Just thought I would say hello. I have visited the Foestry Forum several times and enjoy the content. I am a sawmiller myself and am always interested in how other folks cut wood.
Frickman
Welcome, Frickman. This as good a place as any to talk sawmills.........maybe the best place. :D
Don't run off now, ya hear?
Welcome. Shall we assume from your name that you run a Frick circular mill? If so, tell us about it. I've had a couple people recently ask me if I wanted to buy one.
Welcome to the Forestry Fomum Frickman, glad to see another member from Pa, this is the best place on the net to talk about sawmills, because you feel like this place feels like a family. Ask a question and you get as many different answers as there are people.By the way dont forget to plant your tree on the members map.
Doug
WELCOME fRICKMAN,HANG AROUND i PROMISE UNLIKE A SAW IT'L NEVER BE DULL
Welcome a board, Frickman. good to have another circle saw making dust around here. 8)
Welcome aboardd. So where is Bullskin, PA? That's one I haven't heard of.
What another circle guy? Welcome and tell us about your mill and set up. And another major concern here on the forum is do you eats GRITS?
ARKANSAWYER
Welcome Frickman!
What did they do with the rest of the bull?
I recently had the pleasure of watching a Firck 00 run. This one was being powered by an International W9 belt pully. I enjoyed talking to the owners and someday I will post the pictures If I ever figure out how to optimize pix on a mac.
Grits - isn't that what chicken eat to help digest their food? or is it that stuff you put under your tires when the roads are icy? ;)
Welcome Frickman
Mark
Welcome to the Frickster.
Thanks for the welcome everyone. I run a Frick 01 handset RH mill. It is all steel with a twenty foot, five headblock carriage. We have sawn up to twenty six foot barn timbers. We run it off a 471 Detroit, with a 54" saw and carbide bits. I purchased and rebuilt the mill in 1997. It replaced a Frick 0 wood mill that we ran the wheels off till it was worn out. My family has operated sawmills on our farm for over one hundred years, so I guess I inherited sawdust in my veins.
All I got to say to that is:
Where ya been bro? We been waiting for ya to show up. :D :)
Welcome, Frickman! So...ya didn't mention where Bullskin is...I never heard of that one either.
Bullskin Township is a rural township in Fayette County, Southeast of Pittsburgh. It got its name from its shape, it looks like a cow hide stretched out. We don't have a post office, so mail is delivered by various neighboring towns. Our biggest industries are farming and sawmills, both of which I work in.
Welcome Frickman
If you have any questions in regards to lumber inspection, hit me up :)
Gadget
Welcome Frickman I also run a Frick a #1 Glad to hear someone else is running a Frick. This is the place to talk mills and just about anything else on your mind so come back and visit
Frickman,
Is there a buffalo farm anywhere near you I believe on route 982,it has been a while since I have been in that neck of the woods, I remember seeing the Bullskin twp fair one time, any of these sound familiar
Doug
Dugsaws,
The buffalo farm you mentioned if about two miles from our place. It is right next to the fairgrounds. I was born during the Bullskin Township World's Fair a long time ago. It is a real nice rural community fair, the oldest community fair in the commonwealth. It is good to see that someone else out there knows where Bullskin is.
Hi Frickman
I've been through Bullskin once or twice I like the area. I live on the well known hill called Winslow Hill Up here in Elk County.
I have been dealing with the guy down the road for about 6 months now on his "01C" it is all stacked up beside his grauge and I know it will rust away before he ever does anything with it.
ya don't have any old caaarrrages laying around do ya?? Im looking for one from a 00 or 01 to start on my bigger vertical band mill project with.
smwwoody,
Glad to see you've been down our way. There are alot of Frick mills around sitting idle, but most of the folks around here are like your neighbor. They would rather let it rust away then to sell it. You mentioned that your neighbor has an 01C, but you are interested in 00's and 01's. The 00 is a lot smaller mill than the 01C. In order from smallest to largest is 00, 0, 01, and 1. The primary difference between the carriages is the width, which dictates the diameter of log it will handle. Also, as you move from smaller to larger carriages the construction becomes heavier duty. The setworks, setshaft, and receder are usually interchangable between the different models, especially the 00 and 01. However, the axles, wheels, and bearings are beefier in the larger models. The headblocks are not interchangable at all, as the width of the carriage dictates their size. The taper adjusters on the knees can sometimes interchange.
The 00, the smallest mill, was usually sold with just two headblocks, sometimes three. In our area they were sold to farmers who ran them through the winter months cutting railroad ties and mine lumber. I have seen some that had no taper adjusters on the knees. The entire mill was lighter built to keep the cost down, as it was sold primarily to part-time sawyers.
The 0 and 01 were built as full-time, production sawmills. The 01 is four inches wider than the 0. Also, the husk frame is longer and the feed belts are six inches wide to four inches wide on the 0. The wheels and wheel bearings on the 0 and 01 are much heavier duty than the 00. The 0 and 01 used the same size setworks, taper adjusters, and saw guide.
The 1 is bigger than the 01, and was usually built as an automatic. I have heard of several number 1 handsets, but have never seen one firsthand. The 00 was available only as a handset. The 0 and 01 were available either as a handset or automatic. All the mills were available in wood or steel.
All the carriages can be modified to length. I have seen them from eight feet to thirty two feet. Most were between ten and sixteen. My carriage is twenty feet, but it is just two ten footers bolted together with the setshafts joined. There are three headblocks on the first section and two on the second. My grandfather at one time had a wooden twenty four foot carriage. He was running the mill off a Buick car engine. It was too much weight for the motor so he cut four or six feet off with a chainsaw.
The Frick mills are still being made today. Albright Saw Company in Londonderry, Ohio purchased the Frick rights, blueprints, and tooling from Carthage, and operate under the name Fricko. They have a very modern shop and will custom build anything you want. When I rebuilt my mill in 1997 most of the parts came from them. I have visited them twice, and both times they had new mills under construction.
The Pa Hardwood Market Bulletin is a good place to look for used Frick mills. We have bought and sold alot of equipment through the Market Bulletin down through the years, including a couple of Frick mills. Good luck on your search for a carriage, I hope I have been of some help.
Frickman
I am adding that last post to the Knowledge base!
Frickman your right about the mills you spoke of I have a #1 and the carrage is much wider and the wheels are 8" instead of 5 or 6" on the smaller mills also the mandrel is 3" instead of 2-7/16 and like you said the carriage was handset but converted to air over electric. Parts are also available from a company in Delta PA