This video I really enjoy. As a old sawyer I would like to share this with you. When you know how special this wood is use a paint roller and coat the lumber from that log with orange oil. Your comment about your grandparents was heart felt. You’re doing a wonderful job with the videos, I’m very proud of you.
That is beautiful, but more important it will be in your home, and when your children are older you can point to it and tell them where it can from and how your granddaddy planted it. Just lovely.
WOW, that grain is AMAZING, I envy you, your house will be amazing when you are done. PLEASE MAKE A VIDEO of all of this beautiful wood when it's in your home and finishes!!!
Fall Line Ridge I enjoy the video from when you get the log with the tractor put it on the mill and saw it.I just love seeing the grain that (hemlock) is beautiful wood wow what pretty grain.I just love to view the board's. Thanks be blessed.
Gotta say that's some gorgeous stuff. I've been getting into Shou Shugi Ban and that looks like the perfect example of a wood grain that could benifit from that type of technique.
I found out that I had that wood for trim around my bathroom window once I sanded the 4 coats of paint off of it. Stained it and cleared it, looks awesome.
a lot of 1900's ish and earlier homes used hemlock. I just gutted my house and the hemlock true 2x4's are still solid and really hard. its like nailing into a knot everytime
That some pretty wood right there and i see you have got your sawing skill much more perfected. Fantastic job just hope you have enough hemlock to do your whole floor. To mix it with a different spcies will not look so good on the floor. Hemlock is hard to come by in my area not much left.
You probably dont give a shit but if you guys are bored like me atm then you can watch pretty much all of the latest movies on InstaFlixxer. Have been binge watching with my girlfriend lately xD
Another great video! Man how did you get so fast at calculating the demension of your cut, plus figuring in the eight inch lost for blade thickness? This has been a real struggle for me.
One of the earlier videos!!! Nowadays each offcut is hand-carried to the burn pile immediately after the cut! It is terribly easy to get behind on that when cutting by yourself...
i like your videos , the camera angles are great i watch other sawers and there cameras are to far from the mill sometimes. and its hard to see what happening. keep up the good work.
MAN that log is COVERED with poison oak ! I just about broke out watching you....ahahahaaa Couple suggestions: Set your mill up on some wood cribbing to get it up between knee and waist high....makes working a whole lot easier than down on the ground. And get yourself a set of rear round bale forks for moving logs, lumber, slabs if you're not going to get a front end loader for your tractor.
Ed Smith It’s actually English Ivy. My grandmother loved the stuff. Great tips on the mill! I’m going to do a series about building a sawmill shed at some point...then the current mill setup will be changed. Thanks for the comment!
I threw a quick building up for my Woodmizer when I came home from with it from Indianapolis in 1991. Getting ready to build a new one with ideas/experience I've gained from having done it the wrong way last time. For one thing, building it on a sloping grade. The mill will sit about 30" below where the incoming logs are, with a block retainer wall. That way, the logs aren't having to be lifted up onto a deck like I do now. Next thing I'm doing is mounting a 20' long conveyor in the floor, flush with floor level. For cleanup at the end of the day, everything gets swept/pushed into the conveyor and out the back of the building to the downhill side it goes. No more weekly shoveling marathons of dust and such.
Based on your average log size, that LT10 was the perfect match, which in my opinion, is a much better design then the current L15. Future expansion - Move the setup indoors, ADD 7hp (5kW) to 10hp (7Kw) electric motor with electric feed, and you'd have a quite, efficient, one man operation.
what does it smell similar to? Is it bug resistant? Lastly, would you say it is a soft or hardwood? Cut a lot of stuff in my day but never that species
It just depends on when they get dull. How quick that is depends on how hard or grity the material is. The blades are around $19 each. I use Wood Mizer's resharp program to have them sharpened at $7 each. Thanks for watching!
From sitting cold, the level seen on the first pull of the dipstick may not give you a true reading on what is actually in the oil pan. Wipe it off, dip it again to make sure. You also wipe it off to keep out any dirt that may have been picked up on it's way out of the tube. And, if you happen to miss the tube putting it back, wipe it off before trying again.
