This is not a paid advertisement, I am not sponsored by Norwood at the time I made this video or the time I posted this video. Maybe some day in the future I will get a sponsor. ;) Thank you for watching. :)
It is nice to find a well made machine. Lots of garbage out there now days, sometimes its hard to know whats good without seeing it operate in person. Thank you for watching. :)
Two suggestions I can make that will help you out. If you notice the pipe that holds your log clamps has a little slack from side to side, and this slack can deter you from getting a good bite on your log clamp allowing it to come loose. I put a steel shim between the end of the pipe and the frame to take up that slack and dogging problems are greatly reduced. The other thing I did on the log loading system is I mounted a 3500 lb Harbor Freight electric winch on the post in place of the winch. I also mounted a 50 cal ammo box behind it to house and store all the electrical for the winch. The ammo box is waterproof and can be out in the weather. I drilled holes in the side for the plug in for the remote cable, and store all inside the box when not in use. The electric winch is so much easier on your back than the manual one and easy to use the hook to turn large logs with as well. I have tried to post picture of my set up to the Norwood forum but alas as an old guy I am not smart enough to figure it out, maybe one of my grandkids can help me. Hope that helps you a little. I love my LM29!!
I had never thought about the electric winch, that sounds like a great addition. I had noticed the slack on the dogging system and pay attention to it when tightening up a log. Thank you for the winch idea and thank you for watching. :)
Thanks for this video. I am looking at Saw Mills and trying to get honest reviews (without Drama or Hype). Good Job on the review, Thank you. It will help me make my decision on which saw mill to buy. Jim in Coarsegold CA.
Great Job explaining this Norwood Sawmill. I haven't heard much negative about the LM-29 or any of the Norwood brands. I have a quote from Norwood for the LM-29, I think I have my mind made up, was looking at other brand names, but from what I see and hear from people who has the Norwood, everyone is very happy with the performance of the Norwood mill. I'm going with the Norwood LM-29 and will order it this coming week.
Glad to hear that my video gave some good info. I am very happy with my Norwood sawmill, just waiting for some time to get back to it. Been really busy with the house build for the past year. Thanks for watching. :)
Just watched...thanks for your honest and insightful review. Am in the process of comparing sawmill companies and this video helped a lot. One suggestion about the water filter concern; how about a 5 gal gas can dedicated/marked "water only"...thanks again
Oh man, what great timing for this. I've been going over and over this week if I should buy one of these or an HD36. I think this is all I need really. The dogging system was definitely something I questioned but maybe I can figure something out. Thanks so much!
I'm working on a better dogging system for mine right now. I figure every sawmill has a drawback its finding one that you can work with. I really do like this sawmill. I don't need anything bigger because I don't have any trees on my property that are bigger than 27 inches. And this is not a paid advertisement. Thank you for watching. :)
@@KoalityofLife I put my order in just after the video. They were interested in your video and pulled it up. He said the key to the cam dogs is to rough up the bar with emery cloth so they can't slide so easy, made me feel a lot better. Can't wait to get it and make some sawdust!
@@bruceh5933 Interesting, I will have to try that. Congrats on the purchase of your sawmill, you will be happy. I cant stress enough to make sure the frame is level and even with your blade all the way down. :)
@@KoalityofLife bought the 29 in sept , wish i would of bought the 36, hate the dogging system, 27 inch would be great but if i put anything over 22 the log dog cranks stick out pass the rails and cant slide the cutting head pass it, bought honda engine, saw works great nice and square, but i like the dogging system on the old lumbermate dont know why they change, cost cutting i guess , lumbermate had the square log rest which seem better and dogs look superior , great vidio
I do not have the adjustable legs. There used to be a little mix up on the Norwood website, don't know if they have fixed it yet or not but in the LM29 demo video it had the adjustable legs as standard equipment but on the LM29 page had the legs listed as optional accessories you could buy. I mad my own stand out of pressure treated 4X4's. Works great for me. :)
It kinda looked like you had the adjustable feet / legs on the track. So you have no adjustment / leveling for the track? Sorry for the questions.. I'm looking very hard at getting this model sawmill. Thanks!
