TA Schmid

[Tennessee Pride]

Hello Everyone. Great forum. I am fairly new to sawmilling. I purchased a TA Schmid Maximizer saw last year. I have cut around 10K Bdft. in the last 6 months and love the saw. It is a very solid saw with very little issue one must deal with. I am very interested to see if there are any other TA Schmid owners out there. I am extremely interested in learning how to use the lap siding bevel option.

[Jeff]

Welcome to the forum. I know we have at least 3 or 4 members that have or have had the TA Schmid mills. I cant help ya, just wanted to say hello.

[getoverit]

I actually stumbled across the T A Schmid saws while doing research on my saw. They seemd a little pricey, but  good quality saw. I could only find one web page that even had them mentioned in it. Maybe a little advertising on the web would bring them some more business?

Welcome to the forum ! Please stick around and you can be our resident expert on this brand of saw...

PS: We love pictures !  ;D

[brucehuggins]

I've had one of his standard mills since 1997.  This is the first year I have had any expenses with it.  I replaced a pillow block and a shaft.  They machined a new shaft for me, because some changes were made shortly after I bought it.  Keep it greased, take the tension down when you are not using it, and keep it under cover.  Good Luck.  

[D._Frederick]

Don't over grease the pillow block bearings, too much grease will damage them.
Good luck with the saw, it should give you good service.

[Daren]

I run a Schmid. One of the last ones Tom (the T in TA Schmid) built before he moved on to other things and sold out to a guy who was helping him. He brought it to Illinois and hung out. I like mine, it's all manual I just saw for myself and do a little custom here at the shop, but I've ran a bunch of logs through it. $0 in added expense in 1 yr+. Just gas, grease and plenty of blade resharps.

[Tennessee Pride]

Thanks for the feedback. Hey Daren, do you happen to have the model that allows the saw head to pivot for bevel siding? I have this option but have not played with it yet. The saw came with additional scales to be placed over the existing scale and used for various widith/thick siding. I would love any feedback I could get on how to use this option. I do believe that the TA Schmid folks could advertise more but I am slowly realizing that they make a very durable saw. If they only made an instructional manual then I would be is business.

[Daren]

No, I didn't get that. I saw mostly for furniture, a little framing and trim. It looked neat though. Tom told me about it while he was here, but I don't remember enough to be any help.