I remember the old Continental, Red Seal and LeRoy engines on the Bucyrus churn drills hammering out wells around here. Good old edger and good old yall too. Thanks, Mark! God Bless!
Thanks! This is all new to me as I spent my career as a product engineer on imaging equipment finishing the last ten years in medical imaging (x-ray, ultrasound, cardio-cath, MRI, etc.).
Running a edger is work my dad's old edger which we still have, is simple the width gage is a series of hoes drilled in a PC of curved iron. Solid fence. 4" set blade and a 2nd slide blade... unknown manuf. But at least 80 years old.
I didn't quite understand the process and would've understood it better, had I been able to watch you set up the board using the ruler, make your adjustments on the machine and feed the wood into the saw.
Thanks Mark for the close-up look at the old Crosby edger. Looks like a very sturdy piece of equipment that has stood the test of time and has paid for itself many times over. Still does a beautiful job of edging boards and maintains very good accuracy. That guy tailing the edger looks familiar for some reason. I know that I have seen him somewhere before. Anyway, are you still planning on doing any Friday Eve videos or is that on hold for the summer? Thanks again for the quick look at the edger in operation!
Thanks for sharing. How about a simple drag chain like john uses on his mill on the fricknjeep channel. Into a hopper that could be dumped into sawdust bin with fork lift.
Thanks Mark. I retesting machine. So left side feed edges both sides of the board and right side feed edges only one side? Plus more firewood Have a good one. Hope weather doesn’t get to bad for ya this weekend.
Thanks Mark, I appreciate the view and explanation. Do you select board width solely on maximum potential width or another calculation. Great seeing this end of your business too. Wishing you, T.H.E. Eddie and your families a blessed week. Peace brother
OSHA requires that open pulleys, gears, belts, chains and drive shafts shall have protective guards installed and in place. You could get some big fines if they inspect the edger.
@@markgalicic7788 that is of little consequence if a person trips and falls into a open operating equipment and is seriously injured. Whether or not you are cover does not dismiss the common sense of their guidelines.
Cool video. Wouldn’t object to more like this showing small but still important aspects of running a sawmill operation. This gives a better idea of just how much of a log is lost to sawdust and edgings. Makes me sad.
I still don't understand how the fixed blade side knows where to to cut to clear the wane (bark) for a clean cut on that side. Been wanting to see a video on this , thanks.
@@markgalicic7788 I understand that , but what about the fixed blade side? Is there a fence that moves on the fixed blade side so as to cut the bark off? Thanks for your time.
Good video, mark. One question - does the scale for the blade adjustment on the machine correspond to the fence engaged or flipped back out of the way? Bill
The board width is between where the fence is and where Mark sets the other blade with the scale. When the fence is down, only the right side of the board will be cut, like a normal table saw. When the fence is flipped up, any rough edge to the left of where the fence would be when it was down will also be cut off, thus edging both sides of the board at once. When you watched the video, you probably noticed that most of the boards had two scrap pieces, one for each side of the board. These were cut with the fence flipped up. A few only had a scrap cut off one edge (the edge closest to the camera). These were cut with the fence flipped down and the existing good edge of the board along the fence.
@@markgalicic7788 okay, I just see so much scrap coming of logs, then the edges on the boards, then there are the bits and pieces that would have 6 foot minus boards, and it looks like a lot just disappears. I am not looking at firewood as "use" by the way. Although that is legiut.
@@markgalicic7788 No, that's not the point. Look at the drive shaft under your car/truck. Notice how the bearing caps are aligned with each other on the opposite ends of the shaft. On the edger the bearing caps are 90 degrees out of phase from one another. If one is horizontal, the other is vertical. They should both be the same.
While milling logs is interesting, it's nice to see other aspects of your operation, and would like to see more. Thank you!
thanks Frank , we want to show more of what we do to make lumber.
Great old machine! I run a 36" coutts at our sawmill, cant beat the old iron
Cant belive i missed this. Great edger. Wish i had one. Thanks for the video
Hey thanks for showing the edger on a short video Mark. Man I love the older iron working. Never gets old to see.
glad you liked it Paul.
Thanks for showing us how the edger saw works.
your welcome Bill.
Good evening from Lincolnshire UK.
good evening Andrew.
Arkansawyer here.... Crosby is the best edger built. We are still running one from the last of the 60's.
yes they are.
I remember the old Continental, Red Seal and LeRoy engines on the Bucyrus churn drills hammering out wells around here. Good old edger and good old yall too. Thanks, Mark! God Bless!
yes they ran them on everything back in the day and still running strong.
