Milling BIG LOG BUTTS - Sawing Off A Log Stop AND Our 100th Timber Off The Cut List - Woodland Mills
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- čas přidán 4. 09. 2024
- In this video, Greg mills two big butts of logs and gets a great slab out of it, so great, Beth wants to keep it for a project! He also comes up with an idea to help support the hoist that he's been thinking about - this piece seems like it is the perfect size. He also mills the 100th timber on the cut list and it sure feels good to see this progress...oh, and yeah, the Ripper 37 IS very sharp - it sawed off a log stop!
Did you know we are building a barn out of wood that we are milling on our own sawmill?! If you haven't followed along with our BARN Build, make sure to check out that series in our playlists. We finished the slab this summer and are on a pause while we mill all of the lumber needed for the barn build. We have A LOT of milling in our future.
Here is the video where we share our barn plans. Our plans are from @BarnGeek We are excited to build one of his beautiful barns!
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***We are also so excited to have completed our sawmill cover enclosure (sawmill shed). Definitely check out our Sawmill Playlist to watch it all happen. We have shared the process of building our sawmill cover from the very beginning. We have a Woodland Mills HM130 Max sawmill and we live in North Idaho. The sawmill cover / sawmill shed is vital to continue milling for our barn build in the winter months, but it will also be a great way to keep out of the sun during the summer months, and of course all of the rain, in between!
Here is a link to the video that shares the sawmill cover / sawmill shed build from start to finish:
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Here are the specs on the sawmill cover / sawmill shed we built:
3 posts in the front
4 posts in the back
Overall dimensions are 15 feet wide by 36 feet long
Longest beam is 28 feet
Front part of the lean to roof is 11'9" and back is 8'
It will have a 3 :12 pitch
Posts and beams are going to be 7 1/2" x 7 1/2"
We have shared the entire build!
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Milling Big Log Butts - Sawing Off A Log Stop And Our 100th Timber - Woodland Mills
March 2024
There's a lot of milling in this video and that usually means a lot going on! Excited about the 100th timber, not excited about sawing a piece of the log stop off! Lesson learned, I think. Hope you enjoy this video! 😁
Howdy Gregg- congratulations on sawing 100 timbers! That’s a lot of sawing. I think everyone has or will hit a log shop and I’m guilty lol. That was an unusual timber you cut for the support post for the winch. It should be strong enough. Take care out there. God bless y’all
Hi, Paul, when you can make whatever timber you want- might as well go big. 🤣 Looking forward to updates from your projects! 😊
100!!! 🌲🪵 Woohoo! 🎉
Yes!!! We are very excited! And, are that much closer to being ready to start building! 😄
Good job on reaching number 100. You have gotten really good at centering the pith. I'm not convinced on the quarter turn method, but give it a couple more tries. Maybe on a smaller log it will work better?? I always say that you should be willing to try things that you don't think will work, sometimes you are wrong and they do work.
Thanks for bringing us along
Thank you, Mike! Maybe on a smaller log?? Worth trying anyway. Those big logs are hardr and time consuming no matter how you cut them.
Erik has made me better at centering the pith - takes a bit of time, but accurate. Thanks for watching! 😊
Man, you guys out west have some nice logs!
Hi, Aaron! Yes, we are pretty lucky to have logs like this! Thanks for watching! 😁
Nice to cross things off the list 😊
Definitely!!! 😁
Excellent !! Looking forward to the next vid ...
Thank you, Adam! Pretty sure it has some blued ponderosa pine in it - insider info. from the next video! 😁
Nice to see you, Beth! 😊
Thanks, Deana! Every once in awhile I make an appearance...usually behind the computer, editing! 🤣
That 1/4 turn method means you have to cut through the bark 3x. It's the bark on the side opposite the log stops that does the damage to the blade. So, 1/4 turn your blade isn't going to last as long.
The other problem is that the 90 deg turns, you have 1 more chance to get the log out of square.
I did it a couple of times on my mill and then stopped.
That’s a good point about cutting through the bark. I’m definitely not a fan but it was worth a try. Thanks for your insight and for watching! 😄
100 timbers and still more on the cut list! Barn is going to be epic.
