Sharing the love of trees and their use; including harvesting, milling and using the finished product to build something useful. I hope I can pass along some of my limited knowledge to others.
We're located in Parish, New York where we have three fly seasons; black flies, deer flies and then snow flies.
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Nice cherry and you were on your "A" game with remembering to lower the toe board 😁 In the overhead shots it looks like your adjustable guide pulley is askew, is it just the camera angle?
Hobby Hardwood channel mentioned that his Woodmiser hydraulics are switch activated. If this is the same with yours it should be possible to add a switch to lower either or both toe boards whenever you raise the log turner (just like the back stops already do). If the toe boards are already down nothing will happen. Check with Woodmiser first though.
Dave nice boards out of that log. Too bad about metal hit, I know a guy with desetter but the expert way you approached that lag bolt I don't think it will do much good. Excellent video
I've been an expert sawyer several times myself. For the first time ever yesterday, we sawed right past a nail that neither one of us saw. When we went to edge the flitches on the mill, there it was, sticking right out of the side of one of the 1 1/8" boards, untouched. Perfect blade placement and expertise. :)
I always wondered what would happen if the blade was still lowering as it entered the log, now I know. Good realization and reaction time. Perhaps if you refined the technique you might have a new way to make chair rockers 😁 The controls insert screen is good, it would be fun to see on one of those logs/cants that isn't being cooperative.
Funny Dave! Jerry from Bigelow (sp?) Woodcraft recently put out a series of videos on his knee replacement surgery. It didn't sound as bad as I thought it would be.
Thanks Paul. Personally, I don't like Adirondack siding but many do. Are you going to the blade seminar at the Hannibal Wood-Mizer store this Saturday?
@@TheOldManAndTheSaw No I wish I could make it let me know if you pick up any good pointers. I'm in process of making a affordable jig to take set out of blades. Stay tuned
I would love to take those bug trail offcuts and lay them flat butted up side by side then encase them in a clear epoxy table, that would look soooo cool.
8:28 WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HARDWOOD AND OTHER WOODS? I WOOD ASSUME HARDWOODS RETAIN THE SIZE YOU CUT THEM WHILE SOFT WOODS ARE CHEWED/SAWED UP MORE SO PERHAPS YOU HAVE TO SET IT TO A BIGGER CUT JUST TO GET THE SAME END SIZE AS A HARDWOOD 😮
Actually, Sue, It's just the opposite. My Hardwood Quarterscale "marks" are 1/4" farther apart than the board thickness. A 4 quarter board (4/4) is 4 quarters of an inch; or 1" thick. Therefore the 4/4 marks are 1-1/4" apart. On the 5/4 scale ( 1-1/4" board thickness) the marks are 1-1/2" apart. The Standard Quarterscale (generally for softwoods) have the scale marks 1/8" farther apart; so the 4/4 scale marks are 1-1/8" apart. The main reason for the Hardwood scale being "thicker" is that hardwoods tend to shrink more as they dry and, therefore, need to be thicker when milled. I hope this is accurate and answers your question. Dave
One of my favorites too Dave. We just discovered another dead one and a second one that's half dead, so we'll get to mill some more. The "Big" one is still going though.
