best part of the project is that the entire load was free from a utility contractor working in the area. He saved money by not having to haul off the poles and we got free materials.
Hey @brian Gorrow, I know someone who needs Alaskan yellow cedar. I don’t know if you are willing to trade it maybe? I know it’s a long shot, do you live at the west coast?
You will find they are hard on blades, decades of blowing dirt and dust build up I think. When we did it there were these little plastic plugs we would find randomly driven into bored holes near the base. Anti rot or insect maybe? Anyway each time we hit one it wrecked a blade. Could be that our poles were just weedy junk, I hope you have better luck.
Just wonderful, and I love the Eurasian Blue Tit chirp. Just had one feeding of the coconut outside my widow, though I haven't milled half of Fangorn. Great and prolific work Sir!
@@ram1brn In ports too, just got sent some pictures of Rostock port, Baltic Sea, shiploads of ply and 2by's, nice covered in stretchfilm and ready to be exported by ships... 8-0
Exactly and during Covid Bull Crap so many People had to stop Construction. Meanwhile over at the Kris Lumber Yard. He just keeps milling what he needs and building whatever he wants. Isn’t Freedom Great.!!!!!!
man i can only imagine how it feels... cutting down trees that need to come out, milling them on the mill that you built, stacking them in the workshop that you built, ready to build something cool like the tool box you built 😎👍🏻 glad you noticed the wobble i was gona say something. maybe box section bolted on the side of the top part that extends down to the bottom rail with a stabilising runner wheel? pleasure as always!
Absolutely incredible work, Kris! I’ve been binge watching from the beginning! It’s funny seeing how much your hair has grown also! I’m super impressed with your creativity, design, stamina, willpower, efficiency, determination.... heck, I’m just damned impressed!
Ran into a different take of a sawmill on a channel where they are making a rail setup in the yard to make moving wood around easier where they simply mounted the sawmills head on two posts outside the shed with a set of rails under it to let them load a log on a cart and simply push it at the saw blade. No max length on the logs that setup can handle and the rails are cheap as they are using steel flat stock on edge that is bolted to sections of pipe in holes on the ties. They are expanding the rail network in the yard to let them roll carts of milled wood into a cheap high tunnel greenhouse they are using a a drying area
Pretty wood, and nice sawmill I am sure your daddy’s very proud of you doing that building. So keep on working, and have a good one till the next time see ya by.
Funny to hear you apologize for a video of "just milling." Quite frankly, I'm totally jelly I don't have a mill of my own to do exactly that! For what it's worth, your "just milling" video is completely inspiring to me. It's making me want to go buy a mill myself (since I have NO idea how to make one the way you did) and get to it! We have a LOT of trees on our property that need milling and plenty of projects we need the lumber for as well. You're doing well sir!
That Sawmill is proving to be so invaluable. The bonus being that you have your own Home-grown timber to mill. Absolutely tremendous. Excellent, as always Kris. Cheers.
Just wondering if getting that old excavator running and adding a thumb would make log handling on the mill a lot easier. Especially larger sticks. Maybe it tme for a shed to park the mill in on one side, and a drying rack opposite, use the off cut slabs to side it
You should think about getting some pallet tines for your tractor, then loading logs onto the mill will be easier, and you’ll be able to use them for a heap of other things
kris when stickering your planks leave an air gap between the planks as well and if you’ve got the power available have a fan blowing across the timber this helps the drying process and gets the moisture away from surfaces lessening mould build up
I really enjoyed the tractor ride up the field, with the fence and the sheep and the trees you planted. It’s awe inspiring Kris, everywhere you look you’ve had a hand in shaping. Hope your back is mending well!
You could put a low power fan blowing over the stack if you ever get worried about the moisture. Will help move the humid air from the stack around to the rest of the workshop :) That bandsaw is incredible, my favourite project you've done (and you've done so many amazing projects!)
To steady your jacks you could weld up a "leg" frame that is attached to the bottom of your rails with a pivot point hinge and swings up for transport and locks in the down position with a pin. Basically two legs of box steel with diagonal bracing between rails, then remount your jacks to the sides of the box steel so they swing up with the leg frame rather than sliding up the one bracket they have now. That would also allow you to add a second bracket for each jack closer to the bottom to firm them up. Also, it is common to paint or seal the end grain on lumber to be air dried to reduce the amount of checking. My two cents anyway, very motivational videos for me, thanks.
Awesome video, my friend! Great off grid living skills! Enjoyed watching, the surrounding nature is amazing. Cheers from Russia, Kris, and welcome to my channel about special bushcraft tips and hacks! Kind regards, Yuriy!
