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  • @Diogenes425
    @Diogenes425 11 місяців тому +5

    Nothing is flyin apart & wood is flyin out the back. Mill owner loves this guy!

    • @sammylacks4937
      @sammylacks4937 8 місяців тому

      Sawfiler too. Sawyer isn't wasting time and putting that log into that saw. Somebody put some love in maintaining it. Hats off to the filing crew.
      Nice headrig.

  • @joestreet7036
    @joestreet7036 2 роки тому +9

    Dad and grandfather had this opinion. You can have total performance to a day or slow down a little and use it as long as you want

  • @kylequarles07
    @kylequarles07 19 днів тому +1

    I like the speed you’re sawing at because it’s easier to get in a rhythm. Going slower put me to sleep. I sawed hardwood for 12 + years on a 6’ Salem band mill, Tyrone Berry hydraulic shotgun carriage, Corley log turner (hydraulic), 3D scanner, and all logs down to 6 or 8 inch cants sent to a gang saw. My best was 101 logs in an hour, and 13,150 ft. in one hour. My family had a pallet business for my first 15 years of life and then my papa retired and closed it up, so I went to the big sawmill. I miss it because it’s in my blood. I even named my son Sawyer. Sawmill work just don’t pay enough.

    • @zlindauer5315
      @zlindauer5315  19 днів тому

      i sawed 16 yrs then 1 day i fell asleep, woke up when the carriage hit the stops and fell off the tracks. i thought i had better give it to someone younger if the band next to my head didnt even keep me awake. i went to maintenance and relief sawed and trained. you're right about the pay, and its a young mans game. 101 logs in a hour is gettin it!! must have had a good filer to keep the deviation down. thanks for the comment!

  • @Harrier20153
    @Harrier20153 4 роки тому +10

    Manager : You’ve 100 logs to cut
    Machine operator : Hold my beer 🍺

  • @EL300B
    @EL300B 2 роки тому +7

    Worked in a sawmill that had a steam shotgun carriage feed and double cut saw.Good sawyer could make that carriage fly.

  • @danleonard2113
    @danleonard2113 5 років тому +4

    Crazy..mill wrights best friend

  • @exceptionallyaveragejoe
    @exceptionallyaveragejoe 9 місяців тому +1

    Suggestion for part 2. Harder Faster by WASP

  • @dougsmith9099
    @dougsmith9099 2 роки тому +11

    I Wouldn't let this guy run my wheel barrow

  • @grahamw6706
    @grahamw6706 2 місяці тому

    What was your average tonnage each day?

    • @zlindauer5315
      @zlindauer5315  2 місяці тому

      @grahamw6706 I don't member what rhe footage was, but we average 500+ logs a day in an 8 hour shift. Randy was the hands down best filer I ever met , I could push that handle through the window of the cab, and his saws took it! RIP Mr vile.

  • @BakoelGendoel
    @BakoelGendoel 3 роки тому +1

    wow..very fast..love to see this..

  • @islawilliams9572
    @islawilliams9572 2 роки тому +3

    working at that speed is an accident waiting to happen.

    • @zlindauer5315
      @zlindauer5315  2 роки тому +2

      I don't know it seemed to work out for about 16 years. Wrecks happen if you go fast or slow. Appreciate the comments.

    • @paulveenings6861
      @paulveenings6861 2 роки тому +1

      @@zlindauer5315 yeh , you get into a rhythm and the rig becomes part of you . 🙂
      I had 10 years operating one .

  • @traviswells1388
    @traviswells1388 6 років тому +2

    Reminds me of the mailman off of men in black 2

  • @haroldeutsey6269
    @haroldeutsey6269 2 роки тому +2

    Hammer that wood out good tunes!!!

  • @michaelh2209
    @michaelh2209 8 місяців тому

    Run it !!
    Doing a great job

  • @mattwagner9811
    @mattwagner9811 10 місяців тому

    He is actually pulling grade pretty well

  • @timgreen4137
    @timgreen4137 11 місяців тому

    So, what was the problem???

  • @zlindauer5315
    @zlindauer5315  10 років тому +2

    Tyrone berry shotgun drive, Lewis controls setworks, feeding a very hungry 6 ft linebar

    • @lesrobinson544
      @lesrobinson544 6 років тому +1

      z lindauer
      They still have shotgun?

    • @lesrobinson544
      @lesrobinson544 6 років тому +1

      Ran shotgun steam 35 yrs ago in idaho

  • @thomasmint1761
    @thomasmint1761 11 місяців тому

    Doesn’t one get seasick from operating this machinery?

