Maximizing lumber production on a Wood Mizer LT15 sawmill. Fall Line Ridge, pine, trees, chicken coop, homesteading, homestead, DIY, forestry, logs, mill.
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As you know, any log can be cut in a number of ways. If you like a method and find it suits you, that’s a fine way to cut. However, in general, a square cant defined by the small end of a straight log will maximize production, and jacking a tapered log to get a horizontal pith will maximize quality of the lumber. Eg, in the case of that tapered log with the 12 inch small end, a square 8x8 with 4 tapered two inch slabs should yield 5 2x6s and a 2x2 from the cant and four waned (shorter if you choose to cut off waned ends) 2x6s from the slabs removed while making the cant. That’s 9 2x6s and a 2x2. But that results in two boards having the soft pith on their surfaces. A 10x6 cant allows cutting the 2x material with the pith within the center 2x. The cant will still make 5 2x6s, but you’ll likely only get two quality 2x6s from the slabs removed while creating the cant. Maximizing production includes considering “production of what?” and whether manipulating the log for improving quality reduces productivity. Your approach is efficient for dealing with the slabs and reduces handling them. It sure deserves consideration in some cases. I like the way you present your projects in your videos.
There isn't a sawyer out there that hasn't hit a roller, if there is your turn is just a few logs away! I was surprised you were able to continue with the same blade. The grapple is nice for the yard but watching you around the mill and grabbing the cut boards off is difficult. I'm cutting larger logs, sometimes 24" plus and the cants are very large, you have to remove one to cut the other. I have a similar tractor but with forks and it's easy to load and unload the mill. Also using pallets to move around and sticker the cut boards is time saving. I like the trick of standing the board and cutting the wayne against the cant, learn something most times I watch you.
Your videos are so interesting & enjoyable!! And, you move your camera for so many different angles!! Great job! Can't wait to see the coop. We spent most of the day at our son's helping cut grass, play with Grands, & repair a couple of boards on his chicken coop. Great day - just very hot!! Thanks for another great video. God bless you and your family!!
Nice job. You always make milling look so easy. Inspires me to get back out on my mill. Having yours under cover now is real nice too. I bet you're loving that. I'll eventually get there, but until then, I''ll keep living vicariously through your videos. Keep up the great work.
I enjoy your videos and have learned quit bit from them, I have a Timbery M100 made by WoodMizer. I put a 3'X2' chalkboard in my saw shed I copy my cut list to it as I cut what I need and mark it off.
Incredible, the details in 4K are incredible! Outstanding to see this huge walnut log converted into high-quality timber with such accuracy. Awesome craftsmanship!
I like your different way of edging the boards during production. Looks like it helps shorten cutting times, I’m going to use that one. There is 1 advantage I found from edging my boards later and that it helps me get more cuts per blade. I use my blades until my regular cuts are not possible and then later on after I’ve built up my cuts that need edging pile I take my duller blade and us it again to edge my boards. It’s less work for the dull blade and I get a bit more life out of the blades before I need too get them resharpened. 🤷♂️
I don't exactly follow all the terms used in milling. Not to mention how the heck you got extra 2x6 out of those two extra pieces. Probably something I'd have to get instructed on but I'm sure I'd get it. Now just to talk the wife into maybe getting one within the next year.
Enjoyed your video. I noticed the sign Taylor made club I know a man whose business name was taylor made wondered if there is a connection. Thanks for the good videos
I believe you'll be fine using green lumber for the coop. Yeah, it'll shrink some, but even dried lumber shrinks. Doesn't matter. You can go to Lowe's or Home Depot and buy kiln dried lumber and in time it shrinks too.
I like your videos and look forward to seeing them! I'm wanting a sawmill so bad. but of course I't's hard for me! Those hogs are growing and some good food there. Hope you have a nice week ahead!
Doing a great job by make things that you need out of the tree's right off of your land and that is what I want to do when the time is right for me to buy the land that I want ..... what state are you in that let's you do that ??
I hope the Taylor Made People dont come after you, who knows maybe you will get a sponsor! Sawmilling and golf, its an odd combination, but you can make it work Im sure.
Excellent! I learned something new and interesting. The way you handle those massive logs is impressive. The footage is crystal clear. I can't wait for the next video. Continue sharing these fantastic videos!
I like the way you edged the flitches while processing the main cant. My only suggestion for improvement using your method is to open that second face at 8" (+ a kerf) above the deck. This would leave you the same 6" cant and your 2x6 out of that flitch will have less wane. It would also eliminate the cut that sized your cant. Hope you don't trash your mill with that brush grapple.
