milling thread

[davidwyby]

Snowmobile riders have heated jumpsuits. I might could tolerate that 😁

 

[Raj]

Well, I bought my 18" Bozeman on sale, putting it to use till the 31" goes on sale. A customer of mine that I did a lot of milling for bought a new bandsaw mill at an auction and found out moving logs is a chore. I borrowed my brother's trailer and left the mill at his house since my gate was frozen and snow piled and he hardly uses his trailer. Well he needed the trailer, I dug out my gate and dragged the mill to my back yard. 31" cut, 14hp Kohler with electric start.

 

[Raj]

 

[stikine]

Hell of a lot better than chainsaw milling.

 

[Raj]

Hell of a lot better than chainsaw milling.

I still like the chainsaw milling because I don't have a way to move heavy logs from customer's yards, yet....

Milled up some oak for a prying rack, one of my friends laser cut a 3/16 plate to back up the oak.

 

[SeanKroll]

Peter, how about rollers (round fence posts/ peeler cores) or skid logs for moving big logs with a redirects from your pulling power (truck?)? I've moved a roughly (green log weight estimated) 2000 pound log with a 2800 pound machine by using skid logs.

When logs are rounds, they can be wrapped with a winch cable to roll them. Roll them into a balance- point pivot (chunk of wood) to pivot/ rotate to adjust the rolling path/ turn a corner.

 

[Raj]

Made this with some scrap steel I had laying around doing nothing. A real trailer axle. 28" cap to cap. I'm working on a wider one, tandem axles.

 

[SeanKroll]

How will tandems turn?
Dually?

 

[Raj]

How will tandems turn?
Dually?

I hope it will turn ok. Not dually, two axles.

 

[SeanKroll]

A long branch/ thin log can be placed under the log (if strapped to the cart) to use as a class 2 lever to shove the whole front end of the log and cart sideways.

 

[Raj]

I'm getting a bit overwhelmed, I don't have a good log moving system in place yet, and I'm having logs dumped in my driveway. If I can get the log up and onto my cart then I have a chance. If the logs get dropped off and I can open my gate I have an I beam to unload them. Next project is a log arch.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Questions on milling sycamore.
Cure log then mill? Or mill stack and sticker?
Thinking of planks 3" by 8" By log length for gun stocks or?
Thoughts?

 

[Dave Shepard]

I've quarter sawn sycamore. The flat sawn boards are firewood. Saw fresh.

 

[Raj]

Some 26" wide walnut dropped off. I need to seriously reexamine what I am doing, still have not got the spruce milled up. This is my driveway and the mill is at the back. My gate is open.

 

[Burnham]

It sure looks like you need a machine to move the wood about. Plus, a lot more room. But I figure I'm not saying anything you have not said to yourself.

 

[stikine]

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Some 26" wide walnut dropped off. I need to seriously reexamine what I am doing, still have not got the spruce milled up. This is my driveway and the mill is at the back. My gate is open.

Are the neighbors pissed yet?

 

[Raj]

Are the neighbors pissed yet?

Hotel two doors away burnt down, house next door is Chinese owned and was over filled with Chinese students, behind me the dogs can jump into my yard from the piles of dog shit, other house old lady has a son with a Harley, over a bit house with adult son with quads, Colborne st is a main drag, lots of sirens. No complaints. Lulz!

 

[SeanKroll]

Do you have a log handling plan/ ideas?

 

[Raj]

It sure looks like you need a machine to move the wood about. Plus, a lot more room. But I figure I'm not saying anything you have not said to yourself.

I'm working on it, slowly, but steady.

 

[Raj]

Do you have a log handling plan/ ideas?

If I can get them under my I beam, I'm fine. Log arch is the next project, and a winch to pull logs on the cart to the mill.

 

[SeanKroll]

Rollers/skid logs under logs make easier work.

A pivot chunk of wood under the COG makes an easy spinner if you want the ends swapped.