New toy

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I got this the other day. Figured it would be a decent starter mill.

 

[lxskllr]

I guess that rides on rails? Are they included, or do you provide them?

 

[SkwerI]

Cool!

 

[flushcut]

Sweet! We need pics.

 

[Jomo]

My full skip chisel chain's made by Woodland, could be the same company. Regardless, I love their product.

Jomo

 

[SeanKroll]

Great!

 

[FireFighterZero]

Fugging jealous here!

 

[Pelorus]

I use a cordless dremel with a small grinding stone (catalog # 932) to touch up teeth on my mill.
Takes less time than dismounting / remounting and adjusting tension on a new blade.
A buddy of mine spent about 1K on a bandsaw blade sharpener and he says it is a piece of junk.

 

[Pelorus]

It is quite addictive and I think you will enjoy it, Jim.
Bit of a learning curve, lol

 

[Dave Shepard]

A lot of those mills out there. Being able to save the nice chunks of wood will be great. You'll have your garage full in no time.

 

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It is quite addictive and I think you will enjoy it, Jim.
Bit of a learning curve, lolView attachment 117433

I’m sure there is a lot to learn. That’s part of the reason I got it now. I’ll get plenty of use out of it just for my own projects around the house but the intention is to make money with it.

 

[Page]

I guess that rides on rails? Are they included, or do you provide them?

I got 3 sets of rails 6.5’ each

 

[Page]

Sweet! We need pics.

More pics to come. Still assembling

 

[Jomo]

Warping of milled boards is a problem.

Which I think can ba minimalized by screened lateral drying racks that absorb the weight of gravity by the square inch.

Just my opinion mind you......

Jomo

 

[cory]

Awesome purchase, good luck with it!

My boss had a Wood Mizer in the early 80s, I used it a lot and twas all good until you hit a nail then waaa, saw no cut straight!

 

[treebilly]

Congratulations Mike. I want a mill but I have enough to do for now. Don’t need to create more work for myself at this time. I just have a friend mill up logs every now and then. I’ve got about 4000 board foot of various species and size. It’ll be good and dry by the time I get to using it.

 

[vharrison]

Fun, can’t wait to see your first finished project. Have any idea what you want to make first?

 

[gf beranek]

It's wide open.

 

[lumberjack]

Funny, I’m thinking about getting a sawmill also…. We might have to start a new sub forum 😂

 

[SeanKroll]

Ding
Ding
Ding

 

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Got the rails together today. Next is racking and leveling. Gonna move it onto the 6x6’s as well to make it easier to clean under. This part had to be done outside where the mill was going. It was a pretty cold day. Tools would freeze to the ground in about 5 or 6 minutes. I wish I had down time in the summer. 🤣

 

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Maybe this should be in a new thread but one of the plans I have for this mill is to make all the boards for the deck behind my house. One thing I’m concerned about is how to properly preserve everything. I’m thinking of scorching the logs and oiling them. Does anyone have experience with this? I’ve seen a bunch of videos but since it’s a trend amongst certain demographics it’s hard to know if their technique is correct or mostly just for looks. Obviously people have built with green wood for a long time, I just wanna make sure I don’t waste a lot of time building something that won’t last.

 

[lxskllr]

I'm interested in this also. I'd like to learn some techniques for hazardous chemical free wood preservation.

 

[Cobleskill]

Find some black locust and you should be good for a long time. Osage orange would be better if you could ever find straight enough logs.

 

[SkwerI]

Have you ever been to www.forestryforum.com? Lots of mill owners on there with several sections devoted to milling.