Chris and Al's Two Blokes & A Lucas Mill Tour U.S.A.

Banjo picker · September 11, 2011, 09:22:14 AM

Thought I would get this bumped to the top again...Chris is here in North Miss. at present staying here at the house for a few days...He got a chance to use the Cooks a little the first day here...He was cutting a big white oak for picinic table and chairs for my wife...It has been down a while and was just about as hard as the proveribable rock... :D I have a few pic's of our adventures so far...but havent got them on the comp. so far...Taylertractor nut came by the first day, unexpectedly....and then we went to his place Sat. morning an toured around...he has a bunch of nice toys...machine shop related...might be good to keep in mind....He can tell you more if he wants too....Tim

barbender · September 11, 2011, 10:48:25 AM

Have any of you watched the movie "The World's Fastest Indian"? There are some similarities to Chris' adventure, it was about a Kiwi that came t :Po the states to race his Indian motorcycle on the Bonneville salt flats. In one scene he was taking a car for a test drive and was driving on the wrong side of the road, in Los Angeles. The salesman riding with him gave him some advice after a near head on collision. He said "No matter where you are in the world, the driver is always in the middle of the road."

Magicman · September 11, 2011, 02:11:05 PM

Meadows Miller, Chris, will be at my place September 23rd & 24th:

https://forestryforum.com/board/index.php/topic,52840.0.html

I've just gotta find him something BIG to saw. ;D

Taylortractornut · September 11, 2011, 03:22:42 PM

As Banjo Picker mentioned I stopped by to see if I could unload some logs from the landfill this week on him. He introduced me to Chris. Im still new at sawing and between the 2 it was like getting a free college education on sawing. The white oak log they sawed was absolutely beautiful to see it go from landfill to lumber. I lent a hand in offbearing lol.
Chris then gave me some most excelent advice on how to build a powered off bearing chute with a kicker for a circle mill.

The next day when they stopped by I was on the 991 Pasquali flail mowing 2 months of unkept yard. I got Tim to drive it around and then we went through the messy shop lol.

Chris gave me some much needed and much apreciated advice on building a chainsaw mill. We got on the subject of old machinery an trucks that was a great learning experience to. We passed by some of the alder cutoff stakes that we get fro mthe cabinet shop at work. We were talking about using them for stickers around a mill.

I said something about I wished there was something that could be made from them instead of landfilling them. Chris shot us the idea of glueing them together and running them throught a planer and making bench tops.

Chris and Tim I thouroughly enjoyed the visits and the great much needed advice.

hampton · September 11, 2011, 04:27:54 PM

Hello I'm in mass. and I have two logs that are too big for my mill and I need to cut them so I can handle them My imm is a cook hd3238 and can handle a 32" log but only 22" between guides one log is a 54" large end redwood and the other is a 36" mulberry Both customers want lumber for furniture

thanks hampton

sigidi · September 12, 2011, 05:50:59 AM

Sorry to all those great forum members I missed out on meeting - had a bit of trouble with the separation and my kids so had to pull the pin on the trip and take care of things with them, I sure would have liked to have come over with Chris - would have been the ducks guts I reckon.

Keep up the good work mate ;D 8)