@@marlinmonroe4231 My mistake, the track does come with small adjustable feet that give you about 3 inches of leveling adjustment. I thought you were speaking of the taller legs that hold the unit about a foot off the ground. :)
I have that mill and the same issues with the holding the logs in place. I wish they could solve this issue for us. If you firm a log into position it should stay put. So the bar the clamp slides on, seemed to be hard material. I replaced mine with a piece of pipe. Still not satisfied. I also have the smaller dog to hold the squared lumber in place. It too has problems. They are helpful but the dogging is a problem. Here is the solution to the plastic. Pop rivet a quarter inch of plywood to the inside the plastic guards. Your plastic will be safe. And the aluminum rivets cause no damage.
Great video you from Canada? Could you do a in-dept up close video on your scale I bought a norwood mill after I built my own mill. Got a good deal on it plan to make it portable and perhaps sell it down the road. My mill is a lumber mate 2000 I wasn't able to get a manual with mine would you be able to also do a video on blade tension the lumber mate has a aluminum guard for the blade.
I am not from Canada, I can try to get a more in-depth video on the cutting scale but it might be a while as I am building our house right now and want to get it sealed in before the rains come. As far as the blade tension on my mill, I just crank it down tight as it goes and make sure it tracks correctly. lol :)
A 5 gal. Gerry can (with a filter in the spout) filled with tap water would (wood?) solve your problem of getting debris in the water tank. Also, in the summer, try adding a little dish soap to the water, it acts as a lubricant for the blade, it can also reduce rusting. I used to live in lumber country (MI, upper peninsula) and all small mills did this. You can dispose of most of your scrape by selling it to people for fire wood. My father used to by it buy the dump truck full and we would cut it to length. No splitting needed. You can also turn it to charcoal for use in BBQ grills and/or bio-char which is becoming popular with home gardeners. A set of adjustable bunks will allow you to do precision cutting for straight grain and quarter-sawn boards. Both produce beautiful boards but the process is too involved to discuss here.
My deign was really simple for cam lock. I welded two 1 1/4” black iron pipe nipples about 2” long together to make a cross, slid that on a 1” pipe and welded a plate on each end to bolt on to the tracks. I then welded a 1” x 18” black pipe to a 1/2”x 12 black pipe to make a L shape. And for the cam I cut a egg shape plate out of 1/4 plate and welded it where the two pipes meet. The pointed end faces the 1/2 pipe side of the L pipe. This is the handle. The 1” pipe slides into the 1 1/4” cross nipple that is on the cross pipe. You slide the pipe to the log tight and turn 90 degrees and that wedges the log against log stops. The length of the 1” pipe can be adjusted to you set up. Hope this makes sense
O also for the bolt that is used to clamp down. sharpen the bolt head a lil kinda ad a point maybe so it digs into metal a lil ? also can prob add nylon strips to inside so blade cant rip through the plastic. and wont hurt blade.
That might be a little hard to do. When the blade breaks it kinda comes off in a different place each time so you would have to line the entire thing. I don't think the outer covers are that expensive, but I will definitely be looking into the price soon so I know what I'm in for. Thank you for watching. :)
hmm wonder how well linex bed liner would hold up. cause that stuff is amazing. and another type i cant think of off hand. but still a bed liner brand. but a heavy duty kind.
I'm thinking of purchasing a Norwood saw, not the 29 but the next one down. Honestly, how hard was it to get off the delivery truck (I don't have a tractor or anything to lift it off- have to do it by hand) and how hard was it to put together?? I have read some reviews with people saying it was horrible trying to get it together and they had bad experiences with customer service. Any help and advice would be greatly appreciated!!!
