Moodna Creek Saw Mill

[barbender]

Those little Duetz are a marvelous little engine, imo. I think they are about the most fuel efficient engine I've ever been around.

[moodnacreek]

Those little Duetz are a marvelous little engine, imo. I think they are about the most fuel efficient engine I've ever been around.

It replaced a 4cyl Wisconsin also a good engine but with them you don't need a gas tank, just set a 5 gal. can next to it an it will suck it right up. I could not stand to put an electric motor on it and run the big gen just to buzz up slabs. A big rental outfit threw that Duetz away with 58 hours on it because a customer wrecked the machine it was on. Wife's cousin is their mechanic. Problem was getting the sae adapter to put a clutch on it. The German parts book does not define sae housing numbers even though they build it sae and the parts guy wants the engine build code so he can tell you you don't have that part!

[Southside]

You do realize that I am just returning the hard time you give all the band mill guys.  ;D As I said earlier, that is an impressive set up.

South, How many cows do you milk anyhow ;D?

Right now - 27 or  28 I think.  We are not big by any measure, but we bottle our milk in glass and deliver it so that gives us a niche. 

[dgdrls]

Congratulations Doug, outstanding video

An amazing place,

D

[moodnacreek]

You do realize that I am just returning the hard time you give all the band mill guys.  ;D As I said earlier, that is an impressive set up.

South, How many cows do you milk anyhow ;D?

Right now - 27 or  28 I think.  We are not big by any measure, but we bottle our milk in glass and deliver it so that gives us a niche.

Yeah, just a hobby farm. Ok we are even.       But I have always liked people that work the land. When I was little we sold milk to the neighbors. I don't think it was legal then.

[moodnacreek]

Congratulations Doug, outstanding video

An amazing place,

D

Good to hear from you. Place is a mess, we tried to keep the camera off the junk.

[Southside]

You do realize that I am just returning the hard time you give all the band mill guys.  ;D As I said earlier, that is an impressive set up.

South, How many cows do you milk anyhow ;D?

Right now - 27 or  28 I think.  We are not big by any measure, but we bottle our milk in glass and deliver it so that gives us a niche.

Yeah, just a hobby farm. Ok we are even.       But I have always liked people that work the land. When I was little we sold milk to the neighbors. I don't think it was legal then.

Yea, just something to get me away from having to count all the money I make running my narrow kerf band sawmill.  :D

[mudfarmer]

What do you call the gizmo that kicks slabs one direction and boards the other? Would have made life almost bearable as a circle mill offbearer 8hrs a day and everyone that saws should be studying your video like they do some others. I am going to watch a few more times at a slower speed and see what the guy thinks about making some work flow changes to his operation. Nobody is getting any younger.

 Wrestling 16' sap dripping slabs off the waist high conveyor as soon as they left the saw and before they went into the building, then onto waiting machine forks to be dumped was right up there with the worst. Certainly had to be there to grab those slabs as soon as they come off the saw, not stacking a board somewhere or diddling around or going to hate dragging the slab back out.

[moodnacreek]

Mudfarmer, no correct name that I know of. Perhaps separator table. To me it is the roller kicker table. 15 20 years ago I did that whole end of the mill after visiting as many small mills as I could 2  problems, no land and zoning. I got the original mill up  with a permit but was never allowed to enlarge it...... so I could never widen the board end under a roof.   That table was my idea but I had it built in Vermont by John Bornneman who had Green and Green, a welding/machine shop that took over Chase Sawmills when they stopped building machinery. He also got me all the parts to rebuild the chase edger. Bruce Dexter of the Chase sawmill fame suggested the sweep bar on this edger. The green chain was a log deck from Potsdam Hardwoods. I cut that in half and welded it  back when I got home. The loader arms that receive the boards and dump them on the green chain was all me, I could go on and on. Thanks for your interested, Doug

[SwampDonkey]

I liked your video to, Doug. Everyone has expressed my same thoughts about your operation. Keep on roll'n. 

[Ron Wenrich]

I'd call it a sweep.  It sure beats spiral rolls for handling material quickly.  A dump is best suited for slabs and blocking. 

I was at one mill where they used spiral rolls to bring board and edging strips to a conveyor and bring that back to the green chain where the edgerman stood.  He also stacked the lumber.  It was a very efficient 2 man operation that had the capacity to cut 40' barn beams.  Doug's sweep would have been much better.

Efficiency has to do on how quickly you can get material from one station to the next. 

[Rigg]

Wanted to chime in and say thanks for posting that.  I think I watched it at least twice looking at different things. A lot to take in.  Things like that give inspiration for us younger guys.  I'm guessing you like green.

[Plankton]

Thanks for posting that video. I have read your helpful comments on circular sawmills on here for years and am in the slow process of setting one up myself. Just watching the video is good inspiration nevermind all the great ideas to learn from.

[moodnacreek]

Wanted to chime in and say thanks for posting that.  I think I watched it at least twice looking at different things. A lot to take in.  Things like that give inspiration for us younger guys.  I'm guessing you like green.

You are welcome.  That sawmill was green and I painted it the same. Besides pride painting that equipment makes it clean up fast and easyer to spot problems that happen too often

[moodnacreek]

Thanks for posting that video. I have read your helpful comments on circular sawmills on here for years and am in the slow process of setting one up myself. Just watching the video is good inspiration nevermind all the great ideas to learn from.

Glad you liked it.  Western Mass., not that far, Chase country or Lane.  Am I right?

[Plankton]

All chase and lane up here and quite a few of them running still. Mine is a chase/lane.

[PAmizerman]

I would like to see the under side of the pusher on the outfeed of the edger. I need to redo mine. Is yours hydraulic or pneumatic? 

[moodnacreek]

As you can see the sweep bar has a horizontal pin at each end. 2 slotted vertical bars push this sweep bar both ways. Those bars are welded to a long shaft under the table. It has a arm attached to a hydraulic cylinder controlled with a Prince automatic log splitter valve I step on.