Wallee's Milling Thread

[Magicman]

Yes they would and I was astounded by the increased productivity that an edger provides.  Remember that there is an edger listed in the For Sale board.   ;D

[Wallee]

Yes they would and I was astounded by the increased productivity that an edger provides.  Remember that there is an edger listed in the For Sale board.   ;D

Going to check that out!

[customsawyer]

An edger will increase production but if you are cutting very much hardwood it will also increase yield.

[Wallee]

An edger will increase production but if you are cutting very much hardwood it will also increase yield.

In what way? Being able to salvage more per log?

[Dave Shepard]

When you edge on the mill, it is much harder to get the board on the mill at just the right angle, and if you are edging a bunch of boards together, you kind of just get what you get. With an edger, you can send the board through so you get the maximum width that the board will allow, and you set the edger for best yield. Softwoods I cut in even inch widths, as it is very often used without further processing, like siding or sheathing. Hardwoods, you take the maximum width you can get without getting too much wane. All those extra 1/4 or 1/2 inches add up when scaling. I like to stock pile all of my edger boards, then fire up the edger at the end of the sawing session. If you have a tail man, you can edge a lot of lumber in 20 minutes.

[terrifictimbersllc]

I've never seen an edger work in person.  Can one cut out perfectly straight framing lumber, say a 16 foot 2x6 out of a 16 foot 2" flitch?  Seems to me there would have to be a long fence inside the edger to do this?  :P :P :P

[Dave Shepard]

If it's feeding correctly, it will cut very straight lumber. On my WM ED26, there is an infeed fence to start one edged lumber. Once the feed rolls grab it, it will feed straight. If you are using both blades, then you just eyeball it so it goes through where you want it. The bigger issues is, will the board stay straight when it dries.

[Wallee]

When you edge on the mill, it is much harder to get the board on the mill at just the right angle, and if you are edging a bunch of boards together, you kind of just get what you get. With an edger, you can send the board through so you get the maximum width that the board will allow, and you set the edger for best yield. Softwoods I cut in even inch widths, as it is very often used without further processing, like siding or sheathing. Hardwoods, you take the maximum width you can get without getting too much wane. All those extra 1/4 or 1/2 inches add up when scaling. I like to stock pile all of my edger boards, then fire up the edger at the end of the sawing session. If you have a tail man, you can edge a lot of lumber in 20 minutes.

After thought about it, we had a saw horse built just off the side of our old edger of my grandfathers and he would have the offbearers stacking them there till we finished the logs up. Then we did just as you said and he would come select the sizes and shoot the board down through the edger and we would separate the board from the two flitches. I think I could do the same with a woodmizer single blade edger and pay cash for the edger and increase productivity substantially. Instead of stopping and stacking the boards on the mill I could wait and fire up the edger and take care of that at the end and keep the logs rolling on the mill. One other thing I am highly considering is ordering the trailer package for my lt15.

[Wallee]

Broke my first blade today. Even kinked it up... Lol what causes this?

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Here is a pile of ties I cut today. Hope to deliver 35 to the yard by Tuesday! I averaged 30 min per tie today. Way faster than when I started it took me over a hour lol. Figuring things out!

[beenthere]

Figuring things out!

Hate to bug you about it, but take pics on your iphone with vol. button "down"..  ;D
I think that solves the problem of sideways pics.

[Magicman]

Broke my first blade today. Even kinked it up... Lol what causes this?

Inertia as in momentum.  It made you jump didn't it.   :D


 
Blades traveling that fast have to go somewhere.


 
Here is one that made it past the fingers and exited the sawdust chute.

[POSTON WIDEHEAD]

Ya DanG right it will make you jump.  smiley_blue_bounce

[Wallee]

Figuring things out!

Hate to bug you about it, but take pics on your iphone with vol. button "down"..  ;D
I think that solves the problem of sideways pics.

Orientation is correct from my phone but again it's different on the comp. apparently I need To take them upside down. But then wouldn't it be upside down in the phone?