Stll a very watchable vid. An couple of ideas for the mill. If you can find some tube the same OD as the jacks make a frame with the long sides a little wider than the bed and using the outside tubes of the jacks as the short sides. Then move the jack clamps to the underside of the bed and use them to attach the frame to the bed. these frames can fold up for transport and down for milling, then add a fore and aft brace on each frame. This will hold the jacks square to the bed and rigid in all directions. If you box in the top of the gantry you can create a weatherproof enclosure to raise the engine into
If someone had told me (not so long ago) that I’d be spending twenty or so minutes watching some bloke sawing wood, and finding it wonderfully satisfying, I’d probably not believed it. Really satisfying watch. Need saw. Need wood to saw. Great stuff. Cheers Kris.
Hello Kris; In order to stop the side-to-side shudder of your saw as you cut with the head in the higher positions, you need to re-mount your legs or jacks. If they are placed so the top of each pair of jacks /legs is flush with the side of the machine, and the lower end of the jacks / legs are spread out at an angle of about 10 degrees they will automatically get stronger the more weight you put on the saw. In effect, you will be making a short pair of 'A' frames out of each pair of side legs. This will also happen for lengthwise vibration if you cant the end legs / jacks with the bottoms canted out towards the open ends of the saw bed. What this solution does is negate the slight amount of slack built into the legs to allow them to work smoothly.. The vertical mount you use now actually multiplies the 'slop' in the legs, causing the wobble. Skip Pence
Suggestion for the wobble: try hanging a couple of 20L hdpe jugs from the frame filled with water. This will most likely dampen the wobble or in the very least change the resonant frequency so it won't wobble. You may need to do a 3 point suspension with some rope to prevent the jugs themselfs from swinging and be more or less "fixed" to the frame.
It is always nice to have a good supply of building materials. I have been fortunate enough to collect a lot of free lumber over the years. I actually had to build a barn just to store it all. Now I am using it up quick, maybe if I use it all I will have an excuse to get a sawmill. Thanks for sharing.
One thing I did on my mill was installing two valves on the water drip. That way I could set the drip where I wanted it and then the other valve would shut off flow. Then I wouldn’t have to figure out the flow all over again. 😊
Another enjoyable vid, Kris. It is great just to see what you are doing I'm happy to watching what your doing each week Not just special projects And watching you mill the logs into timber for you projects was truly magical
The only thing more satisfying than all that milled lumber stacked up is know that we'll get a ton of videos of beautiful creations out of it! Well done!
So true! Less likely to have an accident in a tidy shop also. Labeling the shelves or having a loose leaf note book to have an inventory of the shop contents is also helpful.
I had a similar problem with the whole thing hitting a certain frequency and it'd shake like crazy. I tried bracing the saw head, I tried jamming the chassis against stuff - I tried all sorts. What fixed it for me was getting a bigger pulley on the engine and thus bringing the blade speed up a little. I seem to remember when I was researching my build I was aiming for 3500-4500fpm blade speed with my engine power. I'd recommend figuring what your current blade speed and what your ideal blade speed would be for your engine power and work from there. Maybe for your set up a smaller pulley attached directly (somehow) to the back of the band wheel might be best because I know you haven't got much space between the clutch and the saw blade. Also a slightly dull blade will make it all seem worse. Great stuff as always Kris. I hope this doesn't come across as "Now listen here, boy! What you need to do is......" Just thought I'd share what I've found.
Any person that has a thumbs down must be a miserable streak of shit. I'm a 59yo female and young Chris and Dot send me the most wonderful vibes of inspiration. I just wish back when I was young we were exposed to these awesome opportunities and ideas.
My place is like a scrapyard I've been taking any wood or anything for free for years..now that our currency is buying less and less it takes the pain away from being down about the mess 😁👍🏻
Have you looked at how a caravan is jacked up so it does not rock? A couple of those "scisor" legs (maybe with an extension welded on at each corner pointing inwards) would work wonders .... you can pick second hand up for a few quid Nicwe workshop!
Much cheaper than the prices of lumber in Canada these days. A couple years ago, a 2x4 (8 Feet) was around $4. Today $14 FREAKING DOLLARS!?!? I am super jealous of your awesome work and you inspire me to get off my ass and create more exciting things. Though I might buy myself a portable saw mill. High speed spinning blades and my questionable welding skills are not a good match.