It depends on the delivery company and if they will let you take a pallet apart and off load it part at a time or if you will need a forklift. As far as putting it together, it wasn't that hard just a bit time consuming. Customer service for me was great but that was before Covid. I had friends that bought during Covid and had a horrible time with customer service, mainly because Norwood was really backed up with orders and people calling in with questions. I have had a great experience with Norwood. :)
I have the LM29v2 with the trailer package on order, what was the most difficult part putting it together. I can't find any video of the assembly process on here. Does anyone have any video of how to put this together ??
The V2 is a newer model and I don't know how much different it is from the LM29 but I remember the LM29 being easy to put together. The only thing I would change in the assembly instructions is that they tell you to tighten track as you put it together, I would loosely put the track together and then level and tighten all the bolts at the end. To answer your question about videos, no I couldn't find any step by step videos out there. :)
@@jaytodd5809. Yes, I have it, still waiting on the trailer package, I received notification yesterday from Norwood, I should receive it on May 25th, also waiting on a couple of Parts. I've assembled the mill on 4 X 4's in the garage. Not sure how I'm going to get everything on the trailer, it's very heavy now. Anyone have any ideas, please message me.
@@brianhynes3525 That's good to hear..received my Norwood a few weeks ago myself..same situation here ..missing and backordered parts like trailer pkg etc.. I've wondered the same thing..will it be too heavy to get it up enough to start attaching jacks and the axle..
Thx for some Tips to change. So i am thinking to order an lm 29 in the next weeks. I`ll taked to them about some small changes, like ur idea with the filter in the water tank. Or the use higher quality screws for the bed. And i whant to built a trailer below the saw. But i dont like they solution. I am thinking t use a sqare pipe with 40/120/6000 mm 4mm strong an use eu axels and tires. So thats the plan for the next weeks. If someone have other ideas, pls let me know. sry for my bad english. Have an awesome week! Wolfgang
Wolfgang, I have the trailer system on my LM29 and it is very sturdy and performs perfectly for towing and moving around. It even makes setup and leveling easy. My biggest complaint is the log rests, they are not heavy enough. I made a set out of 2x2x1/4 square tubing, ground the mount on the mill to fit the square tubing and they work perfectly. Also the end bunk was to far back, so I flipped the mounting bracket end for end and remounted the bunk and now the blade on the sawhead go past it about six inches. Hope this helps.
I'm not a big fan of their company but for the money I guess that make a good product I don't know I like your video though I watched another video of yours the other day on the generator thanks your videos are pretty good you getting better I like your no-nonsense direct to the point the more detail on a lot of this stuff on the small things for beginners are important this is why guys like you do such great jobs thanks for the video keep up your good work maybe one day you'll be sponsored by them I think it would be a good choice by their company being what kind of person you are thank you and God bless you and yours God Bless America 🇺🇸
Thank you for watching. Just curious, what do you not like about Norwood. You say you're not a big fan of the company, just wondering why. I like to hear what other people think too. :)
My sawmill was on backorder when I ordered it but even then I want to say it only took about 3 weeks to get it. Could take longer depending on where you live. Thanks for watching. :)
I seen a video that was made about a year ago on the small log dog everyone has that 😂 problem maybe you can tighten it some way and the water get a old gasoline funnel with a screen in it .for as blade breakage some of the time I is because it is to tight
Did Norwood say to put a little soap in the water to help it keep the blade clean? A buildup of sap might slow it down. In my little experience some soap was used. I would like to see a real showdown between some of the major brands and put it up against one of the super cheap ones vs one that was home built from scratch. (and I just see the below comment now ) Cheers
I have learned to dislike the response from Norwood. I called the 1-800 number 3-times now and I have left Name, Ph.#, and email. They say they'll get back in 24-48 hours. (THAT's a LIE) I have a part to order and also have ordered 5 blades. I got the conformation on the order then there was nothing. No shipping information and it has already been 12 days.
I have had a hard time lately contacting Norwood. I know they are really busy from the amount of sawmill orders they have gotten but I wish they would be better about getting back to people. Thanks for watching. :)
The water is not for Cooling. It is to wash away the sawdust from between the saw blade and the wheel. If you cut through the plastic make guards out of plywood that will save your blades.
