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[Papa1stuff]

I purchased an LT30 manual for something to do ,Liked it so well ,I purchased a 2008 LT40 SH with everyting except lazer!
Love It !!

[thecfarm]

Papa1stuff,welcome to the forum.With a sawmill like that you should be called papagreatstuff.How long you been sawing for?

[Papa1stuff]

Not long enough,Only about 6 months.
I sure have a lot to learn,but am having a ball doing it!

[tyb525]

Currently a Granberg chainsaw mill with an 036. Hoping to upgrade to a bandmill eventually.

[Meadows Miller]

Gday Tyb 525

Its good to see alot of young Blokes on FF having a crack in this industry  8) We dont get many down here.I started with a CS mill when i was young .The trick is to keep moving ahead  at a steady pace and not to go in to too mutch dept  . You will be supprised  how quick You get that band sawmill 8)

good luck from Chris McMahon

[tyb525]

Thanks, Chris 

I don't imagine there are many around here, either. I guess everything just kinda fell into place and I wound up getting into woodworking and sawmilling. I live on 100 acres, 50 of it woods, so I don't think I'll run out of trees (maybe time  :). I plan on doing some sawing for others also. I'll definitely keep you guys updated.

[argyle1]

I had a circular head-rig for 32 years...sold out last year....now thinking of buying a bandmill for my wife and I to run as a kind of retirement job
just local sales....if someone wants lumber they can come and pile and bring a half sack of bud..a kind of social event

[Dave Shepard]

Welcome to the Forum, argyle1! Where you from, and what kind of circle mill did you have?


Dave

[robnrob2]

Just got joined in here,
I am on my 2nd mill, my 1st was made by Mistersawmill, but was not large enough for my needs, I  own for several years now, one that is made by Southern Bandsaw, built in Lyons Georiga, just north of Vidalia.  http://www.southernbandsaw.com/home.htm
Its a mobile mill if necessary, cutting capacity is 35" dia, x 21' 6"
has a 38hp Kohler, electric head up and down, chain opperated hand crank feed if necessary, most the time it is, I may in the future convert that to electric, or hydrolic,
and the head is set a about 5 degrees to aid in feeding.

[DanG]

Welcome to the forum Robnrob2.  I like those Southern sawmills for their simplicity.  I saw them saw ;D at the Moultrie show, and had a nice little chat with Mr. Pickle.  He just keeps on keeping on, don't he?  I think his demo is one of the more effective ones at a show like that, because it shows that one old guy in his eighties can get out there and make boards. 8) 8) 8)

[robnrob2]

Well when I bought the mill from Mr. Pickle it was new, and for the size and capacity I got an excellent deal, I couldnt pass it up, it's design is very much like the Cooks MP32 sept a little larger, this frame is not as heavy, and there were many many issue's with it that I had to work out, but nothing I couldnt handle, it was bear bones when I got it, had a 21hp briggs, for me that wasnt enough, so I made sure I had room and for a 38hp Kohler,. and added that to it, adding elect head up and gravity down was a piece o cake, the up button was added just behind the break lever, so if I pull a little it goes down, and not real fast, just right, and pull the lever a bit more and up it goes,, it came with three 2" square tube fences, that you had to tilt for adjustment, I removed them and added 5 vertiicle rising fences via a chain with crank handle on each,, added extra clamp dogs, and 4 full width roller toe-boards, that are winch activated on each,, added the chain feed also,, I belive I wanna add 3 log turners simular lto the claw like on the woodmizer LT40, although I was not impressed with how well it worked, but might a just been the opperator, and then eventually add hydrolic log loader for when I'm on a job w/o support equiptment.
I'll try and get setup here where I can post some pix's in the future,, I hate dial-up

[Chuck White]

I got my Wood-Mizer LT40HDG24 on May 3rd, 08 from "petefrombearswamp", and since then, I've sawed just shy of 70,000  bf, operating mobile.

Almost ready to pull the plug on it for the season and do any required preventive maintenance through the winter.
I'll have it parked in the back bay of my garage, as soon as it gets home.

June '09, I got a Cooks Cat Claw band sharpener and single-tooth setter.  Have it all set up in a corner of the garage!

edit 10/10: Forgot about my trusty STIHL 021 for removing the troublesome knots.

edit 4/12: I got a Wood-Mizer Shingle & Lap Sider (SLR) from "petefrombearswamp" last fall.
Haven't used it yet, but it's in the plans for sometime this summer.