  • @hammergardner8947
    @hammergardner8947 10 місяців тому

    I bet the filers love you lol.

    • @zlindauer5315
      @zlindauer5315  10 місяців тому

      Mr. Vile was the absolute best filler I ever met and worked with. We were very good friends. Used a heat crawler that drove 2 torch heads around the band. I thought the saws would end up cracking but they never did. Best filler ever. Rip Randy.

  • @jesuslite2000
    @jesuslite2000 Рік тому +2

    While he's not the smoothest at his loading and unloading the speed control in the cut is good. (Former Head Sawyer here). Can't control what you find in the middle of a log-unless the filers want to go out on the log deck with a metal detector lol.

    • @jacobb7608
      @jacobb7608 Рік тому

      Question for you: What is the purpose of the laser lines shining on the log and carriage? Are they just there to make the contours of the log clearer for the operator, or are they actually measuring something?

    • @hollywoodmcadams5604
      @hollywoodmcadams5604 Рік тому

      ​@@jacobb7608It's to show the saw line I believe. At least they were years ago when I was in mills. Helps to set log up for best cut.

    • @TheWildWestMill
      @TheWildWestMill 2 місяці тому

      @@hollywoodmcadams5604. Computer optimized system.

  • @kevincarmack581
    @kevincarmack581 4 роки тому +6

    Fast isn't always better, looks like he's putting out a lot of firewood,
    Pretty reckless

  • @o0GrayMatters0o
    @o0GrayMatters0o Рік тому

    that's a badass machine. reminds me of the movie Avatar.

  • @bradford5030
    @bradford5030 10 років тому +3

    he drives me mad!

  • @rogerroger5649
    @rogerroger5649 5 років тому +5

    I assume he is good at what he does but I know little about the business. I'm sure from a company perspective the game is to get as many logs through as possible as fast as possible but, it just seems a little disrespectful somehow. Probably just me because I love to walk through the hardwood store and admire (drool actually) over the beauty of the wood. I just think there should be a little more care and pride in what you are doing and understanding what's behind the beauty revealed with each cut.

    • @pechinma
      @pechinma Рік тому

      the end result is just the same no matter the rig travel speed. but i totally get your point, i used to have a firewood factory, chewing through oak, beech, ash that could have been beautiful boards. now that i enjoy doing furniture from time to time i have a different perspective.

  • @jamessimmons1888
    @jamessimmons1888 3 роки тому +4

    He is doing a good job, cutting fast and getting them done. A little rough on the equipment, but getting it done.

    • @richardlee2488
      @richardlee2488 3 роки тому +4

      Good to see a mill that is not just cutting fast but doing it well. Far too many undersized saws out there with slow operators.

  • @alansmith3984
    @alansmith3984 3 роки тому +1

    Hope you didn’t get rid of your Lewis controls system. Is far better than the USNR system mills have been switching to.

  • @viking7558
    @viking7558 Рік тому

    Job security for the millwrights for sure

  • @brianholmes8966
    @brianholmes8966 3 роки тому +1

    Place the knot

  • @Tannertraversed
    @Tannertraversed 7 років тому +3

    How are your shoulders feeling? At my old mill the sawyer and edger would rotate every hour.

    • @zlindauer5315
      @zlindauer5315  7 років тому +4

      it never really bothered my shoulders, when i was new at it my hands wood hurt from the button pushes and grippin the controllers to tightly. i know a couple times breakin the sticks and making them too long or short and by the end of the day knew i was goin to stay late and redue. I love sawin, days fly by, as fast as i can get it to go the better and the employers always love that... they start seein the dollars. more then enough to keep my mind occupied goin on in the sawcab.......... love it.

    • @Tannertraversed
      @Tannertraversed 7 років тому +4

      z lindauer cool man. Thanks for the insight. We had a small mill. Mainly hardwoods. Maybe do 200-300 logs a day if lucky. Our sawyers are slow compared to you but the size of the logs keep us busy. When our manager gets in the cab he saw like a sum bitch, similar to you. He says it takes time and a proper eye and ear lol. Sucks when you hit metal, well not for me as I would be on the bandmill trimmer and would get to watch the guys rotate in a new bandsaw. I couldn't do what you do for 10 hours a day need to be on my feet. All sawyers that did it for 20 years complained so much about there shoulders, one guy on boardway can't even lift above his head. Keep on the good fight man thanks for all your hard work. God bless. Cut back on the soda ha ha

  • @brucewatson9700
    @brucewatson9700 3 роки тому

    I want one

  • @phreemynd
    @phreemynd 7 років тому +1

    I loved watching this. How many guys work the back of the mill?

