My Wood-Mizer Adventure

[Upper]

Started off with a new 661 and an Alaskan

  Deodor Cedar

  Canary Island Pine

[Upper]

3 Months Later,World AG Expo in Tulare Calif.Is where it began.

 

[Upper]

First cuts,bug kill Blue Pine.

  All but about 6 Cedar trees and that Black Oak are now also dead.

[Upper]

First load off the hill.

 

[Upper]

Decided to bring the logs to the saw.

 

[Upper]

Snowed out for the winter,my dad and his dad built this cabin in 1952.

 

[Upper]

So I built some badly needed,yet strongly suggested "Wood Doc" pallets.

 

[Upper]

And then of course the signature virgin woodworking prodject.
You got it,picture frames.

  

  

 

[Kcwoodbutcher]

Looks good, but that's a lot of work for a picture frame.

[thecfarm]

Interesting frames you make.
What's all the lumber being used for?

[Upper]

I use most of it for building and Log siding.Alot of slabs fly out of here,and I have a shaper with a powerfeed that I make t&g.
  Keep in mind I have a good day job...Oh and the knothole frame is set to have a Rattlesnake slithering through,with its demise in the picture

[Chuck White]

Congratulations on the new mill!   8)

[slider]

Nice work.How did you get that log in the cattle trailer.I have had to drag some hard headed cows in one but never a log.

[Upper]

Slider,I mounted a winch up in the deck.And for the second row I slide a big board between the rails in the back.Get them up and over then drag them like stray dogs to the front............

[Gundog]

I grew up in central Cal where are you at? I spent a lot of time in the hills above Fresno. The cabin with snow picture reminds me of Shaver or Dinky Creek.

Mike

[Brucer]

I did that "CSM leads to a Wood-Mizer" thing, only it took me 24 years to make the transition instead of 3 months :D.

[Upper]

You are right on it Gundog......

[Gundog]

You are right on it Gundog......

That is cool I miss that area when I was a kid now 56 my dad owned the pack station at Wishon & Courtwright lakes. When it was called Miller Pack Trains.

Mike

[4x4American]

I did that "CSM leads to a Wood-Mizer" thing, only it took me 24 years to make the transition instead of 3 months :D .

I did that too,  took me probably 1-3 years, I can't remember, I wasn't keeping track!

[Darrel]

I grew up in California's gold country a bit north of you. Grassvalley, Brownsville.

[WDH]

I have never dragged (drug) a stay dog.  That dog will bite you. 

[Upper]

WDH,so will a broken cable "Hence",named my son Spence,the Remote...........

[gimpy]

As for the Wood-Mizer Adventure? I have been sick in bed for a couple weeks. So I wanted to research the cost of a bed extension for my mill. I e-mailed. Then a week or so later I e-mailed them again to ask if they were still in business and still supporting their owners. That was 2/18/17. This morning I finally got a return e-mail.

Never have been ignored by them before when trying to spend money. Should I be worried?

[Darrel]

The 18th was Saturday not everyone's in on Saturday. Nobody's in on Sunday and Monday was a holiday. No, no need to worry.

[47sawdust]

Upper,
I laugh every time I see that log in the stock trailer.Gotta use what you have around, right.Sure hope you weren't smuggling something in that log.