New MP-32

[Fairchance]

Hey fellas,

I just bought a Cook's Saw MP-32 last week and I love it. I have been cutting some Eastern Red Cedar and it is doing a great job. I however have a lot to learn about milling. My first project is to build a pole barn to keep it in. I have pleanty of White Pine and Poplar that I can mill up. How do these woods hold up? How much better off would I be with say oak, ashe, etc?  8) 8)

[kelLOGg]

I've had mine 7 yrs and still like it. What made you decide on it?

If I had a choice between oak and pine or poplar for a shed I would go with the oak even though it's harder to nail. I think of poplar as interior wood.

Good luck sawing.

[bandmiller2]

Fairchase,welcome where are you located??Glad your happy with your mill, lumber will be the cheapest thing you have now.Untreated wood will not last long in the soil,best thing for a pole building is, well,real poles the type the utilities companys use.Good used ones will last a long time.Better is to put sono tubes in the ground fill with concrete then use the wood you have above that.I would use oak for the load bearing,and pine to board in.Green oak is not too bad to nail into,on my building I used deck screws for everything twanged it right up tight.Frank C.

[Meadows Miller]

Gday

and welcome to the forum Fairchance  ;D ;D 8) 8) you have come to the rite place to find out how to get things running sweet  ;D plus they are just a great mob  ;) ;D 8) 8)

As Frank and kellog said about the building material oak or the p/poles and like frank said try to keep it above ground ittl last a lifetime  and a good way to go mate  ;D 8) You wil find out preety quick we like to know all the nitty gritty about what ppl are upto and what they are running whats the mp32 setup like hp,length of cut,features ect ohh and did i say wee loovee pics  mate  ;) ;D ;D 8) 8)

Reguards Chris

[Handy Andy]

  Congrats on the new saw.  I just have a tarp tied over mine.  Been looking at building a shed for lumber and saw storage, but the current govment has me thinking of moving. Have collected enough lumber for the job, and built anchors to pour into the concrete to fasten my posts down. Just thinking that if things don't change in the next election, time looks right to leave. 

[Fairchance]

We chose the Cooks Saw because we were able to see one in operation and we liked its features and the way it was built. We also spent some time talking with the folks at the factory and they were very helpful. I am not very good with computers so it will be some time before I am able to put pictures on here. I live in Western N.C. and I plan on using the saw around home and the surrounding counties. Thanks for the warm welcome. I am sure I will have a lot of questions for you all in the future and I appreciate your input. As for leaving the country due to our aweful political situation, where is it any better. Stay here and stand with us! We need all the good folks we can get right now. Let them leave!!!!!

[apm]

Hey Fairchance,

Whereabouts in Western North Carolina? I'm just across the Tennessee line from Boone. We might be neighbors.

Greg

[Fairchance]

apm,

Not that far west! I used to live in Boone. I love it up there!! I am in the Mooresville area. I have a place in Wilkes Co. between Wilkesboro and West Jefferson and I plan on doing some cutting up there. Don't ever move from the Boone area. If you do you will regret it.

[Meadows Miller]

Gday

Fairchance my Meadows mill comes from North Wilkesboro  ;D 8) my grandfather reckons its a nice part of the world he stayed there for a couple of times for afew weeks back in 83&84 when he orderd the first one and when he went over to do all the paperwork to become a dealer in australia for meadows mills and mellot mfg (pacific sawmill co)  they brought afew over over the years and all of them are still running apart fom My one  : which was the first  ;) ;D 8)

Reguards Chris

[apm]

Hi Fairchance,

I'm actually in Tennessee, but agree with not moving. Everybody's got someplace that's home and this is it for us. We're in Butler (population 600) a suburb of Mountain City (population 2000).  ;D

Lots of old houses and farm buildings in this area have been wearing poplar siding for over a hundred years, hard to argue with that kind of track record. We call ours "yellow" poplar. Different parts of the country call all kinds of things poplar. When yellow poplar dries it can be as hard to nail as oak. The nice thing about it is the long, straight, nearly perfectly round logs are a pleasure to saw.

Greg

[Handy Andy]

  I like you guys attitude. Make them leave. Spose that's what I'll try to do.