    • @zlindauer5315
      @zlindauer5315  7 років тому +1

      phreemynd, thanks for the compliment. I recon 8 to 10 men on the green chain, 2 edger operators, and 1and 1/2 men on the linebar resaw, the resaw is what really brought that mill into the production monster it is. I've ran mills with just head rigs and tinker toy resaws but when they bought that real resaw I had to run my ass off all day, any fumbles and I played ketchup up all day! I like tomatoes!

    • @phreemynd
      @phreemynd 7 років тому

      Ugghh..I hated working behind (or feeding) a resaw. Ours sat too high and your shoulders would burn within 3 minutes of starting a stack.

    • @phreemynd
      @phreemynd 7 років тому +3

      Growing up, my father ran a sawmill and a pallet mill. My uncle was the sawyer with one (human) log turner on good days, one offbearman/edger operator, one stacker and one bucking slabs. Slab guy helped stack squares and ties. We had 23 stacks between pine, hardwood, pallet stock, etc. Obviously we had a much slower mill but we would still put out 15,000 ft/day if nothing broke down. That's how I spent my teen summers. Oh, and guess who got to load out the 53' flatbeds with pallets...that's right, the boss' son who was being paid under the table and didn't know the meaning of "overtime."

    • @zlindauer5315
      @zlindauer5315  7 років тому +4

      its very hard to find good help thats willing to do labor intensive work these days. the old man that trained me always said "you dont get the caliber men that you used too." that was almost 20 years ago when i started hearing that. and it hasent seemed to get better. every once in awhile a young man comes trough thats trainable for the upper jobs but there hard to keep at our sawmills wadges. and i never blame them for leaving and trying to better themselves.
      miss ya danial

  • @charlespayne5698
    @charlespayne5698 3 роки тому

    U good as hell hell yeah

  • @MrSunrise-
    @MrSunrise- 5 років тому +1

    Dear
    Sweet
    Jesus

  • @zlindauer5315
    @zlindauer5315  10 років тому +1

    i enjoy all but the ending

  • @umitdemirci825
    @umitdemirci825 3 роки тому

    Gördüğüm en iyi ağaç kesim videosu kullandığınız testere nasıl bir testere

  • @sethfrye6411
    @sethfrye6411 8 років тому +3

    Besides the hardware incident, how often do you change saws ?

    • @zlindauer5315
      @zlindauer5315  8 років тому +2

      half a day or every 4 to 6 hrs.

    • @jeromyw385xp
      @jeromyw385xp 6 років тому +2

      no kidding i'd fire is ass on the spot. what a nut. i know time is money but this is uncalled for by any standards.

  • @ElectronPower
    @ElectronPower 6 років тому

    Like a boss! Do you know what's that song in the background? Thanks!

    • @zlindauer5315
      @zlindauer5315  6 років тому +2

      Faith no more, zombie eaters. Thanks!

    • @ElectronPower
      @ElectronPower 6 років тому +1

      @@zlindauer5315 No problem! Thanks for a quick response!

  • @Terry-y3w
    @Terry-y3w Рік тому

    Hi guys I was a head sawer for a lot of years he's not grade sawing and that's how you make money, he's just breaking it down and sending to the resaw , the resaw has a smaller kerf saw , for witch you produce more lumber, but he's play with fire what he's doing is dangerous for him and his co-workers, I saw man get killed in the saw booth going to fast the log fell off when he was coming forward and drove the log through the cab so think about it,Thank you

    • @TheWildWestMill
      @TheWildWestMill 2 місяці тому

      For sure a log coming off the carriage can be a really bad day

  • @kerem54545454
    @kerem54545454 5 років тому

    How wide is that bandsaw ?

    • @zlindauer5315
      @zlindauer5315  5 років тому +1

      Start at 12 in.

    • @kerem54545454
      @kerem54545454 5 років тому

      z lindauer damn that’s big! Do they have bigger ?

  • @audiemccall7611
    @audiemccall7611 4 роки тому +2

    Meth!

  • @timothywilliams-wc1yt
    @timothywilliams-wc1yt Рік тому

    I done this for a living

  • @randygoodspeed6460
    @randygoodspeed6460 6 років тому +6

    some one get that peice of crap out of that cab

  • @jccalhoun212o
    @jccalhoun212o 10 років тому

    What kind of drive?