[beenthere]

Wallee

Orientation is correct from my phone but again it's different on the comp. apparently I need To take them upside down. But then wouldn't it be upside down in the phone?

The key is to take the pic with the volume button down. Within the iPhone system, your pic will be corrected for up/down/sideways. Once out of that system, the pic tag that makes the correction is lost.
Hope that helps you understand it better.

[Wallee]

Wallee

Orientation is correct from my phone but again it's different on the comp. apparently I need To take them upside down. But then wouldn't it be upside down in the phone?

The key is to take the pic with the volume button down. Within the iPhone system, your pic will be corrected for up/down/sideways. Once out of that system, the pic tag that makes the correction is lost.
Hope that helps you understand it better.

Volume is on the side so I should take sideways shots with the volume facing the ground?

[Wallee]

Broke my first blade today. Even kinked it up... Lol what causes this?

Inertia as in momentum.  It made you jump didn't it.   :D


 
Blades traveling that fast have to go somewhere.


 
Here is one that made it past the fingers and exited the sawdust chute.

Oh yeah I jumped!!! Lol

[Magicman]

Volume is on the side so I should take sideways shots with the volume facing the ground?

Yup, volume buttons down always. 

[Wallee]

Volume is on the side so I should take sideways shots with the volume facing the ground?

Yup, volume buttons down always.

Note taken!  ;D

[Wallee]

ok..... Planning on upgrading or at least talked to woodmizer today and will be discussing possibilities here soon. Someone more knowledgeable than me on these mills fill me in. Lt35hd vs. lt40hd. What are the hard fact differences between the two? I watched the videos on both and seems like the both are really similar. One difference I seen was the 40 came with the g26 kohler vs the 35 had a g25 kohler. 40 has more options you can add like control station options such as walk along or stationary and the 35 doesn't offer that. The 40 is 9000$ more..... IS it worth that?

[4x4American]

40 has a bigger throat I believe.  Also, look at the mast on the 35 vs the 40.  The 35 has one upright in the center and the 40 has two uprights.  The number on the mill actually denotes how many women you can bring to your millyard with the mill on a yearly basis.  So that alone says the 40 is worth it.  lol

[Wallee]

40 has a bigger throat I believe.  Also, look at the mast on the 35 vs the 40.  The 35 has one upright in the center and the 40 has two uprights.  The number on the mill actually denotes how many women you can bring to your millyard with the mill on a yearly basis.  So that alone says the 40 is worth it.  lol

that last part ahahahahah.

[Verticaltrx]

You've got  a good thing going right now, don't burden yourself with a mountain of debt.

Look at increasing profits instead of production.

[paul case]

I started out with a manual mill. I was to the point to quit all together because of the turning factor and clamping. I even added a pineywoods turner and clamp to my mill to ease the burden some. I was able to find a older LT40 for a reasonable price and bought it. That helped. I have actually picked up another one and my son now runs one with me. We still only run about 3k ft a day with 2 mills but it is much easier on my body.

Don't get hasty here. It is a place where you could run a muck with too much debt and not enough income. I remember 2009.

BTW where do you sell ties at that will take 30? I have to saw a semi load or at least 20 in a bundle.

pc

[Wallee]

I started out with a manual mill. I was to the point to quit all together because of the turning factor and clamping. I even added a pineywoods turner and clamp to my mill to ease the burden some. I was able to find a older LT40 for a reasonable price and bought it. That helped. I have actually picked up another one and my son now runs one with me. We still only run about 3k ft a day with 2 mills but it is much easier on my body.

Don't get hasty here. It is a place where you could run a muck with too much debt and not enough income. I remember 2009.

BTW where do you sell ties at that will take 30? I have to saw a semi load or at least 20 in a bundle.

pc

North American tie, my grandfather sold to the buyer under another company years ago. He told me he would buy 6 or 600 to just drop them off! I have delivered as little as 5 and as many as one bundle so far. Got my check a week later each time.  8)

[Wallee]

31 ties loaded and headed out in the morning!