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Started by Cutting Edge, February 04, 2012, 05:54:30 PM

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Cutting Edge

Some of you may have seen this.  Some, maybe not.  Found this on YouTube and was very impressed.  Thought I would share.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dq6wrqEnqYc&feature=player_detailpage

Think this sawyer is expendable?
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JV

Several things would stop me from ever being this fast; my wrists, arms, shoulders, eyesight, concentration, I could go on.   :o
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eastberkshirecustoms

Nice, a cant in 24 seconds! Boy that turner really throws the log around.  Almost makes me miss being around the circle mills.  :(

beenthere

That Jeff in that cab? Bet his shoulders ache just watching that. ;)
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Jeff

Beenthere, donethat.  That's only a 2 headblock carriage. sounds like he was crowding that beech log for the camera.
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Okrafarmer

Oh my. I wonder what they were doing with the cants after that? If he was that fast, why didn't he just cut them up into boards? Or maybe he was making RR ties?
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Ohio_Bill

I thought I was a Hot Shot sawing 6 an hour.  I can't even think that fast.
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pnyberg

That's so fast that it's boring after about 30 seconds.

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No longer milling

Okrafarmer

It was so fast my computer couldn't keep up with the video!  :o
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Chuck White

It's always impressed me as to just how fast a circle-saw can be!  :o :o
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Sixacresand

I bet the operator station has AC.  Just think, there are crews or machines working just as fast, feeding and taking wood from this mill.
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WDH

Thats why you cant ( ::)) make it as a small guy sawing ties when competing against the big boys.

In the big pine mills with the sharp chains and the curve gang saws, they can saw twelve 16' logs per minute and produce over 60,000 BF per hour.  Our best could produce 1 million BF a day of dimension pine lumber in two shifts.  No way to compete with that. 

Like Cedarman says, find the niche  :D.
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sawguy21

I assume rr ties. That is some production from a small mill but as WDH suggests, no way anyone could meet demand and be cost effective with such a set up. It would have to be a niche market the big guys don't want to bother with.
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bandmiller2

That job looks more stressfull than an air trafic controller,I'll stick with my handset thankyou. Frank C.
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Jeff

That's the job I had for 25 years, and it is the toughest job in the mill and the hardest on the mind and body.  He's probably cutting ties as it looks like hes cutting dense northern hardwoods. He might asl be squaring up to go to a gang or resaw, but looks like ties to me. 

QuoteIf he was that fast, why didn't he just cut them up into boards?

If you can pass the cant on to a gangsaw that resaws into boards in one pass, think how much faster that is than if he was to saw it himself into boards.
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Shotgun

Jeff, why don't you put up the link to your sawing videos back in the day.  Good spot for it here.   :D

Norm
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Jeff

There's not a whole lot of footage of me sawing, and what there is, is pretty bad quality, but there are two clips I have on youtube that I've posted on the forum in the past.  The first one was taken of me sawing, but not really showing the mill. The second one shows a little more mill. This is what I did 8 to 10 hours a day, and for several years an additional 6 hours on Saturdays.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3PftuULqdk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VPJ-Ojha-s
Just call me the midget doctor.
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Commercial circle sawmill sawyer in a past life for 25yrs.
Ezekiel 22:30

stavebuyer

Thats pretty typical of commercial tie mills in TN & KY. He is sawing 7x9 crossties. A two headblock Hurdle mill will cut 400 ties a day. Side lumber is often seen as a "by product" to some of the folks that run these mills.

Ron Wenrich

Put a vertical edger on there and your world starts to change. 
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Cutting Edge

I could imagine how tired a fella would be after a day of that kinda work.  I would think the mental drain would be the worst.  Either way, I know I wouldn't be able to coordinate fingers, arms, eyes, etc. to even run at a snails pace.  If it was me, they'd be lucky to edge out tomato stakes...  :D

Jeff, in the video it appears you had more to do than a pilot...WOW     :o

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Okrafarmer

Some peoples' lot in life is to be quick-thinking, quick-acting workers. Unfortunately I'm not one of them.  :(  :-\
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petefrom bearswamp

Jeff I too noticed the laboring of the mill while sawing the Beech.
that thing goes too fast for me.
Regarding your video,  no grey in your hair back then eh?   
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jueston

i used to operate an excavator and the joy sticks looked similar, but simplier, and i sure wasn't operating them that fast....
i watched it twice and its just crazy....

Okrafarmer

On the other hand, when the way is clear, I do operate a Bobcat almost that fast. I have to be careful or I get whiplash.
He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. Psalm 91:1

Operating a 2020 Woodmizer LT35 hydraulic for Upcountry Sawmill, Dacusville, SC

Now selling Logrite tools!

Writing fiction and nonfiction! Check my website.

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