These are not mistakes to be avoided, they are sign offs in your apprenticeship book and required to be completed before advancing in status. Congratulations!
And Bad Things will happen. :) Why not weld up a sawdust carrying jobby to go on your forks? Half a heating oil tank, some channel on the bottom to take the forks and a securing chain on some pins on the back and you're good. Can be pretty frail if you're hand shovelling and tipping out and not trying to use it as a scoop, but you'll be able to get a lot of sawdust in it. And spend a lot less time barrowing sawdust about.
Btw, I described you as a mixture of the Red Green show plus Bob Ross plus chainsaws and saw mills and yard equipment plus lots of sarcasm and dad jokes. How do you feel about that description? :)
Good to see you don't mind owning your errors. I've done most of what you've experienced, except for lowering and raising the power head. I had a Lumbermate 2000. I enjoy watching your vids and your sense of humor. I only came across your channel a few months ago.
I never was one for safety features but I would preach to my employees awareness...I would tell them no matter what safety precautions ya take if you work with power tools long enough they will byte you at some time... one employee used to say only a fool would make a mistake cutting them selfs with a power tool...3 days later he became one of them fools and cut 2 fingers off....we all make mistakes....I've never cut my backstops I've never walked a blade off and I've never had the saw drop...on that note I do have a bridge for sale in NY city....Editing is coming together good...cheers
I think it's safe to say at least 95 percent of us think we will never hit the log dawg, and then it happens, and I have definitely learned the hard way about pulling back while the blade is running, thanks for sharing your mistakes and experiences.
The sound of the blade on the log stop mostly hurts the soul. And it is not getting better the more often you hear it. Oh and the sparks like little stars dying...
That’s what thing I hate about milling, getting rid of the Saw dust. That’s the worst thing to get rid of, can’t even give it away … 😂 well let me see , I’m trying to figure which person I am ??? Ok I figured it out !! Yep I’m one of them … done that been there and believe me my mill has also the scares to prove it… lol yea and don’t you just love it when you hit something and your first reaction is to instantly pull back on the saw … yep now you went and done it , the blades off now and if it didn’t get damaged to much by hitting something you sure did just made sure it got damaged . Now blade damaged and stuck in the log and off the band wheels … 😂 Nope Nope Nope ain’t never done that 😂😂😂
Well done, sir, on how NOT to do some things. Had me chuckling from start to finish. I run a 5hp 220v Timbery M100 mill, fairly comparable to your LT15 and while my 'stops are a different design, they still, at times stand a bit too proud... Well, they used to. I too belong to the 'former' category. Gave you the "old likeroo" as Sandy, (Sawing with Sandy) would say. Stay warm and dry; still chuckling a bit north of you in Linn County.
1. Less talk + more shovel= less sawdust faster. 2. Honest answer to your question; I have never made a mistake. Honest (see #3) 3. Please vote for me in the coming election. I promise to increase spending while lowering taxes. I can't explain how I can do it to the lay person; just trust me. Vote For Dave I really enjoyed your video. Somehow I feel less stupid; not a LOT less though. Dave
You should have ran in the last election Dave. That’s the kind of campaign promises voters seem to want to hear and they fall for. I didn’t mention in that video how I have messed up with my toe boards. Erik has been doing such a great job with that, I didn’t want to intrude into his expertise. Thanks Dave
Fun video! We ended up getting some additional log stop rollers and moved the old chewed up ones down to the end of the bed so the new ones could have a chance to be eaten. 🤣
An additional note; I've always found it's easier to learn from another's mistakes, rather than from one's own. (And often less expensive, as well...) Awaiting the next installment up in Linn County.
Yes, learning from other people’s mistakes is something I have always tried to do. But for some reason, in this case, I got the best of both worlds. I learned from other peoples mistakes, but still did them myself too. I’m glad to hear you’re still watching up there in Linn County.
As a landowner, when you’re cutting down trees, what do you do when the one you’re cutting down leans against another and doesn’t fall all the way. Thats a really dangerous situation to be in.
Yes, that can be a dangerous situation. If it’s not hung up too bad, sometimes I can twist it out with a peavy. That is if it is already cut off the stump. Most of the time I can’t, so I put a line on it and pull it out with equipment. I will probably do a video about it one day when I get one stuck again.
Thanks J. C. That is probably a good idea but I’ll have to raise the mill up a higher off the ground for that to work. Maybe when I eventually put the mill where I eventually want to put it.
