Yessss! I loved watching that log roll effortlessly onto the mill... exactly the way I had it in mind. I'll pass this video on to Norwood. As for the stripped bolt, I had exactly the same problem. I tapped out the threads in the bracket to 7/16", and used a grade 5 bolt. By carefully grinding the sides of the bolt head, I reduced it down to where a 9/16" wrench fits it. So far, it works, but if that fails, I'll tack weld a 7/16 nut to the bracket to give it more threads to grip. Stay safe and keep making sawdust.
Sounds great Dave. I did have to modify it one bit because when I was making a cut at 1" depth from the bunk beds, the sawdust shoot hit the 2 X 6 and I had to cut off the corners of them. We will send you a picture of the final piece. Thanks for the insight!!!
I see from the video that you have added a third log stop on the sawdust side. Do you have that plumbed in? Didn't see it moving. We just got a 36 with hydraulics. Saw the blocks you added to the shiny pieces to not have the log stops stop the log from going on the bunks. We will copy your idea. thinking about putting the manual stops and dogs on for that oddball log. Thanks for sharing.
Unfortunately we do not have that 3rd log stop hooked up to hydraulics. They accidentally sent us that one and we thought it came with the system. I think there can be a way to hook it up with a little engineering but we haven.t. I like the manual one idea and thought about putting it on. But we have to get an extension to 20 foot and will have to put the manual one on then. We even have a problem with the two stops moving at the same time. Haven't be able to get them to move with the same consistency. Any ways long message, sorry about that, but appreciate the comment and support. Many Blessings!
Hey Tom, good to hear from you. Just saw your comment. I still learning myself around this channel. Glad to see you are in Arkansas. Dave is a really great guy. Blessings!!
Yeh, we're getting quite a Norwood community here in the Ozarks. There's also a mill over by Mountain Home, MO, one near Fayetteville, AR, and one near Stillwater, OK (check out the "Keeping it Dutch" channel). Looks like your mill will be here this coming week!
I notice the rails on the Norwood are surprisingly thin, compared to other sawmills. How durable are the rails the logs sit in while you mill. Seems they would get bent up pretty easily….I’m curious, I like the mill and am looking for a mill
The logs bunks are unusually thin but definately are holding up to the task. No dents and I have had some heavy oak logs on it. The rails that the saw mill rides on works fine and are holding up too. Thanks for the comment.
Good morning Sir, I have the hd36v2 and was wondering how much wood do you saw before changing out the blade, and do you sharpen or buy new blades? Thanks for sharing God bless you and yours.
Hey thanks for the comment and the blessing! After about 3 decent size logs it is getting to the point, or lack there of to get a new blade. As of now all we have used was Norwood's blades for we had 21 come with the whole package and still have the new blades in the bunch. We have been spending a lot of time building the kiln lately and other things. We did buy a sharpener but haven't had to use it yet but it is getting time. I think we can get about two sharpening's (hopefully) before we need to reset the blade. We have not got one of those yet. So we will sharpen the blades before we buy new ones. When we buy new ones it wont be Norwood's blades but we are going to search for better blade production. Thanks again!!!
@@OzarkSawmillServices thanks for the reply. I’m cutting mostly pine, I was the bark really good and get 3 logs, well depends on how many cuts through the bark and if making 2x4s. I’m thinking to by the grindlux4000 from woodland mills and their setter. Like you I ordered 2 boxes. I’ve hit meter with one and ran one too long and it broke. Now I try to pull them off when they still feel sharp so I won’t have to grind too much to get them ready to cut. I really love the saw mill!!! I’ve wanted one since high school, after going to a production mill in Northern California. Do you sell slabs and lumber much? I’m hoping to make a few bucks to offset the Biden economy? Diesel here in Kaliforniastan is 6.59 a gallon. Insane the cost of everything. Thanks again buddy.
Yes if processed appropriately and in the right quantity. We put it in our cold and flu teas and other use it to make root beer, which is where root beer came from. In these situations it is in a mixture of other herbs and ingredient. As you have stated with the question of things being safe, it definitely is necessary to research and educate oneself before harvesting and using. Thanks!
