Thank you for watching and commenting! It is a pretty cool contraption for sure. I like how it's good for 2 things and not only one. It would be interesting to see if there are other uses for it that haven't been thought up yet.
Yup, I have the same coat and the same color mill! Years ago had an LT40, it went away so I could go to school. It had a siding jig. Now I'm retired I picked up an LT50HDD47 used with a bed extension but no siding attachment and I miss it! Love new toys, nice work.
Thank you! I love my coat and mill too! I have been thinking of getting a bed extension, do you think it's worth the money and do they actually work pretty well?
@@CascadiaLumberworks Well I haven't used the extension as of yet. It came with the mill. This is a real heavy addition which allows one an additional 24'. With that said I could cut a 45' beam (or something like that). If one had nice straight logs he could cut specialty beams and make serious money. A downfall would be is portability. It takes my backhoe or excavator to move it. I believe your Deere could lift it. Having it stationary is best and having a yard full of high country tight knot doug fir would be the ticket. Realistically one doesn't have much use for lumber past the length your mill can produce which is 21'. You can get shorter extensions in 4' (I think) intervals and keep adding on as you need but all in all it would be more economical to go big if you plan on cutting the longer stuff in the end. Your siding/ shingle attachment is a wiser investment in my opinion. I think the 24' extension is around 6 plus thousand.
@@CascadiaLumberworks One has to have a practical application for that extension and some nice logs. I haven't seen anyone around with this long of an extension. It would be interesting to play around with it though. With that being said the feed system also needs lengthening with extra chain. I believe I have enough which came with the mill when I got it. I've put a few videos together on the mill showing some of the things I've done to it so far. I will probably get the siding jig at some point. Possibly upgrade my sharpening and setter systems as well.
I picked up my shingle/lap sider attachment and a Lathe-Mizer about a month ago. I've got two orders for shingles so I finally put it on today and will try it out tomorrow. Will put the lathe on at some point, hopefully!
I've made many shakes using old growth cedar always used a froe.I layed a roof on in1982 and its still on today.Always vertical grain no sap nothing wider than 8".Just keep in mind shakes need to breathe.I always used nails no staples.Dwain
Can you put more than one piece into each compartment. Instead of a single 12x24 could you put (1) 8" beside a 4" or other options like rows of 6" and rows of 3" I was wondering if that would give you a better looking roof. ? Thanks for making the videos 👍
Thanks for watching and for the comment. Probably with a little creative rigging one could do that. Each 'section' on the attachment only has one cam so you would need to have a way to lift both (or more) cants with the single cam. I think that maybe having a 12" x 1/4" x 24" board on the bottom of each section and then place the cants on top of that may enable what you describe to happen. I think that one would need to be careful with that and be sure that the clamps hold the cants tightly enough to prevent them from coming out when sawing. That could certainly get ugly fast. I have a couple of comments around the creative use of the attachment. I will make a video, soon, highlighting those and this one as well to see if these ideas work.
Thanks for watching! They are really nice for sure. It was a tough call to make shingles out of them because that log would have made some really nice boards for a deck. None the less, they are some really nice shingles. The dilemma is what does one make out of the log because you can only make one thing out of a piece of wood. Question: I see that you maybe own a roofing company? So, if that's the case then maybe you can answer a question for me. Is there really a market for Cedar Roofing Shingles? Cedar is one of the more flammable woods, even though it's rot resistant, so it may not be a great choice to cover ones house with. I can see using it for siding maybe and maybe roofing if treated. Do you know anything about that?
Because of fire codes and the high cost of FT shingles and shakes in California, it usually isn't practical for homeowner's to purchase. But we still use untreated wood shingles for repairs on the older shake roofs.The thinner shingles slip under the older shakes. They would be great for small tool sheds etc.
@@mmroofs Ok, that makes sense. When I was younger I spent some time in Sacramento roofing. We did a couple of shake roofs out of town there somewhere. if I remember correctly it was out towards Roseville I think...
Yep.....you got it. I made some white oak shingles when I had mine...very nice. Guy I sold it to used it to make shims for mobile home companies....the stack cinder blocks, then use oak shims to do the final leveling of the mobile home. But as I said in your previous video, for siding, it's too much work. Couple plywood shims beat it.
If you flip the lever before backing up the saw, it won't be "sketchy" with a block on the fist set. Also that handle really should be on the operator side - design flaw imo. Nice vid though!
I should have bought one long ago. Your vid is the first one I have seen actually using one. Thanks for showing it
Thank you for watching and commenting! It is a pretty cool contraption for sure. I like how it's good for 2 things and not only one. It would be interesting to see if there are other uses for it that haven't been thought up yet.
Yup, I have the same coat and the same color mill! Years ago had an LT40, it went away so I could go to school. It had a siding jig. Now I'm retired I picked up an LT50HDD47 used with a bed extension but no siding attachment and I miss it! Love new toys, nice work.
Thank you! I love my coat and mill too! I have been thinking of getting a bed extension, do you think it's worth the money and do they actually work pretty well?