Enjoyed your video.... If i might ask ..I land with hardwood and the crp Long leaf Pine that needs thinning out... Free wood What are the Pros and Cons of this mill ... Again if I may ask
J Thompson Thanks for the comment! Ask away! Check this video out, I think it’ll answer most of your questions: th-cam.com/video/S5Rt01wA0sw/w-d-xo.html
hey there... i am goign to be purchasing a bandsaw mill from wood mizer in newnan georgia and i had a question for you. do you regret not purchasing a larger mill with possibly more features that would help with loading logs and cutting larger logs? have you had any drawbacks that you can think of with the mill you purchased....like maybe...dang, i cant cut that size log....i wish i had purchased a larger mill? one other question.....have you sold any lumber and if you have, was it pretty easy to sell? thanks....todd
That's where I got my mill. They are good folks. I've never really had an issue with log size on the mill. My tractor is not capable of dragging anything larger than the mill can handle anyway. Having said that, the LT10 will work you. It's an excellent mill. It is well built and has a great warranty. But it will work you. I do not regret getting it because I think its an excellent starter mill. I have been looking at larger mills like the LT28...Mostly because there are a lot of extra features that can lessen the workload. I have only sold about $120 worth of lumber. Most of what I cut I use myself. However, it's only because I haven't really tried. I have no doubt that you could sell as much as you could cut. There's a good market out there for it. Good luck!
That Hemlock should make a beautiful floor, you have a nice hobby there and having a hobby that can make you a profit and supply you with lumber is even better..Just wondering how often u have to sharpen the saw blade and how long they last? Not a big mill at all but it surely makes nice cuts..
I don't have the ability to sharpen the blades. I send them to Wood Mizer and they sharpen them. The amount of cutting I can do before it gets dull just depends on the wood and the amount of debris in it. If I have good clean logs I can probably get a few hundred board feet. If I hit a lot of dirt or a nail, the blade has to be changed immediately. Great questions. Appreciate you watching.
Thanks for your reply Ridge yes metal and dirt will surely dull or ruin a saw blade..When I was a boy I used to go to the local saw mill where I was raised in NC on a tobacco farm and watch them saw out lumber from pine mostly..They would give anyone the first cuts with the bark still on them. Farmers often built a Hog pen for fattening up the Hogs before slaughtering them or a woodshed for stacking firewood out of the slabs. Now nothing is wasted or given away at any saw mill that I know of..I appreciate your videos, very interesting indeed..
Great videos but my question would be, why all the piles of wood and scrap laying everywhere over your entire milling area. Jus looks like a hazard to me. Just curious
Ok I found out what it does. Since you push from only the left side that can put an uneven force on the carriage as it rolls along the bed. That cable keeps it from "crab walking" if you know what I mean. Eventually it would wear and bind and this prevents it from doing that.
Dave Brittain Ah, Makes perfect sense. I suspected it had something to do with crab walking, but I didn’t consider that it would be caused by pushing on the left side of the mill. Thanks Dave!
Use that lumber, as part of your childhood, for something heirloom, like a hope chest or a dresser. If you make flooring, keep the house forever, don't sell it.
Not everyone is sensitive to poison ivy. About 2 in 10 are not sensitive or grow less sensitive over their lifetime. About 6 in 10 are sensitive and another 2 in 10 are extremely sensitive. My brother can look at it and get a disabling rash. I had some mild reactions as a kid but can bath in it these days and not suffer. Strange, huh?
Very nice to see you turn a piece of your child hood, a tree your Grandfather planted, into flooring for you self and family to enjoy for generations!
Didn't know hemlock was so pretty, Awesome!!!
This video I really enjoy. As a old sawyer I would like to share this with you. When you know how special this wood is use a paint roller and coat the lumber from that log with orange oil. Your comment about your grandparents was heart felt. You’re doing a wonderful job with the videos, I’m very proud of you.
El Dorado Woodcraft hobbies Thanks for the tip and kind words!
l just love seeing the mixer at work you see l used to work at a sawmill and l just love to see how wood is made. 2 by 4s 1 by 4 s
So beautiful and some of the pieces came make a nice curio for your pictures etc,..of your Grandparents 👨👩👦👦
We enjoy watching your videos on tv. You are blessed with that property and with your set up. Keep up the good wrk.
That is beautiful, but more important it will be in your home, and when your children are older you can point to it and tell them where it can from and how your granddaddy planted it. Just lovely.
WOW, that grain is AMAZING, I envy you, your house will be amazing when you are done. PLEASE MAKE A VIDEO of all of this beautiful wood when it's in your home and finishes!!!
Fall Line Ridge I enjoy the video from when you get the log with the tractor put it on the mill and saw it.I just love seeing the grain that (hemlock) is beautiful wood wow what pretty grain.I just love to view the board's. Thanks be blessed.
Gorgeous grain! You are very fortunate you can mill your own flooring.
Beaultiful job. I rather see you milling lumber than a regular movie. Good luck
That is some absolutely beautiful lumber!
That is going to make a lovely floor!
Pardon my French, but I loved the video and when you splashed that water on the cut planks, I had a woodgasm!😍
Gotta say that's some gorgeous stuff. I've been getting into Shou Shugi Ban and that looks like the perfect example of a wood grain that could benifit from that type of technique.
