Nice job with that jig. Just a suggestion, when sawing cedar I always remove each cut off the cant, basically I draw it back as the saw is heading down the next one. This way I can see when the shake, rot, insect surprises are starting to show up. If you had seen the bug damage in the first board you could have gone to dimensional cuts and salvaged 1x 6 or so out of several of those rather than having odd shaped kindling. Also - watch your pith, you split it right down the middle there, you always want to box the pith even if it means changing the pattern you are sawing, otherwise your lumber will twist and warp. Like I said, just a suggestion from a guy that runs a WM and sells siding from it, but again good job there.
Thanks, Jim. This was more or less a “test run” of the new jig. I was kind of more interested in seeing what kind of production was possible and how the thing functioned over all. I’ll be sure to pay closer attention if I’m sawing for a customer. Thanks again for taking time to comment!
Great vid and awesome attachment to cut vertical siding. Really great ideas bare great success. Your siding jig in my book is a great success. Also from your vid I learnt that if buying logs to do this, you don't always get what you want. So keeping that in mind plus the siding is not CVG grade, if anyone attempts this on their own to take that into consideration.
This is one of my favorites, you have some of the best saw mill videos out there, Nathan can only wish , maybe give him a lesson or two on editing videos 😂
Awesome! watching this in 2020 just after the fire. You have a way of converting all those burn snags into clapboards for the neighbors as they rebuild. Local self reliance will get people thru!
Ingenious rig. Well done ! Classically, beveled siding is all vertical grain. Cedar (white cedar) is often a smaller tree. The tree is first turned to a round log. nominal 13 inch diameter for 5.25 and 18 nominal for 7.25. The cuts are made the on the radians with the blade the length of the log or a circular blade running thee length on the radians only. You are left with a 1.75 to 2.5 inch dowel the full length of the log that is supposed to have the center rings in it.
I cut true quartersawn siding on my Woodmizer. I need at least 18" logs ( we have white pine) Then quarter the log, and with a table fixed at the right angle we cut the bottom board, remove the quarter and remove the board....quarter goes back on and another board is cut. the height setting on the band is never changed. Pretty soon the quarter gets lighter and can be moved easily between cuts.
I want one of those jigs for my Cooks saw here in the southeast. Your jig would make a great aftermarket accessory and looks like it could be easily adapted for manual mills. Surprised Wood-Mizer hasn't come up with this idea.
Thank you but the 2-300 year old trees were cut down around 80 years ago on my property. I have some amazing stumps though! Those trees you’re seeing are less than 100 years.
@@NorthwestSawyer Wow. Yes. Here in West Texas, mesquite trees grow to about 12-15 ft max in height, and a girth of about 10-12 inches at best …😃 Thats the best we can do tree-wise.
Thanks for sharing. Too bad about the bug damage. Cool jig, it will pay for it's. My folks took their trees to a neighbor to have them milled. They had red cedar on their property.
You have made a great thing in your siding jig. You need to get it patented. You may think that it's simple but look at things you buy that are simple. The guy who came up with the quick release ratchet finally collected millions from it after he went to court to make his reputation known.
Just now watching this video. Don't sell your welding short. I have seen some "welders" that don't come up to yours. I think your ingenuity in making the jig was very good. I will have to watch all of your videos.
Brother you are making such a difference to all us rural fans. Almost have my wife on board to get an LT35. You are my favorite site to watch. I knew you were somewhere nearby. I'm in Molalla, any chance we could meet? Great job on you're videos and craftsmanship... Mike
That is awesome! I’m right up the road from you between Estacada and Colton. Shoot me an email to 5tonfabrication@gmail.com. I’m actually sawing as we speak. I’ll get back to you tonight.
Great video! You make me want to buy a Wood Mizer! Unfortunately, they're just not in my future right now! Maybe one day! The jig is awsome! Great job!
@@NorthwestSawyer Well, I can always use my 401k! We'll see! Thanks again brother! At 68 I'm still eager to work! It's inspiring people like you that keep me going! Keep the videos coming!
@@NorthwestSawyer I probably could if I wasn't retired but now there's nothing going into it. I like to see the routes people take to succeed. My friend, it looks like you've done it! I love doing physical labor when it's productive like what you do. Now, I do a lot of scroll work making Christmas Ornaments out of imported woods and recycled pallet wood. People go nuts over them, but I'm a physical labor guy. I really do want one though! We'll see! Thanks for responding to my notes!
