Sawing Your Own Trees Isn't Easy
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 ต.ค. 2024
- Don't get me wrong, I love making lumber with my Woodland Mills HM130 but it sure isn't easy. Sawing your own trees isn't easy if you've taken on the challenge before yourself. Learning the most efficient way to go about sawing trees into lumber is what helps me to reduce the headaches and time I spend fixing errors. Today you'll see my attempt at knocking out the last of the logs I have ready to go on my Woodland Mills HM130 portable sawmill and the time and effort required to do so. I'm no slouch but I'm even out of breathe after struggling with some relatively large diameter logs. With a little help from my not-so-new cant hook, I wrestle with the logs and get them into place atop my portable sawmill. If you're in the market for a portable sawmill the rewards are great. However, the effort required to reach those rewards can sometimes be high without some extra tools to make the job easier. I'm fortunate to have access to a tractor to load logs but even with that, I still have a fare amount of physical work to do to get the end product of a piece of lumber. Despite this effort, I still love to get out and put the dust up into the air as I get a little bit of exercise and a whole lot of lumber!
always wondered what the SPF meant. good to know. BTW in Oregon the price of 15/32 plywood is up to like $45! 2x4x8 (i mean 1.5"x3.5"x8') is almost $8...$1 per linear foot is crazy. if i put in an order to Woodland Mills right now (april 15th) they estimate it will be delivered by July 31! that's a bit of a wait, but i'm felling trees and bucking to length until the machine shows up, so i'm ready to roll. it looks like you really like yours, and I appreciate all the hints and tips of using one.
Here in New Brunswick, in the region i live in the price have double it's insane, Glad i build my sawmill.
New subscriber here from central and eastern ont.
Well done look forward to going through your videos, have been looking at mills over the summer woodlands norwoods and woodmizers.
Hey Darren. Welcome aboard. Glad you’ve found the channel. There’s a lot of good sawmills out there. You’ll be quickly addicted as soon as you Get one I’m sure. If you have any questions let me know.
Good show thanks
Hello from Nova Scotia, thanks for the videos.they are very informative and helpful in setting up my Mill platform.
Great videos. Your videos have been very informative. I have been researching sawmills and have decided on the hm122. I do a lot of wood working cabinets, tables, furniture, etc..... I live in NW Missouri and have 200+ acres of walnut, oak, etc.... like you said prices are insane right know and people are not buying furniture. I know I will have a couple years dry time but if prices go up again I’ll be ready. Keep up the great content.
Good to hear from ya Clint. I’ve not been down to Missouri but I can imagine it’s nice with all that walnut. I love making walnut furniture but it’s just not so common where I am. Thanks for watching
I think also have an efficient sawmill layout and work area will also help ease the 'frustration and battle' in milling logs to lumber. As for you wrestling large diameter logs on to your mill, Matt Cremona and Nathan at the Out of the Woods youtube channel would raise an eye brown at what you call a 'large' diameter log. LOL.
Yeah layout is key for sure. I’ve learned that the hardest. I think my disclaimer should be...”large” relative to the size of the trees I cut down haha
Watching your video and was wondering what is the average length of log that you cut would it be a 8'--10'--12'--14' or a 16' I know you cut for what you need but what is the most of. Thanks in Advance
Hi William. I tend to cut all my logs to 12.5’ feet when out in the bush which gives me 12’ after trimming. This is my average
Thanks for the video. I( like the different camera angles. Good job. Your right about the price of lumber. NUTS
Absolutely
Hey young fella.
I was about your age when I started wearing suspenders.
They will change your life in the bush.
I’ve been bingeing your videos lately, as I plan on buying a woodland mills and starting on a square log cabin in northern Ontario.
Anywho… I’m enjoying your content but couldn’t help but notice the amount of times you pull your pants up 😂
Suspenders aren’t just for the old boys. You’ll love them!
They even seem to help my back when I’m out in the bush 🤷🏼♂️
Hey Darren! Great to hear you're enjoying the videos. Thanks for coming along for the tour.
I"ll have to grab a pair of those suspenders!
Great videos Sandy; I am laying out a new 'sawmill shack' for my 130Max mobile sawmill and have noted your suggestions of a 20ft by 10ft size with a sloped roof, with opening from the side for 12ft logs and from the end for longer ones. Then with a log bunk outside of good capacity with access for loading it up and space for your offcuts and debris with access for clearance. I guess I would add to that removeable two timbers for rolling logs from the log bunk on to the saw bed and then a boarded walk to an airy storage shed for seasoning cut timber. All good stuff but have you got a sketch which lays all of this out in the best way; or can anybody else help as it would be good not to have to relearn the process and get it 'right 'first time. I would add that my 130Max is on a trailer so it can be used in the meantime but needs to be inserted into and from its new 'home'. David Broad Blackrow Plantation Norfolk England
I'm in the U.S. down in Tennessee. Back in April, a pine 2x4x8 $3.49 Now in November $6.00
Hey buddy how are ya? You are so right about the cost of lumber now! It’s ridiculous high price and crappy quality. All twisted, warped, bent, million knots. Having a sawmill now and a stand of trees is building freedom. You have total control of what you build with. That’s a nice pile of lumber. I’m getting giddy to see what ya build. I really enjoyed the cabin build ya did a while back. I have the site already picked out for my lil cabin at the bottom of my property near the stream. Lots of wild life there. Thanks for what ya do! God bless you and yours
Great video. I mentioned a while back i was trying the woodmizer 747 blades. I believe they last longer. I used the silver tip . Thats the only 1 that fit the hm122. Did 17 pine logs 900 + board feet on a blade and still using the second. 9$ cheaper per blade. Just something to think about.