Nice looking lumber!
Like to see that floor, when it's done. Great video.
Keep up the Great work!
BEAUTIFUL ! ! !
I found out that I had that wood for trim around my bathroom window once I sanded the 4 coats of paint off of it. Stained it and cleared it, looks awesome.
actaully looks like the perfect kind of grain for flooring.
Awesome grain
Good stuff bud.
a lot of 1900's ish and earlier homes used hemlock. I just gutted my house and the hemlock true 2x4's are still solid and really hard. its like nailing into a knot everytime
Interesting! Thanks for sharing!
Very nice hemlock
That some pretty wood right there and i see you have got your sawing skill much more perfected. Fantastic job just hope you have enough hemlock to do your whole floor. To mix it with a different spcies will not look so good on the floor. Hemlock is hard to come by in my area not much left.
You probably dont give a shit but if you guys are bored like me atm then you can watch pretty much all of the latest movies on InstaFlixxer. Have been binge watching with my girlfriend lately xD
@Thomas Mitchell definitely, have been watching on Instaflixxer for since december myself =)
Very nice
Another great video! Man how did you get so fast at calculating the demension of your cut, plus figuring in the eight inch lost for blade thickness? This has been a real struggle for me.
Scott Elmore Thanks Scott! It took me a while to figure out too. Just keep tinkering with it!
One of the earlier videos!!! Nowadays each offcut is hand-carried to the burn pile immediately after the cut! It is terribly easy to get behind on that when cutting by yourself...
i like your videos , the camera angles are great i watch other sawers and there cameras are to far from the mill sometimes. and its hard to see what happening.
keep up the good work.
Beautiful piece of lumber there almost too good for a floor would make a beautiful dining table !
You are so right. It would become a real fine heirloom, considering his family history.
Wonder how often you change the oil for that tractor? When was the last time you did?
MAN that log is COVERED with poison oak ! I just about broke out watching you....ahahahaaa
Couple suggestions: Set your mill up on some wood cribbing to get it up between knee and waist high....makes working a whole lot easier than down on the ground. And get yourself a set of rear round bale forks for moving logs, lumber, slabs if you're not going to get a front end loader for your tractor.
Ed Smith It’s actually English Ivy. My grandmother loved the stuff. Great tips on the mill! I’m going to do a series about building a sawmill shed at some point...then the current mill setup will be changed. Thanks for the comment!
I threw a quick building up for my Woodmizer when I came home from with it from Indianapolis in 1991. Getting ready to build a new one with ideas/experience I've gained from having done it the wrong way last time.
For one thing, building it on a sloping grade. The mill will sit about 30" below where the incoming logs are, with a block retainer wall. That way, the logs aren't having to be lifted up onto a deck like I do now.
Next thing I'm doing is mounting a 20' long conveyor in the floor, flush with floor level. For cleanup at the end of the day, everything gets swept/pushed into the conveyor and out the back of the building to the downhill side it goes. No more weekly shoveling marathons of dust and such.
I see you working in the sunshine, we got snow last night.
It's been very nice here. Hope it thaws out there soon!
How hard or easy does the head move up and down with the crank
Based on your average log size, that LT10 was the perfect match, which in my opinion, is a much better design then the current L15. Future expansion - Move the setup indoors, ADD 7hp (5kW) to 10hp (7Kw) electric motor with electric feed, and you'd have a quite, efficient, one man operation.
Why cut the boards so thick, if it's going to be used for flooring?
seems those old Ford tractors never die
Some of the toughest machines ever made.
Why do you make 8 waste cuts to square the log up instead of just 4?
How long does the wood have to dry before use?
what does it smell similar to? Is it bug resistant? Lastly, would you say it is a soft or hardwood? Cut a lot of stuff in my day but never that species
How did the Hemlock dry?
Saw dust is..... "Man Glitter"
How often do you change the blade and if you don’t mind me asking, how much do one of those blades cost?
It just depends on when they get dull. How quick that is depends on how hard or grity the material is. The blades are around $19 each. I use Wood Mizer's resharp program to have them sharpened at $7 each. Thanks for watching!
1:10 What was the purpose of wiping off the dipstick?
From sitting cold, the level seen on the first pull of the dipstick may not give you a true reading on what is actually in the oil pan. Wipe it off, dip it again to make sure. You also wipe it off to keep out any dirt that may have been picked up on it's way out of the tube. And, if you happen to miss the tube putting it back, wipe it off before trying again.