Very nicely done on your home made Lap Siding maker, Love it. You have a sweet mill, I am in the market for my first mill this year, but I am looking at a much smaller, manual mill due to budget. Love your set up. Thanks for sharing and I hope you have a blessed week my friend.
Thank you! I really love working with this mill but it is my first. I started with a Woodland Mills HM 126. It’s a manual mill and I thought it was a very nice mill for the money. I hope to make a video soon to show how I started with a budget-friendly saw and ended up with my Wood-Mizer.
Oh wow, sounds like a fun story, I love the sounds of it already. Thank you for sharing, I have looked at the woodland mills very hard, i love the price and they have been so helpful as far as answering questions etc. Sounds like a wonderful video on how you got started to present, I have already subbed you, but definitely looking forward to hearing this fun story. Thanks again my friend for taking the time to reply and keep up the fun videos, PS, Love you siding maker you built, I used to have a portable welder, I am not too sure I don't need to get another one seeing all the options a guy can use just to make upgrades and mods like you have done with this one. Thanks again and have a blessed week my friend.
I would love to pick your brain sometime about all of this, I will wait and see your video, i would be willing to guess you will answer a lot of my questions and ideas I have. Thanks again my friend.
Heartland Outdoor Living I’m happy to help! I spent a lot of time on TH-cam while looking for my mills and now it’s my turn to pay it forward. Stay tuned!
Those short siding pieces on the bad boards will make a small tree house or a dandy dog house that would perfectly match the house that the good stuff goes on.
Unfortunately it was destroyed in the wildfire that came through my area two years ago. I did make a “closer look” video right after this one that might help.
Man, for a first video, you did a hell of a lot better than me! Great Jig too... I would love to see a build video on it. Maybe sell the plans or the jig itself?
Make pre fab storage buildings. Dog houses or planting beds i built portable planters that could be moved by forklift. People want wood working material for home shop. Build dry kiln shed stack your wood. You can call in wood grader to grade and stamp your wood for custom built cabin to pass building code. You can send out wood for custom dry kiln and tounge and groove for ceiling material.
@Jack Van Berg A friend used a plastic greenhouse as a solar heated wood dryer. Used a humidistat to run a vent fan when the air in the dryer became saturated. He had a firewood business.
Well done sir, Really pleasant video in the:InformationFormatNarration. I watched it twice. Looking forward to more.Also enjoyed the thoughtful comments from others
I have sawmill envy =) and I was cringing everytime you pulled a board off and it was bug damaged so bad . Such a shame beautiful wood. Great job and I look forward to seeing what else you do. Also as someone said Patent that before someone steals it and starts selling it
Thanks, Jack, the bug damaged was a bummer for sure. As far as the patent goes, I want to refine the design a bit. The design only has to change 10% to be able to get another patent as far as I know. I’m tending to some family matters right now but I have a bunch of sawing lined up with some giant Douglas fir, yew wood, cedar and pine. Stay tuned!
You could cut short sections and use/sell them as an interior wall finish. (Aged) cedar inside is regal, even if a little bit is rotted and worm-eaten; and even if it is just a small accent panel. Character, man!
That's a great idea and love watching the video, just about to buy my first sawmill, torn between manufacturers, Wood Mizer or Norwood or Logosol, did you say the clamps that lock the steel framework you made (great by the way) are these standard, thank you Ian
I haven't used my mill in several months. Watching your videos inspires me to use it more often. Its hard to find shiplap here, and I have several historic barns that I would like to restore. I've looked for a way to cut shiplap since I bought my first LT15 Woodmizer back in 1998. I've owned several through the years. I subscribed and look forward to seeing many more videos from you...and purchase the shiplap accessory. You should show it to Woodmizer, maybe they may license it from you.
Smart man! Great idea. I have just started making videos myself! The hydraulic mill makes things so much easier and efficient, I'm jealous. Keep up the great content! I just put out my first of many saw mill videos how to coil and uncoil bandsaw blades. Best regards, Take care.Jason
Thank you! You sticker it just like any other lumber. Orient the boards so the thick side faces the same direction and you can stack multiple stacks and layers.
