Hello Everyone. Great forum. I am fairly new to sawmilling. I purchased a TA Schmid Maximizer saw last year. I have cut around 10K Bdft. in the last 6 months and love the saw. It is a very solid saw with very little issue one must deal with. I am very interested to see if there are any other TA Schmid owners out there. I am extremely interested in learning how to use the lap siding bevel option.
Welcome to the forum. I know we have at least 3 or 4 members that have or have had the TA Schmid mills. I cant help ya, just wanted to say hello. :)
I actually stumbled across the T A Schmid saws while doing research on my saw. They seemd a little pricey, but good quality saw. I could only find one web page that even had them mentioned in it. Maybe a little advertising on the web would bring them some more business?
Welcome to the forum ! Please stick around and you can be our resident expert on this brand of saw...
PS: We love pictures ! ;D
I've had one of his standard mills since 1997. This is the first year I have had any expenses with it. I replaced a pillow block and a shaft. They machined a new shaft for me, because some changes were made shortly after I bought it. Keep it greased, take the tension down when you are not using it, and keep it under cover. Good Luck.
Don't over grease the pillow block bearings, too much grease will damage them.
Good luck with the saw, it should give you good service.
I run a Schmid. One of the last ones Tom (the T in TA Schmid) built before he moved on to other things and sold out to a guy who was helping him. He brought it to Illinois and hung out. I like mine, it's all manual I just saw for myself and do a little custom here at the shop, but I've ran a bunch of logs through it. $0 in added expense in 1 yr+. Just gas, grease and plenty of blade resharps.
Thanks for the feedback. Hey Daren, do you happen to have the model that allows the saw head to pivot for bevel siding? I have this option but have not played with it yet. The saw came with additional scales to be placed over the existing scale and used for various widith/thick siding. I would love any feedback I could get on how to use this option. I do believe that the TA Schmid folks could advertise more but I am slowly realizing that they make a very durable saw. If they only made an instructional manual then I would be is business.
No, I didn't get that. I saw mostly for furniture, a little framing and trim. It looked neat though. Tom told me about it while he was here, but I don't remember enough to be any help.