Whatcha Sawin' ???

[Kbeitz]

I put pads on my mill. If you know of any weld shop that deals with pipe
and has a plasma cutter they will have scrap circles in there scrap ben.



 



 

[fishfighter]

I do have pads now, but they are only 4x4. The problem is that everything is so wet. If I dug a foot down, within 1/2 hour it would be full of water. :( So, by building some wood pads that are 12x12 to put under the legs, I hoping that will help the legs from sinking.

Sand, I did have my mill mounted on blocks. Due to being so wet, that is why I built the trailer. It got to the point were my mill was, it turn into a mud pit. Even after hauling in more mud in. There is no way right now to get a truck load of limestone to put down in the area due to the mud.

[Magicman]

Do any of y'all make pads for the stabilizer feet?

I always carry several short 2X8's etc to put under my outriggers if needed.  Also a couple of longer ones to pull one side of the sawmill on to level up when needed.

I finished my 60+ mile road trip today.  3½ days of sawing netted 4707bf of mostly 1X6's.  That plus an hour sawing the "traditional few" ERC logs.  ;D 


 
The sawmill looks lonesome without any logs.  We sawed ~70 logs but we did not saw the Sweetgum and one crooked cull log.


 
Nothing left but stacks of stickered lumber.


 
I dulled 10 blades because all of the logs had been skidded up this gravel road.   :-\

[fishfighter]

rest well this weekend MM. I think you earn it. ;D

[Kbeitz]

Magicman.... You got the paint wore slap off the top of that mill....

[paul case]

Do any of y'all make pads for the stabilizer feet?

I always carry several short 2X8's etc to put under my outriggers if needed.  Also a couple of longer ones to pull one side of the sawmill on to level up when needed.

I seem to remember my help digging one of those ''special'' 2x8s up where it was buried and left for lost.
PC

[redprospector]

Since you're needing "flotation" with all the mud you have, it would probably be a good thing if you cut maybe 3"x8" or so that would go across the mill, with one leg on each end of the board. It's a little harder to set up, but I don't believe your mill would be sinking in the mud.

[Magicman]

I seem to remember my help digging one of those ''special'' 2x8s up where it was buried and left for lost.

I seem to remember that too Paul.  I had to use that same board on the downhill side to level up this week. 

The LT40 has fairly large outrigger pads, but there is no substitute for the flotation afforded by boards.

[Chuck White]

I've got a small stack of 10-12" 2x6's that I always have in the truck for leveling, etc.

I also carry a shovel, in case one (or more) leg won't go down far enough or to make a hole for one of the wheels to set in!

[fishfighter]

Thanks guys. When I build them, I will add a rope handle. That should help getting them out the mud. :D

Raining it's butt off here again. :(

[Magicman]

We are also getting flooded out fishfighter.  Much rain.   :-\

I like that rope idea.  I had to dig mine out of the sawdust yesterday and only having to find a rope would have made it easier. 

As PC reminded me above, I have driven off and left many boards.  Sometimes I recover them on a return sawing trip but I would not want to operate without my board stash.

[scleigh]

saw'd 13 cedar logs for a customer on saturday


 
cut a few nice rounds and had a 23" piece to cut as well, but it was cracked all the way up the log from felling


 
Probably cant see it in the photo, but I was cutting between the wire and staples on the left side.

[fishfighter]

More DanG rain. :( This will give me time to try hooking up the auto feed for the saw head today. ;D

[Magicman]

I have a two day 57 mile road trip scheduled for later this week sawing SYP.  I'll check a few things and grease 'er up after the rain passes.

[goose63]

Jeff not the boss brought over a 15 foot 22 inch both ends ash log and good all the way through very strange for a ash tree a round here



 
 

 
cut it at 10 foot and 5 foot

then he brought me this yesterday

  

 

old beam from under a old elevator we got 11 14.25 half inch thick 

 




Jeff was part of the crew tearing it down so he got to save a bunch of the beams he has 40 or so when i   get done cutting his i get all the rest his wife says get them off the yard good for me

[Magicman]

Looks like you turned out some purdy lumber and nice score on the remaining timbers.   

[goose63]

What would be the best blade for cutting those old beams all i have is 10 degrees would 4 or 7 be better

That wood is DanG HARD

[mesquite buckeye]

I like 7's for mesquite, at least as hard as your ash. Don't be stingy with the lube to keep the blade cool. I use as much as it will take to keep the sawdust damp, but not so much that it starts to pack in the cut. ;D 8) 8) 8)

[goose63]

mesquite buckeye those old beams are some where a round 75 years old Doug fer

Dry mesquite just as hard or harder so i think I will give the 7's a try thank you

[cutterboy]

goose, nice looking ash. Why did Jeff want half inch boards from the beam?

[goose63]

cutterboy he is going to put them on the kitchen dining room wall should look good

[fishfighter]

mesquite buckeye those old beams are some where a round 75 years old Doug fer

Dry mesquite just as hard or harder so i think I will give the 7's a try thank you

Same mill, I fell in love with the 7 degree Kasco blades. SYP. zips right thru them and very clean cuts. Oak, getting much more BF per blade.

Tomorrow, I'm going to give the trailer and auto feed a test run. Hope I have everything right.  ;D

[4x4American]

Another vote for the kasco 7s.  I got a couple samples at Jake's and I'm on my 4th resharp go round with them, they are great.  They just slip right through the log like a skinny dipper.

[Peter Drouin]

4x4 Are they 1/¼-55?

[4x4American]

They are 1-1/4"-45.  I don't like the 45 so I ordered a box of .050 1-1/2" 7/35 from Cutting Edge Saw Service LLC