New LT10 might get here tomorrow

[MapleNut]

Welcome to the forum, fellow Yooper! Lots of good reading and learning here!

[m wood]

if you want a set of wheels for moving it on occasion, i was thinking about a boat trailer also.  check craigslist for an old yard trailer or something(it was mentioned earlier).  Buffalo Craigslist has had 2 different boat trailers listed "free" in the last couple months...you never know!
and welcome rimshot, the best info for sawing comes from these good members right here (i"m just a learner too)!

[rimshot]

I think I got this right. 
Thanks again to shotgun for the tutorial.  If this shows up the credit goes to shotgun.  If it fails to display the buck stops here.

This shows some of the logs awaiting that new wood-mizer

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[beenthere]

Use your Preview button to see if it is what you want. No need to click on Post until you have it. Keep on keepin on. Let us know what trips you up.


You have your pics in your gallery, so go to the pic you want and scroll down a half a page and see what is there to post it in your message. The hard part is done.  Appears you keep adding the same pic to your gallery, when it is maybe already there. Don't give up on it. (easy for me to say!).



 

[rimshot]

that's not an easy process by any means(posting picture) but I will not say what is on my mind at the moment because I would get the boot.  Despite the great tutoring if it can go bad it will for me and I will figure this out later.

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[hamish]

Don't worry about i too much, I still can figure it out!

[MotorSeven]

Welcome Rimshot,tell us where your located.With a manual mill you need gravity to be your friend.Deck first project,second a roof over your mill.Set your mill up at a comfy working hight,with a dead deck to roll logs on easily.Not good form to load logs on the mill with a loader,sooner or later you'll damage something.Its not good to keep moving a stationary mill,set it up level with a roof and save your barn space.Wile your getting your feet wet WM resharp would be the best route to sharp bands.Go slow be carefull and enjoy yourself. Frank C.

I agree with the stationary location, mill shed & WM re-sharp but not about the loader. I only load logs on my mill with my tractor forks, been doing it for years and never had any kind of a problem. Just take it slow, get the forks almost level with the bed and use a cant hook to roll them onto the bed. Raise forks a bit, back up 3-4 feet and shut it down while leaving the forks up. As you mill out you boards, stack them back on the forks then drive them to their final destination. I say if you have hydraulics, use 'em even if they are not on the mill ;)

Welcom to FF Rim!

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Welcome Rimshot,tell us where your located.With a manual mill you need gravity to be your friend.Deck first project,second a roof over your mill.Set your mill up at a comfy working hight,with a dead deck to roll logs on easily.Not good form to load logs on the mill with a loader,sooner or later you'll damage something.Its not good to keep moving a stationary mill,set it up level with a roof and save your barn space.Wile your getting your feet wet WM resharp would be the best route to sharp bands.Go slow be carefull and enjoy yourself. Frank C.

I agree with the stationary location, mill shed & WM re-sharp but not about the loader. I only load logs on my mill with my tractor forks, been doing it for years and never had any kind of a problem. Just take it slow, get the forks almost level with the bed and use a cant hook to roll them onto the bed. Raise forks a bit, back up 3-4 feet and shut it down while leaving the forks up. As you mill out you boards, stack them back on the forks then drive them to their final destination. I say if you have hydraulics, use 'em even if they are not on the mill ;)

Welcom to FF Rim!

[francismilker]

Welcome aboard rimshot!  I have a new LT=10 and love it!   I agree with the others on the mill getting set and a shed getting built.  The stationary log deck for rolling logs onto the mill is also a big plus.  Like was said, sooner or later if you're using a loader to lower logs directly on the deck something's gonna get bent. 


I might add...........a snap-on cordless impact came in mighty handy when I was puttin' mine together.  A good level shop floor was also good to have.  I might also add that I'd recommend putting the saw on a metal deck instead of the wooden skids recommended.  It seems to me that the wood might have a tendacy to warp or bow and cause the deck to get out of kelter. 

The 50\50 split is all I do and like the others have mentioned, split the logs not the boards.  When I had my other mill a few years ago I kept two cans of different colored spray paint handy.  While the customer and me were both present I'd hand him a can of blue and he'd paint both ends of his logs while I'd paint mine another color.  That way, when he came to pick up his boards there was never a question or wondering if I'd hand picked a few of the cherries out of the stack.  Never had anyone complain but did it just in case.

Glad you're aboard.

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Well, the good new is I finally posted a picture at least one time.............errrrr maybe it was the same pic twice.............oh ok go ahead and make me say it three times.

If you missed it the first time there is still hope.

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[PC-Urban-Sawyer]

Rimshot,

You're gett'n there.

You can alway modify a post after you made it by clicking on the Modify in the upper right-hand corder of the post (by the Quote...) Just delete the extra copies of the photo link code, preview it to make sure you got it right and then save it...

Fore you know it it'll be second nature.

