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Next Sawman

Posted in Sawmills and Milling
Today at 04:24:54 PM
Written by LeftFinger
Views: 84
Grandsons first day on the mill cutting Ash Plaques (sign making)

It was a lot of work holding him back :snowball:

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Quartersawing on bandmills

Posted in Sawmills and Milling
Today at 09:43:09 AM
Written by chainsaw_louie
Views: 126
On a swingblade mill, quartersawing is straightforward and simple, there aren't many choices of how to cut the qs boards because once set up , the log never moves again.

Enter the bandsaw mill with hydraulic log turners and cutting qs boards takes very different methods.

I made some paper models to describe the two bandmill qs methods I've seen on FF. I'd like to get your feedback about if I've described the methods correctly. Read More

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"Old school" making an axle for a water wheel

Posted in Sawmills and Milling
Yesterday at 06:31:53 PM
Written by scsmith42
Views: 514

I don't think that I'd want to arm wrestle any of these guys! It's amazing what they accomplished with minimal tools and a lot of skill / hard work.

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Norwood Lumbermate 2000

Posted in Sawmills and Milling
July 03, 2025, 03:13:26 PM
Written by Warner
Views: 556
Does anyone have an idea of what a reasonable price on a Norwood Lumbermate 2000 would be? No idea on hours but from the pictures it looks like it's seen some use. 20 hp with an extension. Any experience trying to find parts for this mill, now that it's discontinued? One recently came up for sale in my area and I was hoping to have a little more background on these mills before I talked to the seller about it. Read More

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Case 850b loader lifting capacity

Posted in Forestry and Logging
July 03, 2025, 01:14:37 AM
Written by Dheidt
Views: 647
Does anyone know how much a case 850b loader will lift with forks? I have some 10K pound logs That I need to load on to a sawmill deck about two feet high. The Case literature says 7500 lbs with a static tipping load of 12,800 lbs. I think they mean 7500 lbs safely at full height. The loader I am...

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