just wanted to say howdy & thank all you guy's for the stuff i have been learning here. by the way I run a 1940 something weadow's circle .
Howdy, Slim, welcome to the board. One word of advise, though, do not tick off the boss man, he'll turn you on your head.
Staples
welcome to the forestryforum Sawyer Slim. Pull up a chair.
Welcome Slim Hey Woodhaven and Corley5 Us circle boys are ganing on em!!! 8)
Us circle guys all have bigger motors and longer shafts. 8)
Maybew you circle guys are losing as much as gaining?? I just sold my circle mill last week. I hadn't used it since I bought my bandmill, 7 years ago. Man I'll miss it. Just like I'd miss a hangnail. :D
Welcome to the Forum, Slim. Ya, well all ahve some fun around the mill yard. Some of us are still learning how to separte the "stuff" in the yard as we"re picken it with the chickens, but there is some good information passed along mixed in with the fun"en. 8)
Welcome Slim
Hand set circle mill,old Meadows ,co still in buisness here in N C . What kind of power any support equip ,where are the pics??? ;D ;D ;D
Nice to meet you dail. my mill is powered by an international gas, not quite sure the hp. As far as support equipment I have an old planer made by powermatic & a rip saw made by north American Machinery co. I think.
I have just recently bought all of this from my dad, It as been in the family since the late 40's . I have never had much interest in it before but now I have been bitten by the bug.
Welcome aboard Slim, nothin wrong with them circle mills if they are set up right my dad had one till 3 yrs ago when I bought my bandmill
Welcome, Slim. BWW
Welcome aboard Slim, watch where you step sometimes it appears as though there is more than one Bull in the pasture here on the Forum. It sometimes gets a little deep..... Jump on in and cut your teeth!!!! enjoy the ride. and make sure you wipe your feet when you go off line... :D BULL
Welcome Slim,
These old circle saw mills still have a lot of sawing left in them. I saw with a pre WWII Vance mill which was manufactured hers in North Carolina a few miles from your Meadows mill. Check out the new mills by clicking on this link
http://www.meadowsmills.com/
Thank's for the warm welcome guy's. I really enjoy this, seems to be a good bunch of guy's. It is much better here than that other place.
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Welcome, and pics are always welcome. Need PICS ;) :D :D :D
I ain`t the sharpest tool in the shed , but i`m no dummy. i will try to get some pic's this weekend FLA. Deadheader.
Hey Slim, I private messaged you, poke aroud and you will figure out how to use it. I am just about 15 miles form you over in Grant. See ya round. Welcome to the site. Lots of freindly people, and I have met several in person already. John
Hey John I was just in Grant last friday, sold some red oak. I seen one of them orange mills a couple of miles south of town. Was that your's ?
Welcome Slim have a seat and enjoy.
I' m glad you told us there were other wood forums out there. I never even look any more.
Welcome Sawyer Slim.
Sawmilling is Sawmilling. It's all heavy and sharp.
You'll see this site is loaded with as much usfull milling info as it with friendly people.
JIM
From one newbe to another, Howdy. It's a great place to be.
No slim, I know who you are talking about. He just got that mill. He wants to cut for cash and use the mill to make custom furniture. He does some really beautiful work. There is another mill north on m37 between newaygo and white cloud where they deer carrots. No sign there and I have no idea what he is doing with that. I do not have a mill, just like playing with everyone elses toys! Now saws, those I have. Find the PM yet? I wanta hear about the red oak! JB
John I didn't get the personal message. try again. I seen that mill up by white cloud a couple of week's a go , I was up there working.
Sawyer Slim you should come to the picnic! (so should everybody else, but yo are close enough not to have an excuse. :D)
Jeff your going to have to refresh my memory, when & where is it?
Rightcheer
https://forestryforum.com/cgi-bin/board/YaBB.pl?board=general;action=display;num=1050805995
Hey Johncinquo,
The guy on 37, is he the guy with the klin? I keep hearing about a guy on 37 with a mill, but no one knows what he has it for. A friend at work said its only a hobby mill, but it sure seams a lot of people know about it. ::)
Welcome, Slim!
Furby
Welcome!!!!!!!!!!!....you wont meet a better bunch of guys than whats on here.
Hello shop teacher, atlast & firby. So what kind a mill's & stuff you guy's got? Are you guy's in business makeing big $$$ or just playing & haveing fun like me?
Weeeeeell let's see,
No mill, No money! Must just be playing and haveing FUN!
Furby
Hi.
I have a WM LT40 W/ hyd. My main project since getting it is construction of a big barn to keep it and all my other junk in. I started last Aug. and worked on it till Jan. Don't have any help other than my machinery so it's been quite an undertaking. I'm about half way complete. About 98% of the lumber in the barn has been cut on the mill and mostly white pine. All the upper floors are 5/4 rough WP and the roof is 4/4 pine and popular. Today I started shingling the roof, it's going to take a few days to put the 22 square on though. I'm putting lifetime GAF ultra shingles on as I dont want to be roofing when I'm 80. There suppose to look like wood shakes, but I've never seen any that I thought did a good imatation of wood. The building has 3 gables and 4 hips and is approximately 40" X 40'. I'd like to add on another section when this is complete, but will have to fill in more behind the building first.
As for making money nothing to speak of, but haven't pushed it either. To many other irons in the fire right now.
My wife says I do it for fun and I guess she's right. Hate it when that happens.
Welcome slim I'm waitin to hear that saw sing when you throttle up and oh yea the pictures gota see um. Lot of us circle bladers here. Don't be afraid to ask how to do something.
Shopteacher it sound's like we need to have some barn raising party's here. Thats my plan for this summer to. I planed on building mine outa old utility poles that I bring home from work. So far al I have built is a big pile of ceader poles.
sawyer40 here's a question for ya, How do ya get rich with a sawmill? ha ha
slim
I know! I know! First you start off with a million dollars. ;D
ge wiz tom did i ever start of wroooong!
You only started with a million Tom :o Geeshe how did you ever hang on :D
Kinda like the farmer who won the lottery,When they asked him what he was gonna do with all tht money he says "I guess I'll just keep farmin till it's all gone! :D