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Merlin

January 02, 2014, 06:24:42 PM
Hello all. I have been lurking this site for the past 2 years as I have been searching for a mill. The members all seem very friendly and extremely knowledgeable. I live in Nova Scotia where I have a small 40 acre plot with horses, cows, chickens, border collies and of course a wonderful family. I work as a high school teacher teaching chemistry and physics, but whenever I have the chance, I am in the woods hauling firewood and logs.
So that's a bit about me, will hopefully have my own mill in the near future as I have run both a hydraulic WM and a manual SMG mill.

Happy New Year to you all.

Cheers,
Merlin
2018 LT15 Wide, 2012 Kubota M8540 w FEL, Norse 390 logging winch, IH 484 w FEL, several Stihl Chainsaws. 115 acre family farm with NFLD ponies, a few beef cows, 1 Border Collie, a very understanding wife and 2 great kids.

"Imagination is more important than knowledge" - Albert Einstein

Weekend_Sawyer

#1
January 02, 2014, 06:28:42 PM
Hello Merlin, welcome aboard!
Imagine, Me a Tree Farmer.
Jon, Appalachian American Wannabe.

kelLOGg

#2
January 02, 2014, 06:44:08 PM
Welcome!

Quote from: Merlin on January 02, 2014, 06:24:42 PM
I work as a high school teacher teaching chemistry and physics

Those were my fields, too, before I retired.
Bob
Cook's MP-32, 20HP, 20' (modified w/ power feed, up/down, loader/turner)
DH kiln, CatClaw setter and sharpener, tandem trailer, log arch, tractor, thumb tacks

mesquite buckeye

#3
January 02, 2014, 06:46:29 PM
Welcome.  ;D  Now bring on the pictures. 8) 8) 8)
Manage 80 acre tree farm in central Missouri and Mesquite timber and about a gozillion saguaros in Arizona.

Peter Drouin

#4
January 02, 2014, 06:56:10 PM
 smiley_wavy
A&P saw Mill LLC.
45' of Wood Mizer, cutting since 1987.
License NH softwood grader.

Birchwood Logging

#5
January 02, 2014, 07:00:12 PM
Welcome to the forum
John Deere 700H with winch, John Deere 550A with winch, Cat 232 Skid Steer,Cat 262c Skid Steer, Wood Mizer Lt 40 super HD, Ford F-700 and F-600 log trucks, Ford F-450 dump truck

drobertson

#6
January 02, 2014, 07:02:04 PM
Howdy Merlin, glad you hopped on, two years seems like a long time to lurk, it only took me reading one post, that said, Happy New Year to you as well,    david
only have a few chain saws I'm not suppose to use, but will at times, one dog Dolly, pretty good dog, just not sure what for yet,  working on getting the gardening back in order, and kinda thinking on maybe a small bbq bizz,  thinking about it,

Planman1954

#7
January 02, 2014, 07:03:20 PM
Hi Merlin! Welcome home...
Maybe you and Magicman can get together and exchange tips!  :D
Norwood Lumbermate 2000 / Solar Dry Kiln /1943 Ford 9n tractor

Bill Gaiche

#8
January 02, 2014, 07:03:41 PM
Welcome Merlin. Keep us posted on your hobbies. bg

Sixacresand

#9
January 02, 2014, 07:07:03 PM
Welcome Merlin
"Sometimes you can make more hay with less equipment if you just use your head."  Tom, Forestry Forum.  Tenth year with a LT40 Woodmizer,

Possum Creek

#10
January 02, 2014, 07:13:52 PM
Hello Merlin.

samandothers

#11
January 02, 2014, 07:30:39 PM
Good to have ya join!   Hope you find the right mill!   Of course whatever you buy and works for ya is the right mill.

jmouton

#12
January 02, 2014, 07:38:01 PM
welcome to  ff  merlin




                                                                              jim
lt-40 wide ,,bobcat,sterling tandem flatbed log truck,10 ton trailer, stihl 075,041,029,066,and a 2017 f-350,oh and an edger

Merlin

#13
January 02, 2014, 07:42:33 PM
Planman, I don't think I would have anything to offer Magicman in regards to tips. He seems to be the all knowing man!

drobertson, it was a long time. But I really don't have much to say or offer. But I felt like I should at least say hello.