A suggestion for you... after you make the first cut on the log , take the cut piece off BEFOR you return the saw back to the starting position.. it dose several things ..one, you don't have to maneuver around the saw and the ramp to put the cant on the scrap pile. its a lot easier top pick the cant of the end of the log and requires a lot less energy.. its also a lot closer ! two, you don't have to raise the saw 6 inches to clear the top of the log.. after the scrap cant has been moved you only have to raise the blade like an 1/8 of an inch and then move the saw back to the start position. By the way the saw build is awesome, i watched every one of the vids ..love your channel..i sub it the first time i saw you..cheers!!
@@andymccabe6712 work smart not hard ..least amount of lift and travel distance..i noticed it right away.. why pick the cant up in the middle when you can slide it halfway there before you lift it ..
That sawmill is brilliant! Just what you needed. Still blown away that you made that yourself. And now look at all that beautiful wood! I hear prices for wood have skyrocketed. You must have seen this coming. Kudo to you. I look forward to the greenhouse's progress. It's so unusual and beautiful; I feel as though it needs a name. All my best.
That's going really well mate, bloody good job. Electric winch upgrade for your log lifter? You can use an automotive or boat winch and it will likely come with a remote to keep your hands well clear.
The next best thing from using reclaimed timber is using your own responsibly-sourced timber. Good on you, Kris. Keep up the good work. I'm really looking forward to the next part of the workshop build. God bless~
I have seen experts paint a very thick layer of plastic paint at the ends to pervert end-grains loosing moisture faster than the rest of the boards and also even tighten a bunch together with wires. Isn’t it a bit risky Leaving the boards like this? It is much appreciated hearing your thoughts on this subject. Thanks for sharing your wonderful life with us and god speed🙏
@ 16:30 I think a bigger bucket or cut the bottom out... Then clamp a bag around the bucket top;... So that the sawdust falls straight into the bag... When it is full;... release the clamps & fit a new bag...
Great work, you do projects like I do, do a mental inventory of what you have to work with and go from there. Saw is doing what it was built for very well. One thing I noticed is slight horizontal movement in the cutting head while making a heavy, wide cut. A couple of diagonal brace plates up on the top of the frame may alleviate some of that action and reduce stress on those top welds. Second thing would maybe mount a canvas bag to catch the sawdust like many power sanders have just to make it easier to get them into a composting pile. Just my two cents for ya, Love the channel and hope you keep them coming. I have the same one lunger engine on a generator.
Ah, sneak peak at the tenoner. Very interested in what you come up with for that. And wow, what productive milling. I foresee a solar kiln in your future!
You can build a "troth" next to line of your saw mill and collect all that saw dust, or a cheap trick is to lay down a plastic tarp then slide it from underneath and roll it. Bend one end and leave the other open so when you stand it up into a wheel barel of box all the saw dust comes out.
Nice work Kris, the mill will have paid itself many times over by the time you come to work on your house and barn. Lovely to see you reaping the benefits of all that hard work. You need a 3 pin skidder plate with a winch for you tractor next to make dragging cut logs around easier on you, another build :D.
Must be an amazing feeling to be able to take your own trees and make them into beautiful timber. With a saw that you made yourself! Talk about job satisfaction this is next level love your life stuff. Thakks for the great content!
Always a pleasure to watch you work Kris, I can almost smell the timber bringing back memories of my childhood and my uncles timber yard, thank you for sharing :)
are you going to get a tenoning machine with multiple sawblades or the type with milling heads and carbide inserts? love the electric adjustability on your winch, no more possibility of a hand crank throwing a punch. maybe a dc-dc converter could allow you to make even finer increment adjustments but i guess that would need to be quite beefy considering the currents involved in a 12v winch. can't wait for the greenhouse to be enclosed, you'll have to record a clip in there when it's really chucking it down. i bet that would make for quite the asmr rain recording with all that glass :)
The wobble. A lot of it is transmitted from the cutting carriage to the base rails. Incorporating a couple of x braces or gusset's up high on the carriage will certainly help as well as addressing the screw jacks. Having the wheels on the ground if possible will help with the lateral rigidity.
@Kris Harbour Natural Building It looks like the wobble you mentioned is in the saw carriage. An "X" brace in the frame of it mounted flat should prevent it. The wobble looked to be twisting in the Y or vertical axis. Between the two wheels specifically.
I would have thought your woodburner would overcome the moisture. I saw a design for a temporary greenhouse that used 2"x8" bottom boards with fence panels (cheaply and easily available in the u.s.) bent between to make a hoop shape then covered in 6 mil plastic (just use black). Easily built to whatever length you want. If you added a fan intake and exhaust at other end with maybe a dehumidifier inside you would have a cheap, moveable solar drying "shed". If it ever was needed or useful. Sorry about the novel, thanks for the new video.