  • @zagerijlog-ic9654
    @zagerijlog-ic9654 9 років тому +1

    From where the sad title?? Your mill runs like hell!

    • @zlindauer5315
      @zlindauer5315  9 років тому +1

      I hit metal and had to change the saw on the last log.

  • @patrickdean4853
    @patrickdean4853 Рік тому

    He is fast, but he is also really pushing his luck and being hard on the equipment. General Log quality seems poor as well. He is definitely beating on that carriage though. the bearing on the back side of the carriage are gonna show it and if he is not careful with that chain turner he will catch the front edge of his carriage and crack that bearing as well.

    • @zlindauer5315
      @zlindauer5315  Рік тому

      There's a big rail on the back to protect those Taper roller bearings designed to take axial thrust in the v-wheels, and where in the wide world of sports do you see one of those slow ass chain log turners? Ya know everybody will say sawing should be done this way or that way, but I ran headrigs for 16 years the same exact way. Yea stuff gets broke, ya fix it and carry on. But I tell ya what, production time is just that and I gave up second guessing myself along time ago. I appreciate the comment and hope you enjoy the rest of the weekend sir.

    • @patrickdean4853
      @patrickdean4853 Рік тому

      I think your right, that is a bar, not a chain turner. Moving pretty fast. Iguess it just comes down to priorities. All go, no stop or trying to pull grade. Busted carriages or busted band saws cost money too! He is fast though. I wonder if that rig has saw line software, otherwise he is courting disaster at that speed- hitting anything imbedded in the log, slamming that blade into a frozen log or hitting a double crotch … or even worse- hitting a frozen double crotch!

    • @patrickdean4853
      @patrickdean4853 Рік тому

      @@zlindauer5315 I ran both a bar and a chain turner - I far preferred the chain turner when pulling grade.

  • @Balajienterprises089
    @Balajienterprises089 5 років тому

    This machine price

  • @brushcreek42
    @brushcreek42 5 років тому

    Not what you'd call top grade logs. Is he sawing pallet lumber?

  • @mokenetgumshoe1064
    @mokenetgumshoe1064 6 років тому +1

    Holy shit

  • @freedomisntfree5573
    @freedomisntfree5573 5 років тому

    Why did this show up on my recommended views?
    And why the title?

    • @zlindauer5315
      @zlindauer5315  5 років тому

      Cause I hit metal in the last cut and had to stop recording. To answer your other question, maybe you like faith no more?

  • @audiemccall7611
    @audiemccall7611 4 роки тому +1

    I better not catch that jerk treating my equipment like that

  • @patrickstammeyer6531
    @patrickstammeyer6531 8 років тому +3

    hitting metal and losing the production at this pace it must be like Fonzi from happy days show when asked about his job running an ice cream truck he said i had to quit every time I got her up to 90 there'd be some kid waving a dime!

    • @zlindauer5315
      @zlindauer5315  8 років тому +1

      best comment eva! love it! thanks for watching!!!!!!

    • @umitdemirci825
      @umitdemirci825 2 роки тому

      @@zlindauer5315 merhaba dostum

  • @stevewarfel5788
    @stevewarfel5788 10 місяців тому

    A decent automation engineer would put this operator in the unemployment line.

    • @zlindauer5315
      @zlindauer5315  10 місяців тому

      But strangely, there are still sawyers all over. It's hard with logs not being uniform. And the environment of dust and dirt are hard on sensors and computers. Don't get me wrong most owners would love not paying paychecks, but that monumental initially start cost will keep it in the hands of humans a couple more years.

  • @Kmecha84
    @Kmecha84 6 років тому +3

    Jesus the millwright must hate working on this machine after this guy

    • @jeromyw385xp
      @jeromyw385xp 6 років тому +1

      ya think. they must work on this thing every day fixing something. not to mention the cost in repairs all the time.

    • @zlindauer5315
      @zlindauer5315  5 років тому +1

      I was taught by a man that said if ya run it ya fix it. So 9 times out of 10 I was millright. Ya don't produce by playing with them. And there only costing ya if your not in the cut. The wheels cost money to spin. Period.

  • @4x4American
    @4x4American 6 років тому +1

    get it!!

  • @lucasdossantos9322
    @lucasdossantos9322 8 років тому

    Se o cabo arrebentar o carrinho vai parar lá na caixa prego.kkkk

  • @semistacker7118
    @semistacker7118 3 роки тому +1

    I'd much rather watch the Wood Mizer videos.