Yeah....I had a Woodmizer lap siding attachment at one time, same basic deal as what you have. Very clunky to use....you have to move the cant off, or at least off to one side....then put the attachment on...then wrangle the cant into the attachment, then saw siding, then remove the attachment for the next log. NOW I use two small pcs of 5/8" plywood. Saw cant to size, use peavy to cock the cant toward me and stick a plywood shim between the cant and bed rail. Saw a piece of tapered siding. Uncock the cant for the next piece...saw. And so on until you're done. MUCH MUCH easier than all that wrangling of cant and attachment.
However, one thing the Woodmizer attachment did do well was make sawn tapered roofing shingles. It had a set of 6 pipe clamps that would hold 6 blocks of wood up to 24" long. Another handle/rod/cam cocked the blocks up/down front-to-back....so as the blade passes down the rail, you'd saw a tapered shingle off each block. Now if you wanted to get in the shingle business, that method is the trick. But for siding, the shim method is the way to go.....sawed many many thousands of linear feet of siding that way.
I must not be picturing your method correctly. It sounds like you have to place shims, clamp the cant, saw, unclamps the cant, take the shims out by hand, reclamp and so-on. I don’t see how that’s easier or faster than moving a hydraulic lever up and down. Can you make a video of it? As far as “wrangling the attachment” you shouldn’t have to if you cut all your raw material into cants.
I saw a cant....stick the shims under two different bed rails, then saw a piece of siding....no clamping needed....the weight of the cant holds it in place. Remove shims for next cut, add shims for the 3rd cut, and so on. If you cut all your logs into cants, then you have to move THEM off the saw......so it's either wrangle them or the attachment....either way, more work than simply using the shim method. That is why I didn't use the Woodmizer attachment after I bought it. I thought (mistake) it would have some kind of guide to let you lower the saw head the same amount each time.....nope....you eyeball it....so heck, why use the fool thing then ? It hung on my mill shed wall for years until some guy came along and wanted to buy it to make shingles with.....the other feature it offered, and was very good for IF you want to make shingles.
There’s more than one way to skin a cat. Glad your system works for you. I guess I’d be expecting a lot more out of my jig if I had spent a bunch of money on it. You’re right about being able to use the simple set for thickness. That was the first thing I realized when I started sawing. Thanks for comments!
Looking good with the lap siding jig. I wonder how that would work with yellow popular? I enjoy you videos, and learning new things. I have a friend that has the old LT40 that wants to make lap siding I'll have to show this to him. mark
Great invention. I don't see how the cant doesn't get pulled right off the side when your cutting it. My mill would have pulled it right off. Must be the different wood species.
Some forks on your tractor and counter balance on back of tractor A lumber rack on outgrew of saw sort 4x material. Pour a slab and put lumber rack on wheels for access or a rail
Great video man. I’d love to come check out your mill and lend a hand sometime if you like. I’ve done some Alaska chainsaw milling and would be great to see the wood miser in action. Looking forward to seeing more videos- I’m in SE Portland
Rob, Send me an email to 5tonfabricarion@gmail.com. I probably won’t be able to saw this weekend but I have some HUGE Douglas fit set up for next weekend in Wilsonville
It has completely changed the way I look at the world around me. Every tree becomes an imagining of hidden treasure. The ugliest log I’d ever seen is now a live edge slab on the front desk of my wife’s salon. It’s kind of amazing...
Hello, I just built a siding jig for my Hud-son mill. The jig raises 1/2" when tilting. I can't seem to get the scale increments right. I make two cuts 5/8" and two pieces come out perfect. Then the third cut comes out way too thick. Any insight would help. Kilted Sawyer suggested you.
R. E. Hill, thank you! I’m just trying have some fun and share the experience. I’ve learned a lot from watching others and hope maybe something I’m doing might help someone else👍🏻
Hay Brother love watching you mill work.... I see you have a LT 35 and was wondering why you chose it and if you have any suggestions for me for I am looking at getting a mill myself. I’m looking at a LT 40 wide hydraulic. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated thank you ! Nate.
Thank you, Nathan. My choice of the 35 was basically because it was the largest upgrade from my manual mill that I could afford at the time. Had I known how much money I’d be making with it, I would’ve gotten a 40 wide in a heartbeat! I’m seriously considering selling my mill and getting a 40 wide.
