Rec’d my “Boom” signed plaque today. Very nice Mark. Both my wife and I have relatives in W Pa, Cambridge Springs, Meadville, McKeesport, Pittsburgh and Johnstown. Thanks again, Richard Bullard Taylors SC
I had to sell my sawmill after my stroke. So I enjoy the watching your automated mill in action. I was a mason for about 15 years so I admire Eddie stacking lumber after a day of laying block. I learn from you Mark and would like to saw again but its not likely. I saw vicariously as I watch you guys.
Hello Mark, and T.H.E. Eddie, great content guys, it’s greatly appreciated. It’s great that you use mostly salvage logs, there is so much waste nowadays with our throwaway attitude. My grandfather bought a 40acre chuck of timbered land, and between 1966 when he bought it, and today
Always love the smell of cutting green lumber ,Cheers from an old carpenter from Maple Ridge British Columbia Canada, As we say up here ,,,,,be calm , ,,be kind ,,,,,, be safe !
I milled spruce on my band mill and it was a breeze; but fuzzy. Lots of pitch pockets, mostly small. Awesome to hear that you reclaim otherwise unwanted timber! I envy you guys!
I recommend a visit to a junkyard looking for a hot water heater to replace the electric heater in the sawyers cab. I I used to drive a 10 wheel dump truck and it warmed up quickly once I started driving. The heater core from a Mack truck is rated at 44000 btu's and way before the engine is fully warmed up it should throw plenty of heat. 3/4 inch hose is all you need. Food for thought.
hi there looking good as always . when i hit a sap pocket like that i try to save the sap real good belt dressing . eddy needs a roof . take care of him he's priceless
Thanks, Guys and yall did a FINE job as usual! I can't remember sawing spruce here. Oak, maple, poplar, hemlock and white pine but no spruce BUT I can't remember it and there's a LOT that I can't remember. Get ready for the big blow and it might be almost as interesting as the hot air out of D,C. And I bet that whatever that clearing is on the far ridge gets some SWEET bus motor music! Yall be calm and GBWYall!
congrats to the two of you on all your subscribers.do ya'll know if gmc used to put bus engines in their diesel trucks?when the blade is not engaged your engine sounds just like the gmc tractor trailers back in the 50's as well as the greyhound buses.
Great video as per usual i hate to say it but fall/winter will soon be here the building needs finishing to protect Ed again thanks from this side of the pond
Great video is always mark! What has been the biggest log that you’ve had on the mill so far? Nothing goes to waste from the lumber to the sawdust to the slabs it all gets used!
Enjoyed the video Mark but I am glad not to be dealing with that nasty sticky pitch!! That is something to be avoided if at all possible but some times you just have to do what ya gotta do.
An enjoyable video once again guys. I assume, Mark, that you are a trained and long experienced sawyer. Was Eddie ever trained as a sawyer and, if so, does he ever operate the milling operation? Take care both, and stay safe! Stan
Been watching a lot of your video's. Not sure what it says about me for just watching wood being sawn hour after hour. However, one thing I haven't come across is the capacity of the mill. What length and diameter of logs can you handle?
Whoops hit send too soon! As of today that property has been selective logged four times and the trees that are still there are now too large to be of interest to the modern scragg/ chipping saw mills in use up here today! Many of the Douglas fir are 24” and larger, with plenty of large lodge pole pine also. Clear cut logging is such an ugly way to harvest timber! Just some thoughts from the great white north. Mel from Quesnel
Have you thought about adding a chipper for scraps coming off line. Tying it into your sawdust collector, be alot less carrying of waste back a fourth . (Just a suggestion) ... peace ... TL.
You would need a small pump, tubing, one or two misters to spray water on one or both sides of the blade, a tank to hold liquid. I will try to investigate and get back to you
McMaster Carr has some systems. Looks like it needs a compressed air source. I don't know your finances, so maybe just taking a brake occasionally or getting a fan to blow air across the blade may work as well. And if you direct it towards Eddie, it might cool him off too.
William, usually a circle saw doesn’t need coolant. They only run a few degrees above ambient. Sometimes with internal stresses in the log, there could be some pinch against the blade that causes it to heat. Heat is quickly driven away from the blade by centrifugal force. Putting coolant on a circle saw would Just be masking another issue.
A sap pocket you said Sir, that "pocket" was border line olympic swimming pool. Mercy. I love working white pine,,, definite character in the grain and knot surrounds. Not a fan of spruce have no use for fir at all.
mark galicic Thanks. I live about 30 minutes west of New Orleans. We did get some thunder storms from her outer bands, but no damage. The thunder storms were no different than our normal thunder storms that are forecasted nearly everyday during the warmer months. The highest wind gust were around 25 to 30 MPH.
It sounds like that guy is cutting through gumbo gumball does that when you go to split it for firewood it doesn't pop like oak and pine and Birch it rips apart
