I flat sawed two(2) eight foot logs on Tuesday evening and ended up with 238bf and a stack to trim
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Those are some nice wide boards.
Round here, those boards will go quick!
Nice work! them wide boards would go quickly about anywhere! david
Looks like you have that TK working good, what kind of wood is that. That log you have laying on there is almost as ugly as the ones I get. Steve
I like your mill, wish I had the diesel on my 2000. You might want to take the yellow guard off the adjustable roller side. I found in case you have to take the blade off for any reason while it's in the log it really helps. I know TK might come in here and say its on for safety. But just don't let anyone stand next to saw while sawing, that's a good idea anyways. I also took out all the fingers of the sawdust port except the outside one and it does not get clog up very much, this is better for me because I saw more cedar and it throw out lots of small pieces of bark. But if you break a blade it "could" come out the port also so that's another area no one should be near while sawing.
Looks good. What kind of wood was that? Looks almost like white pine???
Quote from: xlogger on October 10, 2013, 07:06:20 AM
I like your mill, wish I had the diesel on my 2000. You might want to take the yellow guard off the adjustable roller side. I found in case you have to take the blade off for any reason while it's in the log it really helps. I know TK might come in here and say its on for safety. But just don't let anyone stand next to saw while sawing, that's a good idea anyways. I also took out all the fingers of the sawdust port except the outside one and it does not get clog up very much, this is better for me because I saw more cedar and it throw out lots of small pieces of bark. But if you break a blade it "could" come out the port also so that's another area no one should be near while sawing.
That yellow guard does make it tough to get the blade off either in the log or not, I think Larry just cut or ground off the lip on it which makes it easy while still offering decent protection. Steve
Nice pictures, looking real good there. It looked like you were enjoying it too. That is a blessing to enjoy what you do.
By the way, what brand saw mill do you have. The frame looked good.
MRowsh,What kind of sawmill he has?Same place you have you have your John Deere 315SE listed. ;D
And I wish all members would do that.
Well I put up another 375 bf of those 16" boards tonight, still have a huge pile of trimming to do tomorrow. Iget out of work at 4 and get to the site @ 4:40...Apparently, my day job is getting in the way >:(
Quote from: ladylake on October 10, 2013, 07:02:58 AM
Looks like you have that TK working good, what kind of wood is that. That log you have laying on there is almost as ugly as the ones I get. Steve
Quote from: thecfarm on October 10, 2013, 07:19:42 AM
Looks good. What kind of wood was that? Looks almost like white pine???
You got it! Mostly white pine, we do have several nice poplar trees at the next site too. TK is doing well, of course I'm getting a bit more comfortable with the mill.
Quote from: xlogger on October 10, 2013, 07:06:20 AM
I like your mill, wish I had the diesel on my 2000. You might want to take the yellow guard off the adjustable roller side. I found in case you have to take the blade off for any reason while it's in the log it really helps. I know TK might come in here and say its on for safety. But just don't let anyone stand next to saw while sawing, that's a good idea anyways. I also took out all the fingers of the sawdust port except the outside one and it does not get clog up very much, this is better for me because I saw more cedar and it throw out lots of small pieces of bark. But if you break a blade it "could" come out the port also so that's another area no one should be near while sawing.
YES the yellow guard is in the way! I like the diesel too, How much fuel do you use on average? Although, I have not compliled any hard data I do notice the diesel gets empty pretty fast...
Thanks Everyone! I've got 17.4 hours on my mill... At what point do I consider myself a sawyer??? :P
As soon as you hit your log stop with a new blade. :D
Awesome!!! 8) I'm a sawyer!!! 8) 8) 8)
Congratulations!
then this makes many of us Master sawyers? ;D david
Sadly, I too am a Master sawyer. ::)
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Some NICE looking homemade "plywood" there!! :)
Thank You! 5quarter.. My concern with these 16"+ wide boards is cupping. So far so good!
I just noticed! In my last picture you can see where I tried to straight cut the first log stop! I will toss those blades, or save them to practice with my set tool. I do not believe they are any good after sawing metal. Any thoughts on this?
I've got a 34hp gas and can go threw 10 gal a day easy.
Wow! That get pricey! Roughly using 4 gallons in 8 hours but that is very rough...
That's why I said I wish I had a diesel >:(. Ricky