That jig is absolutely genius! I'm learning a lot from your videos.
Thank you! That’s awesome! I’m glad to be able to help.
Nice job with that jig. Just a suggestion, when sawing cedar I always remove each cut off the cant, basically I draw it back as the saw is heading down the next one. This way I can see when the shake, rot, insect surprises are starting to show up. If you had seen the bug damage in the first board you could have gone to dimensional cuts and salvaged 1x 6 or so out of several of those rather than having odd shaped kindling. Also - watch your pith, you split it right down the middle there, you always want to box the pith even if it means changing the pattern you are sawing, otherwise your lumber will twist and warp.
Like I said, just a suggestion from a guy that runs a WM and sells siding from it, but again good job there.
Thanks, Jim. This was more or less a “test run” of the new jig. I was kind of more interested in seeing what kind of production was possible and how the thing functioned over all. I’ll be sure to pay closer attention if I’m sawing for a customer. Thanks again for taking time to comment!
Great vid and awesome attachment to cut vertical siding. Really great ideas bare great success. Your siding jig in my book is a great success. Also from your vid I learnt that if buying logs to do this, you don't always get what you want. So keeping that in mind plus the siding is not CVG grade, if anyone attempts this on their own to take that into consideration.
Cuts for door and windows 😎 installed it on a home of ours and neighbors were always impressed 👍 great idea on your jig 😎
love the jig. im a metal fabricator and welder as well as a wood butcher. very innovative with using the clamps as an actuator, great setup brother.
Thanks, cody. I’m working on a new one right now that I think is really going to be awesome. Stay tuned!
This is one of my favorites, you have some of the best saw mill videos out there, Nathan can only wish , maybe give him a lesson or two on editing videos 😂
He unfriended me four years ago 😂 I literally just watched one of his videos for the first time since. Looks like he’s found pretty well.
Brother I love your homemade lap siding jig. I own a norwood hd36 and after watching your video I think I'm going to build one. 👍👍
Do it! It’ll be very rewarding!
Awesome! watching this in 2020 just after the fire. You have a way of converting all those burn snags into clapboards for the neighbors as they rebuild. Local self reliance will get people thru!
Well, truth be told, the loggers decked my logs on top of my jig while I was at work. I will be building a new one. Perhaps this winter.
Great proof of your ingenuity. Once again it makes me proud I'm an Oregonian.
Nice siding jig looking forward to an up close view of how it works thanks for sharing
Nice clean setup that works extremely well. Very cool.
Thanks! You went way back into the archives for this one.😬
I enjoyed watching you run those weatherboarded with your jig .
Great jig invention
Thank you!
Ingenious rig. Well done ! Classically, beveled siding is all vertical grain. Cedar (white cedar) is often a smaller tree. The tree is first turned to a round log. nominal 13 inch diameter for 5.25 and 18 nominal for 7.25. The cuts are made the on the radians with the blade the length of the log or a circular blade running thee length on the radians only. You are left with a 1.75 to 2.5 inch dowel the full length of the log that is supposed to have the center rings in it.
I cut true quartersawn siding on my Woodmizer. I need at least 18" logs ( we have white pine) Then quarter the log, and with a table fixed at the right angle we cut the bottom board, remove the quarter and remove the board....quarter goes back on and another board is cut. the height setting on the band is never changed. Pretty soon the quarter gets lighter and can be moved easily between cuts.
Very clever how you've made that jig ,, Impressed,,
Thank you very much!
Yes, I guess when you're making videos it becomes 'multi-tasking' at a very high level.
Nice boards for sure!
I want one of those jigs for my Cooks saw here in the southeast. Your jig would make a great aftermarket accessory and looks like it could be easily adapted for manual mills. Surprised Wood-Mizer hasn't come up with this idea.
Wood-Mizer does make a manual jig. But I wanted to see if I could one-up them. 😬 also, their jig is around $1,500 I think.
Ouch! I’d weld up one too for that price...and I’d say you one upped ‘em 👍
That’s a win,win 👍🏼
Should pay for a few saw blades and general upkeep of your Mill
That's a big Fir your working next too! Lots of our Cedar had butt rott/ bug damage too up here in Arlington Washington
Cool build. Adds a lot of versatility to your mill.