Herb

[Finn1903]

Welcome to the forum rimshot from one yooper to another.  Now that I have a mill I wish I still lived in the UP maples cedars white pines, plenty of good wood.
I recent got my own mill, learned allot from reading the posts and lots of support from my wife.
I agree in going slow. I have been going along good until yesterday when I Started to get tired, hit my first nail, then nearly ran into the clamp but thought it would be ok to back off with 3 4/4 boards stacked on top.  Needless to say  I   Added a few scratches to my new mill.

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there, thanks Herb I got those extra pics deleted and it has been good hearing from old friends, felllow yooopers and to be on the receiving end of all the excellent tips.

i will try to give you all a play by play of the set up of this lt 10 with pics and talk.  I have received some great insight on this board.  Thanks to all.
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I added a couple pics today as I got ten more nice cedar logs. 
That LT has a pile of logs waiting for it.

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[Magicman]

That is a cute tractor.   ;D

[rimshot]

  "That's a cute tractor""   Magic man

That tractor is a small Kioti with a 22 h.p 3 cylinder diesel.  It'd prettty rugid and is bult quite well. 

with the backhoe on it weigh 4000 lbsSo far I have never met am stump the tractor could not handle.  I have dug hundreds of stumps out of the ground in the last four years I have owned it. 

That goofy looking cab is really a golf cart cover and mine slides over my golf cart during the summer.  For now is gets me out of the snow when I snowblow

 













with thr backhoe on it weighs in at 4000 lbs

[Finn1903]

Rim, nice snow pictures.  where about are you?  I'm from the Ishpeming area. 
It is amazing what those cute little tractors can do. We barrowed a l2300 series kubota with a backhoe to dig out 2 gum and 2 pine that were within 6 feet of each other. It took awhile but they came out, and it was cheaper then renting an industrial size. 
My friend has a grapple bucket on a L3800 kubota he uses for his tree service, simply amazing what that tractor can do.  It can pick up or drag a good size log.
My NH3930 is heavier and slower than his 3800, if the back wheels start to lift up on the 3930, then you know it's a heavy log.

[rimshot]

Hi Finn, I had a nice reply typed up for you but my fingers are a bit jittery and must have hit the kill switch  for the posts.  I am near St. Ignace on the North side of the Mackinac Bridge,  Those pictures came from up on a bluff overlooking the straits of Mackinac.  I got permission from the owner to salvage some of the downed timber.  I got a mixture of 8' nd 10' logs (about a dozen).  The logs were White Cedar.

Always good to hear from another yooper and with a name like Finn
there is no question where your roots are planted

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[Magicman]

I sawed for a customer last year that had maybe a 30 something HP Kioti.  That little tractor just did not know that it could not handle those logs.  It was a pure joy to see it operate.

That goofy looking cab just shows that you are not goofy because if it works, use it.  Just be careful with the exhaust.

[rimshot]

Well, that little Wood -Mizer was delivered It survived but onliy had one little blemish.  It looked like a unit had been picked up and just caught a small corner of metal that covered pulleys.  It was hardly noticable after I took a block of wood and a hammer and gave it a swift wrap.

This pallet was very heavy and was just over the weight (900lbs) I felt comfortable handling with my little tractor.  it was also positioned in the middle of a 6'-8" long by 4' pallot and I wouold have had to pick it up from the end.  So, with that much weight and cantilevered so far out I had the driver take the pallot to the feed store and had my friend chuck  take it off and pile it on my trailer.  When I got home I removed the engine and rails and other stuff and handled just the pallet and head.  I got it off but from now on I will be picking up the head off the rail without having it with that very heavy pallet and cantilevered so far ahead of the loader bucket pins . 

After ll that screwing around I did not have a lot of time but did manage to get the bed all bolted together.   Perhaps tomorrow shall finish the initial build and actually get into some sawdust.

Here's a picture of the LT10 sitting on my trailer


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[samandothers]

Let the fun begin!

Ccongrats! Enjoy.

[POSTON WIDEHEAD]

Looking good Rimshot. I'll bet your excited. 

[Magicman]

Let the plan come together.   

[thecfarm]

Sooooo close. I would have to call into work. I would be up all night playing with. I would tell the boss I'm too tired,did not sleep at all last night.  :D

[Slab Slicer]

I know just how you feel Rimshot. I picked up my LT15 this past summer. Got it early, and with the help of a couple of buddies, we were able to saw some logs by late afternoon. Those first cuts were awesome, and i almost made it through the first log, and I hit one of the log stops.  :D  My excitement got the best of me, but I guess I got my first "oh crap" out of the way, and with a quick blade change I was back to sawing in no time.

Enjoy rimshot, and be sure to post more pics when you're makin' some sawdust.  ;)

[francismilker]

Hey rimshot, the same piece that was bent on yours was bent on mine as well.  I called WM up and they sent me a new one.  I tried tweaking it with a hammer but must not be much of a body man. I made it worse! 

Glad you got your new mill.  I've had a lot of fun with my little LT-10