This channel is about the the activities of the Forestry business Friday Creek Timber (website: fridaycreektimber.wixsite.com/hardwood). It also provides some insights into the lives of Glenn Bailey and his family. Friday Creek Timber is a sustainable forestry business that produces hardwood timber products from a native forest stand in northern NSW. We also provide practical forestry advice, expertise and services to the small scale tree grower. This channel aims to be mildly entertaining, insightful and, on occasion, useful. Enjoy!
Far out - Mr Independent. I think we should have travelled up to help. I totally get the scream….. it often echoes around the farm as strength-giving in those moments !
A good question, Tut. Turns out these articulated vehicles lose most of their steering capabilities when a front tyre blows. My attempts to get away from the swamp ended with me crabbing further into it. Several hours with a ute, ropes and a winch got the skidder into a position where I could get access to the tyre at all. The process would have made a good video, but I was a bit preoccupied at the time. Terrible is a relative term.
Very late to this video but about to buy a GT26 and start milling my own timber for a house build. Love your work, have watched all your videos. Question - how do you move the trees to the mill? Do you have any tips?
Hi B.Clare. Thanks for saying "Hello". I cut the tree to the desired length, and then drag logs to the mill using my 4WD (currently a Hilux ute), attached with a snigging chain. I set up the mill so it is down hill from where I cut the logs, as the logs are usually too heavy for the ute to drag uphill. I also have the ramps onto the mill on the uphill side, so as to reduce the slope I have to roll the logs up with the cant hook. All the best with your mill. I have had mine for about 5 years now, and it works well. Regards Glenn
Agree with that. They don't go with brute force methods. Like the difference between a Ripsaw you push and a fine tooth Japanese Pull Saw. "Horses for Courses". They are more of a Planer Blade, that was what I was after, because the left, neutral rake tooth and right sequence cuts 3mm kerf and needs another 3mm to Plans flat, expensive when Milling Cabinet Timber. Big but though, the precision requirements are much more finicky, expensive wood, expensive blade and more careful use of the Mill tables time. It is a Specialist's job. Cutting sappy wood means pouring the water on and dunno if the Tungsten Tip is worth risking , i didn't get to do that trial.
Not Baumer Ag it is in fact a fake German name or taken over German company name used by the Chinese to sound grandiose- it is pronounced Boymer - and the AG stands for Aktiengesellschaft - another name of LTD company. Germans use AG or GmbH like Pty ltd or Pvt ltd or just Ltd or LLC - there you go LOLLZZZ
MPC- macadamia processing company of alphadale NNSW? Editing too choppy mate- looks like trailers instead of the show. Informative otherwise thanks for that
You are making massive cuts which is placing load onto the blade. Pushing the Mill through the log is not the best idea. Control the feed, either manually or motorised, to get better cuts and longer lasting blades. A manual winder will get you started. You can always rig up a 12 volt motor connected to your feed mechanism.
Hi Richie. It varies a lot depending on the hardness of the timber, and how clean the logs are, and whether bark was removed (depending on time of year and weather, debarking can be very easy or almost impossible for me). So anything from a few hours to about 8 hours out of a new blade. I found that the bi-metal blades would get dull much more quickly after sharpening than when they were new. I suspect the heating of the tip by the electric sharpening disc may affect the heat treatment. Also, I am currently cutting some very dense and hard eucalypt timbers that are difficult to debark, and have pockets of dirt introduced via insects into the core of the logs. These are needing a lot more sharpening, sometimes after each log, so I have gone to tungsten tipped blades. Glenn
It is interesting how you rate the saws and costs of the Herd, I run Stihl saws and range from 20+ years old and still monsters, I reckon it is important as you say if you have started something, then you cannot be hung up in the middle with saws that can't or won't start. I also have a suggestion for you with your videos, Matey make them longer. So many people tell you to keep them to a minute, or 3 which is rubbish. If your intention is to just hopefully get someone to stop and watch something on Facebook then a teaser is ok, But 98 % of people watching from Utube these days are looking for the story so tons of clips just pisses them off and they don't then back your channel, I have been going through your videos and liking them and commenting as that helps to lift the interaction rating. Your videos are good, just short anyway stay safe and well and I look forward to hopefully hearing from you some time into the future. Cheers Garry
Where are you based out of? and you are no professional logger that is for sure because in their videos they never ever ever get a saw stuck, or at least you included the old yank job in your video? LOL Cheers from Garry
Thank Keith. I am not sure that it is useful knowledge for the 99.96491% of the population who have no intention of ever growing plantation timber. But for the rest, it is gold.