Mesquite, I'll try to add some pics from the gallery, but they may not work.

 



 



 

And to the rest of you, thank you for the warm welcome. I'll try and get some pics off my laptop later when we were milling this summer.

Cheers
2018 LT15 Wide, 2012 Kubota M8540 w FEL, Norse 390 logging winch, IH 484 w FEL, several Stihl Chainsaws. 115 acre family farm with NFLD ponies, a few beef cows, 1 Border Collie, a very understanding wife and 2 great kids.

"Imagination is more important than knowledge" - Albert Einstein

POSTON WIDEHEAD

#14
January 02, 2014, 07:44:49 PM
Nice Tractor Merlin!
If a question on Chemistry or Physics comes up.......I'm betting on you!  :D

Welcome to the Forum.

David
The older I get I wish my body could Re-Gen.

Sawdust Lover

#15
January 02, 2014, 07:54:02 PM
Welcome Merlin, Keep us posted!

jamesamd

#16
January 02, 2014, 08:15:50 PM
Welcome Home,Merlin ;)

Jim
All that is gold does not glitter,not all those that wander are lost.....

Nomad

#17
January 02, 2014, 08:17:01 PM
     Welcome Merlin.  That looks a lot like... um... snow.  You're obviously not in Poston's neighborhood!  Or mine either, for that matter.  I won't hold that against you.  Welcome anyway! ;D
Buying a hammer doesn't make you a carpenter
WoodMizer LT50HDD51-WR
Lucas DSM23-19

YellowHammer

#18
January 02, 2014, 08:19:16 PM
Looks like you have a beautiful place.  Welcome
YH
YellowHammerisms:

Take steps to save steps.

If it won't roll, its not a log; it's still a tree.  Sawmills cut logs, not trees.

Kiln drying wood: When the cookies are burned, they're burned, and you can't fix them.

Sawing is fun for the first couple million boards.

Be smarter than the sawdust

Jimmy Mc

#19
January 02, 2014, 09:02:19 PM
Welcome.
You have a very nice place. And I love your tractor. Keep the pictures coming.
Jimmy McIntosh, HF band mill

thecfarm

#20
January 02, 2014, 10:40:22 PM
You need bigger trees behind that tractor.   ;D  Welcome. How many hp is that? Nice winch too.
Model 6020-20hp Manual Thomas bandsaw,TC40A 4wd 40 hp New Holland tractor, 450 Norse Winch, Heatmor 400 OWB,YCC 1978-79

arnold113

#21
January 02, 2014, 10:41:32 PM
Welcome to the forum, Merlin.
DIY band saw mill: four post, 25 HP gas engine, 32" x 18' portable, 24 vdc and hydraulic controls, pineywoods log turner, hyd log loader. RF remote controls for mill.  DIY set works.

Chuck White

#22
January 02, 2014, 10:59:02 PM
Welcome to the Forestry Forum, Merlin!

Nice introduction along with the pics!  smiley_thumbsup smiley_thumbsup

~Chuck~  Cooks Cat Claw sharpener and single tooth setter.  2018 Chevy Silverado and 2021 Subaru Ascent.
With basic mechanical skills and the ability to read you can maintain a Woodmizer  LT40!

fat olde elf

#23
January 02, 2014, 11:31:06 PM
Welcome Merlin !!! Spent some time in your part of the world.  Spoke at a Flowers Canada convention in Halifax in the 70's.  Made it to Peggy's Cove ! Canadians are wonderful hosts ! Say your prayers.
Cook's MP-32 saw, MF-35, Several Husky Saws, Too Many Woodworking Tools, 4 PU's, Kind Wife.

SawyerBrown

#24
January 02, 2014, 11:36:03 PM
Welcome Merlin!  You're a brave man -- not just from logging and sawing, but for teaching high school science!!  We don't have nearly enough teachers with real-life experience, thanks...
Pete Brown, Saw It There LLC.  Wood-mizer LT35HDG25, Farmall 'M', 16' trailer.  Custom sawing only (at this time).  Long-time woodworker ... short-time sawyer!

ddcuning

#25
January 03, 2014, 07:51:56 AM
Welcome to the FF Merlin! If you have been lurking you know already that there are some great folks here but it doesn't hurt to restate the fact.