Awesome Sawmill Jig, LOVIT
THX’S FOR SHARING
Very nice job. And jig! Used to live in Portland, had a cabin in Estacada near Eagle Creek.
Thank you, Carl. We love it out here!
200-300 yr old trees near your Wood-Mizer. Nice property, sir ...
Thank you but the 2-300 year old trees were cut down around 80 years ago on my property. I have some amazing stumps though! Those trees you’re seeing are less than 100 years.
@@NorthwestSawyer
Wow. Yes. Here in West Texas, mesquite trees grow to about 12-15 ft max in height, and a girth of about 10-12 inches at best …😃 Thats the best we can do tree-wise.
Really smart jig. Next run with better wood.
The saw cut that siding really good, It could have been a good operator Thanks for posting
It’s probably the saw😬
Wow what a cool bit of kit ......... shame about the rot in that beautiful beam.
Thank you!
Thanks for sharing. Too bad about the bug damage. Cool jig, it will pay for it's. My folks took their trees to a neighbor to have them milled. They had red cedar on their property.
That is a very ingenious application !
Thank you!
Thank you for this video u just made my mind up with what mill I want
Thanks, Bill! You won’t be disappointed!
Luving it, instant siding.
Great machine 👍🏼
Thank you! I’m working on a high production shingle jig for my mill. Stay tuned!
Northwest Sawyer -I Subbed, love these type of machines. I do small scale woodwork in basement shop. Table saw, planer etc.
You have made a great thing in your siding jig. You need to get it patented.
You may think that it's simple but look at things you buy that are simple.
The guy who came up with the quick release ratchet finally collected millions from it after he went to court to make his reputation known.
Thank you, Kenneth. I’ve actually come up with a much simpler design but I haven’t built it yet. I may have to patent it before I show it.
Great informative video, thank you for sharing your experience.
Just now watching this video. Don't sell your welding short. I have seen some "welders" that don't come up to yours. I think your ingenuity in making the jig was very good. I will have to watch all of your videos.
Thank you! Unfortunately I lost the jig in the wild fire a year ago but I’ll build a better one.
Nice. Lap siding jig. Thanks for sharing
I can see a good market for you just for the siding. Good job.
Brother you are making such a difference to all us rural fans. Almost have my wife on board to get an LT35.
You are my favorite site to watch. I knew you were somewhere nearby. I'm in Molalla, any chance we could meet?
Great job on you're videos and craftsmanship...
Mike
That is awesome! I’m right up the road from you between Estacada and Colton. Shoot me an email to 5tonfabrication@gmail.com. I’m actually sawing as we speak. I’ll get back to you tonight.
Wow, that is one hell of a jig!
Thanks, Jesse!
That is just too damn cool!!
I'm telling you, that thing is slick !!!
Simple and effective 😬
Great video! You make me want to buy a Wood Mizer! Unfortunately, they're just not in my future right now! Maybe one day! The jig is awsome! Great job!
That’s what I said too, John. I had a much less expensive mill to start with but my earnings really took off with it and here I am...
@@NorthwestSawyer Well, I can always use my 401k! We'll see! Thanks again brother! At 68 I'm still eager to work! It's inspiring people like you that keep me going! Keep the videos coming!
This was my very first video. I did one on how I ended up with a Wood-Mizer. You could pay your 401k back pretty quick!
@@NorthwestSawyer I probably could if I wasn't retired but now there's nothing going into it. I like to see the routes people take to succeed. My friend, it looks like you've done it! I love doing physical labor when it's productive like what you do. Now, I do a lot of scroll work making Christmas Ornaments out of imported woods and recycled pallet wood. People go nuts over them, but I'm a physical labor guy. I really do want one though! We'll see! Thanks for responding to my notes!
John, comments like yours are why I do this!
Very nicely done on your home made Lap Siding maker, Love it.
You have a sweet mill, I am in the market for my first mill this year, but I am looking at a much smaller, manual mill due to budget. Love your set up.
Thanks for sharing and I hope you have a blessed week my friend.
Thank you! I really love working with this mill but it is my first. I started with a Woodland Mills HM 126. It’s a manual mill and I thought it was a very nice mill for the money. I hope to make a video soon to show how I started with a budget-friendly saw and ended up with my Wood-Mizer.
