Sawmills and accessorys

[BarG]

Skychaser, I will never see a fir tree in my region, you lucky dog you . I've worked with a lot of it. We eastern red cedar and mesquite and bodark in abundance, not to mention oak which is is all I have on this 13 acres. But I immediately rebuilt a 16' trailer for eventual harvesting on 300 acres family owned 30 miles away . Just a lot of work for a line ranger. Lol. My shop is full of lumber for personal use. I want sell the dried lumber, if my kiln can hit 160% to kill bugs and dry as hoped, I may make a buck or 2.

 

[BarG]

I bought a compatible harbor freight motor with extended warranty. I had the hardest time getting the clutch of the old shaft. I ended up cutting the shaft and having it pressed off then having new bearings pressed on.

 

[BarG]

Another 100 here 1500 there, before you know it your having fun.

 

[BarG]

I have a pair of 3/4" rolled steel ones came with, plus a couple of can't rollers I call em . I want to buy a longer one for more leverage, there not cheap . A chain saw mill reminds me of homeade stuff to trim my house, lol, when I moved here after I cut down big dead trees . I have some really fine stressed white oak paneling to show for it thanks to a good band saw to handle 6x 6 x6 beams with fine fractures in the grains .
don't want to go there again.

 

[BarG]

I also bought a used 16' trailer and rebuilt it for anticipation of needs with my new hobby. I am now almost prepared to make the most of it, I want people to bring me logs. Lol

 

[GreenDragon]

You might enjoy this guy's youtube channel. He quit his job as a policeman and started his own mill, and he talks about the ins and outs and tricks of the trade etc.

Out of The Woods

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiPGkIebcT4QmEw6P6Lkubw

 

[BarG]

Bob, it would make a nice greenhouse, a few step shelves would be cool but I
have other plans.

 

[BarG]

Okay, I watched , got it. Been there done that, cept that was one fine mill.

 

[BarG]

Skychaser, I have an eastern red cedar across the street ready to go as soon as my kiln is ready. I estimate 400 pluss bdft.
A side note for you. I'm thinking angling my main collection towards ssw. The afternoon sun here is killer. Any thoughts on that, Im glad it's portable now .

 

[BarG]

That ruins any aesthetic effect lining up. Lol, but we're going for the max solar .

 

[BarG]

High noon is south, the western skies see my sunset.

 

[skychaser]

That ruins any aesthetic effect lining up. Lol, but we're going for the max solar .

I have an obsession for things being in line. Everything must be parallel or at right angles to each other. Drives me nuts even if a car is parked crooked. The wife used to give me a hard time about that. lol Park it right!

I thought your kiln was for drying tobacco. I'm kind of slow sometimes. Now I get it. We have western red cedar in the hills around here. It is like gold these days if you can get it. I used to go cut it in the forest for free for fence posts. I have some that are still solid after 30 years in the ground. I'd probably get a $10k fine and 10 years in prison for poaching cedar now.

I had a guy come in last week with a boom truck and take out some big Elms and a few Maples that were threatening to come down on the house and my shed. The truck had a 60' reach. It was really cool watching him. He just cut it and dropped it all and I cleaned up the mess. And OMG what a mess it left. Took me all week to chip all the branches and cut up the wood. Had to take a day off to let my back and arms recover from that. But it sure looks better now and I have another cord of hard wood to burn next winter.

 

[BarG]

Yeah, I decided to keep in line with my property lines. It will face due south give or take. I'm like that also when it comes down to it, it's gotta look cool.after tomorrow all that will be left is one trip to buy misc. to build the doors, hinges , 1 more roll insulation, a few pine 2x 4, then some sawmill planks for both sides. Getting excited now. The interior is already painted black , paint the exterior tomorrow and put the suntuf polycarbonate roof on, then add my solar fan and doors.

 

[BarG]

Hope to give it a trial run soon.

 

[BarG]

Solar fan and baffle installed, along wit roof . I'm allowing 12" all sides and underneath lumber stack. Research suggests the baffle 12"from back wall will help. A couple weeks from loading tops, I need doors and now mow my pasture as well as cutting and milling my first load of eastern red cedar and white oak.

 

[BarG]

Here's a tree I had a friend in the tree removal business that he claims was hit lightly by lightning, reason for dying all of a sudden. He claims he could tell by some white streaks in the truck. I had a hickory tree 40 ft. From that one 15 years ago blown apart by lightning not quite as bigView attachment 41722

 

[BarG]

Finally! Finished!
It was more work than I wanted to do for a young to man. Hopefully it will be a paying hobby. Setting it up in the full sun tomorrow and will add pics then and after loaded with lumber. Hope my temps are going to reach what my research claims. We'll see

 

[BarG]

I am so glad I put wheels on it, doing it so close to power and tools made it verrry nice . Grass grows back. Lol. Don't even want to be reminded of doing this in the hot sun off a generator.

 

[tullius]

I own a Norwood that will cut 36" dia x 21' long, with all the bed extensions on. Just gotta get the logs up there. Cuts smooth as butter. We just sticker it out for 6 months to a year, depending on use.

 

[BarG]

Norwood makes a great mill. His a pick of my kiln getting loaded.

I'll have approximately 500 bdft from the one tree when I'm done with it. Give or take. The kiln has hit 150 degrees so far on a half sunny day . I'm hoping for a month to 6 weeks to dry and be ready for sale . Finding a buyer will maybe take that long also , lol if I'm lucky .

Wanted to add this pic to show relation of kiln in full sun to mill in shade.