I can't believe that I'm the first comment on this! Tim sent me a link to your first "Solo Sawmiller" clip and I'm a fan!:) I've spent the past 35 years designing electronic instrumentation for research but I think I also want to be a solo sawmiller... Cheers, Keith. PS. Pretty sure the wife won't agree...
Sometimes one needs to keep these things a secret from ones wife until all is bought and paid for, Keith. Of course, that may go someway toward explaining my not having a wife these days. (On second thoughts, while there may be some handy tips on sawmilling and forestry here, please ignore any advice I might offer that pertains to female relationships). Sawmills are a heap of fun, and slightly addictive. My plan is to get back into it in earnest next year, if you want to have a go.
Hey Glen! Great video, I hope all is well with you. Quick question, do you put silicone under the tape? Or do you just put silicone over the tape on the seams? Thanks!
Hi Joseph. Removing the guides didn't affect the cut at all. In my experience, the straightness of the cut seems to be all about the sharpness of the blade, and to a lesser extent also having the set of the teeth right. If these are out, than your cut will be wavy, regardless of guides or not. If they are in order, then you tend to cut straight. Cheers, Glenn
The frame is a simple jig built by Hardwood Mills. The sharpener itself is a Yukon chainsaw sharpener. They work very well, and it takes about 15mins to setup a blade and sharpen it.
It's a good idea to measure the stroke and piston width when you get these China saws because the advertised cc is highly exaggerated. One that is advertised as 75cc was measured and was only 52cc. I bought a 68cc, going to measure it as soon as I get it.
I suppose you are right, Wasteland Man. But power did not seem to be the limitation that cropped up for me. It was starting at all. Or having a bar and chain that would not deliver. If these two factors were ok, I generally got my work done. If they were not, I was one frustrated bloke. The other thing about the Chinese saws is their high fuel consumption. You lose a lot of time in refueling. But the three saws I use all the time now are generally satisfactory, so I am pleased with my foray into the world of Chinese saws, and feel I am financially ahead, despite the 2:1 ratio of crappy saws vs good ones.
I know, right. As with all my videos, completely unplanned. Just a cheap chainsaw with a poor off/on switch. But the timing was beautiful. It was like they were in communication with each other.
Hi Glen im interested in the way you us your solar kilns ,how effective is it do you get much distortion in the timbers,how long does it take to dry your timbers. cheers Peter
I found my solar wraps were pretty effective at getting things very hot in summer, but inconsistent through winter. The timber condition was pretty good, and more a factor of my stacking than anything else, re quality. Drying times varied wildly depending on tree species, seasonal temp, timber thickness, and cutting style. I could get some one inch slabs down to equilibrium in two months. But now I have such a large stack of timber, I prefer to stack it more carefully in a shed and give it a year.
You don't show the logo at start cause people will believe it's click bate or that your logo is the whole video so but it at the end to indicate the end of video or put at start and play in with your sound track for less then 5 seconds
Thanks Jim. I have plenty of injuries, but none from that video. Most of my injuries are psychological, or a result of my cooking. I did scratch my wood floor during that shoot though. Glad you enjoyed it. Glenn
Thanks Steve. I am feeling battered and bruised and tired today. Hired a truck. Brought home my first truckload of timber. About three tonnes. Dropped some of it on my finger. Helped pull someones car out of a ravine too. And their rumpled and twisted old car was still drivable!? Looked like it had been taken from the top stack at the wreckers. Quite the weekend.