Oh wow, sounds like a fun story, I love the sounds of it already. Thank you for sharing, I have looked at the woodland mills very hard, i love the price and they have been so helpful as far as answering questions etc. Sounds like a wonderful video on how you got started to present, I have already subbed you, but definitely looking forward to hearing this fun story. Thanks again my friend for taking the time to reply and keep up the fun videos,
PS, Love you siding maker you built, I used to have a portable welder, I am not too sure I don't need to get another one seeing all the options a guy can use just to make upgrades and mods like you have done with this one.
Thanks again and have a blessed week my friend.
I would love to pick your brain sometime about all of this, I will wait and see your video, i would be willing to guess you will answer a lot of my questions and ideas I have. Thanks again my friend.
Heartland Outdoor Living I’m happy to help! I spent a lot of time on TH-cam while looking for my mills and now it’s my turn to pay it forward. Stay tuned!
Heartland Outdoor Living you got Help us out and show how you built it
Very nice job, keep up the great videos
Like the jig, I am in North Carolina, and have good friends that live in your town
Wow! What are the odds?
Hurrah! The jig worked beautifully as did the remarkably stable Woodmiser cutting head. Nice!
Those short siding pieces on the bad boards will make a small tree house or a dandy dog house that would perfectly match the house that the good stuff goes on.
That’s right, johnnybarbar. There’s no such thing as waste!😀
Seems you do know what and how you get what you want. Enjoying the video
Could you make another showing more detail of the jig itself and maybe building it? Looks really slick
Unfortunately it was destroyed in the wildfire that came through my area two years ago. I did make a “closer look” video right after this one that might help.
@@NorthwestSawyer found it thank you, just what I was hoping for 👍
Man, for a first video, you did a hell of a lot better than me! Great Jig too... I would love to see a build video on it. Maybe sell the plans or the jig itself?
Thanks, Vikingblooded! Love your channel! I did post a “closer look” video yesterday. Have a look!
Vikingblooded Kraftwerks l
Nice job , newer saw siding cut on a Wood Mizer
Very smart. I never would of thought of that but mine is manual
Nice work. Free wood is good wood.
It sure is!
Great video man that is one of the best jigs I have seen how did u build that really sharp man
Thank you!
Make pre fab storage buildings. Dog houses or planting beds i built portable planters that could be moved by forklift. People want wood working material for home shop. Build dry kiln shed stack your wood. You can call in wood grader to grade and stamp your wood for custom built cabin to pass building code. You can send out wood for custom dry kiln and tounge and groove for ceiling material.
@Jack Van Berg A friend used a plastic greenhouse as a solar heated wood dryer. Used a humidistat to run a vent fan when the air in the dryer became saturated. He had a firewood business.
That’s a very good job the jig is pretty smart
Thank you, Michael!
Fantastic.
Incredible vid brother! That jig you made works perfect! 👌
Thanks, Gregory! I’m working on a much better version. Stay tuned!
Well done sir, Really pleasant video in the:InformationFormatNarration.
I watched it twice. Looking forward to more.Also enjoyed the thoughtful comments from others
Thank you, Marc. I hope to keep making videos like this that might help the viewer with whatever their plans are.
Great video, I am jealious of your mill. Maybe someday I'll get to that point.
I have sawmill envy =) and I was cringing everytime you pulled a board off and it was bug damaged so bad . Such a shame beautiful wood. Great job and I look forward to seeing what else you do. Also as someone said Patent that before someone steals it and starts selling it
Thanks, Jack, the bug damaged was a bummer for sure. As far as the patent goes, I want to refine the design a bit. The design only has to change 10% to be able to get another patent as far as I know. I’m tending to some family matters right now but I have a bunch of sawing lined up with some giant Douglas fir, yew wood, cedar and pine. Stay tuned!
Real life comes first bud I understand =) look forward to seeing more
You could cut short sections and use/sell them as an interior wall finish. (Aged) cedar inside is regal, even if a little bit is rotted and worm-eaten; and even if it is just a small accent panel. Character, man!
You're right, Steve. There seems to be a use for everything!
Pretty slick.
Nicely done, man!
WILSON! Thank you, sir!
