How some stuff happens at my mill.

[Dave Shepard]

I generally share how things happen at my mill, but some things should probably stay a mystery.



 

[SawyerTed]

 

 

Um yep, but I'm hoping the Sawing Project will help me! :D

[YellowHammer]

Both of those look custom made, do you have any engineering drawings of those?  One is obviously designed to allow somebody to trailer in tight corners, and the other look like it was build to provide shock absorption for the tractor top link.  Ingenious.

[SawyerTed]

Can't speak to the trailer hitch but the top link was a custom cold shock formed modification that adjusted the angle of the box scrape.  Man would it dig!  It just wouldn't move any material!  Unfortunately it had limited adjustability and had very little demand in the market.  I discontinued production after this one (I hope).

[rusticretreater]

I think you are one of those artists that makes things out of old metal pieces.

[Old Greenhorn]

Um, Yeah, That ain't right.  :D :D :D :D ;D
Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.

[YellowHammer]

That must be me, I've never, ever, no way, every tore up anything.  Just ask people who know me and they will say I'm as delicate with equipment as a butterfly landing on the beak of a hummingbird.  :D :D

[WV Sawmiller]

  I was gonna post "where did you want me to cast it" but I figured it would take me too long to go back, find and remove previous posts to the contrary. :

[Dave Shepard]

I might have a set of as built drawings around somewhere.

[Magicman]

 

 
I'll trade you even for that top link.  :

[doc henderson]

ahhhhhh... Australian top link.     are they metric threads? @Magicman
:D :D :D

[customsawyer]

I try to edit those parts out of my videos.

[caveman]

Funny thing you say that, Jake.  Every time we try to do a video, something seems to happen.  We try to put a video every month or so on FB to stimulate a little business and it really seems to work.  One event that comes to mind is from about a year ago.  We were sawing some really nice old longleaf pine and everything was going smoothly and boards were flying of the mill.  This was until I was dragging a board back, dropping the head about to enter the next cut.  As I did, the front outrigger crushed and slipped off of the 16" paver that it parks on and the tongue of the mill sat firmly down on the auxiliary battery.  It's not unlike sawing with an audience. (I'll be taking notes next month).

[customsawyer]

Yup I've had so many ask if I get nervous sawing with the crowd around at the projects. Truth is I never have. I figure if something happens and a mistake is made then we can turn it into a learning opportunity.

[Magicman]

 

 


 
And 'stuff happens' sawing Hickory Pecker Poles that ain't da operator.  Learning opportunity??   :D  

[SawyerTed]

 :D :D  Firewood opportunity, better yet where are the pork butts!?!?

[chet]

I figure if something happens and a mistake is made then we can turn it into a learning opportunity.

That's how come we're all so DanG smart. Lottsa learnin'  :D

[Machinebuilder]

I'm going to have to ask


What happened to do that?

[YellowHammer]

It popped out of the clamp.

[Machinebuilder]

Ahh, with my manual crank I don't get that far when the clamp lets loose.

[doc henderson]

that sounds exciting!  the little stuff can be as hard as the big stuff, just not as heavy.

[customsawyer]

MM that was a funny moment. With all the sawyers at that project and then that load of logs showed up.  Several struggled with remaining polite to him. The best part was the look on everyone's face when I just kept sawing. You do seem to enjoy posting those pictures.

Now back to our regular schedule programing.

planing wide slabs with the Cantek #shorts - YouTube

[customsawyer]

A little 4 head Pinhero planer in action.

Making V- Groove paneling with a Pinhero 4 head planer - YouTube

[Walnut Beast]

Very nice video 👍. I didn't catch how long they were ?

[customsawyer]

16'