Made some sawdust yesterday

[crossroads]

I set this mill up on my place last year, it had been scrapped then salvaged and hadn't cut a board in about 10 years. I finally got mist of the bugs worked out of it and was able to make saw dust for about 5 hours yesterday. Here is a picture if the link works.

[Deleted]

Nice! I wish I had a mill

[daswolter]

Rake up the saw dust and save it I use it on the floor by my fleshing beam stops the floor from getting greasy and slick. Nice pile of wood. Do you have plans on building something with it.

[crossroads]

I have a few things I need to build like. A chicken coop and a shack for the cows. This is a 50/50 deal, a guy saw the mill from the road and asked if I would saw his logs up for half. I'm about half done now, then I'll start falling some of the cedar trees on my place to make siding.

[counteryboy5]

Apr 5, 2014 22:11:53 GMT -5 @charder said:

Nice! I wish I had a mill

Would be some much cheaper then buying lumber for big stuff...

[jimd]

How about a close up of your saw.

How long of a plank can you cut?

Here in Iowa, we're threatened by the Emeral Ash Bore. Soon there will be a ton of Ash trees, that will need to be harvested.

I too would love a saw !!!

Jim

[jimd]

You could ship me some of that cedar ! We could really hammer out some canoes !!!!

Jim

[farmertrappe]

Nice work, I don't have a saw but had a guy come down a few years ago and spend the afternoon with lots of friends and kids making boards. Finally used lumber on my shed project for siding last month. I too have lusted for a sawmill since then.

[crossroads]

Hey Jim I'll try to get a better picture of the mill today. It's a mobile dimention if you want to look on you tube there are some good videos. As for how long of plank it can cut. Right now I'm set up to cut up to 16', my cousin has enough frame sections to cut up a 60' log.

If your talking about the cedar I already have cut into strips, that can be arranged, we didn't mark the grain, it's so it's just in a pile. If your talking about the cedar on my place, it Port Orford cedar, so I'm not sure if it would good for a canoe or not. The other option is to let me know what you need and I can try to get it from my friend that has the band saw mill. Kevin

[crossroads]

This isn't me, but it's the same mill

youtu.be/VJJ4gHdB4XE

[Admin]

Love it. When the ground dries out a bit I'll be milling about 8000bf of pine

[nytrapper23]

Wow that's some operation you have.

[crossroads]

That should make a few bird houses JC!

[jimd]

Crossroads

I just need to bring a semi out and haul a load back home !

Now you got me Jonesen for a saw !

Thanks !

Jim

[crossroads]

Sorry my friend, I didn't mean to get ya all stirred up lol. Honestly though I don't think I would have ever bought a saw mill. I ended up with this one kind of accidentally. I made a deal with a guy to saw four cedar trees that I had fell on a 50/50 deal. Then I caught him hauling wood off when he thought I wasn't looking. I knew he wasn't getting an invite back after that, so I started making calls. My buddy that has the bandsaw mill who cut the cedar for my boat project was to busy, then I remembered my second cousin had a mill and in the process of trying to contact him. I found out that my cousin had this mill. It had been parked for about seven years and the guy who owned it wanted it gone. My cousin and uncle took it apart with a tourch and hauled it home, where they started tinkering with it and got it running as well as everything that was rusted up, freed up. That's where it sat in their barn for the last three years. Anyway, my cousin said " I don't know if it'll cut a board or not, but come get it and give it a try. I'ld kinda like to see it cut some lumber before I die". So, I picked it up last fall, got it set up and every time I tried to use it I ran into something else to fix lol. I covered it up for the winter and just fired it up this week. I was surprised, the thing actually cut some lumber lol

[cbul]

I'm green with envy.

Lumber is just a stack of wonderful possibilities.

[paddyg441]

Apr 7, 2014 17:07:24 GMT -5 crossroads said:

This isn't me, but it's the same mill

youtu.be/VJJ4gHdB4XE

Man I Loved this Thread !!! ,   especially your intro to this Video,   I could Smell the Aroma of the Sawdust with every cut !!! ,   sure wish I was 25 years younger,   I would not hesitate,   especially with all of the more update Saws and there ease of Operation ,   Thank You  "Crossroads" !!! . 

[crossroads]

Your welcome paddyg. Here is a video that shows how versatile this type of mill is.

youtu.be/HFzcoqnc8Zk

[paddyg441]

 

Amazing,   Thanks Again  ,  "Friend"  .

[counteryboy5]

Apr 8, 2014 17:31:41 GMT -5 crossroads said:

Your welcome paddyg. Here is a video that shows how versatile this type of mill is.

youtu.be/HFzcoqnc8Zk

now that there is a tree

[crossroads]

Yeah that would be nice to have a few of those laying around.