Cook's MP-32 Portable Sawmill 2013
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- Опубліковано 30 лип 2013
- Start turning logs into lumber easily and affordably with a Cook's MP-32 Portable Sawmill.
The MP-32 comes complete and ready to saw so you can start producing lumber for your next house, barn, deck, horse stables and anything else you can dream up!
Visit us online at www.cookssaw.com or call us toll free at 1-800-473-4804
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Your mills are the cream of the crop!!! I learn so much from watching your videos. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and workmanship!!!
Also, I'm 75 years old and I couldn't use the sawmill, but if I could, this is what I would love to have.
I bought the "older" version of this mill in Feb of 2013 and couldn't be any happier!!! Poor Mr Billy gave me the demonstration of my new mill during a torrential downpour! I was one of the people that noted how the plywood doors looked "cheap." However, after sawing several logs with a lot of internal tension (thus causing the blade to jump off when finishing the cut), I grew to appreciate the plywood doors because they did minimal damage to the teeth on the blade. The Cook's have manufactured a fantastic mill and I hope to upgrade to the HD3235 in the next year or two!
Awesome product...I wish I could afford one but for those that can...I bet it's worth every penny...Cook's puts other mills to shame.
I have been doing research on mills, you have the best info on portable sawmills you are #1.
Love your Hobby mills
Rodney Rockwell
Mr. Cook, I liked your video as much as the mill. Firstly, your story made an impression. I was really happy to hear that you continued the tradition set by your grandfather, 40years ago. And that you were proud to say that you were grinding saws when 10 years old. Most of the modern educationists do not like that but I am sure your attachment to the product has its roots in your childhood experiences. Modern education steals it from our children. I am from across the globe and may never have a chance to buy your product. But I like the your spirit. Wish you very good luck. (Incidentally, I spent some time in Alabama back in the mid 80's and loved that country side.)
Uday, I appreciated your note here. It is not the teachers in the educational system that have failed us. It is 40-50 years of the politicians and the voters that have chosen to underfund our basic schools and to defund so many of our school vocational programs. The decline of our vocational curricula is in direct correlation with the decline in the quality of life in the US. Now it seems that the wealthy would like us to believe the a very good education is only for their children and a minimum education is left for the rest. The general population has been dumbed down in many ways. It is so bad now that our industrial equipment requires people that have more education than what they can get in a four year high school program. Getting an education and being a working person do not have to be mutually exclusive.
Nice mill. The attention to detail shows the experience the Cooks have. I hope to be buying a mill this coming year and if I do I’ll be driving to Alabama.
David, I suggest that you decide what you want and get your name on their list ASAP. I knew what I wanted and they sent me the bid on mill package that I wanted. They said that the waiting list was three months out and I decided to wait and get a few things in order. I called back when I was ready to send them my deposit only to find out that the list was now eight months out!! They told me that they are expanding production, it looks like the Cooks people are doing a lot of things right. I've been to the plant and met Tim and Steven along with several other of their people. They are a great crew. You will not be disappointed. The mills look even better in person than they do in the videos.
I’ll tell you this much , the video sold me.
I was going to buy a Thomas Maine made or Vallee Canada made mill which are both pretty much the same quality as the Cook’s but neither company had the wherewithal to make such a detailed video describing their mills.
The only thing I wish Cook’s would make a more current video as this one is 9 years old & I’m thinking there are probably added features in the past 9 years.
The most recent demo video for the MP32 is 2017 ua-cam.com/video/E47KCSR_xc8/v-deo.html
We hope to update all our demo videos this year.
I watch quite a few sawmill videos and some of the sawmills are good, but your sawmill is a very good sawmill.
If I could get a sawmill, this is the one I would want.
Bought the fully manual MP-32 sawmill (w/ the 25hp Kohler engine) in 2008 and couldn't be more pleased. It's heavily constructed and can withstand repeated loading and turning of heavy 28-inch diameter logs. I haven't kept track of the actual board feet I've sawed up but its been enough to build a garden shed, 14'x20' cabin above our pond, an extension on my wife's horse barn, with a stack of lumber left over so far. All the lumber came from large pines on our place that were either beetle killed or blown over by heavy wind when our sandy soil was saturated in rain. So far, I've had no problems with it and not even band wheel crown wear (that I know of; it still saws very accurately).
That looks a seriously heavy duty machine. Super simple and rugged. No fancyness for the sake of it.
Joshua, you got that right!
Thanks for explaining your saw mill, sir. I love to be told all about the mechanical technical stuff and if I win a big lottery I'll sure think of you and your stuff. Maybe its enough that we grow trees for the market.
Great mill and fine information!, you have a fact when you mention the belted band wheels being out of round!. I have a Linn Lumber mill and it has and does exactly what you mentioned, it jumps up and down due to the band wheels not being perfectly round or balanced and I am not too happy about it since it would cost a lot of money to modify my mill to eliminate this problem. Also the stainless steel bed caps is absolutely a great idea since many woods will stain from a painted bed cap or even rust stains, both of which I have on my Linn Lumber Mill. All in all this is a much better mill than I have and it seems a bit more complicated then mine but probably would produce more lumber with less problems over it's given lifespan. Thank you for a great informational video.
Marti, I have a Linn Lumber mill that Gary Boyd built for me 40 years ago. It is still in very good shape. I now have a Cooks sawmill package on order. I grew up in a sawmill family and know quite a bit about millwright work. I've been to the Cooks plant to look at them up close and see how they are made. I can tell you that they are the best mills that I've seen in their size categories for any price.
I hope to be purchasing one of these next year.
Sawmiller's Sawmill, built from learning by doing.