  • @cnfrfysx
    @cnfrfysx Рік тому

    Оператор торопится для съемки,работает неоптимально,так он больше часа не сможет работать. работать(😊

  • @timothywilliams-wc1yt
    @timothywilliams-wc1yt Рік тому

    I done this for a livig

  • @johnmcgarvie4061
    @johnmcgarvie4061 Рік тому

    this speed freak would learn his lesson if he was sawing frozen logs. I actually think he is a show off.

    • @zlindauer5315
      @zlindauer5315  Рік тому

      I learned my lesson for about 16 years in the sawcab. Lol

    • @zlindauer5315
      @zlindauer5315  Рік тому

      Oh, and that was southern Missouri, so they really didn't ever freeze there. Your more then likely to underfeed a band mill. It's all about watching the sawdust come out of the gullets and not behind the saw. I think the filler at that time was running 12ooo lbs of strain. That's really, really low for a 6ft mill. With his filling, she took it all day.

    • @zlindauer5315
      @zlindauer5315  Рік тому

      Oh yes randy did rum a frost notch all year round. I guess he liked that aggressive look of the profile. Rip Mr. Vile.

    • @danielhochstetler5983
      @danielhochstetler5983 Рік тому +1

      You're a good sawyer never mind what anyone says.
      I ran a double blade circle mill with a similar carriage in north Indiana so I feel your pain.

  • @richparker7778
    @richparker7778 6 років тому +5

    How does he have a job ?

    • @zlindauer5315
      @zlindauer5315  6 років тому +1

      Rich Parker, I got fired. But I don't think it was from my lack of production. I cursed too much on the radio and drove the company truck with no speedometer too fast.

    • @tomnovak7731
      @tomnovak7731 6 років тому

      Crack kills!

  • @johnforman4308
    @johnforman4308 2 роки тому

    What a wood butcher hire a sawyer

  • @calvinsusanwebber3414
    @calvinsusanwebber3414 5 років тому +2

    I dont think hes doing as good a job as he should id boot him out

  • @supersawyer358
    @supersawyer358 7 років тому +1

    Is that a 12 gauge saw? I imagine it's gotta hefty to withstand that feed. 16" wide?

  • @briantiger665
    @briantiger665 7 років тому

    smoke those bandmills

  • @goatamongsheep4296
    @goatamongsheep4296 6 років тому +5

    Reckless

  • @paulcherry1520
    @paulcherry1520 6 років тому

    Wow man work that shit

  • @redtussock
    @redtussock 4 роки тому

    Probably competing for his job on a Cube basis ...

  • @wvwatcher3717
    @wvwatcher3717 2 роки тому

    Bro you need to slow down a little bit 😂

  • @eldonmaverickellis463
    @eldonmaverickellis463 2 роки тому

    ....?

  • @robertelsass6179
    @robertelsass6179 7 років тому +2

    I bet the sawfiler loves to bench guys our stretched saws

  • @HarrisPropertyMaintenance
    @HarrisPropertyMaintenance 6 років тому

    dang

  • @mauriciomarcelino4688
    @mauriciomarcelino4688 2 роки тому +1

    Um cara trabalhar assim nesse ritmo fica loco kk

  • @bertmohi3671
    @bertmohi3671 11 місяців тому

    stop showing off i was a headrig shotgun operator 4 10 yrs i never cut like that i call that a butcher shotgun is steam driven & its a lot faster than that take your time give all the guys to breath a little gud luck 👍👍👍👍👍

  • @derrellbarnhill3885
    @derrellbarnhill3885 7 років тому +2

    He aint shit just squaring cant resaw man pulls the grade and dont make near as much money

    • @zlindauer5315
      @zlindauer5315  7 років тому

      Derrell Barnhil,l the grade should be taken at the headsaw otherwise width is lost. Anywho I ain't shit just a sawyer trying to keep up with a resaw that can take 12 lines or so a minute. Anyway I just sit there, the computer really does it all. Thanks for the comment though.

  • @grazynazambeanie5963
    @grazynazambeanie5963 7 місяців тому

    Junk logs / poor sawyer

    • @zlindauer5315
      @zlindauer5315  7 місяців тому

      Not much positive out of your commitment. Lol

  • @loreleiwhitcombe6371
    @loreleiwhitcombe6371 5 років тому

    Faster faster faster

  • @arfcom3333
    @arfcom3333 7 років тому +2

    Good sawyer fast!

  • @ShowCat1
    @ShowCat1 6 років тому +3

    Totally annoying video.

  • @TheAnthonyfraser
    @TheAnthonyfraser 2 роки тому +1

    Shitty grade timber, fence and pallets