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Started by jrose1970, August 22, 2014, 01:25:44 PM

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Magicman

Congrats on the arrival.  It will be kinda like "sugarplum memories".   8)
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jrose1970

You're right!
Thanks again for the advice. I will have pictures in about two weeks!
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Wintergreen Mountain

Quote from: jrose1970 on August 25, 2014, 01:44:31 PM
Thanks very much! That is all very good advice.
The main thing is to not get hurt.

Congrats on the new HUDSON mill! You are going to enjoy it.
  LEON

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JustGreg

Congrats on the new mill. I have a new Woodland Mills mill thats been un-crated and sitting in my shop for nearly a month. Hopefully when the weather cools, I'll have some time to get it set up.
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bandmiller2

Congrats my friend, you will soon  be looking at trees the same way a pussy cat looks at birds in the feeder. Frank C.
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jrose1970

LOL  I already am.  Every tree has a log of a certain length and diameter. :)
I mainly want to figure out the largest square beam at the small end of the log and multiply by the length to figure the board feet. Thank you all very much! Dan'l Boone used and axe and we can use a band sawmill. In my head I am designing cabins and everything.
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thecfarm

JustGreg,welcome to the forum. What's all the lumber going to be used for?
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JustGreg

Thanks for the welcome. Im in need of a couple of out buildings. Also, my wife is a woodworker so, hopefully, I can keep her supplied with lumber.

.....sorry for the thread derail jrose.
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jrose1970

That's alright JustGreg. :)  Welcome!  It is a great group of people to answer questions.  My stepson and nephew helped me set the sawmill on the rails yesterday!
We leveled the rails on Sunday. They are almost perfect. It sure does roll easy.
Now I need a torquewrench to torque the blade and a chane to drag a log up and then it will be ready!
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Chuck White

Welcome to the Forestry Forum, JustGreg.
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dboyt

Welcome to the forum & good milling to both of you.  Jrose with the sawmill and that young 'un, you're going to be sleep deprived, for sure (you probably already are).  There's nothing like seeing the inside of a log for the first time.  After 12 years, I still love it!  Just be safe, and keep a few extra blades handy for when you hit the log stops.
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GAB

Quote from: jrose1970 on September 18, 2014, 01:28:41 PM
LOL  I already am.  Every tree has a log of a certain length and diameter. :)
I mainly want to figure out the largest square beam at the small end of the log and multiply by the length to figure the board feet. Thank you all very much! Dan'l Boone used and axe and we can use a band sawmill. In my head I am designing cabins and everything.

In answer to your question:"I mainly want to figure out the largest square beam at the small end of the log" the largest square, assuming a perfectly round log, is .70711 x diameter inside the bark at the small end. 
Hope that helps.
Gerald
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jrose1970

Thanks! Yes, we are in our early forties and having an infant is different than it was 20 years ogo.  :D  Okay great. Thanks for the math advice.  That's the easiest way that I have found to estimate the board footage. I'm a few weeks away from seeing the inside of a log. But it will happen!
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jrose1970

Okay! I finally saved up enough for my 20 foot chain and a torque wrench. LOL
I hope to see sawdust tomorrow!
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Okrafarmer

You can get one of those log scaling sticks from some of our Forum sponsors, I do believe. If not, search for "log scaling stick" on the internet, but I'm sure at least one or two of our sponsors sell them. I personally found that the International Scale is the most accurate scale for estimating the amount of bfage ("board footage") in a log when milling with a thin kerf bandmill. Of course it's just an estimate, and various factors will increase or decrease the actual total.
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woodweasel

congratulations there nice toys / machines

jrose1970

I brought a coffee cup full of sawdust to work this morning to prove that I actually crunk up the sawmill! LOL
There was a lot to learn. I'm pretty sure the square side of my log dogs are backward. If the scale and crank handle is on the right with the adjustable end of the blade guides on the right, it seems like the square side of the log dogs would be on the left, but mine are on the right.
   Plus, I hit three nails. arg. :) 
Thanks for the information about the "log scaling sticks".
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Okrafarmer

Got it all figured out now?
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Now selling Logrite tools!

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jrose1970

Hey Okrafarmer,
  A little more. I did turn my log dogs around so that the square side is on the left. Opposite the crank handle and the scale. It is a lot better.
However the small 1 inch tall blocks are still on the right. I think one day when I have some stout young fellers around we will have to pick the sawmill up and turn it around. Then, of course, I'll have to turn the log dogs around again.
It works fine until you get down pretty small.  I love raising okra myself. Sweet potatoes grow good in the same type soil. :)
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