Awesome Kris! Please remember to ground your saw mill! Don’t want to see you get hurt! Your sawmill I’ll is going to make your life better in so many ways!
One of the TH-cam people posted a problem with the ground and the ground found another option! It was through the winch cable! Since your battery is connected to your treadle this might not pertain to yours You know anything moving makes static electric! It causes his bandsaw to melt the cable and bandsaw motor fell to deck! Everything has to ground to earth! I thought I had sent you a link a month ago but can’t find link! The problem was on a Norwood mill! Have a wonderful day Kris!
I see. On my mill the wheels would be a very good connection so I doubt the winch cable would end up having current flow through it. It is possible though but not likely.
I think I have found the Video you alluded to Average Gurl: Howard Kettner has a Norwood HD36. You cannot get wire melting currents from saw related static buildup - a fairly noticeable zap from the metal blade passing the plastic housing maybe. He is blatantly missing something he doesn't understand in his description of what he says happened (wire red hot) and also in what he said to Norwood. He needs someone qualified to go through all his Mains and 12v wiring assuming nothing. Lamp visibly hanging above the Mill maybe dangerous if wrong wiring etc. His bodges are making the mill objectively less safe than it was originally designed. eg. Not replacing an alternator or regulator has him fitting a heavy leisure battery hanging off that saw head making it heavier that he still has to charge. In summary. Kris does not have these issues on his machine.
As for your band saw "wobble", I would modify your log ramps so the you could hammer stakes through them, in to the ground, and utilize them as your bracing.
Ive had trouble with similar adjustable height legs wobbling under load. My problems were because they were only secured at the top. Maybe weld a plate behind each leg and bolt on another clamp for each leg at the bottom? Would certainly take some of the sway out I reckon. For what you spent on the build though, its such a better machine than other saw mills for the same price!!
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All seems simple enough for the average genius ...👍👍
God certainly continues to bless you.. So many folks would appreciate the skill and intelligence you have...Take time to give Him thanks 😊
I hope you one day meet some of the thousands of people you have inspired to make things. The joy and self-reliance you have instilled in others will pay you future dividends my good sir.
Everybody wants to get in that workshop ... even the birds. Thanks for the video Kris.
As Dot is the mother of all the plants and animals ...Happy Mother's Day Dot.
That sawmill is worth it's weight in gold!
Your hard work building the sawmill is paying off. My factory built sawmill wobbles like that too. It is because of "blade friction" as it is cutting the wood. To stop the friction, you can do two things. Slow down how fast you are pushing the saw, and make sure water is flowing to cool and lubricate the saw blade. Add a few drops of soap in your water tank as well. Cheers.
Might be a shout to try and collect the saw dust from the mill and use it in the compost toilet.
I do 👍 we have about three cubic meters of it at the moment so we are stocked up!
@@KrisHarbour You can use sawdust as soil improvement.
He did say he forgot the sawdust bin
Hello Kris,
Good update... when you were driving the tractor up to the mill it was great to see the trees you planted doing well... See you next time.
Take care.
Paul,,
Kris still living the best life and not being affected by the current situation 👍
That mill will be self-paid for in about 3..2..1....BOOM! Nice job bro!
My brother made this his business. Gets paid to cut trees down. Then mills the logs and sells that too. He's built a couple of houses with his free wood. Built some hardwood furniture also.
@@MrClarkisgod It's not free, just low overhead. :) He has to spend his time doing it. Time is valuable. Kudos to your brother.
We just got a truckload of red cedar and Alaskan yellow cedar utility poles that are going to be cut into fencing materials and whatever else we can get out of the logs. The best part of the project is that the entire load was free from a utility contractor working in the area. He saved money by not having to haul off the poles and we got free materials.
Hey @brian Gorrow, I know someone who needs Alaskan yellow cedar. I don’t know if you are willing to trade it maybe? I know it’s a long shot, do you live at the west coast?
@@lucadijk5401 Would that be Sampson boat Co?
You will find they are hard on blades, decades of blowing dirt and dust build up I think. When we did it there were these little plastic plugs we would find randomly driven into bored holes near the base. Anti rot or insect maybe? Anyway each time we hit one it wrecked a blade. Could be that our poles were just weedy junk, I hope you have better luck.
@@Longing4theWoods a guy who cut a bunch of phone poles. Both questions.
Just wonderful, and I love the Eurasian Blue Tit chirp. Just had one feeding of the coconut outside my widow, though I haven't milled half of Fangorn. Great and prolific work Sir!