Always awesome.
Thank you, Billy. This was my first video. They’ve come a long way since then😬
Very smart idea,you might want to patent it before somebody steals your idea.
Just awesome.
That's a great idea and love watching the video, just about to buy my first sawmill, torn between manufacturers, Wood Mizer or Norwood or Logosol, did you say the clamps that lock the steel framework you made (great by the way) are these standard, thank you Ian
Thank you! Yes, the hydraulic clamp is standard on the LT-35 hydraulic. You wouldn’t be disappointed with a Wood-Mizer!
Great simple jig
Someone told Out Of The Woods channel that a 12 inch drywall mud knife works great as a saw dust scraper.
You should see about making that jig to sell. Lap siding is so hard to find here in Virginia. I would KILL to have that for my Super70.
Don’t kill anyone, zfilmmaker !!!😬 I have some minor changes I want to make to the design when I have time. If I ever get time....
I haven't used my mill in several months. Watching your videos inspires me to use it more often. Its hard to find shiplap here, and I have several historic barns that I would like to restore. I've looked for a way to cut shiplap since I bought my first LT15 Woodmizer back in 1998. I've owned several through the years. I subscribed and look forward to seeing many more videos from you...and purchase the shiplap accessory. You should show it to Woodmizer, maybe they may license it from you.
It turns out Woodmizer makes a lap siding jig that works really well. I’ve got one on order. Thanks to you I got the idea to look into one.
Depends on how much you have in the mill. You can buy a lot of siding and fencing for the the price of a Woodmizer.
Smart man! Great idea. I have just started making videos myself! The hydraulic mill makes things so much easier and efficient, I'm jealous. Keep up the great content! I just put out my first of many saw mill videos how to coil and uncoil bandsaw blades. Best regards, Take care.Jason
Nice jig. Nice siding. How do you sticker and dry it? I need to mill some siding but not sure how to air dry it. Any suggestions?
Thank you! You sticker it just like any other lumber. Orient the boards so the thick side faces the same direction and you can stack multiple stacks and layers.
Yeah....I had a Woodmizer lap siding attachment at one time, same basic deal as what you have. Very clunky to use....you have to move the cant off, or at least off to one side....then put the attachment on...then wrangle the cant into the attachment, then saw siding, then remove the attachment for the next log.
NOW I use two small pcs of 5/8" plywood. Saw cant to size, use peavy to cock the cant toward me and stick a plywood shim between the cant and bed rail. Saw a piece of tapered siding. Uncock the cant for the next piece...saw. And so on until you're done. MUCH MUCH easier than all that wrangling of cant and attachment.
However, one thing the Woodmizer attachment did do well was make sawn tapered roofing shingles. It had a set of 6 pipe clamps that would hold 6 blocks of wood up to 24" long. Another handle/rod/cam cocked the blocks up/down front-to-back....so as the blade passes down the rail, you'd saw a tapered shingle off each block. Now if you wanted to get in the shingle business, that method is the trick. But for siding, the shim method is the way to go.....sawed many many thousands of linear feet of siding that way.
I must not be picturing your method correctly. It sounds like you have to place shims, clamp the cant, saw, unclamps the cant, take the shims out by hand, reclamp and so-on. I don’t see how that’s easier or faster than moving a hydraulic lever up and down. Can you make a video of it? As far as “wrangling the attachment” you shouldn’t have to if you cut all your raw material into cants.
I saw a cant....stick the shims under two different bed rails, then saw a piece of siding....no clamping needed....the weight of the cant holds it in place. Remove shims for next cut, add shims for the 3rd cut, and so on.
If you cut all your logs into cants, then you have to move THEM off the saw......so it's either wrangle them or the attachment....either way, more work than simply using the shim method. That is why I didn't use the Woodmizer attachment after I bought it. I thought (mistake) it would have some kind of guide to let you lower the saw head the same amount each time.....nope....you eyeball it....so heck, why use the fool thing then ?
It hung on my mill shed wall for years until some guy came along and wanted to buy it to make shingles with.....the other feature it offered, and was very good for IF you want to make shingles.
There’s more than one way to skin a cat. Glad your system works for you. I guess I’d be expecting a lot more out of my jig if I had spent a bunch of money on it. You’re right about being able to use the simple set for thickness. That was the first thing I realized when I started sawing. Thanks for comments!