You all make a nice machine. Thanks for the videos.
That's a slick machine there and the price isn't bad ether on the website. Good job sir.
Correct. It only wipes to the inside of the blade where buildup tends to concentrate as pitch and sawdust will collect on the inside and go between the band wheel and the inside of the blade and compact onto the blade. Whereas the outside of the blade is not affected in this manner.
This is not as much of an issue unless you're sawing a species that naturally has a heavy pitch such as pine.
that is a very very nice piece of equipment.
Nice Mill!
20 years milling hardwoods downunder. Very impressed with your presentation. Great detail. You didn't demonstrate rolling a log up onto the cradle with the 12 V winch and cable amidships (for next time).
Few of our logs would be small enough to saw on this mill unfortunately. Love the portable idea as well BUT... would NOT be able to license that to tow on the roads here:-
~1500 kilo (3300 GVM/ATM Gross Vehicle Mass / Aggregate Trailer Mass) trailer, requires manual over ride brakes here.
Above 3300lbs requires tandem axle and breakaway brakes.
(What is the gross weight of the trailer for towing pls)?
Also the wheels require mud guards to prevent throwing rocks up and breaking passing car windscreens (or indeed killing a motorcyclist?).
What point "portability" if it can't legally be towed on the road to the source of logs?
Can you make one that will handle hardwood logs up to say 6ft in dia?
What weight of log will the twin rail system carry safely winched up there with the stabilizing jacks in place?
While long lumber is fantastic for building - here with hardwood logs the raw lumber is so expensive that mostly its not used any longer in construction, its used for high end furniture. Not many tables longer than 8 or 10 feet long so BIG logs are typically docked/bucked into shorter lengths & slabbed between 3.5 - 6.0 feet wide to be dried for single piece table tops.
So a shorter overall mill that could take short but big fat Logs would be ideal...
Just a suggestion...
Theres a market downunder.
At the moment most use the lucas saw portable mill with a chainsaw slabbing attachment or alaskan mills with twin Stihl 088 power heads, BUT the recovery of a horizontal bandsaw mill is very attractive....
A few of the old wood mizers made their way downunder for our Pine Plantation wood but pretty much useless in larger native hardwoods.
Some guys would prefer to dock these larger logs into 2.5 - 3.0 meter (8ft - 10 ft sections) and winch them up onto a 3 tonne tipping trailer- take them home and tip them off and work their portable mill at home (rural property's) - rather than try and take such a long mill into our forests where - you'd need to spend a week clearing a big enough place to turn them around to take home again... they wouldn't fit around tight turns...on steep ground for e.g.!
You wouldn't get a F 250 4X4 down most of our bush tracks in heavy forested country.
Just passing thoughts - I understand its designed and built for your timber in your country - it just precludes pretty much exporting them here... which is a shame - they are very well designed and constructed.
Wider taller and shorter (or bed able to fold in half for transport & fold out / support with jacks for use).
YMMV (Your Mileage May Vary).
In the market for a mill at the moment.... so looking at everything available... this is one of the nicest I have seen, design materials construction etc. Just not very practical for here sadly.
You are a great presenter.
Buddy this mill is made for most standard logs, I've seen 16 ft logs 30' in diameter on these portable mills these are for the guy who has the means to cut timber, if you have 6 and 7ft logs in diameter like you claim, and your cutting them by hand and trying to find a portable sawmill to use then something is badly wrong, if you got timber that size in such wild and huge places then that's when you put a million dollars worth or skidders and dozers in there and take them to actual sawmills, these sawmills ain't just made "for that area" they have big timber out east also, but if it's that big of a job then usually it goes to a different kind if mill.these are made for any common man sawing any common tree. Everyone in the u.s has monster pines 60' in diameter. take your negativity somewhere else, these are for the working man with a side gig, or a farmer and rancher with a good spread of land or a entrepreneur. if you got the massive virgin timber you claim then you dont need to have uncle phil and brother bob out there trying to cut anything down with a pollen saw and 14 inch bar. You may want to call a large logging company or some professionals.
Nice saw
Does the felt wiper for your solvent drip wipe only on the inside of the blade - or both sides? or perhaps the outside of the blade doesn't typically have a buildup problem?
I like that information , It is a lot of stuff that I didn't know about ..
That is very good information to know all about saw mills .., Thank you Mr. Cook .
@@andrewstoyak3129 Even if you never bought a Cooks mill, just watching their videos on topics like the theory of blade sharpening, tooth setting, tensioning and setting up your guides would help anyone with a mill.
No difference in sound as the doors are a snug fit with teflon wear strips underneath so there is little to no metal to metal 'rattle'.
Sound is comparable to a riding lawnmower however there is additional sound that comes from the blade when engaged and as such we recommend hearing protection.
Hi nice machine
Have you a video where i cansee your clutch?
Best regards
Sorry if this has been asked, do you guys have any kind of counter to measure how many feet are cut per day (not necessarily usable boards but how many actual feet during cuts)?
this is the second video that i have seen on the cook sawmill and these demo's are the best , if i would have seen this before i think i would have got one. Do you have any cataloque on your products with info and price ?
Yes. Just send us an email sales@cookssaw.com with your address and we'll mail you one. Or you can download the digital version cookssaw.com/content/2019-1web2.pdf
Would having a wooden blade guard, like you had in the past, make the saw quieter? What are the noise levels on these saw mills?
summer 2020 im gona get one
had it a couple years now, love it very well built.
I want one.
good worke i like this tech hope i will have this in fucher iam aiso runing a saw mill in chandigar ( india )
👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻thanks you
Im from Canada what is the availability timeline for the 32 delivered to northeast Alberta
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