Once in a while I have a good idea. Always try to help when I can. In the '80's I worked in a mill in the Seattle area that cut over 1,000,000 BF per month. That was a fun place to work. I was one of the mill-writes (spelling?). One of the fixit guys! I was the welder and electrocution.
@@davescorneroftheworld1147 Very cool, Always appreciate new ideas. Fixed cars most my life, collision repair, just now getting into wood working and other stuff. :)
I keep meaning to buy a metal strainer to put over the hole so it catches all the little stuff before it gets in. Someday I will remember to get it. lol :) Thank you for watching.
This is not a paid advertisement, I am not sponsored by Norwood at the time I made this video or the time I posted this video. Maybe some day in the future I will get a sponsor. ;) Thank you for watching. :)
Great explanation on how the lumber scale works. It makes it easier now.
Glad it helped. Thanks for watching. :)
Thanks for this great and honest review. Much appreciated
You're welcome. Thank you for watching. :)
Just ordered one, will be delivered in a few days :-) Thanks for a great video, I learned a lot from it.
You're very welcome. Congratulations on the mill. :)
Nice sawmill! Always great to have a tool work like it is supposed to.
It is nice to find a well made machine. Lots of garbage out there now days, sometimes its hard to know whats good without seeing it operate in person. Thank you for watching. :)
Thanks for the review. Looking at the lm29 soon
Nice. I love this sawmill, its perfect for my property and the trees I have to mill. I'm sure you will love your machine also. :)
@@KoalityofLife I'm sure! Subscribed will be checking out your other videos. James
@@jaruston Thank you. :)
Excellent review. Thanks!
You're very welcome. Thank you for watching. :)
Good stuff
Thank you for watching. :)
You did a great job talking about it
Thank you for watching. :)
Two suggestions I can make that will help you out. If you notice the pipe that holds your log clamps has a little slack from side to side, and this slack can deter you from getting a good bite on your log clamp allowing it to come loose. I put a steel shim between the end of the pipe and the frame to take up that slack and dogging problems are greatly reduced. The other thing I did on the log loading system is I mounted a 3500 lb Harbor Freight electric winch on the post in place of the winch. I also mounted a 50 cal ammo box behind it to house and store all the electrical for the winch. The ammo box is waterproof and can be out in the weather. I drilled holes in the side for the plug in for the remote cable, and store all inside the box when not in use. The electric winch is so much easier on your back than the manual one and easy to use the hook to turn large logs with as well. I have tried to post picture of my set up to the Norwood forum but alas as an old guy I am not smart enough to figure it out, maybe one of my grandkids can help me. Hope that helps you a little. I love my LM29!!
I had never thought about the electric winch, that sounds like a great addition. I had noticed the slack on the dogging system and pay attention to it when tightening up a log. Thank you for the winch idea and thank you for watching. :)
Like your video on lm29 I like some one that will tell the good what bad I'm going to buy a mill in the spring but not sure what kind .
All the sawmills have their strong points and their weak points, just have to figure out what works for you. :)
Thanks for this video. I am looking at Saw Mills and trying to get honest reviews (without Drama or Hype). Good Job on the review, Thank you. It will help me make my decision on which saw mill to buy. Jim in Coarsegold CA.
You're welcome Jim. Glad this review was helpful. :)
Great Job explaining this Norwood Sawmill. I haven't heard much negative about the LM-29 or any of the Norwood brands. I have a quote from Norwood for the LM-29, I think I have my mind made up, was looking at other brand names, but from what I see and hear from people who has the Norwood, everyone is very happy with the performance of the Norwood mill. I'm going with the Norwood LM-29 and will order it this coming week.