Quick cost effective fix for the wobble; you could use standard scaffold tube and fittings to cross brace the legs. Great content 👌
givven that the price of lumber went up 300% since the covid-19 crisis i'd say you shouldn't apologize for "just milling". you're doing great;)
The "shortage" is being done on purpose there are train yards stacked with lumber just sitting
@@ram1brn In ports too, just got sent some pictures of Rostock port, Baltic Sea, shiploads of ply and 2by's, nice covered in stretchfilm and ready to be exported by ships...
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@@horstszibulski19 It's enough to make you tear your hair and rend your garments!
Isn't that because a lot of wood is exported to Europe to burn up in power plants. This so called co2 neutral Bio mass.
Exactly and during Covid Bull Crap so many People had to stop Construction. Meanwhile over at the Kris Lumber Yard. He just keeps milling what he needs and building whatever he wants. Isn’t Freedom Great.!!!!!!
It‘s really amazing and also sort of crazy how perfectly your self-built sawmill works! I‘m always smiling when you‘re using it!
man i can only imagine how it feels...
cutting down trees that need to come out, milling them on the mill that you built, stacking them in the workshop that you built, ready to build something cool like the tool box you built 😎👍🏻
glad you noticed the wobble i was gona say something. maybe box section bolted on the side of the top part that extends down to the bottom rail with a stabilising runner wheel?
pleasure as always!
I bet there are coppice workers all up and down the land salivating over your gnarly little woodland .😍
Absolutely incredible work, Kris! I’ve been binge watching from the beginning! It’s funny seeing how much your hair has grown also! I’m super impressed with your creativity, design, stamina, willpower, efficiency, determination.... heck, I’m just damned impressed!
Ran into a different take of a sawmill on a channel where they are making a rail setup in the yard to make moving wood around easier where they simply mounted the sawmills head on two posts outside the shed with a set of rails under it to let them load a log on a cart and simply push it at the saw blade. No max length on the logs that setup can handle and the rails are cheap as they are using steel flat stock on edge that is bolted to sections of pipe in holes on the ties. They are expanding the rail network in the yard to let them roll carts of milled wood into a cheap high tunnel greenhouse they are using a a drying area
Pretty wood, and nice sawmill I am sure your daddy’s very proud of you doing that building. So keep on working, and have a good one till the next time see ya by.
It's quite relaxing watching you work.
11:50 You were fortunate to get those fence posts in the background when you did, at least if lumber costs are skyrocketing there like they are here!👍
Your stacks of lumber are truly a lovely site ❣
What an awesome life. I love watching you work. 😁
I'm really looking forward to the top workshop build. Your stuff is awesome.
Great to see your property developing along with the growth of localised milled timber.
Funny to hear you apologize for a video of "just milling." Quite frankly, I'm totally jelly I don't have a mill of my own to do exactly that! For what it's worth, your "just milling" video is completely inspiring to me. It's making me want to go buy a mill myself (since I have NO idea how to make one the way you did) and get to it! We have a LOT of trees on our property that need milling and plenty of projects we need the lumber for as well. You're doing well sir!
That Sawmill is proving to be so invaluable. The bonus being that you have your own Home-grown timber to mill. Absolutely tremendous. Excellent, as always Kris. Cheers.
Just wondering if getting that old excavator running and adding a thumb would make log handling on the mill a lot easier. Especially larger sticks. Maybe it tme for a shed to park the mill in on one side, and a drying rack opposite, use the off cut slabs to side it
You should think about getting some pallet tines for your tractor, then loading logs onto the mill will be easier, and you’ll be able to use them for a heap of other things
kris when stickering your planks leave an air gap between the planks as well and if you’ve got the power available have a fan blowing across the timber this helps the drying process and gets the moisture away from surfaces lessening mould build up
I really enjoyed the tractor ride up the field, with the fence and the sheep and the trees you planted. It’s awe inspiring Kris, everywhere you look you’ve had a hand in shaping. Hope your back is mending well!
Kris I love the look on your face as you mill and talk about the timber you have milled... so proud and so you should be!
You could put a low power fan blowing over the stack if you ever get worried about the moisture. Will help move the humid air from the stack around to the rest of the workshop :) That bandsaw is incredible, my favourite project you've done (and you've done so many amazing projects!)
Working hard and steady. Good job.
To steady your jacks you could weld up a "leg" frame that is attached to the bottom of your rails with a pivot point hinge and swings up for transport and locks in the down position with a pin. Basically two legs of box steel with diagonal bracing between rails, then remount your jacks to the sides of the box steel so they swing up with the leg frame rather than sliding up the one bracket they have now. That would also allow you to add a second bracket for each jack closer to the bottom to firm them up. Also, it is common to paint or seal the end grain on lumber to be air dried to reduce the amount of checking. My two cents anyway, very motivational videos for me, thanks.
