Frontier OS23 Portable Sawmill | Watch This First
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.พ. 2025
- If you want a portable sawmill, I really hope you watch this video. It is a real-world view of what happens if you own any brand sawmill. We have put our little portable Frontier OS23 sawmill through the paces.
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Hi Tony. Preventative maintenance can sometimes feel like a chore but it's not in the book for no reason. Thanks for showing this. But yeah sometimes you get a curveball and you just have ro react to it! Gizmo looking a lot more comfortable with the outdoors. Gorgeous pup.
Preventative maintenance is king. There is not much to do other than replace the bearings. They are sealed. I ordered extra bearings to keep on hand. I will replace them at the first sign of trouble. They are very inexpensive.
Thanks Tony. Knowing that bearings go out in short-ish order just tells me to keep a couple sets onhand along with belts etc.
Looking forward to my OS23 arriving!
I wouldn't call it short order, but over a year's uses. Still, keep a set on hand.
Enjoyed watching you repair the sawmill. You are very handy and make it look easy. As for the leak, in my world if it isn't one thing then it is something else. Lol.
Most people would not use diesel, but with fresh Southern Yellow Pine, it is hard work without it.
Thanks Tony have an OS31 and fixing to do the samething
Hey Tony! Great video with great detail and dialogue to explain exactly what you're doing. Felt like I was right there! Good luck with the next repair 👍👍👍
Thank you
I guess it is part of owning equipment.
It can be really frustrating to have to do maintenance and repairs on equipment when you're trying to get work done... but that's the cost of doing bigger things in life. We could be sitting around eating potato chips and watching Nascar but there's too much to do outside!!! LOL Great video!
The centrifugal clutch bearing went out right after this. Lesson learned. Once one bearing goes out, change them all. $80 in bearings every two years, is not a big deal. I think this will be my new rule.
Tony looks like you did a good job with all the maintenance. I need to do a better job doing the maintenance on my equipment. Take care, Ben.
The centrifugal clutch bearing went out right after this. Lesson learned. Once one bearing goes out, change them all. $80 in bearings every two years, is not a big deal. I think this will be my new rule.
Hello Tony thanks for all your videos they've been a big help when getting to know my new OS23. I have a quick question. I watch as you slice through your logs, you seem to move pretty quickly. I have the 10 horse Briggs engine on mine and it is really slow when cutting. I can hardly push at all or my blade will completely stop. I've reached out to frontier and they are stumped. I've adjusted the idler pulley and made sure the tensioner is also tight. I can open the throttle up all the way at the engine bypassing the throttle cable and it still will not cut through a 12 in pine log. I have found that if I bypass the throttle all together and manually push on the governor on the back side of engine I can cut with no stalling. It seems to be a low rpm issue to me. I'm at a loss. Any info would be greatly appreciated.
hi Tony thanks for sharing the video, how long does a brand new blade last providing you don't hit any metal? how many board feet can you cut? are your blades carbide tooth? if not do they make a carbide tooth blade?
There are too many variables. Is the log dirty? What type of wood? What kind of blade? How big is the log? So many variables.
What have you been using as blade lubricant
My mill blade slips. No matter the tension level I put on the blades. Saw is brand new with brand new blades. When I go into the log, the blade cuts for a few seconds and then stops even at full throttle. Any ideas what I may be doing wrong? Saw worked fine when I first got it. Two logs in, I get the blade slippage.
It's been a great sawmill from what I've seen. Good work on the maintenance, Tony! 👍🪵
I don't think it is unreasonable to replace $80 of parts for a challenging year's use. The parts are cheap, so I am still happy with them.
My clutch is getting so hot it's melting the belt? Is it bad? Should I replace it or order a new motor?
Two things may be happening. Your clutch is worn out and slipping. The slipping will cause excess heat. The other possibility is that you're pushing the sawmills too hard. I see many people try to make the sawmills cut faster than they're capable of.
You have good mechanical skills. Were they acquired by technical training, or did you get they at the school of hard knocks?
I grew up on a farm, so I had plenty of hard knocks. I also spent almost 30 years in the Army maintaining equipment. I have been to a lot of formal training/schools. I can make do if I have to, but it was easy to have all the correct tools when the tax payers paid for it.
