Hi all,
I am new to the board and also new to bandmills. I just purchased a starter mill after much research. I have a Thomas 2411. After the first day I have 3 16"-18" Poplar (Maine Quaking Aspen)Cants and a pile of ash and hemlock. One thing I did notice is the bees really like fresh sawn lumber. Few things I did learn.....never saw any mud....there is always a rock in it... Second thing I learned is I am not as young as I used to be.
Pretty excited still even though lame. I have some red oak, birch, and cedar to do. I am hoping to sell some lumber however the main purpose was to use the wood for woodworking projects. I use alot of Poplar as I think it is a very easy wood to work but will also be using the others as well.
My next purchase will be an atv and arch to get the logs out of the 25 acre lot as the tractor just got too much mud on the logs.
I will say that the 2411 so far has been good. The Centrifugal clutch is very touchy and had to increase high idle to make it catch properly.
Will be changing blade tomorrow during grease....any recomendations on type of grease to use...one better than another?
Thanks
Any advice out there would always be welcome
welcome,
been lurking long?
i am a manual miller too and i do all my log moving with a tractor front end loader. not completely clean logs but mostly. when i pile them up at home they get set on junk log to keep them out of the driveway gravel. many log arches can set the log right on your mill. now that would be real handy! pc
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Well that is another solution...I have my mill slightly downhill from the logs and ramps that make it easy to load.
Can't get there from here.....Mainer perhaps?
n e oklahoma
Quote from: morbid fury on October 23, 2010, 07:08:11 PM
Well that is another solution...I have my mill slightly downhill from the logs and ramps that make it easy to load.
Can't get there from here.....Mainer perhaps?
That's what I thought when I first saw Paul on here, too. I am originally from Clinton, ME. Welcome to the forum, and yes, I am a manual miller and I just started out, too. If you're interested you can see my threads entitled "Getting ready" and "Adventures of the Turner Mill."
Very Nice. My Mother lived in Clinton...
I have also been lurking for many weeks.
Have read alot of posts including your ;D
M Fury,Pretty much any good grease,myself I prefer Lubriplate white grease.Don't over grease too much is almost as bad as too little.Frank C.
Thanks BM I appreciate the advice
I may not know the model,but I have a picture of it. ::)
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morbid fury,welcome to the forum.I bought mine about 7 years ago.I got the 20hp Honda and can cut a 20 foot log on it.I have the movable bunks that allows me to cut stove lenght on it. Hard to sell lumber.If you have 12 footers,they want eights,or wrong width,or not dry enough or they want you to give it to them. I did not say it could not be done,just hard to do.I bought mine for my own use.Probaly only made $500 with it.I don't go looking for work,but when they find me I send them to someone else.I have too much going on working for myself here.
With owning a manual mill that's why I say,"If I Don't Do It,It Does Not Get Done".Sounds like a good mill for what you have going.Just remember,those manual mill are ALOT of work and takes ALOT to get the end product. But the lumber cost you ALOT less too.
agreed. I have 21' of track and it is alot of work. Mainly getting everything in the right place. moving logs around because they are not set right is the most, and unecessary work of all.
Morbid Fury- I think that may have been a death metal band I used to listen to :) Welcome to the forum, there is a ton of good info on here.
Gday
And Welcome to The Forum Fury ;) ;D ;D 8) 8) Like I say grease is the best bearing money can buy Mate ;) :D And Happy Sawing ;D 8)
Regards Chris
welcome to the forum.
now go make some sawdust, and take us some photos.
Thats spoton and strait to the bloody point Weisy ;) :D :D :D ;D 8)
Welcome to the forum.
OK so add to the debt list a new Polaris 850 efi atv and log arch..
Expected break even date june 2022
70 hp atv should be just what I need.
Have a pile of sawdust and loving it.
Did learn a few things
Get a deposit on orders as two of the first three canceled after it was cut.
Never refer to the atv as fun....has been gone every since I did....and so has the wife.
Have some dry lumber on hand....people expect lumber to come straight from the tree dry and planed.
Big weekend coming hoping the wood gods bless me with strait logs and plenty of fun.
will be uploading pics soon