Beautiful to watch
Awesome video, my friend! Great off grid living skills! Enjoyed watching, the surrounding nature is amazing. Cheers from Russia, Kris, and welcome to my channel about special bushcraft tips and hacks! Kind regards, Yuriy!
Stll a very watchable vid.
An couple of ideas for the mill.
If you can find some tube the same OD as the jacks make a frame with the long sides a little wider than the bed and using the outside tubes of the jacks as the short sides. Then move the jack clamps to the underside of the bed and use them to attach the frame to the bed. these frames can fold up for transport and down for milling, then add a fore and aft brace on each frame. This will hold the jacks square to the bed and rigid in all directions.
If you box in the top of the gantry you can create a weatherproof enclosure to raise the engine into
If someone had told me (not so long ago) that I’d be spending twenty or so minutes watching some bloke sawing wood, and finding it wonderfully satisfying, I’d probably not believed it. Really satisfying watch. Need saw. Need wood to saw. Great stuff. Cheers Kris.
Hello Kris;
In order to stop the side-to-side shudder of your saw as you cut with the head in the higher positions, you need to re-mount your legs or jacks. If they are placed so the top of each pair of jacks /legs is flush with the side of the machine, and the lower end of the jacks / legs are spread out at an angle of about 10 degrees they will automatically get stronger the more weight you put on the saw. In effect, you will be making a short pair of 'A' frames out of each pair of side legs. This will also happen for lengthwise vibration if you cant the end legs / jacks with the bottoms canted out towards the open ends of the saw bed. What this solution does is negate the slight amount of slack built into the legs to allow them to work smoothly.. The vertical mount you use now actually multiplies the 'slop' in the legs, causing the wobble.
Skip Pence
Great looking mill and even better looking lumber....😍❤️💯
Suggestion for the wobble: try hanging a couple of 20L hdpe jugs from the frame filled with water. This will most likely dampen the wobble or in the very least change the resonant frequency so it won't wobble. You may need to do a 3 point suspension with some rope to prevent the jugs themselfs from swinging and be more or less "fixed" to the frame.
It is always nice to have a good supply of building materials. I have been fortunate enough to collect a lot of free lumber over the years. I actually had to build a barn just to store it all. Now I am using it up quick, maybe if I use it all I will have an excuse to get a sawmill. Thanks for sharing.
Love seeing the English old world styles you embody
One thing I did on my mill was installing two valves on the water drip. That way I could set the drip where I wanted it and then the other valve would shut off flow. Then I wouldn’t have to figure out the flow all over again. 😊
Another enjoyable vid, Kris. It is great just to see what you are doing I'm happy to watching what your doing each week Not just special projects And watching you mill the logs into timber for you projects was truly magical
Very sadisfying to watch you milling all that wood
👍 Danke fürs Hochladen!
👍 Thanks for uploading!
👍 Very good and beautiful, thank you!
👍 Sehr gut und schön, danke!
The only thing more satisfying than all that milled lumber stacked up is know that we'll get a ton of videos of beautiful creations out of it! Well done!
We all sometimes need to have a week of tidying, millling and stacking...
So true! Less likely to have an accident in a tidy shop also. Labeling the shelves or having a loose leaf note book to have an inventory of the shop contents is also helpful.
Serious bit of kit there my friend 😎👍👍
I had a similar problem with the whole thing hitting a certain frequency and it'd shake like crazy. I tried bracing the saw head, I tried jamming the chassis against stuff - I tried all sorts.
What fixed it for me was getting a bigger pulley on the engine and thus bringing the blade speed up a little. I seem to remember when I was researching my build I was aiming for 3500-4500fpm blade speed with my engine power. I'd recommend figuring what your current blade speed and what your ideal blade speed would be for your engine power and work from there.
Maybe for your set up a smaller pulley attached directly (somehow) to the back of the band wheel might be best because I know you haven't got much space between the clutch and the saw blade. Also a slightly dull blade will make it all seem worse.
Great stuff as always Kris. I hope this doesn't come across as "Now listen here, boy! What you need to do is......" Just thought I'd share what I've found.
Any person that has a thumbs down must be a miserable streak of shit. I'm a 59yo female and young Chris and Dot send me the most wonderful vibes of inspiration. I just wish back when I was young we were exposed to these awesome opportunities and ideas.
My place is like a scrapyard I've been taking any wood or anything for free for years..now that our currency is buying less and less it takes the pain away from being down about the mess 😁👍🏻
Great video Kris! 👏👏👏👍👍👍💯💯💯
Kris! How is your health? Me and my wife were really worried about you! So many good man's work you doing! Be careful!