Enjoyed your video.... If i might ask ..I land with hardwood and the crp Long leaf Pine that needs thinning out... Free wood
What are the Pros and Cons of this mill ... Again if I may ask
J Thompson Thanks for the comment! Ask away! Check this video out, I think it’ll answer most of your questions: th-cam.com/video/S5Rt01wA0sw/w-d-xo.html
For those who are time poor, the money shot starts at 20:18 💕
Wood Porn is my favorite!
hey there... i am goign to be purchasing a bandsaw mill from wood mizer in newnan georgia and i had a question for you. do you regret not purchasing a larger mill with possibly more features that would help with loading logs and cutting larger logs? have you had any drawbacks that you can think of with the mill you purchased....like maybe...dang, i cant cut that size log....i wish i had purchased a larger mill? one other question.....have you sold any lumber and if you have, was it pretty easy to sell? thanks....todd
That's where I got my mill. They are good folks. I've never really had an issue with log size on the mill. My tractor is not capable of dragging anything larger than the mill can handle anyway. Having said that, the LT10 will work you. It's an excellent mill. It is well built and has a great warranty. But it will work you. I do not regret getting it because I think its an excellent starter mill. I have been looking at larger mills like the LT28...Mostly because there are a lot of extra features that can lessen the workload. I have only sold about $120 worth of lumber. Most of what I cut I use myself. However, it's only because I haven't really tried. I have no doubt that you could sell as much as you could cut. There's a good market out there for it. Good luck!
so do you live in the atlanta area?
Sure looks different than the Hemlock lumber out here in Oregon. Years ago it was considered a trash tree of little value.
Kinda confused here --- that's 8/4 slab flooring ? It is good looking wood .
You in the poison ivy again or is that english ivy?
That Hemlock should make a beautiful floor, you have a nice hobby there and having a hobby that can make you a profit and supply you with lumber is even better..Just wondering how often u have to sharpen the saw blade and how long they last? Not a big mill at all but it surely makes nice cuts..
I don't have the ability to sharpen the blades. I send them to Wood Mizer and they sharpen them. The amount of cutting I can do before it gets dull just depends on the wood and the amount of debris in it. If I have good clean logs I can probably get a few hundred board feet. If I hit a lot of dirt or a nail, the blade has to be changed immediately. Great questions. Appreciate you watching.
Thanks for your reply Ridge yes metal and dirt will surely dull or ruin a saw blade..When I was a boy I used to go to the local saw mill where I was raised in NC on a tobacco farm and watch them saw out lumber from pine mostly..They would give anyone the first cuts with the bark still on them. Farmers often built a Hog pen for fattening up the Hogs before slaughtering them or a woodshed for stacking firewood out of the slabs. Now nothing is wasted or given away at any saw mill that I know of..I appreciate your videos, very interesting indeed..
Great videos but my question would be, why all the piles of wood and scrap laying everywhere over your entire milling area. Jus looks like a hazard to me. Just curious
Robert Bohannan I’m a messy person. The yard is definitely in need of a cleanup. Thanks for watching!
What is the cable that runs along the right side of the bed do?
Dave Brittain The manual says it has something to do with stability of the mill. I don’t fully understand it honestly.
Ok I found out what it does. Since you push from only the left side that can put an uneven force on the carriage as it rolls along the bed. That cable keeps it from "crab walking" if you know what I mean. Eventually it would wear and bind and this prevents it from doing that.
Dave Brittain Ah, Makes perfect sense. I suspected it had something to do with crab walking, but I didn’t consider that it would be caused by pushing on the left side of the mill. Thanks Dave!
You need to level up your mill and rails ( will cause trouble in the long run ). it's off by at least 7 to 8 degrees
Use that lumber, as part of your childhood, for something heirloom, like a hope chest or a dresser. If you make flooring, keep the house forever, don't sell it.
Should have been wearing a long sleave shirt seeing how the tree was covered with poison ivy.
Not everyone is sensitive to poison ivy. About 2 in 10 are not sensitive or grow less sensitive over their lifetime. About 6 in 10 are sensitive and another 2 in 10 are extremely sensitive. My brother can look at it and get a disabling rash. I had some mild reactions as a kid but can bath in it these days and not suffer. Strange, huh?
who's the one that didn't like this video?mhh32452 keep 'em coming bro..................
Just look at the yard!!! Very neat huh?
In today’s day and age, you think we would have come up with a tree that grows perfectly square! Stinking circles!! Lol
i owned a tractor like that in the 90s . if you ever wanta sell yours im interested!
I hope that's not Poison Ivy outside that log...
I hope that's not poison ivy vines..
That would make great lumber to make an heirloom farm table. It's too good for flooring.
bwillan You are not the first person to make that suggestion, and I’m starting to think it’s a great idea. Thanks for the comment!
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you need some lessons on running a tractor
You need some lessons on courteous manners.