Wood-Mizer 2013 Personal Best

Magicman · June 02, 2013, 07:34:05 AM

This year's Personal Best Contest included a "People's Choice" award.

This LINK takes you to this year's entries. (It may take a few seconds for the page to load.)

If you believe that my entry is deserving, then I ask for your vote. Brian said that you can vote weekly.

This is the last week to vote and my entry is now on page 4.

Bibbyman · June 02, 2013, 08:30:04 AM

My pad comes up with a security issue with the WM web site.

Magicman · June 02, 2013, 08:46:20 AM

I was kinda disappointed that the narrative describing the project did not show up. :-\

(My narrative is in Reply #6 below.)

dgdrls · June 02, 2013, 08:47:37 AM

Link worked fine on my Mac mini desk top.
Congratulation on making the vote Lynn,

DGD

POSTON WIDEHEAD · June 02, 2013, 09:15:07 AM

I did not recognize any of the people that entered. ;D

POSTON WIDEHEAD · June 02, 2013, 09:18:14 AM

Quote from: Magicman on June 02, 2013, 08:46:20 AM
I was kinda disappointed that the narrative describing the project did not show up. :-\

I clicked on the pic of each entry and pics and info showed up. Very nice work to all.

Magicman · June 02, 2013, 09:32:13 AM

I would not ask for your vote unless you believed that my entry is deserving and since my narrative does not show up, I will add it here:

Some of our Macedonia Baptist Church members became involved in a food mission to an area close to War, WV. This area has high unemployment due to advanced coal mining technology, plus flooding had caused devastating damages. The problem was that there was no building suitable to serve as a food distribution center.

A building was badly needed, so we devised a plan. A landowner would donate the suitable logs for the necessary lumber. I would donate my Wood-Mizer, sawing skills, and time not only to saw the lumber, but also my wife and I would make the trip to West Virginia to help build the 16'X24' building.

With volunteer help, I sawed out Southern Yellow Pine 2X12 floor joists and 2X4's & 2X6's for the studs, roof trusses, and lathing, plus Yellow Poplar 1X12's and 1X4's for the siding. I also split some bridge timbers that would be used as sills. All of the lumber was stickered for drying.

A building schedule was established, everyone marked their calendars, and a few days before our departure, the lumber was loaded onto a trailer. We formed a small caravan, overnighted in Knoxville, Tn., had our Sunday School lesson in the campground, experienced a vehicle mechanical failure on the interstate, and still arrived at our destination that afternoon in time for church services.

Work began early Monday morning setting the foundation pads, blocks, and sills. Next it was floor joist and then plywood subflooring. This gave us a level building platform on which to lay out and construct the roofing trusses. With these trusses completed and set aside, we could begin our stud wall construction.

The necessary permits had been secured, so the electrical wiring was started and completed soon after the roof trusses were raised. Next came lathing and the building was capped off with a metal roof. Meanwhile, the windows and door had been installed and purlings had been placed so that the Yellow Poplar board & batten siding could be installed. The walls and ceiling were insulated and fluorescent lighting strips were hung. OSB was used as wall paneling the ceiling was sheathed with plywood. A ramp was built so that a dolly could be used when unloading food.

As a side note, a miscalculation had been made and we lacked having two pieces of roofing. The local building supply store had only two pieces of green roofing. They were the wrong color, but longer and extended over the doorway and ramp. We took that as a good sign.

This project had begun with an idea, and a Wood-Mizer Sawmill. It continued with a group of volunteers traveling to a location 740 miles away hauling a load of lumber and a dream. We camped in an old churchyard, enjoyed meals that our wives cooked and served each day, and shared the fellowship of our friends as we spent each day with our labors. It ended Friday when we could finally pause and admire the fruits of our week's work. With the building completed, it was dedicated and the keys ceremoniously passed hands.

Our journey home was filled with the satisfaction of knowing that we had indeed helped a group of people that we did not know to somehow have a better life.

Andy White · June 02, 2013, 10:52:01 AM

MM
I went to the link you showed, and was able to look at entries and fill out questionair page, and then it let me vote. Will we be able to vote just once, or is it an every day thing ? Good Luck Andy

giant splinter · June 02, 2013, 11:30:58 AM

The link worked on my MAC laptop, I voted and I think you did a fine job as well as saving a lot of money.
Nice milling and good job on the building, I bet you will have a lot of tough competition on the Personal Best contest ....... Best of luck and may the force be with you.

Mooseherder · June 02, 2013, 12:01:47 PM

I was able to vote also.

captain_crunch · June 02, 2013, 01:29:35 PM

Link worked for me and was able to vote

Magicman · June 02, 2013, 01:35:59 PM

Quote from: Andy White on June 02, 2013, 10:52:01 AMWill we be able to vote just once, or is it an every day thing ?

It looks like it is a One Vote per week contest. Thank you for your vote.

mikeb1079 · June 02, 2013, 04:21:38 PM

i just voted, but you're right mm it would've been better had they included a narrative with the pics. otherwise it just looks like you're building a building. ;D

still, nice work!

Chuck White · June 03, 2013, 09:39:04 AM

Looked good seeing your name for the 1,000,000 BF Club membership Lynn!

BrianVan · June 03, 2013, 09:56:07 AM

Morning Everyone!

My name is Brian Van Bokkelen and I'm the new PR guy for Wood-Mizer. Thanks so much for the Personal Best interest and entries. Magicman, thanks for setting up the thread and for your entry. We're working to get everything fixed so that all the important entry content is viewable. Long story short, we're working with a new web company to help run the contest and there really was no way to foresee the issues until they happened. We're working on them and, with a little luck, everything will be set by the end of this afternoon. I'll report back as soon as we get it all straightened out and fill in the blanks on other questions. Thanks again!

Chuck White · June 03, 2013, 10:43:14 AM

Welcome to the Forestry Forum, Brian!

You'll find that this is a really nice forum and the management and membership are great to deal with. Nice people.

Jim_Rogers · June 03, 2013, 11:27:42 AM

Maybe because they're working on the page but I was unable to view any projects this morning.

BrianVan · June 03, 2013, 11:48:52 AM

Thanks for the welcome! The site should be set now so that all the entries will appear and then can be filtered by category. More info fields were made public to read all the back-stories, and you can vote once/week. We have some other submissions that haven't been finalized yet, and as soon as they're done, they will be made public. Please share the contest and entries on your social media sites for the 'People's Choice Award' so the general public can place their votes. If you happen to have issues navigating the site, please let us know so we can take a look.

Thanks again!

GDinMaine · June 03, 2013, 12:10:08 PM

Link is working. Thanks, Brian and welcome.

downsouth · June 03, 2013, 02:06:28 PM

I went to the link, got to cast my vote. Next thing I know I'm building and pricing a brand new LT40.
I have got to stay off that site. It's too tempting.
Good luck MM