Yeah I’m getting better. Back is still a bit delicate but it’s ok.
I'm more worried about the tractor. Its poor little face looks so stressed. Maybe a little pep talk Kris?
Have you looked at how a caravan is jacked up so it does not rock?
A couple of those "scisor" legs (maybe with an extension welded on at each corner pointing inwards) would work wonders .... you can pick second hand up for a few quid
Nicwe workshop!
What a wonderful way to spend your week, “just milling.”
Great video Kris.
Much cheaper than the prices of lumber in Canada these days. A couple years ago, a 2x4 (8 Feet) was around $4. Today $14 FREAKING DOLLARS!?!?
I am super jealous of your awesome work and you inspire me to get off my ass and create more exciting things. Though I might buy myself a portable saw mill. High speed spinning blades and my questionable welding skills are not a good match.
What a lovely point of pleasure, using your timber and mill. Lovely you share with us.
A suggestion for you... after you make the first cut on the log , take the cut piece off BEFOR you return the saw back to the starting position.. it dose several things ..one, you don't have to maneuver around the saw and the ramp to put the cant on the scrap pile. its a lot easier top pick the cant of the end of the log and requires a lot less energy.. its also a lot closer ! two, you don't have to raise the saw 6 inches to clear the top of the log.. after the scrap cant has been moved you only have to raise the blade like an 1/8 of an inch and then move the saw back to the start position. By the way the saw build is awesome, i watched every one of the vids ..love your channel..i sub it the first time i saw you..cheers!!
Can't see that it makes any significant difference - am I missing something....?!
@@andymccabe6712 work smart not hard ..least amount of lift and travel distance..i noticed it right away.. why pick the cant up in the middle when you can slide it halfway there before you lift it ..
That sawmill is brilliant! Just what you needed. Still blown away that you made that yourself. And now look at all that beautiful wood! I hear prices for wood have skyrocketed. You must have seen this coming. Kudo to you. I look forward to the greenhouse's progress. It's so unusual and beautiful; I feel as though it needs a name. All my best.
That's going really well mate, bloody good job. Electric winch upgrade for your log lifter? You can use an automotive or boat winch and it will likely come with a remote to keep your hands well clear.
The next best thing from using reclaimed timber is using your own responsibly-sourced timber. Good on you, Kris. Keep up the good work. I'm really looking forward to the next part of the workshop build. God bless~
I have seen experts paint a very thick layer of plastic paint at the ends to pervert end-grains loosing moisture faster than the rest of the boards and also even tighten a bunch together with wires.
Isn’t it a bit risky Leaving the boards like this? It is much appreciated hearing your thoughts on this subject.
Thanks for sharing your wonderful life with us and god speed🙏
@ 16:30 I think a bigger bucket or cut the bottom out...
Then clamp a bag around the bucket top;...
So that the sawdust falls straight into the bag...
When it is full;... release the clamps & fit a new bag...
You are a cool cat Kris, cheers!
Great work, you do projects like I do, do a mental inventory of what you have to work with and go from there. Saw is doing what it was built for very well. One thing I noticed is slight horizontal movement in the cutting head while making a heavy, wide cut. A couple of diagonal brace plates up on the top of the frame may alleviate some of that action and reduce stress on those top welds. Second thing would maybe mount a canvas bag to catch the sawdust like many power sanders have just to make it easier to get them into a composting pile. Just my two cents for ya, Love the channel and hope you keep them coming. I have the same one lunger engine on a generator.
You need 2 car scissor jacks with a stepped cleats welded to the tops for leveling the logs maybe a few more to stabilize the saw bed
Ah, sneak peak at the tenoner. Very interested in what you come up with for that. And wow, what productive milling. I foresee a solar kiln in your future!
Love theses types of vidoes
You could use some of that sawdust for mushroom substrate Kris
You can build a "troth" next to line of your saw mill and collect all that saw dust, or a cheap trick is to lay down a plastic tarp then slide it from underneath and roll it. Bend one end and leave the other open so when you stand it up into a wheel barel of box all the saw dust comes out.
Nice work Kris, the mill will have paid itself many times over by the time you come to work on your house and barn. Lovely to see you reaping the benefits of all that hard work. You need a 3 pin skidder plate with a winch for you tractor next to make dragging cut logs around easier on you, another build :D.
Thanks for posting and sharing! Great to see the materials stacked up and drying!
Must be an amazing feeling to be able to take your own trees and make them into beautiful timber. With a saw that you made yourself! Talk about job satisfaction this is next level love your life stuff. Thakks for the great content!
Yay, another video!
