Just found your channel. I like watching sawmilling so much. I make chessboards and have a small inventory of spalted hackberry which I use for light colored squares. Yours is the first mill I have come across using a tractor PTO for power. I'm sure there are probably others. I'm 72 years old, and if I were 20 years younger, I'd be getting a mill myself. I live in SW Missouri where the woods are mostly various oaks and hickories with a scattering of cherry, honey locust, sassafras, persimmon, and a considerable amount of walnut.
Would love to do that, but even if I came out, I don't know how to locate you. I know youtubers keep their exact locations secret. I do plan to come to Paul Bunyan in Ohio again next year, this year 2024.
@@tennesseesawmillguy1590 I know how that is. Replacing cable and eye bolts today. Re-leveling mill, re-squaring carriage to blade, re-squaring knees, checking lead and arbor level. Making gauge for teeth to make sure they are at the correct angle.
Boy it makes me mad when Dave beats me to the first comment! Great video! I had hackberry on mine last month and cut a parallelogram. Come on down to Texas and I will load your trailer with hackberry!!
Not a lot of Hackberry in my area of the Ozarks. It was used for cook wood in wood cook stoves. Split really well and made long lasting coals. Many folks still to this day use a wood cook stove during the winter.
You should use a peavy to turn those logs,also Use a set of rollers to help roll the log easier back on the carriage. Doing so with out I see back problems in the future. Just making suggestions.
Ive been looking at my pair of Bell saw mills and parts etc. Kinda formulated a plan. I have a real good mandrel that has bearings that has a pair of tapered flat roller bearings in each one. Trouble is the nut holding the collars is the wrong direction for a bell mill. I want to use it because I have two good 52 inch saws with 44 teeth. The Bell mandrel I have has babbit bearings and that small shaft requires a spacer to use the larger blades with a bigger center. Now I think possibly I have a solution? Im pretty sure I can make it into a left hand mill? I could power it with a 6 cyl gas power unit I have that the same engine as a 40-20 john deere tractor. Then the offset husk mandrel would turn in the correct direction and allow the bell carrage to run over the top? I want to create something that is capable of sawing extra long logs? Ive never seen or heard of anyone having anything like it. Im certain I will run into some unforseen problems?
You can have a shaft threaded. And like you said, you can reverse direction. Some people use a wheel and tire to reverse direction of a mandrel. Sawing long lengths is the easy part. Just more frame and carriage with a longer cable.
Man! That Hackberry is whiter than my southern side! 😄 I love the setup. Just subscribed! Fellow Tennessean here . . . where abouts are you located? - Samuel
My first visit to your channel, a one man show, a quiet man who can roll a log by himself after just one cut. Always respect the quiet man.
Just big brute strength. 😂
Appreciate you watching.
Just found your channel. I like watching sawmilling so much. I make chessboards and have a small inventory of spalted hackberry which I use for light colored squares. Yours is the first mill I have come across using a tractor PTO for power. I'm sure there are probably others. I'm 72 years old, and if I were 20 years younger, I'd be getting a mill myself. I live in SW Missouri where the woods are mostly various oaks and hickories with a scattering of cherry, honey locust, sassafras, persimmon, and a considerable amount of walnut.
Well, if you ever drop in on East Tennessee, you’re welcome to stop by and we will do some sawin and jawin.
Would love to do that, but even if I came out, I don't know how to locate you. I know youtubers keep their exact locations secret. I do plan to come to Paul Bunyan in Ohio again next year, this year 2024.
I have used hackberry for several wood working project. Spaltied hackberry is really pretty wood. Have a Great Day!
Thanks! I usually let it dry really well, then trim it. It has a tendency to move around until it’s dry.
Looking good! Thanks for sharing. The M does a nice job pulling through though. I put a different spring on my pawl works much better now
Yeah. My spring fell off twice today. It’s way too long.
The drive cable is shot too. Gonna have to replace it soon.
Lots of little details to tidy up. Too many irons in the fire. 😂
@@tennesseesawmillguy1590 I know how that is. Replacing cable and eye bolts today. Re-leveling mill, re-squaring carriage to blade, re-squaring knees, checking lead and arbor level. Making gauge for teeth to make sure they are at the correct angle.
Keep the spirit alive, my friend
Awesome my friend
Man just found your channel, and just sub👍🏼 great content with a awesome sawmill. Can’t wait to see more!
Thanks!
New subscriber here, such a nice show, please keep up the good work !!
hi there nice sawing john
Boy it makes me mad when Dave beats me to the first comment! Great video! I had hackberry on mine last month and cut a parallelogram. Come on down to Texas and I will load your trailer with hackberry!!
Let’s not make it a habit! 😂
The more I think about this log and how it cut, I believe that one side was seasoned out a lot more than the other side. It was a tough cut.
Not a lot of Hackberry in my area of the Ozarks. It was used for cook wood in wood cook stoves. Split really well and made long lasting coals. Many folks still to this day use a wood cook stove during the winter.
@@thecollectoronthecorner7061 didn’t know that but i can test a piece in my fire pit
Good job 👍👈
You should use a peavy to turn those logs,also Use a set of rollers to help roll the log easier back on the carriage. Doing so with out I see back problems in the future. Just making suggestions.
I do use a peavy for the large or heavier stuff.
The future is here.
Ive been looking at my pair of Bell saw mills and parts etc. Kinda formulated a plan. I have a real good mandrel that has bearings that has a pair of tapered flat roller bearings in each one. Trouble is the nut holding the collars is the wrong direction for a bell mill. I want to use it because I have two good 52 inch saws with 44 teeth. The Bell mandrel I have has babbit bearings and that small shaft requires a spacer to use the larger blades with a bigger center. Now I think possibly I have a solution? Im pretty sure I can make it into a left hand mill? I could power it with a 6 cyl gas power unit I have that the same engine as a 40-20 john deere tractor. Then the offset husk mandrel would turn in the correct direction and allow the bell carrage to run over the top? I want to create something that is capable of sawing extra long logs? Ive never seen or heard of anyone having anything like it. Im certain I will run into some unforseen problems?
You can have a shaft threaded.
And like you said, you can reverse direction. Some people use a wheel and tire to reverse direction of a mandrel. Sawing long lengths is the easy part. Just more frame and carriage with a longer cable.
Thank you for sharing a great video. Can you set the Amerasian up where we can hear the super M a little better
I’ve been meaning to do a straight pipe video soon.
Have a freshly cut oak tree for sale cheap if you’re interested near Johnson City TN.
Man! That Hackberry is whiter than my southern side! 😄 I love the setup. Just subscribed! Fellow Tennessean here . . . where abouts are you located? - Samuel
Thanks
We are in Dandridge.
what will you use the lumber for? new sub that likes sawing
Building our youngest son a small log cabin and using the other lumber for sheds, ect.
Hackberry is only good for the burn pile.
A certain percentage did go to the burn pile. The slabs
The rest? I sold the lumber already.
Happy you’re not in charge here. We’d starve to death.