small mill set-up

[redpowerd]

larry, got any more pics of that kasco?

[Larry]

Sawing 2X6's out of WRC (old power poles)



Sawing grade red oak.

Red if your looking for something particular send me an IM and I'll see what I can dig up.

Bibbyman talked me into making a online photo album couple of years ago but it is sorta outdated and really doesn't have to many mill pictures in it.  I'll doctor it up this winter.

[dtody]

Does anyone have a gantry crane for moving and turning logs?  I think that is what we'll try to have when we get set-up.  

[redpowerd]

thanks larry,
 id like to look at your guides and fence, looks a little diffrnt than mine. thats where i get the most problems.  your scale looks complicated, like to see that too. the kasco web page has allmost no info and one picture ???, last i looked. if i could look at a IIB mabie i can refine my IIA.
thanks for the pics 8) 8) 8)

[Kevin]

dtody;
I cant see a gantry crane working any quicker than having a good staging area beside the mill.
For just a few logs it might work ok but I can't see a huge benefit.


Is this what you had in mind ...

[dtody]

Kevin,  that's what I had in mind.  Drag a log next to mill, under the crane, lift, load, saw and use hoist to turn log when sawing.  Its may seem like overkill, but right now I can manage a 5 gal bucket of end seal or the weight of the chain saw for a few hours,  300-500 lb logs with hooks and picks may be too much for the day.  
We're planning on a good staging area to maximize ease of handling, stability, etc.
Great drawing of what I was thinking of.  Thanks.

[Tom]

[Mark M]

Here is what I use:

The big pictures are  Here, go to the bottom to see the log loader.

[DanG]

Welcome to the Forum, dtody. I understand what you mean about avoiding the hard physical part. Sometimes we have to rig to make something possible for us to do, rather than worrying about the quick way.
Before I got my forklift, I had the same problems getting logs onto the mill. I built a log deck from some steel I had laying around, and made it the same height as the mill, which was set up to be the same height as my trailer. I could roll the logs straight from the trailer to the deck, to the mill, via some short bridging pieces. Worked like a charm.  I still use it sometimes, but I prefer to move the logs to the mill one at a time with the forklift, unless there are a lot of small ones.

[Bibbyman]

A neighbor bought a mill about a year after we got our first one.  He did a couple of mobile custom jobs and then kind of slid back and only sawed for himself and a few buddies.  In a couple of years his interest in sawing was pretty much exhausted and a couple after that,  he had sold his mill.  I've since sawn for and talked with a few customers he did saw for.  Common part of their stories were that his beer can pile was always bigger than his saw dust pile.  :D

[raycon]

What size logs have those that have the Woodmizer manual winch loader - log turner been able to get up onto the mill?


I have the option on mine but have yet to use it. A fella offered a lot of maple and ash (a lot looks like 6-10 trees). Some of the maple looks like its 36 -48" diameter with minimal taper and solid.
Normally I'd use the alaskan mill - but since I became a WoodMizer owner on Sunday I'd rather give that a whack. The ash is 24" in diameter, straight as an arrow for 20'.

I'm not expecting to put the big maple on the mill without first having to whittle it down with the alaskan mill - due to throat size of head. The trees are cross county, I have a loader and theres a farm across the street from the tree givers property that offered to load them if he's around with his loader I'm just curious as to what the winch will pull up the ramps.

[RMay]

raycon my old mill was a LT-40 WM , the manual winch handle a 36 in. by 10 ft. green cypress log & the manual turner worked fine . The winch has a low & hi. speed I also loaded some 30 in. by 20 ft. pine with it  ;D good luck

[Kevin_H.]

Normally I'd use the alaskan mill - but since I became a WoodMizer owner on Sunday I'd rather give that a whack.

Congrats on the new mill raycon, Orange You Glad  ;D

[raycon]

Thanks for that info.

I'm beyond glad. (So is my hearing the Alaskan Mill can get hard on the hearing)
I've been going out back with the flashlight every hour to check something else out.

I cut some maple that was slabbed (6"x12"x10')  on the alaskan mill a year ago into 6"x5/4"x10' with it and my wife was as excited as I was after pulling off the first slab.