Thanks for the video. I've been milling for about two months now with a WM HM126. Besides the fact that it is interesting, technically challenging, and sometimes a good workout, I think it's just plain fun. And my grandson, 7, really likes running the mill. Thanks from Western WA. Bruce
Homemade carpenter bee traps work really good at reducing the bee population. You may want to consider using your "nasty" mixture to paint the exposed wood in your shed. While the bees have no problem with store bought treated lumber, they will not like your homemade treatment. Oh, as long as the oil is filtered to remove particles prior to mixing with the fuel, the mixture can be applied with a brush or a commercial hand pump sprayer (which is a lot easier and faster. Good luck with the carpenter bees, I have been fighting them for years. Between the bees and woodpeckers my deck has been destroyed.
Nice job on that overhead roof, something I need to get up over mine. Here in the Missouri ozarks I build everything out of eastern red cedar, prefer it green when building.
انا احب جداً جداً جداً اتفرج في مقاطعك لانها تعجبني ولاكن لا افهم ما تقول كثيرا ولاكني احاول اقرا الترجمه علاماتي في الانجليزيه جيده وليست ممتازه شكراً جزيلا على ما تقدمة انت تستاهل like 👍 😊
Save your oil when you change oil on your equipment and stand posts in the bucket to treat them for when you need to bury them in the ground. Let the oil dry before you use them.
Another great video, Wes! I continue to take notes when you are saw milling! I had to chuckle when you were chasing the carpenter bee around. I know they are not aggressive, but I'm sitting here watching your video on my phone with my right hand looking like it belongs to Elmer Fudd after Bugs Bunny hit it with a hammer 🤣🤣🤣 Got multiple stings on the back of my right hand yesterday from wasps. It's about this time every year here in southeastern Pennsylvania that the stinging insects get super aggressive. Are you having that down your way? Take great care and God bless! 🙏
When you have logs that taper a lot do you ever jack up one end to get the centre of the log level with the bed or is that not really worth the hassle?
@@kennycolson4813 Yeah, I have a swatter .... only I don't discriminate in what I swat with it. lol I am an equal opportunity swatter. When he was a little guy, my son called it a "fly whipper".
Lucky I saw it coming and was sure you hit it! What blades are you running when you saw pine? You get nice straight cuts. The knotty stuff I saw gives me a hell of a hard time
fantastic idea using the cant as a wedge, I wish I would have thought about this last week....LOL. Have you considered placing your mill in through the other end, so it blown the sawdust on the outside "wall"? It is easier to clean up, and wont get on your other equipment, in your humidity, that sawust will attract moisture and eventual rust.
Lucky I saw it coming and was sure you hit it! What blades are you running when you saw pine? You get nice straight cuts. The knotty stuff I saw gives me a hell of a hard time
My heart stopped as you came closer to your dog whew 😅 bit scary glad you caught it. I'd sure hate to see what happens when you do. As always good luck and God Bless.
I see the sawdust going into the middle of the shed from the sawmill. Is there a reason not to turn the mill around so that the sawdust goes outside? It may be that there is a reason not to load and unload from the other side. I am particularly interested because my LT 15W is supposed to arrive in about a month (after 1 1/2 years of waiting) and if I put it in the mill shed the way I want it, it would load and unload from the opposite side; the side the sawdust comes out. I'll use the tractor and grapple to load/unload, just as you do. If I turn it the other way, it will shoot the sawdust into my equipment barn.
The mill is designed for logs to be loaded opposite from the direction the sawdust exits; even if it doesn't include a hydraulic loading system, the log stops being on one side requires loading logs from the opposite side to minimize the chance of the log rolling off during loading.
After cutting 2 slabs off a log you are left with a cant ( is that the right term?) , with 2 flat sides and 2 with bark > Does it make a difference which side you cut next, and if so , how do you make that decision?
It’s nice to see that your mill is under roof and not as susceptible to rain and possibly snow. Thanks for sharing this video of your journey. Wishing you and your family a blessed week, gentle weather and restful evenings. Peace brother.
I'm sure you answered this at least 17 dozen times, but why do you mill true dimensions instead of similar dimensions of a mill yard for more sticks? Thanks
a few more reasons to cut true dimensional. True 2x4, 2x6, 1x4, 1x6.. etc... Are much stronger than store bought even after they dry and shrink. Also when building adding and subtracting you use full numbers not.... and a 1/2 (some won't understand) a store bought 2x4 is 1-1-1/2" x 3-1/2" 3rd reason, because "we can" with our own mill. just because we want to.
@@mcpiddler1135 I never got notification of your comment! I am in central Florida. There is a new mill really close to me. I intend to go see them between Thanksgiving and Christmas.