What? No bandsaw milling threads?

[Sawdust Man]

only the 2x4s. Didn’t Have the mill when I started the framing.

I helped my father in law saw some wood today. he was pushing that mill so fast he made the blade stop and the belt slip.
It’s his mill so I didn’t know how to tell him, but the second time he made the belt slip I’m like hey you got to slow down….

Gotta let it cut.....I listen to the blade and the engine to keep it in the sweet spot.



In other news, we cut a bit of dinky cedar yesterday.

 

[Fleethirte]

Poor guy said he needed a bigger engine…..

 

[Sawdust Man]

Poor guy said he needed a bigger engine…..

Guys always want more power!
Mine is 25 and I wish it was 35.....or 45.....or.....

 

[Fleethirte]

Tool time…… lol

 

[Sawdust Man]

Tool time…… lol

What type of wood and size were you milling today?

 

[Fleethirte]

Only did pine.
i had a fresh cut log 15 inches wide and 10
feet long.

my father in law had some older pine logs I cut down about a year ago. they were a little smaller but same length.

 

[Sawdust Man]

Sawed up a bunch of cedar today.
I sure prefer cutting this stuff over oak.....it just saws so nicely.

 

[Fleethirte]

I’m envious, I have no cedar on my property that’s is large enough to mill.

 

[JIMG]

Guys always want more power!

My mill is only 10 horse electric motor and it's hard to stall with a sharp band on it. I rarely wish for more power. It is only a hobby push mill, though. Might be a different story if I was trying to earn my living with a mill.
I do believe electric also has a certain power band that is wider than a gas engine.

 

[Sawdust Man]

My mill is only 10 horse electric motor and it's hard to stall with a sharp band on it. I rarely wish for more power. It is only a hobby push mill, though. Might be a different story if I was trying to earn my living with a mill.
I do believe electric also has a certain power band that is wider than a gas engine.

Trying to earn a living with a mill is a whole different ballgame, believe me.....it's never big enough or fast enough.

I believe a 10hp electric motor would perform about like a 20 hp gas engine, so that would be pretty good for a manual push mill.

I'd love to go electric, but I have to be portable so that's not an option.

 

[Sawdust Man]

I’m envious, I have no cedar on my property that’s is large enough to mill.

Cedar is the one thing that grows really well around here.
These logs were dropped off by a customer for milling.

 

[Fleethirte]

milling a slab today!
my youngest sons first legitament word was chainsaw.

 

[Fleethirte]

 

[Crzybowhntr]

Does anyone have knowledge of these mills? To me, they seem underwhelming but I've never seen one in person.

https://mechmaxx.com/products/indus...lyl5RtJVtJmNhCpv-qG5ylWnNar23XPxoCWbsQAvD_BwE

 

[JIMG]

First time milling white pine.
Without a lube system everything gums up very quickly. I think I will stick with hemlock until I get the lube setup made.

 

[Sawdust Man]

First time milling white pine.
Without a lube system everything gums up very quickly. I think I will stick with hemlock until I get the lube setup made.



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Pine is very goopy.
I run about 1/4 cup of powdered laundry soap to 5 gallons of water anytime I'm sawing pine, & it really helps to cut the pitch.
Diesel also works very well, I keep a spray bottle of diesel handy and blast the blade if it gets too bad.

 

[Fleethirte]

Does anyone have knowledge of these mills? To me, they seem underwhelming but I've never seen one in person.

https://mechmaxx.com/products/indus...lyl5RtJVtJmNhCpv-qG5ylWnNar23XPxoCWbsQAvD_BwE

Looks like a copy
of the Woodland Mills.

 

[Sawdust Man]

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milling a slab today!
my youngest sons first legitament word was chainsaw.

That's a nice chunk of wood! what is it?
I'm needing to get a chainsaw mill setup for oversized logs, I keep getting requests to slab out 4' & 5' logs.
Back in the late 80s my older brothers and I milled all the lumber for a 1,100 sq ft house with a csm....that's a ton of work.

 

[Fleethirte]

It’s a big old poplar tree. I think it’s 50 inches at the widest. almost 8 a half feet long.

 

[Fleethirte]

Made a dinner table out of the first slab