I can't wait - looking at it on paper and the computer is one thing, but live action is going to be epic! 😁
100 already that's Awesome ! nice looking wood, All the bonus stuff adds up & I'm sure it will get used somewhere, Log stops are just made a little to long " that's what I said when I cut mine lol,
Ha, Ha, that's awesome - they are too long! Those pesky log stops tend to get in my way! They say that there's a club - I would have five memberships! 😁
@@ourdreaminthewoods Yes I got two in the first 80hrs , Both times distracted trying to make video lol, Hey hopefully no more memberships "
You can definitely see the progress when showing the updated piles! Wow!!
Yes! They really show that we will be ready to start building in June! 😳
Nice job on centering that pith. I said it before and I'll say it again, that is some beautiful Lumber you're making❤
Hi, HW! Erik has actually taught me a more accurate way of centering the pith - it takes a little time, but works like a charm! 😁
@@ourdreaminthewoods do share
I’ll share on an upcoming video. Erik took a very technical and precise approach to learning how to mill logs. There are a couple of things he does that pretty slick.
Not to be distracting from your video, check out my 16' by 24'
fake timber frame video I released. It seems you can't post links in replies as I tried and it didn't post
Overlook the poor editing... going to be starting back up finishing it and I will try to do some time lapse videoing
We will definitely check it out this weekend. Thanks for sharing! 😄@@hpw59
I agree that's the only way to do it is flip the log 180 degrees. That gives you something to square the log off the bed
Yep - definitely going back to flipping 180!
@@ourdreaminthewoods 👍
Couple years ago me and my son got tired of trying to turn big logs. So in my saw building I put up a oak 6x6x14' with bow side up from where your jib-crane is to a steel hanger where you over-beam is, then made a square steel sleeve with winch mount to fit over the 6x6, run battery cables back to the post to a battery on a shelf. The only problem was when saw-head is all way up, 4" of saw-gauge hit the beam, so had to shorten that....
On a couple big logs while turning I could see that oak 6x6 flex and when the log flipped around it shook the whole building, so I dont think I'd trust a soft wood 6x6......
Hi, it's a little hard for me to picture your setup, but there is a lot of force lifting those big logs.
So far with the lift set up that I have - you can see some flex in the metal arm, but it doesn't seem to have any impact on the building. The funky post is more of a spacer more than anything. Thanks for watching! 😁
72% Thanks.
😂 When I first read your comment, I thought you were grading us and 72% is not that great. But, then I remembered the 100th timber - thanks! 72% done sounds pretty good! 😁
G’day it’s my first day finding your videos 👍🇦🇺 and I’m impressed! Are you building your home ?
Hi, and thanks for watching!!! Yes, we are building a timber frame barn that we are going to use as our house. 😁
I saw a simple table to find out your cant from log width. If you want it, let me know. It's simple. I could figure it out. It goes by small end width of the log.
Hi, John, you for the offer but I already use one that is magnetic and lives on the sawmill. 😄
I hated to see you hit the blade,I have an LX25 and the only times that I have hit the blade is cutting down the offcuts like you did,but it's no big deal,swap blades and keep going,great job
Hi, I guess it's just the cost of doing business - a blade is better than breaking something that shuts you down for a couple of days. Thanks for watching! 😁
Congratulations on the 100th log... how many hours do you have on your machine now?
Wish I knew - hour meter stopped at 40 hours. I figure that we've cut around 13,000 board feet. 😁
@@ourdreaminthewoods not good......did you reach out to woodland?
Nope - maybe I should. A little hard to tell when to change the oil (changed it a couple of weeks ago). @@hpw59
Is that our cutoff pile @23:50?
Nope, that’s the burn pile. Erik saved all of the cutoffs from what was left of the Doug fir logs. There’s a lot to choose from - come get ‘em! 🤣
Hoping next week or the week after if your mud is not to bad.
@@Deerhavenoffgridhomestead Sounds good! 😊
great video slow it down
Hi, thank you! We have a video called Real Time and there’s no talking during milling and no time lapse (speeding it up). If we didn’t use time lapse our videos would be hours long. Milling can be slow. 🤣
I could not reply on the shorts. But you are only the second person that is using the Ripper37 blades on a woodland besides Sandy
Hi, Casey, I've seen a few CZcamsrs using the Ripper37 blades - enough hype for me to order some. So far they seem to perform well (until you hit a log stop or rock)! 🤣
@@ourdreaminthewoods they got different blades for that hehe