Glad to hear that my video gave some good info. I am very happy with my Norwood sawmill, just waiting for some time to get back to it. Been really busy with the house build for the past year. Thanks for watching. :)
Just watched...thanks for your honest and insightful review. Am in the process of comparing sawmill companies and this video helped a lot. One suggestion about the water filter concern; how about a 5 gal gas can dedicated/marked "water only"...thanks again
Glad you like the review, I try to give my honest opinion on anything I review. Thank you for watching. :)
Oh man, what great timing for this. I've been going over and over this week if I should buy one of these or an HD36. I think this is all I need really. The dogging system was definitely something I questioned but maybe I can figure something out. Thanks so much!
I'm working on a better dogging system for mine right now. I figure every sawmill has a drawback its finding one that you can work with. I really do like this sawmill. I don't need anything bigger because I don't have any trees on my property that are bigger than 27 inches. And this is not a paid advertisement. Thank you for watching. :)
its all in a cheap fix that you your self can do to help lower the over all price of some machines that are overly priced.
@@KoalityofLife I put my order in just after the video. They were interested in your video and pulled it up. He said the key to the cam dogs is to rough up the bar with emery cloth so they can't slide so easy, made me feel a lot better. Can't wait to get it and make some sawdust!
@@bruceh5933 Interesting, I will have to try that. Congrats on the purchase of your sawmill, you will be happy. I cant stress enough to make sure the frame is level and even with your blade all the way down. :)
@@KoalityofLife bought the 29 in sept , wish i would of bought the 36, hate the dogging system, 27 inch would be great but if i put anything over 22 the log dog cranks stick out pass the rails and cant slide the cutting head pass it, bought honda engine, saw works great nice and square, but i like the dogging system on the old lumbermate dont know why they change, cost cutting i guess , lumbermate had the square log rest which seem better and dogs look superior
, great vidio
Good One
Thanks for watching. :)
I can't wait to get the HD36 👍
You will love it. :)
Nice video! Question.. do you have the adjustable legs on the track? I see on their website they are listed as a accessory.
I do not have the adjustable legs. There used to be a little mix up on the Norwood website, don't know if they have fixed it yet or not but in the LM29 demo video it had the adjustable legs as standard equipment but on the LM29 page had the legs listed as optional accessories you could buy. I mad my own stand out of pressure treated 4X4's. Works great for me. :)
@@KoalityofLife Thank You! Apparently they have them still listed as standard equipment on their web site.
It kinda looked like you had the adjustable feet / legs on the track. So you have no adjustment / leveling for the track?
Sorry for the questions.. I'm looking very hard at getting this model sawmill.
Thanks!
@@marlinmonroe4231 My mistake, the track does come with small adjustable feet that give you about 3 inches of leveling adjustment. I thought you were speaking of the taller legs that hold the unit about a foot off the ground. :)
Those things are cool. I actually worked at one of their competitors, Wood-Mizer, about 18 years ago.
I looked into a Wood Mizer but they were more than I could afford at the time. Great machines though :)
I have that mill and the same issues with the holding the logs in place. I wish they could solve this issue for us. If you firm a log into position it should stay put. So the bar the clamp slides on, seemed to be hard material. I replaced mine with a piece of pipe. Still not satisfied. I also have the smaller dog to hold the squared lumber in place. It too has problems. They are helpful but the dogging is a problem. Here is the solution to the plastic. Pop rivet a quarter inch of plywood to the inside the plastic guards. Your plastic will be safe. And the aluminum rivets cause no damage.
Nice fix for the guards, hadn't thought of adding a layer of plywood to the inside to protect them. Thanks :)
Great video you from Canada? Could you do a in-dept up close video on your scale I bought a norwood mill after I built my own mill. Got a good deal on it plan to make it portable and perhaps sell it down the road. My mill is a lumber mate 2000 I wasn't able to get a manual with mine would you be able to also do a video on blade tension the lumber mate has a aluminum guard for the blade.
I am not from Canada, I can try to get a more in-depth video on the cutting scale but it might be a while as I am building our house right now and want to get it sealed in before the rains come. As far as the blade tension on my mill, I just crank it down tight as it goes and make sure it tracks correctly. lol :)
A 5 gal. Gerry can (with a filter in the spout) filled with tap water would (wood?) solve your problem of getting debris in the water tank. Also, in the summer, try adding a little dish soap to the water, it acts as a lubricant for the blade, it can also reduce rusting. I used to live in lumber country (MI, upper peninsula) and all small mills did this.