What if you mounted your cistern higher, then gravity could fill your water reservoir with the turn of a valve. ...btw, im really enjoyong your channel and hope you find my pedantic tidbits useful.
That’s a good idea. Trouble is I need to have gravity from the roof eavstrough flow into the water tanks. Otherwise having it higher would be better. No problem about the humour, I like it
@@sawingwithsandy hmm. Good point. What about a gutter system made form 6 inch pvc, and the water was stored in those? ...just thinking outloud.
Hello my Ontario neibor, Nice to see You share a piece or your dreamland, we seem to share the same interest for bush working I Also have à piece of land in Quebec and I Was interested to get à woodland mill as well, that is before i decided to built my own if your like to see it is on youtube... Anyway it is good to see some canadian boys on youtube congratulation on your on going projects....sgt rod
Also, is your barn on your property? Did you build that as well? I’m jealous of all the toys you have in your barn. I just started to accumulate and your miles of head of me
It sure is rewarding making your own lumber just like Christmas every time you take a board off the mill. Great Channel Sandy enjoy every video!
Hey ,Mr. Sandy what's to closet city or town where you live.
One thing is certain ....you will get where you want to be. And I agree it can be work...yesterday I cut 10/4 Walnut 16 to 20 inch 8 to 10 footers.......lol i was beat. But I love cutting so I guess it is the price we pay...hey
Yeah I’m with ya there. Does a body good or is that does a body bad? Haha
Same in the UK, 30% is also the figure I’ve heard and have been told of shortages at builders merchants. We had some amazing oak milled for us but think we’ll be getting a sawmill very shortly, seems like the perfect time!
Yeah prices and availability are making the sawmills worth every penny it seems
what was the little toy you used to move the water from the tank to your mills tank. I have the woodland mills hm126 i just started sawing some yellow pine recently been mostly sawing popular
It’s a small drill pump. Works great
Thanks for sharing all the best to you from John in Texas
you need a 30 chicken coupe so you can eat all day for 2$
In Pennsylvania 30%
Have a good day be safe god bless
Amen , it is not easy and it takes time and planning to cut and saw your own lumber.
Yeah I agree. Definetly save money but that’s as long as my time is free
Sandy, just found your videos. I', looking at an HM130max as my first saw. Question about the lumber you use . . . how long are you air-drying it before use or did you build Hillbilly 2.0 out of green lumber? Does red pine have a tendency to twist while drying? I have ponderosa pine, knobcone pine and douglas fir I will be using for similar project.
Glad you found the channel. I tend to build everything with green fresh sawn lumber and As for pine I haven’t noticed any twisting or anything bad
I have red pine on my property as well and I always get that BlueStreak. I don’t know if it’s a fungus or a yeast. You don’t seem to get that or do you?
I get blue streak only when I leave the logs on the ground too long and small wood boring insects get into it. Other thanThat the wood is always clear. Normally I try to get the logs off the ground and milled within a couple weeks or if it’s in the winter then you’re ok for quite a while since there won’t be bugs
Several years back I went to lumber yard with my great uncle(worked in piney woods his whole life)young salesman told uncle ,they call the blue lumber stained and its fine,,,,uncle calmly said son you may call it stained,I call it rotten and dont want it (south alabama)
Eric the bark beetle gives our spruce blue streaks and it's beautiful
Have you found a good use for the scrap? I just turn mine into firewood.
Firewood is a good option that I do from time to time for my maple syrup evaporator but other times I chip it to make my trails smoother
Eric flat sided firewood and chips here too
I'm going to put my slabs in a wood rack, band them about 4 times down along the length, then cut between the bands to make bundles to sell to the tourists roadside for their campfires.
Good to see you getting more than two boards per log, 😂 and, HB2 will be a great improvement over HB1.
Small logs, you mean all logs around here haha. I just tend to cut down the smaller ones and leave the “bigger” ones for some reason 😉
Sawing with Sandy hey, they now make an 12v transfer pump, eliminates all the lifting 🏋️♀️
I just noticed you left the branches on the log does that throw your cut off?
Sometimes if I forget a few they end up breaking off when I’m loading the logs onto the mill. Other times the sawmill actually hits them and does the cutting. Most times I use a little buck saw and trim them on the mill
I haven’t noticed any issues with leaving the small piece of branch on other than it’s hard to roll at times
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