@@CascadiaLumberworks Well I haven't used the extension as of yet. It came with the mill. This is a real heavy addition which allows one an additional 24'. With that said I could cut a 45' beam (or something like that). If one had nice straight logs he could cut specialty beams and make serious money. A downfall would be is portability. It takes my backhoe or excavator to move it. I believe your Deere could lift it. Having it stationary is best and having a yard full of high country tight knot doug fir would be the ticket. Realistically one doesn't have much use for lumber past the length your mill can produce which is 21'. You can get shorter extensions in 4' (I think) intervals and keep adding on as you need but all in all it would be more economical to go big if you plan on cutting the longer stuff in the end. Your siding/ shingle attachment is a wiser investment in my opinion. I think the 24' extension is around 6 plus thousand.
Dang, that’s a long log. Let us know when you do, I would love to see that setup!
@@CascadiaLumberworks One has to have a practical application for that extension and some nice logs. I haven't seen anyone around with this long of an extension. It would be interesting to play around with it though. With that being said the feed system also needs lengthening with extra chain. I believe I have enough which came with the mill when I got it. I've put a few videos together on the mill showing some of the things I've done to it so far. I will probably get the siding jig at some point. Possibly upgrade my sharpening and setter systems as well.
I picked up my shingle/lap sider attachment and a Lathe-Mizer about a month ago. I've got two orders for shingles so I finally put it on today and will try it out tomorrow. Will put the lathe on at some point, hopefully!
Congratulations on the new attachments!
I've made many shakes using old growth cedar always used a froe.I layed a roof on in1982 and its still on today.Always vertical grain no sap nothing wider than 8".Just keep in mind shakes need to breathe.I always used nails no staples.Dwain
Good advice, thank you.
Lmao I would want 2 grab a properly sized square. That's exactly how I do projects, love your videos
Thank you!
Can you put more than one piece into each compartment. Instead of a single 12x24 could you put (1) 8" beside a 4" or other options like rows of 6" and rows of 3"
I was wondering if that would give you a better looking roof. ?
Thanks for making the videos 👍
Thanks for watching and for the comment. Probably with a little creative rigging one could do that. Each 'section' on the attachment only has one cam so you would need to have a way to lift both (or more) cants with the single cam. I think that maybe having a 12" x 1/4" x 24" board on the bottom of each section and then place the cants on top of that may enable what you describe to happen. I think that one would need to be careful with that and be sure that the clamps hold the cants tightly enough to prevent them from coming out when sawing. That could certainly get ugly fast. I have a couple of comments around the creative use of the attachment. I will make a video, soon, highlighting those and this one as well to see if these ideas work.
Another thought: A person should be able to rip them to the desired widths using a table saw. It would be tedious, but would definitely work
Awesome video, thank you
Thank you for watching and for commenting! I appreciate it!
They look nice.
Thanks for watching! They are really nice for sure. It was a tough call to make shingles out of them because that log would have made some really nice boards for a deck. None the less, they are some really nice shingles. The dilemma is what does one make out of the log because you can only make one thing out of a piece of wood.
Question: I see that you maybe own a roofing company? So, if that's the case then maybe you can answer a question for me. Is there really a market for Cedar Roofing Shingles? Cedar is one of the more flammable woods, even though it's rot resistant, so it may not be a great choice to cover ones house with. I can see using it for siding maybe and maybe roofing if treated. Do you know anything about that?
Because of fire codes and the high cost of FT shingles and shakes in California, it usually isn't practical for homeowner's to purchase.
But we still use untreated wood shingles for repairs on the older shake roofs.The thinner shingles slip under the older shakes.
They would be great for small tool sheds etc.
@@mmroofs Ok, that makes sense. When I was younger I spent some time in Sacramento roofing. We did a couple of shake roofs out of town there somewhere. if I remember correctly it was out towards
Roseville I think...
Yep.....you got it. I made some white oak shingles when I had mine...very nice. Guy I sold it to used it to make shims for mobile home companies....the stack cinder blocks, then use oak shims to do the final leveling of the mobile home.
But as I said in your previous video, for siding, it's too much work. Couple plywood shims beat it.
That's a really good idea about the shims. Does Oak last well for shingles? Were you using them on a roof or as siding?
Don't wood shingles have to be slanted with the grain? Therefore the blocks should be put on sidewise and you will cut across the grain.
Is it possible to mill 3/4" (19mm) straight slats using this jig. Just straight not on an angle?
Yes, I believe so. Just start out flat and keep it that way.
How far do you move the saw each cut?
It was 5/8 and 3/4. Alternate every other one. So, 5/8 when it’s up and 3/4 when it’s flat.
I’m not sure if that’s correct, but it seemed to work ok...
Can you use the setworks for that? I have the same saw, but I am not sure setworks can be used that way.
@@wf2v Yes. I just put Set 1 at 3/4 and Set 2 at 5/8 and then alternate between them.
@@CascadiaLumberworks Do you also have to alternate how far you drop the blade when making siding?
If you flip the lever before backing up the saw, it won't be "sketchy" with a block on the fist set. Also that handle really should be on the operator side - design flaw imo.
Nice vid though!
Good point!
Now you can rent it out to folks with saws.
Not if you want it in working condition when you need it...
I don't lend out tools like that....
nevermind! I didn't know the lapsider could do that. I should wait before I open my mouth.