Dave C
We're debt free!!! - Dave C, Nov 2015

Brian C.

#26
January 03, 2014, 10:25:03 AM
Welcome, Merlin! it is nice to see another like minded educator here.

Magicman

#27
January 03, 2014, 10:26:51 AM
Hello Merlin, and Welcome to the Forestry Forum.
Knothole Sawmill, LLC     '98 Wood-Mizer LT40SuperHydraulic   WM Million BF Club Member   WM Pro Sawyer Network

It's Weird being the Same Age as Old People

Never allow your "need" to make money to exceed your "desire" to provide quality service.....The Magicman

ET

#28
January 03, 2014, 10:27:51 AM
Merlin, welcome from Ohio too!  I'm constantly amazed at the talented and educated individuals that are drawn to this forum. The love of trees, wood, and the out of doors is something that only a few of us are fortunate enough to be born with. I agree, nice tractor!  Ernie
Lucas 1030, Slabber attachment, Husky 550XP, Ford 555B hoe, Blaze King Ultra, Vermeer chipper, 70 acres with 40 acres Woods.

Merlin

#29
January 03, 2014, 11:43:17 AM
Thecfarm, the tractor is 85 hp. As I said before we have a small farm, so I make hay in the summer which is why I have the tractor as well as snow blowing the 1/2 km driveway.
There have been some bigger trees behind it at other times, but I'm cutting another road to a different part of the property. But the biggest trees I have here are only 36" at the butt. Mostly pine and poplar.


Again thank you all for the warm welcome. I will be needing some of your experience and expertise in the near future as I'm trying to start up a forestry course at our high school. It will be a forestry management and a forestry technology course.

Just to let you folks know, every year I have around a dozen of my grads want to come out to the farm to help with hay and rural life stuff.  It is very rewarding. I have to agree that we need to have more opportunities for young people to be connected with the land.

Cheers,
Merlin
2018 LT15 Wide, 2012 Kubota M8540 w FEL, Norse 390 logging winch, IH 484 w FEL, several Stihl Chainsaws. 115 acre family farm with NFLD ponies, a few beef cows, 1 Border Collie, a very understanding wife and 2 great kids.

"Imagination is more important than knowledge" - Albert Einstein

SawyerBrown

#30
January 03, 2014, 02:00:50 PM
Quote from: Merlin on January 03, 2014, 11:43:17 AM
I have to agree that we need to have more opportunities for young people to be connected with the land.

Cheers,
Merlin

Well, and I'd add that we need more opportunities for young people to understand real-world application of the sciences that they learn in school.  I see many teachers that are "book-smart", but can't tell kids WHY what they're learning is important, or how they can use it in real life.  What a great opportunity you have with these kids!
Pete Brown, Saw It There LLC.  Wood-mizer LT35HDG25, Farmall 'M', 16' trailer.  Custom sawing only (at this time).  Long-time woodworker ... short-time sawyer!

goose63

#31
January 03, 2014, 03:54:47 PM
Welcome Merlin I am kinda new here and these guys will forget more than I will ever know :P :new_year:
goose
if you find your self in a deep hole stop digging
saw logs all day what do you get lots of lumber and a day older
thank you to all the vets

geraldhale

#32
January 03, 2014, 04:13:11 PM
Quote from: SawyerBrown on January 02, 2014, 11:36:03 PM
Welcome Merlin!  You're a brave man -- not just from logging and sawing, but for teaching high school science!!  We don't have nearly enough teachers with real-life experience, thanks...

Yes I would have to agree about being brave and high school students!  :D But I do have two kids that I coached basketball that work for me in my mill now so I guess it can be a labor source.
Welcome.
lt40 super,Meadows edger,Weinig moulder,24" Rockwell planer, Salem mill,Cornell edger,Pop up end trim, Fulgum chipper, Baker resaw, hazledine pointer, Landen strapping machine, John deere 480B lift, Case W20 wheel loader.