Brilliant!
Looking good with the lap siding jig. I wonder how that would work with yellow popular? I enjoy you videos, and learning new things. I have a friend that has the old LT40 that wants to make lap siding I'll have to show this to him.
mark
Stay tuned, Mark! I’m working on a big improvement to my siding jig.
Great invention. I don't see how the cant doesn't get pulled right off the side when your cutting it. My mill would have pulled it right off. Must be the different wood species.
The jig itself is fairly heavy and the cant fits tight. I did put holes in the cradle for screws but didn't need them.
NW nice lap siding jig could you show more it .looks so simple to use..
Absolutely. I'll try to put together a "closer look" video this weekend.
Some forks on your tractor and counter balance on back of tractor
A lumber rack on outgrew of saw sort 4x material. Pour a slab and put lumber rack on wheels for access or a rail
The ones with the damage could be used for short pieces of siding.
Well done! Thank you for sharing!
So stack your buggy wood for kindling saw into 1" x 12" then cut with power saw.
Great video man. I’d love to come check out your mill and lend a hand sometime if you like. I’ve done some Alaska chainsaw milling and would be great to see the wood miser in action. Looking forward to seeing more videos- I’m in SE Portland
Rob, Send me an email to 5tonfabricarion@gmail.com. I probably won’t be able to saw this weekend but I have some HUGE Douglas fit set up for next weekend in Wilsonville
slick jig for the siding!!
Nice jig ideal
Nice video
Thank you!
something about getting to dimensional lumber with a chain saw and portable mill -
get's me
i like the solitude that comes with it too
It has completely changed the way I look at the world around me. Every tree becomes an imagining of hidden treasure. The ugliest log I’d ever seen is now a live edge slab on the front desk of my wife’s salon. It’s kind of amazing...
Hello, I just built a siding jig for my Hud-son mill. The jig raises 1/2" when tilting. I can't seem to get the scale increments right. I make two cuts 5/8" and two pieces come out perfect. Then the third cut comes out way too thick. Any insight would help. Kilted Sawyer suggested you.
Too bad about the bug damage but the jig works a treat.
Thank you!
Thanks for sharing your genius. And you get to make them as sturdy as you want? Or is there a set thickness they need to be?
Thanks, Bill. You can cut them as thin or thick as you want.
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R. E. Hill, thank you! I’m just trying have some fun and share the experience. I’ve learned a lot from watching others and hope maybe something I’m doing might help someone else👍🏻
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Hay Brother love watching you mill work.... I see you have a LT 35 and was wondering why you chose it and if you have any suggestions for me for I am looking at getting a mill myself. I’m looking at a LT 40 wide hydraulic. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated thank you ! Nate.
Thank you, Nathan. My choice of the 35 was basically because it was the largest upgrade from my manual mill that I could afford at the time. Had I known how much money I’d be making with it, I would’ve gotten a 40 wide in a heartbeat! I’m seriously considering selling my mill and getting a 40 wide.
Nice great jig
Thank you!
Hey man I'm liking your videos. Does the blade reset to the cut depth after it returns automatically or do you have to set the depth each time?
Thank you! When using the jig, I have to manually set the depth. If I were cutting flat boards, I can enter a seething and it’s automatic.
Well done. New sub and new woodmizer owner LT 40. Great video. I hope to get some uploaded soon of our new toy.
Awesome! I’ll be watching for them!
Could you cut the buggy boards into shorter shingles and salvage what couldn't be saved for siding? Or is the grain direction wrong?
I saved as much as I could. The siding boards aren’t wide enough to be cut into shingles.
Nice Jig! Do you know if this would be compatible with an LT 15?
Thank you! You’d have to build a lever into it because it uses the LT 35’s hydraulics to tip the cant.
great mod!
Thanks! I’m working on an adapter to saw cedar shakes. Stay tuned!
Very very cool jig!!!
Thank you, Samuel!
Yes Sir!😉 Shame about the insect damage, but as someone else said here, free wood is good wood...and he's kinda got a point there...
Great video, thanks. Before you built your jig did you use wedges to tilt the cant ?
Do you deliver lol pickets from the lumber yard is never thick enough for me. Enjoyed your editing.