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Mill Shed - Finally

Started by ncsawyer, September 20, 2015, 09:38:31 PM

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ncsawyer

I've had my new mill since the spring.  I have finally found time to get started on my mill shed.  It is going to be a simple 20x48 pole barn with poles set 12ft on center.  I left out the center pole on one side of the barn and will clear span that 24ft section with a piece of steel.  That's where the mill will sit.  Don't want a pole in the way of loading logs on the mill.  I plan on building my trusses when I take a week off my regular 9 to 5 job.  Hope to post more pictures as I progress. 

  

  

  

 

Those last couple pictures are of me setting a piece of 8x8 - 1/2 inch angle that came from an old power line tower. 
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tmbrcruiser

Congratulations on the building!
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Magicman

That will be a fine sawmill shed.   8)
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ayerwood

Very nice.  I will be following you as I need to build one sooner than later too.  Congrats!!!

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WDH

Looks like a shady spot, too.
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deepsouth.us

This will be a fine shed indeed.
How tall to your top plate? And how deep did you set your poles? Is that an old industrial massey?
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Ga Mtn Man

Nice spot for a shed and that angle iron was a great find.
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btulloh

Nice looking shed.  I will be following your progress.  Great find on the steel.  Maybe I'll be lucky enough to find a piece of steel like that to build a shed around.
HM126

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NC,

    Your design looks very much like my lumber storage shed below. I used locust poles cut off my place and partially squared on the side where nailed. I left openings in the front over 18' in case I ever wanted to load 16' lumber with a future forklift/tractor. I got used tin/roofing off a guy tearing down a barn and have enough left to add another 20' extension which I will do one of these day (after deer season and such). That is all the space I have left on the lot there for expansion. My whole shed is costing me under $400 especially since I sold some left over tin/roofing a month or so back.

   Good looking work. Be careful. Too many falls reported by members recently while working on such projects. Don't add your name to that list.


 
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ncsawyer

Quote from: deepsouth.us on September 21, 2015, 07:58:07 AM
This will be a fine shed indeed.
How tall to your top plate? And how deep did you set your poles? Is that an old industrial massey?

The top of the plate is 10.5 feet.  I dug my holes 4 ft and put 6 inches of concrete in the bottom of each hole to set my poles on.  This will hopefully keep them from settling.  My plates are 10 inches, it's just under 10 feet at the bottom of the plate. And the tractor is an industrial Ford 445.  I've had it 3 years and it's definitely paid for itself.
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beenthere

How much of the steel angle header is sitting on the posts at the ends? Doesn't look like much from the pics.
I'd worry about bumping a post with log or loader enough to knock it off the post and the roof fall.. maybe that is an unfounded worry here.
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ncsawyer

WV,

That's a nice lumber shed.  I wish we had locust around here.  I had to buy my poles, so I'll have more invested in mine than yours, but it will certainly be  cheaper than hiring somebody to build it.
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ncsawyer

Quote from: beenthere on September 21, 2015, 11:04:32 PM
How much of the steel angle header is sitting on the posts at the ends? Doesn't look like much from the pics.
I'd worry about bumping a post with log or loader enough to knock it off the post and the roof fall.. maybe that is an unfounded worry here.

The posts are 6x6, so it's sitting on 3 inch of post on either side.  I bolted it to the posts with 5/8 inch galvanized bolts.  Also there will be a 10 inch plate bolted to the steel that will tie the piece of steel to the post it is sitting on and run back to the end posts to tie everything together.   I'll post some more pictures in a couple days so you can see what I mean.  Hopefully I won't bump a post hard enough too test my design.
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ncsawyer

I've made some more progress on the new mill shelter.  It is to the point where the trusses are ready to be set.  It supposed to rain for the next couple days and some next week.  As soon as it quits raining I will be able to saw the lumber for the trusses, build them, and get them set.  I also have a guy coming to weld brackets on top of the piece of angle to bolt my trusses to.   

  

 

These pictures show where I have finished putting the plate and braces all the way around.  I bolted a 2x10 plate to the angle iron as well.
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Buddyw

Looking good.
Always nice to have a new building.

ncsawyer

After two solid weeks of rain, it has finally dried out enough to get back to work on the building.  I hope to have the roof on it in a couple of days.   

 
This is a picture of some of the trusses I made before that were put up.  They span 20 feet and have a 2 foot overhang on each side.


  

 
Those are two pictures of my truss setting apparatus.  Which is just an old piece of gas pipeline pipe slid over one of my forks on the tractor.


 

That's just a good picture of me in action with the mill in the background.  My wife took that one.  She's makes a better photographer than carpenter.
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CaseyK

NC sawyer, project is looking great, thanks for sharing your build with us. Be safe.

Casey K
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WDH

Good idea on the boom lift.
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Magicman

You are moving right along and looking good.   8)
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tburch

It's looking great!!   

Is your property such that where the mill will be (permanently) you don't have to worry about curious eyes from passer-by's?   
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stanwelch

Great looking shed.

It is much nicer milling under cover for the operator AND the equipment.  8)
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