En route to Woodmizer Carolinas ASC, picking up the new LT35HYD!

[hunz]

I like it all ready, How about you?

So I made my first test run with a black pine today. I am still grinning ear to ear 8). I can't even begin to tell how different of a machine this thing is than the manual mill I had; I am not sure how I did it at all before :D. I cant keep from talking about how awesome it is, and how it was worth every.....I mean EVERY last penny. We sawed that pine log in roughly 30 minutes(16"x12') while neither of us broke a sweat. Believe it or not, it cuts much...haha I mean "substantially" faster(blade in the log) and more accurately than my ABC mill, while having the same HP engine. The simple set, is so "simple" yet saves so much time. No more reading my manual scale after I pull back from every cut to make a repeat move, just one tap of the thumb lever, and your making that next cut. 

Thank you all for the wishes concerning the mill and the wife/baby combo ;D, I continue to learn much from you all.....no forks near my mill, or strangers on the controls. I will get a video of it in action soon!

[doghunter]

Great looking  mill the wife and I went to tractor supply in Hendersonville last night to pick up some dog food as we were leaving I saw your truck and mill sitting behind applebes .had to make a lap around it to check it out. good luck. I live near bat cave if I can ever help you out just pm me
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[hunz]

Great looking  mill the wife and I went to tractor supply in Hendersonville last night to pick up some dog food as we were leaving I saw your truck and mill sitting behind applebes .had to make a lap around it to check it out. good luck. I live near bat cave if I can ever help you out just pm me
                                                                                                      virgil

Virgil,

That is too funny!, that was the Applebee's pit stop. Its tough to find a spot big enough for one of those things and a truck. I had no idea someone on the forum lived so close. We live up on Jeter Mountain Road(Jeter Mountain Farm) on our family farm. Drop by some time, and maybe we could talk wood . Hope to run into you again sometime!

Zach

[Magicman]

Thanks for the pictures and for taking us along.  I love shiny stuff !!!     ;D

[Chuck White]

Sounds like you are lovin' that new mill Zach!

Sure is purdy!  8)

[MAI]

Zach,
Thanks for the pics.  Looks great.  Keep us posted.  Enjoy!

[Left Coast Chris]

What a fantastic way to start the year out!!   The mill is a real beauty.   I to have been manual but do mostly hobby sawing.  Over the last couple of years though may sawing has increased along with the millage on my body.   

In thinking about such an upgrade.....

What is your max width cut for slabs?   How many HP?    What is approx. cost if you don't mind sharing?  Did it come with a debarker?     I know now is a good time to buy.    Mine is a home built LT 30 clone but will cut 27" wide.  It has a 24 HP Honda so can handle the slabs pretty well.  The owner is slowing down regarding handling the heavy slabs though..... hydraulics are sounding better and better.   

[samandothers]

You bought a great mill from great folks!   I have a manual LT35 I bought from Joe.  Recently took it back for the retrofit of the head motor/gear drive.  good luck and look forward to pictures of the new baby..... the one in 6.5 weeks versus the orange one!

[hunz]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYCVdPp7wy0&feature=youtube_gdata_player

I noticed in the video, that I kept grabbing for the blade engage/disengage lever after ever cut, then realized I didn't need to because of the set works! The log was a small black pine. We used the lumber for a small partition at the event facility my wife and I manage. Feel free to critique my sawing, after all, I am young man with much to learn from you all.


To the questions about the mill, the total cost was $20,540 with the extra hydraulic side supports($150) and Debarker($1395) which will be here April. Keep in mind I qualify for an agricultural exemption eliminating sales tax. The tax alone would have been over $1400; not sure if you are a farmer. The Woodmizer more for less discount was $1,500 at the time. If you were to buy the mill today with the options I chose to purchase, with no sales tax exemption, your total would be near $23,500. Either way I feel what you would be buying, is worth EVERY last cent. I am in love with mill, I am finding myself creating reasons to fire it up!

[fishpharmer]

Maybe this phone but,  when I click on the link it a message pops up saying its "video is  for private tap to retry"   Thanks for other info. You got a good deal.

[hunz]

Maybe this phone but,  when I click on the link it a message pops up saying its "video is  for private tap to retry"   Thaniks for other info. You got a good deal.

Link is fixed. I accidentally had it listed as private.

[backwoods sawyer]

 8) looks good 8)
Be sure to use the pivoting bed rails to suport the ends of the cant, the cant will start to bow down as it gets thinner.

[Peter Drouin]

That's a nice mill, and you're doing just fine. Support the ends like backwoods said and have fun . 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8)

[SawyerBrown]

Hunz, welcome to the LT35HD club!!  Great little saw, isn't it?  And I agree with you on the WoodMizer folks ... I got mine in Indy, but what a great bunch to work with.  Nice video -- you sure have got the hang of it already!

I haven't quite figured out the impact of the improvements they made this year ... whether it's just speed (watching your video, your return speed is a lot faster than mine, even at "full throttle"), or whether it was to address issues/complaints.  The upgrade to the debarker is nice ... if there's one thing that's given me fits, it's the debarker -- seems to get in the way on bigger logs, and several times I've tripped the circuit breaker, you have to make sure it's in the right position when parking the saw for travel (I've already replaced the cable and had to straighten the lever  poston-smiley), and that DanG beeper!

Congratulations on the upcoming addition to your family!!  As someone said above, life will never be the same!  (And you don't think you have enough time now ... just wait!  :D :D :D)

[hunz]

I am glad you guys mentioned using the end sliding supports. That bottom board on the cant I was sawing, was about 1/2" on the front end and the actual 1" board thickness on the exit end. I just chalked if up to stress in the log, but now I have my answer. :laugh:

Do you guys support the very end of every log? How much overhang past the bedrails do you generally allow?

Sawyer,
  I sure know I am quite tickled with mine 8). Tyler at the ASC told me that when you pull on that return that carriage is COMING because of the lt40 drive motors. In the video, my cutting speed was at 1/3 of max. I believe it will take me a while to get the feed speed consistent on those fast cant cuts. How fast do you enter the cut on pine the size in the video? If I go too slow I get the blade chatter for the first inch or two on the boards...is that just what I should expect so I don't hammer the blade into the log? Thanks in advance!

[Magicman]

It just does not get much better than that.  Thanks for the video.

You can enter the log at sawing speed, but I tend to touch the blade and then speed up to sawing speed.

[SawyerBrown]

hunz, I saw mostly hardwoods, but I can't say that I ever experienced chatter in any type of log, although I do the same as MM above -- enter a little slower (but not too slow) then speed up once the entire blade is engaged.  Doesn't sound typical to me -- the only thing I can think of is blade tension?  As much tension as there is, hard to understand why you're getting chatter.  The other thing I was going to suggest was making sure the RH/adjustable guide is tucked up pretty close to the cant (I'm usually within 1" or so), but from your video looks like you're already there. 

If nothing else, call WM and talk to the experts!