Mark. What a cool video. Keep them coming sir. Can't get enough of these.
thanks Kevin , glad you liked it.
That’s really slick. Love the old stuff that just keeps working!
yes built to last.
Thanks! This is all new to me as I spent my career as a product engineer on imaging equipment finishing the last ten years in medical imaging (x-ray, ultrasound, cardio-cath, MRI, etc.).
Greetings from Ireland - happy weekend all!
Hello Ireland.
Love that process
glad you liked it.
Great stuff Mark Eddie Thanks for sharing 👍
glad you liked it Frank.
Interesting video! It's good to see Eddie's work,up close, too. He's careful and methodical and doesn't miss a beat.
thanks Christopher.
Greetings from Scotland . 🏴🏴🏴 can't beat the proper old kit . Some of my machinery is 1882 lol
yes older machinery was built to last.
Enjoying seeing the edger
glad you liked it Terry.
Great video! Learned something new.
thanks Josh , glad you liked it.
Running a edger is work my dad's old edger which we still have, is simple the width gage is a series of hoes drilled in a PC of curved iron. Solid fence. 4" set blade and a 2nd slide blade... unknown manuf. But at least 80 years old.
Nice to finally see your edger.
glad you liked it.
thank you for making the video on the edger
your welcome.
Great to see some edger action.
glad you liked it.
Great video . But all your videos are great. That sure does beat trying to edge with the mill. That was the video that I was waiting on. Thanks
thanks Barney , glad you liked it.
Good evening from Limpopo South Africa.
good evening Dawid.
I had a Leroi d226 on my Sears Belsaw mill, came off of a corn chopper, it was a very reliable motor.
yes a great little engine.
Have a boomin’ good weekend everyone.
thanks Mark , we did.
Nice one Mark & Eddie.
thanks John.
Love the leroy engine![01:55...]
good ole engine.
Good morning from Southwestern New Mexico.
good morning.
Yes 👍
glad you liked it.
LOOKIN' GOOD, I WONDERED HOW THAT WORKED, KEEP SAFE
thanks Bob.
Good evening from Cape Town.
Hi Rod.... goed en daar?
@@dawidvandyk296 Dit raak deesdae nogal koud in die aande hier!
(Eng: It's gets quite cold here in the evenings nowadays!)
@@RodCurrin Hier die selfde . [ Same here]
good evening Rod.
Good morning to all from SE Louisiana 20 May 22.
good morning Bill.
I wasn't sure if you made dimensional boards or not. I thought the customer cut off the edges. It was good to see you!
yes we edge most of what we saw , glad you liked it.
I didn't quite understand the process and would've understood it better, had I been able to watch you set up the board using the ruler, make your adjustments on the machine and feed the wood into the saw.
I will do more edger videos.
Cool old machine, bit like my car covered in rust with a wobbly exhaust 😂
yes it needs some love.
Nice edger Bus Motor Productions
thanks James.
with no belt gaurd I am sure in the 60 such a big machine had a bell gaurd
Thanks Mark for the close-up look at the old Crosby edger. Looks like a very sturdy piece of equipment that has stood the test of time and has paid for itself many times over. Still does a beautiful job of edging boards and maintains very good accuracy. That guy tailing the edger looks familiar for some reason. I know that I have seen him somewhere before. Anyway, are you still planning on doing any Friday Eve videos or is that on hold for the summer? Thanks again for the quick look at the edger in operation!
glad you liked it Randall , yes very well built but needs new feed rollers.
👍👍
thanks Dave.
Love the edger, is there a reason the muffler is loose?
fricknjeep sent me. keep up the good work
thanks Denny , welcome to our channel.
Thanks for sharing. How about a simple drag chain like john uses on his mill on the fricknjeep channel. Into a hopper that could be dumped into sawdust bin with fork lift.
we are looking for a smaller blower.
👍👌👏
thanks.
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yes sir.
I suppose you could say tha this is "cutting edge technology".
yes it is Tony. good one!
The edged stuff is used as firewood?
now you need stills and a Nash to drive!
hope you got a chuckle, Mark!
Thanks Mark. I retesting machine. So left side feed edges both sides of the board and right side feed edges only one side? Plus more firewood Have a good one. Hope weather doesn’t get to bad for ya this weekend.
yes one or two sides , heat on the way.
hi there nice set up but you have to have an Eddie to make it work . good show john
you need a Eddie at your mill.