You can dispose of most of your scrape by selling it to people for fire wood. My father used to by it buy the dump truck full and we would cut it to length. No splitting needed. You can also turn it to charcoal for use in BBQ grills and/or bio-char which is becoming popular with home gardeners.
A set of adjustable bunks will allow you to do precision cutting for straight grain and quarter-sawn boards. Both produce beautiful boards but the process is too involved to discuss here.
Thank you for all of this. :)
My deign was really simple for cam lock. I welded two 1 1/4” black iron pipe nipples about 2” long together to make a cross, slid that on a 1” pipe and welded a plate on each end to bolt on to the tracks. I then welded a 1” x 18” black pipe to a 1/2”x 12 black pipe to make a L shape. And for the cam I cut a egg shape plate out of 1/4 plate and welded it where the two pipes meet. The pointed end faces the 1/2 pipe side of the L pipe. This is the handle. The 1” pipe slides into the 1 1/4” cross nipple that is on the cross pipe. You slide the pipe to the log tight and turn 90 degrees and that wedges the log against log stops. The length of the 1” pipe can be adjusted to you set up. Hope this makes sense
That with a pic and I could probably make it. Thank you for the write up though. I will see what i can do. :)
O also for the bolt that is used to clamp down. sharpen the bolt head a lil kinda ad a point maybe so it digs into metal a lil ? also can prob add nylon strips to inside so blade cant rip through the plastic. and wont hurt blade.
That might be a little hard to do. When the blade breaks it kinda comes off in a different place each time so you would have to line the entire thing. I don't think the outer covers are that expensive, but I will definitely be looking into the price soon so I know what I'm in for. Thank you for watching. :)
hmm wonder how well linex bed liner would hold up. cause that stuff is amazing. and another type i cant think of off hand. but still a bed liner brand. but a heavy duty kind.
I'm thinking of purchasing a Norwood saw, not the 29 but the next one down. Honestly, how hard was it to get off the delivery truck (I don't have a tractor or anything to lift it off- have to do it by hand) and how hard was it to put together?? I have read some reviews with people saying it was horrible trying to get it together and they had bad experiences with customer service. Any help and advice would be greatly appreciated!!!
It depends on the delivery company and if they will let you take a pallet apart and off load it part at a time or if you will need a forklift. As far as putting it together, it wasn't that hard just a bit time consuming. Customer service for me was great but that was before Covid. I had friends that bought during Covid and had a horrible time with customer service, mainly because Norwood was really backed up with orders and people calling in with questions. I have had a great experience with Norwood. :)
thanks sir
You're welcome. Thank you for watching. :)
I have the LM29v2 with the trailer package on order, what was the most difficult part putting it together. I can't find any video of the assembly process on here. Does anyone have any video of how to put this together ??
The V2 is a newer model and I don't know how much different it is from the LM29 but I remember the LM29 being easy to put together. The only thing I would change in the assembly instructions is that they tell you to tighten track as you put it together, I would loosely put the track together and then level and tighten all the bolts at the end. To answer your question about videos, no I couldn't find any step by step videos out there. :)
Brian..did it arrive and are you milling?
@@jaytodd5809. Yes, I have it, still waiting on the trailer package, I received notification yesterday from Norwood, I should receive it on May 25th, also waiting on a couple of Parts. I've assembled the mill on 4 X 4's in the garage. Not sure how I'm going to get everything on the trailer, it's very heavy now. Anyone have any ideas, please message me.
@@brianhynes3525 That's good to hear..received my Norwood a few weeks ago myself..same situation here ..missing and backordered parts like trailer pkg etc..
I've wondered the same thing..will it be too heavy to get it up enough to start attaching jacks and the axle..
