Vic303 Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 Not sure where else to ask this on site, but do any of you own and operate a bandsaw sawmill? DH and I recently ordered one. Partly for our own use, as lumber is sky-high, and partly as a side gig, mostly for me... If you have one, is love to chat with you about it. 2 Quote Link to comment
Becca_Anne Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 No sawmill here but I can see the appeal! Quote Link to comment
Mother Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 None here either but I’ll look forward to your review of them. 1 Quote Link to comment
Vic303 Posted March 24, 2022 Author Share Posted March 24, 2022 We've been acquiring logs to mill once the mill arrives and we assemble it. Quote Link to comment
Vic303 Posted March 24, 2022 Author Share Posted March 24, 2022 One neighbor came by this afternoon, saying another neighbor had some big pines he wanted cut down and gone ... Word is getting around, and we haven't even received the sawmill delivery yet! Yikes! 6 Quote Link to comment
Vic303 Posted April 2, 2022 Author Share Posted April 2, 2022 It's on the Freight truck!! It should arrive Tuesday! Just in time for DHs birthday! More to figure out how to move 1700# of shipping crates from the road edge to the shop... Without a tractor! 1 1 Quote Link to comment
themartianchick Posted April 2, 2022 Share Posted April 2, 2022 Hmmm... Is there a neighbor who could help? A favor that you could call in? Quote Link to comment
Mother Posted April 2, 2022 Share Posted April 2, 2022 Strange as it sounds, jacks and poles. We’ve moved lots of things that way. Slow and primitive but effective where it is possible. It works especially well if the item is crated. Jack it up on one side, put poles under it and use a truck or car to pull it forward onto more poles. Continue to pull it forwards as the poles from the back are moved to the front. Good luck with it. 1 Quote Link to comment
Vic303 Posted April 3, 2022 Author Share Posted April 3, 2022 Sadly my driveway is gravel and I don't have enough poles. I have used that method for moving a safe over concrete though. Currently one of our neighbors with a big tractor said he could help us. 4 Quote Link to comment
Mother Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 Good neighbors are good. Let us know how it goes. 1 Quote Link to comment
Vic303 Posted April 18, 2022 Author Share Posted April 18, 2022 (edited) Our other neighbor came over with his tractor and set the sawmill head on the trailer a week ago or so. We ran the mill they some small cedar logs, and then put an oak log on. It was cutting fine until it jumped the blade off the wheels and got bent and jammed (aka ruined a blade). Took an hour or more to sort out how to fix that, put on another blade, and test it to see it it would seat. More adjustments followed. Friday DH and I took the trailer out to the log pile. We started again with bigger cedar logs, cutting stickers to rick up the planks we ended up cutting, because the cedar was gorgeous! DHs original plan was to cut stickers from all the cedar, but it was just too pretty! Mill ran great, though the blade did Nick a piece of metal, throwing off the set of the blade teeth slightly. The imperfections in the plank surfaces will plane out. Edited April 18, 2022 by Vic303 4 1 Quote Link to comment
Mother Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 Oh, Vic. Those are beautiful. You mill is similar to one my Dad used decades ago. I can imagine them made into all sorts of things. Fire place mantle comes to mind first. I know they would make closet linings but they are too pretty to hide away. A chest!! Quote Link to comment
Jeepers Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 That wood is absolutely beautiful! Sort of looks like s finely marbled slab of bacon. Quote Link to comment
Vic303 Posted April 18, 2022 Author Share Posted April 18, 2022 The really bright one looked like a port wine stain in the sun. 2 Quote Link to comment
Homesteader Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 Thanks for all the updates. We've been thinking about a sawmill since all the oaks are slowly dying from Oak Wilt. A retired forest ranger told us to just sell them or cut them down and mill them before they die. It seems there is no cure for Oak Wilt and it will eventually kill almost all the oaks in our country. 2 Quote Link to comment
Vic303 Posted April 20, 2022 Author Share Posted April 20, 2022 On 4/18/2022 at 9:28 AM, Homesteader said: Thanks for all the updates. We've been thinking about a sawmill since all the oaks are slowly dying from Oak Wilt. A retired forest ranger told us to just sell them or cut them down and mill them before they die. It seems there is no cure for Oak Wilt and it will eventually kill almost all the oaks in our country. You can slow the spread, and if caught early and have the$, there are antifungal treatments that could save the tree. If I can find it again, I just read an article on Oak Wilt in Texas, and I will post a link. Quote Link to comment
Vic303 Posted April 20, 2022 Author Share Posted April 20, 2022 Oak Wilt info and resources. https://texasoakwilt.org Quote Link to comment
Homesteader Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 Great article. Thanks! Quote Link to comment
Mt_Rider Posted April 24, 2022 Share Posted April 24, 2022 Hiya Vic!!! Good to see you here again! I'm finally home for a while....no tellin' what will happen next in our lives right now tho. Those cedar boards are BEAUTIFUL!!! .... Yeah, "bacon". Leave it to Jeepers! After watching so many Home Make-over shows at my mom's for 3 wks [we don't have TV] I can say there are many, many ways to use boards like that. Coffee tables. Accent wall siding. Shelves. MtRider .....y'all be REAL careful with that thing tho!!!! Power saws give me the willies! 2 Quote Link to comment
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