Iron.and.bark
Eats trees & drinks dinosaur juice
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how do you like the farmers m8?
I have the original M-8, and do find it truly portable, one person can move, my 15-yo Gson moved mine for me, and I easily haul the 16-ft version in the back of my small Nissan pickup; I bought the cross-beam for WWM this year, (to be able to do logs <8-ft) as I have much less need for boards Over 8-ft, much less 16-ft, LOL. Additionally, you can go Inverted for oversized logs, putting the mill on the log, instead of log on the mill (try doing THAT with a BSM . With my planer max at 12", most slabs will get ripped to width anyway.I really like it overall, but it is limited for want of a better term.
Firstly it is not really portable, irrespective what the sales spiel is.
Secondly I find it abit "flimsy", always worried about a log damaging it.
Thirdly the spacing between the log mounts. Does not support timber that is shorter than ~3 & 1/2 feet. Need to make a cradle for it.
Hower, on the good side. A finish that is better than my bandsaw. More than makes up for annoyances. The quality and dimensional accuracy is fantastic.
I will be adding a big mill basic soon. Will enable me to make lumber out of much bigger logs that the m8 could never support.
I have the original M-8, and do find it truly portable, one person can move, my 15-yo Gson moved mine for me, and I easily haul the 16-ft version in the back of my small Nissan pickup; I bought the cross-beam for WWM this year, (to be able to do logs <8-ft) as I have much less need for boards Over 8-ft, much less 16-ft, LOL. Additionally, you can go Inverted for oversized logs, putting the mill on the log, instead of log on the mill (try doing THAT with a BSM . With my planer max at 12", most slabs will get ripped to width anyway.
Isn't there an option to use two big mill pros together to do large scale slabs?