Thx for some Tips to change. So i am thinking to order an lm 29 in the next weeks. I`ll taked to them about some small changes, like ur idea with the filter in the water tank. Or the use higher quality screws for the bed. And i whant to built a trailer below the saw. But i dont like they solution. I am thinking t use a sqare pipe with 40/120/6000 mm 4mm strong an use eu axels and tires.
So thats the plan for the next weeks. If someone have other ideas, pls let me know.
sry for my bad english. Have an awesome week! Wolfgang
You're very welcome. Thank you for watching. :)
Wolfgang, I have the trailer system on my LM29 and it is very sturdy and performs perfectly for towing and moving around. It even makes setup and leveling easy. My biggest complaint is the log rests, they are not heavy enough. I made a set out of 2x2x1/4 square tubing, ground the mount on the mill to fit the square tubing and they work perfectly. Also the end bunk was to far back, so I flipped the mounting bracket end for end and remounted the bunk and now the blade on the sawhead go past it about six inches. Hope this helps.
I'm not a big fan of their company but for the money I guess that make a good product I don't know I like your video though I watched another video of yours the other day on the generator thanks your videos are pretty good you getting better I like your no-nonsense direct to the point the more detail on a lot of this stuff on the small things for beginners are important this is why guys like you do such great jobs thanks for the video keep up your good work maybe one day you'll be sponsored by them I think it would be a good choice by their company being what kind of person you are thank you and God bless you and yours God Bless America 🇺🇸
Thank you for watching. Just curious, what do you not like about Norwood. You say you're not a big fan of the company, just wondering why. I like to hear what other people think too. :)
I'm ordering the hd36 soon! How long did it take to get yours after you ordered it?
My sawmill was on backorder when I ordered it but even then I want to say it only took about 3 weeks to get it. Could take longer depending on where you live. Thanks for watching. :)
I seen a video that was made about a year ago on the small log dog everyone has that 😂 problem maybe you can tighten it some way and the water get a old gasoline funnel with a screen in it .for as blade breakage some of the time I is because it is to tight
Thanks and thanks for watching. :)
Did Norwood say to put a little soap in the water to help it keep the blade clean? A buildup of sap might slow it down. In my little experience some soap was used. I would like to see a real showdown between some of the major brands and put it up against one of the super cheap ones vs one that was home built from scratch.
(and I just see the below comment now )
Cheers
use the e-stop as the shut off, its that simple.
That is an option. Thank you for watching. :)
metal coffee filter :) for the water filter its prob even the right size :)
lol
Ya know, I think yo have something there. I'm going to try it. Thank you :)
I have learned to dislike the response from Norwood. I called the 1-800 number 3-times now and I have left Name, Ph.#, and email. They say they'll get back in 24-48 hours. (THAT's a LIE) I have a part to order and also have ordered 5 blades. I got the conformation on the order then there was nothing. No shipping information and it has already been 12 days.
I have had a hard time lately contacting Norwood. I know they are really busy from the amount of sawmill orders they have gotten but I wish they would be better about getting back to people. Thanks for watching. :)
Send them an email with your phone number..put "account/order issues" in the description...they will call you promptly..has worked for me twice!
Maybe this can help ok let me know ok
Thank you. :)
The water is not for Cooling. It is to wash away the sawdust from between the saw blade and the wheel. If you cut through the plastic make guards out of plywood that will save your blades.
Good idea about the plywood guards. Thank you. :)
Once in a while I have a good idea. Always try to help when I can. In the '80's I worked in a mill in the Seattle area that cut over 1,000,000 BF per month. That was a fun place to work. I was one of the mill-writes (spelling?). One of the fixit guys! I was the welder and electrocution.
@@davescorneroftheworld1147 Very cool, Always appreciate new ideas. Fixed cars most my life, collision repair, just now getting into wood working and other stuff. :)
Strain your water before you put it in the tank.
I keep meaning to buy a metal strainer to put over the hole so it catches all the little stuff before it gets in. Someday I will remember to get it. lol :) Thank you for watching.
You could put an in line filter on it as a possible option.