Thanks Mark, I appreciate the view and explanation. Do you select board width solely on maximum potential width or another calculation. Great seeing this end of your business too. Wishing you, T.H.E. Eddie and your families a blessed week. Peace brother
glad you liked it , just sawing the bark edges off.
OSHA requires that open pulleys, gears, belts, chains and drive shafts shall have protective guards installed and in place. You could get some big fines if they inspect the edger.
OSHA don't inspect private mills.
@@markgalicic7788 that is of little consequence if a person trips and falls into a open operating equipment and is seriously injured. Whether or not you are cover does not dismiss the common sense of their guidelines.
Mark, have you thought about upgrading to a Reihl Edger? They are made in Lewisburg, PA 4 hours from your mill.
we are looking at a cooks edger.
Cool video. Wouldn’t object to more like this showing small but still important aspects of running a sawmill operation. This gives a better idea of just how much of a log is lost to sawdust and edgings. Makes me sad.
glad you liked it.
Cool set up shame it's not under cover and painted to.Love old Equipment these are hard to find.William Alabama
yes it needs some love!
Leroy makes as much racket as the bus motor. 🎧
yes it does.
Leroys muffler bearrings are a bit flippy floppy ? 😂
yes they are.
I don’t see any drive belts. Are the blades on the edger saw powered by the shaft that runs through the blades.
yes three B belts.
I still don't understand how the fixed blade side knows where to to cut to clear the wane (bark) for a clean cut on that side. Been wanting to see a video on this , thanks.
the numbers on the front of the edger sets the movable blade.
@@markgalicic7788 I understand that , but what about the fixed blade side? Is there a fence that moves on the fixed blade side so as to cut the bark off? Thanks for your time.
Hi, I have the same edger. What rpm should I run it when I’m cutting?
Thanks
Do you edge anything thicker than 1-inch lumber on that machine, or are you restricted to that thickness?
it will edge up to 4" thick.
how difficult is it to change the blades on the edger?
it is a big pain in the a$$ , and sharpening is too.
Good video, mark. One question - does the scale for the blade adjustment on the machine correspond to the fence engaged or flipped back out of the way?
Bill
The board width is between where the fence is and where Mark sets the other blade with the scale. When the fence is down, only the right side of the board will be cut, like a normal table saw. When the fence is flipped up, any rough edge to the left of where the fence would be when it was down will also be cut off, thus edging both sides of the board at once.
When you watched the video, you probably noticed that most of the boards had two scrap pieces, one for each side of the board. These were cut with the fence flipped up. A few only had a scrap cut off one edge (the edge closest to the camera). These were cut with the fence flipped down and the existing good edge of the board along the fence.
@@lwilton I know that but which way is the scale aligned on the adjustment arm? Fence in or fence out?
@@williamellis8993 It's the distance between the blades, so is from the fence to the right side of the cut board, if that is what you are asking.
@@lwilton Yes - that's what I was asking
How old is that edger when was the build date, I see Crosby is still around making edger among other wood working macines
I think it may be from the 60's
Was Edger ever painted or protected from the weather? It looks like it needs a little cosmetic attention.
yes we are going to rebuild the whole edger this year.
does your crosby ever go bing?
good one!😁
What percentage of a log would you say is turned into useable wood? 30% or more?
I would think 85 percent.
@@markgalicic7788 okay, I just see so much scrap coming of logs, then the edges on the boards, then there are the bits and pieces that would have 6 foot minus boards, and it looks like a lot just disappears. I am not looking at firewood as "use" by the way. Although that is legiut.
please cover all moving parts use the wood you have
yes sir.
The U joints on your drive shaft are 90 degrees out of phase. This causes unnecessary rotational vibration.
they work just fine , it is set up to be moved like farm equiptment.
@@markgalicic7788 No, that's not the point. Look at the drive shaft under your car/truck. Notice how the bearing caps are aligned with each other on the opposite ends of the shaft. On the edger the bearing caps are 90 degrees out of phase from one another. If one is horizontal, the other is vertical. They should both be the same.
I didn't see how you decided what to cut - you didn't show it....
just cut the bark off.
@@markgalicic7788 but how do you get it lined up?
...!GOOD OLE'SCHOOL EQUIPMENT...
JUST PLAIN DURABLE!...
yes it is.
Watching too much UA-cam can lead to five mental problems.
The first:
Memory loss.
The second:
Eehhh, lets see...
Did I mention memory loss?
very true.
Nothing spectacular, just another aspect of work at the sawmill.
yes that's how we square up the boards.