[Grawulf]

Robnrob,
I think you and I are the only ones on the forum that have a Southern. Mine came off E-bay but the gentleman that I bought it from had wonderful things to say about Mr. Pickle.
Did you do any refinements on the dogs? I've had to rework mine a number of times because of stripped threads - that and the T-handle became a crank pretty quick....
Welcome!       Devan

[robnrob2]

Hey  Devan Thanks for the Welcome.Well Mr. Pickle is a real nice guy, and he can build a good sawmill,, the thread problems on the dogs you mentioned is most likely a fluke thing, that can happen , I would recomend grease on the threads, as you do wind them in and out very often, I had to replace my blade tension bolt and nut, as that stiriped out, I couldnt weld in one of those long coupler nuts, no room so I welded nuts on both sides of the plate the tension bolt rides in and greased it good,, works like a champ,,, but now that you opened up the conversation,, I'm sure there will be some things I dont member but,,I went and looked at the mill before buying, it was bout 90% complete, just a hand full of things to do, he was gonna complete it and I p/u in 2 weeks,, I didnt like the Carter Blade guides he had on there, so he was gonna make new,,They were hughe and bulky, and I lost about 2" of cutting width,, I made new ones my self, that were very refined,,got back my 2",, the drive side blade cover had no exit shoot or opening for the sawdustto exit, up at his place he had one board on there, and I cut it like edging and it was fine, but back here with a log loaded on it, It bound up with sawdust , then I noticed no way for dust to exit, I got out the angle grinder to fix that,, the tubes that guide the sawhead up and down, were not welded on perpindicular or peralell to anything, I cut those welds and realigned them,, also the drive side bearings we not mounted on the head at the exact same higth location as the idler side,, so I had to cut the welds on the plate and raise it about 3/8",,all of this occured over a pierod of time,, I enjoy fabrication and inventing new ways to speed and process work, so these things I could handle,, I shouldnt of had to do that, but I needed the mill and what was I gonna do? have him come down here, or me take it back up there, ??,, So I addressed all the problems, and got them fixed my way and faster, as well as learned what to do and what not to do. There were a few other issues, but I dont want to write a book,, I paid 5,800 for the machine, and towed it home,, I now have a machine that is probably woth an easy 12,000 perhaps more.

[Banjo picker]

2008 Cooks AC 36 62T with 25' capasity, computer setworks, debarker, off roller, and 3 log stops, cat claw sharpener, and band roller. Tim

[backwoods sawyer]

I just got my second mill. It is a round saw made by Bell-saw. Currently it has 4" trees growing up thru it so it may be a bit before I get it setup and running. The price was right to. FREE with one stipulation, it cannot be sold for scrap. This is the first mil that I had logs milled up on back in 1980. It was pulled out of a berry patch and set up back in the early 70's by the current owner's husband. It comes complete with all the original manuals, four saws and all the tools. I will have to come up with a motor for it, but until then it will make yard art. When I get it up and running it will give me the option of cutting rustic ruff sawn lumber. By splitting the boards in half on the bandmill they will be smooth cut on one side and minimize the amount of sawdust as well. It may take me a while to get it ready to cut the first board on it.

[rotarian]

Presently running a Cardinal automatic. Before was an Oxford handset mill.

[okie]

Lucas 618 and homemade trailer just because its easier than loading in the pickup.
It takes me forever to make up my mind on something as I over analize every major decision I make but deciding on this mill was probably the best money I ever spent.

I considered every type of mill I could find info on and asked lots of folks opinions and read alot.
I will, one of these days, get a small bandmill but my focus is on construction dimension lumber and this mill really shines there. The productivity potential of a swingmill is amazing especially when considering the cost.

[towmotormatt]

Lane #2 sawmill with a Continental RD-572 Diesel power unit.  Was told the engine was from around WWII.  Running but having alignment issues that need to be adjusted to cut straight and true.  48" insert tooth blade, with a spare 52"

Recently acquired an 1889 S.A. Woods Number 4 outside four-sided planer/moulder with a milk crate half full of bits, and a Waukesha 6 cylinder power unit (1930s?).  Building a lean-to on the side of the garage for it right now.

Anyone out there with a old two-gang edger that I can save from the scrap pile??? New England preferred, but could go west to Buffalo, NY or so.

Cheers

Matt

[sgschwend]

Mill is made in Portland Oregon area,  Mighty Might Mark IV.

[TwinCut]

I'm new to this forum stuff, but wanted to add my 2 bits. We have a Twin-Cut mill built in Alberta. It's a circular for wood up to 28" x 20'. We are in B.C. cutting ties with it.

[Meadows Miller]

Gday

Welcome to the forum Scsghwend and Twincut There is plenty of good advice and fun to be had Here  ;) ;D ;D ;D 8) 8)

Reguards Chris McMahon

[Woodchuck]

We run a 1994 Timber Harvester HT 30 Band Mill with Woodmizer blades. There is an old Tower 27"edger on a trailer out back I would like to get running.

[brian wayte]

run board bandit band mill

[pierre]

I have a Belsaw m14, who run with a international b-250 tractor, and a used edger from Gilbert. Now looking for a small gas resaw, but at a low price, but its hard to find.