I have an OS23 Sawmill as well, and I need to replace the clutch. Where can I purchase a clutch replacement.
You can order it from Frontier. They keep them in stock.
Do you purchase belt's from frontier or local? I just bought a os23 10hp.and want to be prepared.
I buy Kevlar belts from online.
Did you go with the 7.5hp or the 10hp Brigs?
I went with the 7.5 but upgraded to a 14hp.
I’m a little surprised after 1.5 years that so many bearing have failed.
It is not so much about the time. It is more about how much we use it. A car that drives 5000 miles each year vs one that drives 40,000 miles per year. One needs tires. Plus, I have no problem spending $80 each year on maintaining my sawmill.
“It’s not the years, honey it’s the mileage.” - Indiana Jones
I've been thinking i need to do my bearings...
It is very inexpensive, and not hard to do. It tightens up the mill a good bit.
I mean, what a pain in the butt but what else would we do if stuff didn’t break down to give us stuff to do?? 😎
The repair was not very hard, but it slowed progress. Part of ownership, I guess.
@@TonysTractorAdventure I enjoy working on stuff and I enjoyed the vid a bunch. Thanks for posting.
Is the diesel better than radiator fluid?
Animals like the taste of radiator fluid and is poison to the animal.
@@TonysTractorAdventure I didn’t think about that
I am finding a sweet spot for diesel. It only takes a tiny drop every so often vs water.
Absolutely love your channel but after a year no matter how hard you push a sawmill you shouldn’t have to change bearings
That’s a lot of maintenance year after year along with everything else then.
I disagree. It is one day of maintenance after a year of work. That means nothing to me.
Same leak here
I put a whole new hose system on
@@TonysTractorAdventure I had a petcock from messing with old lawnmowers. The jinky factory valve is now inline and adjusts the flow and the new petcock is the on/off. My mill has less than two hours on it. Sawed two cedar logs on it so far. Despite the small issues I’m still happy with my decision.
@@TonysTractorAdventure hey does your exit chute get clogged? I saw on one video a guy actually cut the grates out of his because of clogging.
I cut out the grates. I have not clogged up since. Running to much fluid will make clog.
The centrifugal clutch bearing went out right after this. Lesson learned. Once one bearing goes out, change them all. $80 in bearings every two years, is not a big deal. I think this will be my new rule.
You do awesome work and you and are very smart! My favorite sawmilling channel, because I don't have to watch a bunch of half naked women walking around in your videos. The other ones use their girlfriends and wives to gain views. It's disgraceful in my opinion.
I know which one you are talking about. I thought about wearing spandex, but I didn't want my viewers to go through that much horror. LOL!
@@TonysTractorAdventure lmbo! That's what you should do! You might get 10 times the views! You are right though, that's the one. I've seen a several of them like that, but yours is the best, because you are very respectful! Have a good day sir! Are thank you for the reply.
Sounds like a poor design. Bearings and orings ought to last more than 1 your.
It is common on sawmills of all brands. The bearings are turning at high speeds. They go down fast on a $5000 sawmill or a $25,000 sawmill. I figure it is not a big deal to spend $80 each year on bearings.
Don't give dogs human food. It's really really bad for them. 🎯👍
I always give human food to my dogs and they outlive other people's dogs. My old dog is 13 but was expected to live only 10. She still hunts every day and sleeps on a dog bed at night.
@@TonysTractorAdventure yes but the fact is still the same. Was not anything against you. It's just a fact. ☮
What is a fact? Something that can be proven. Every dog that I have owned has live longer than the life expectancy of the breed. My facts says that feeding the dogs what I eat is OK. Like you, this is nothing against you.
@@TonysTractorAdventure the fact that human food is for humans and dog food is for dogs. I'm confused As to why you're arguing? Get a life.
@@TonysTractorAdventure Is it harmful to feed dogs human food?
A dog's digestive system is different from a human's. Typical human food is much too rich and fatty for a dog to properly digest; eating it can lead to vomiting, diarrhea and even more severe conditions like pancreatitis. Many human foods also contain an unhealthy amount of sodium for dogs.F