Banjo picker

#33
January 03, 2014, 05:14:18 PM
Hello as well and welcome.. I bet you will like it here better than I liked it in chemistry class.  I still remember trying to balance those equations after all these years... we had a tough teacher.  He taught physics as well.  I learned enough in chemistry class to not take physics. ;)  Best wishes on getting the forestry classes started... Banjo
Never explain, your friends don't need it, and your enemies won't believe you any way.

slider

#34
January 03, 2014, 06:11:15 PM
Welcome Merlin from south georgia .I hope you don't mind me skipping over the pictures with all the snow .It has been cold and wet here for a week and I just had to pass.Glad you are on board.  al
al glenn

5quarter

#35
January 03, 2014, 06:50:53 PM
Welcome to the jungle Merlin. Goose63 had it half right...I for one, am forgetting more all the time.  ;) :D
What is this leisure time of which you speak?
Blue Harbor Refinishing

MIsawyer

#36
January 03, 2014, 06:57:05 PM
hello merlin :new_year:

Klicker

#37
January 03, 2014, 07:23:23 PM
Welcome from the North Shore. Rod :new_year:
2006 LT 40 HD

John S

#38
January 03, 2014, 07:35:58 PM
Welcome to the FF, Merlin from a retired HS math teacher.
2018 LT40HDG38 Wide

Merlin

#39
January 03, 2014, 07:40:03 PM
Hello Rod, I see you are in Tatamagouche. We have land on the Warwick mtn rd. Are you far from there? I've noticed a few sawmills on my way to the property. Are any of these your place?

Merlin
2018 LT15 Wide, 2012 Kubota M8540 w FEL, Norse 390 logging winch, IH 484 w FEL, several Stihl Chainsaws. 115 acre family farm with NFLD ponies, a few beef cows, 1 Border Collie, a very understanding wife and 2 great kids.

"Imagination is more important than knowledge" - Albert Einstein

bandmiller2

#40
January 03, 2014, 08:22:04 PM
Welcome Merlin, physics was on of the most useful classes I've taken as I designed and built several front end loaders.I changed my professors curriculum he would ramble on with pure physics, I'd raise my hand and say prof. what can I use this for, when he explained in the real world terms everyone woke up. Never really understood chemistry until I read a 1920's book on steam engines and boiler chemicals. A light lit up in my head I read it three times and the fog cleared. Spent many summers helping my uncles make hay in Turtle Creek NB. Still make and bale hay with all 1950's machinery. Good to have you on board mate. Frank C.
A man armed with common sense is packing a big piece

mudhog

#41
January 04, 2014, 03:53:40 PM
 smiley_wavy

Welcome Merlin,
I am interested in most everything , maybe you can teach us some tricks.
Doing the right thing might not be easy,but it's always right.

Ask, Seek, Knock

dblair

#42
January 04, 2014, 05:14:04 PM
Welcome Merlin , hope you enjoy the folks here . that's a nice looking patch of woods you have there , a mill would serve you well .
old Appomattox Iron Works circle mill.

customsawyer

#43
January 04, 2014, 07:51:22 PM
Welcome to the forum. A tractor like that gives you a great start before you even have a mill.
Two LT70s, Nyle L200 kiln, 4 head Pinheiro planer, 30" double surface Cantek planer, Lucas dedicated slabber, Slabmizer, and enough rolling stock and chainsaws to keep it all running.
www.thecustomsawyer.com

Billbob

#44
January 07, 2014, 06:40:45 PM
Welcome from a fellow Maritimer, Merlin.
Woodland Hm126 sawmill, LS 72hp tractor with FEL, homemade log winch, 8ft pulp trailer, Husqvarna 50, Husqvarna 353, homemade wood splitter, 12ft dump trailer, Polaris Sportsman 500 with ATV dump trailer

hardtailjohn

#45
January 08, 2014, 12:53:22 AM
Welcome Merlin!  Glad to hear of a teacher that has something other than a book to teach from!! Carry on!!
John
I'm so far behind, I think I'm ahead!
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