Dude I totes enjoy seeing you get organized!!
Always a pleasure to watch you work Kris, I can almost smell the timber bringing back memories of my childhood and my uncles timber yard, thank you for sharing :)
are you going to get a tenoning machine with multiple sawblades or the type with milling heads and carbide inserts? love the electric adjustability on your winch, no more possibility of a hand crank throwing a punch. maybe a dc-dc converter could allow you to make even finer increment adjustments but i guess that would need to be quite beefy considering the currents involved in a 12v winch. can't wait for the greenhouse to be enclosed, you'll have to record a clip in there when it's really chucking it down. i bet that would make for quite the asmr rain recording with all that glass :)
The wobble. A lot of it is transmitted from the cutting carriage to the base rails. Incorporating a couple of x braces or gusset's up high on the carriage will certainly help as well as addressing the screw jacks. Having the wheels on the ground if possible will help with the lateral rigidity.
@Kris Harbour Natural Building It looks like the wobble you mentioned is in the saw carriage. An "X" brace in the frame of it mounted flat should prevent it. The wobble looked to be twisting in the Y or vertical axis. Between the two wheels specifically.
I absolutely love this content! I’ve rewatched virtually all of Chris’s videos!!!
17:13 That cut off may make a nice outside shelf for the green house.
You have come so far with your land and buildings 👷♂️well done
I would have thought your woodburner would overcome the moisture. I saw a design for a temporary greenhouse that used 2"x8" bottom boards with fence panels (cheaply and easily available in the u.s.) bent between to make a hoop shape then covered in 6 mil plastic (just use black). Easily built to whatever length you want. If you added a fan intake and exhaust at other end with maybe a dehumidifier inside you would have a cheap, moveable solar drying "shed". If it ever was needed or useful. Sorry about the novel, thanks for the new video.
Your ingenuity is fantastic.
Awesome Kris!
Please remember to ground your saw mill!
Don’t want to see you get hurt!
Your sawmill I’ll is going to make your life better in so many ways!
Ground it from what? It only has 12v electrics. 12v can’t shock you. And if lightning hit it, it would find ground via the legs
One of the TH-cam people posted a problem with the ground and the ground found another option! It was through the winch cable!
Since your battery is connected to your treadle this might not pertain to yours
You know anything moving makes static electric! It causes his bandsaw to melt the cable and bandsaw motor fell to deck!
Everything has to ground to earth!
I thought I had sent you a link a month ago but can’t find link!
The problem was on a Norwood mill!
Have a wonderful day Kris!
I see. On my mill the wheels would be a very good connection so I doubt the winch cable would end up having current flow through it. It is possible though but not likely.
I think I have found the Video you alluded to Average Gurl: Howard Kettner has a Norwood HD36. You cannot get wire melting currents from saw related static buildup - a fairly noticeable zap from the metal blade passing the plastic housing maybe. He is blatantly missing something he doesn't understand in his description of what he says happened (wire red hot) and also in what he said to Norwood. He needs someone qualified to go through all his Mains and 12v wiring assuming nothing. Lamp visibly hanging above the Mill maybe dangerous if wrong wiring etc. His bodges are making the mill objectively less safe than it was originally designed. eg. Not replacing an alternator or regulator has him fitting a heavy leisure battery hanging off that saw head making it heavier that he still has to charge.
In summary. Kris does not have these issues on his machine.
@@purpleviolin thank you!
Sometimes we step in our own trap!
I’m glad to hear I was not correct!
Sorry about false alarm!
Right on buddy you are doing great work. I love watching you build stuff. Take care and God bless you and yours.
Glad you mentioned the top workshop at the end because I was wondering just that as you were talking before that.
Good to see you Kris
Great video. I guess I missed where you put an electric lift on the band saw. It sure works well.
Thanks for the vid Kris ... perhaps cross bracing is the answer .. a couple of diagonals somewhere .. (including above the motor maybe)
Beautiful wood.
As for your band saw "wobble", I would modify your log ramps so the you could hammer stakes through them, in to the ground, and utilize them as your bracing.
Great job Kris, we love watching you transform that beautiful timber. 👍👍💛 ear defenders...😂💚
Fantastic milling video! Loved it! Thanks, Kris.📐📐📐
Put a small fan blowing end from the end of the ash pile every other day n you will be surprised how quick it dries out
Ive had trouble with similar adjustable height legs wobbling under load. My problems were because they were only secured at the top. Maybe weld a plate behind each leg and bolt on another clamp for each leg at the bottom? Would certainly take some of the sway out I reckon. For what you spent on the build though, its such a better machine than other saw mills for the same price!!