I have cut a ton of cedar on my mill which is about like yours. Yes,a metal detector is invaluable and will save you a lot of heartache! Also when you see the rubboard appearance, that means a dull blade.Also that jumping around means the same. Just keep at it ...experience = best teacher.
Hey,guys I do apologize for coming down on you in a post earlier. Now, I had an experience today that might help you. I saw a lot of cedar as I said earlier so today my saw started jumping from front to back etc. Come to find out,my blade was cracking and finally broke in two! Just thought that might help you guys.(btw,i did re-subscribe).
Thanks for sharing this video. I know there some negative comments and I hope they don’t discourage you. I enjoy watching real people learning because they are not afraid to try or do new things. God bless.
Thank you for these videos. Its nice to see the earlier stages of the learning process. Your video and editing looks good. Awesome teamwork as well. Its real nice to see family working together. It never gets old. God bless you guys.
2000 WM LT40 Diesel bn sawing for yrs, investing in a good metal detector will save you a lot of blades, always check trees that come out of town/yards for nails...
You recovered nicely from the mishap. Another thing: speaking as a horse owner, I look at the sawdust coming out of your dust chute and I see a possible revenue stream. I know bandsaws produce a finer dust than wheel blades do, too fine for horses (it's bad for their breathing), but I think dairy farms buy that finer dust for bedding; and I know it's used to make wood pellets and other stuff. Even a shop vac ducted onto that chute might produce something usable or salable for you. Best of luck!
Start at the larger end , lots easier to gauge . Measure your large end and small end and set your blade to the difference , less waste and easier to square up . Nice looking slabs you guys got !
@@TripleLRusticDesigns I'd advise always starting at the small end. especially if you are going after dimensional lumber. Another tip...raise the small end to be level with the but end on your first cuts. will minimize waste and maximize yield.
My father and I had a Sanborn 36” mighty max back in the 80’s early 90’s. I miss those days. That sound of that blade hitting metal isn’t good. Our mill had a 5”1/2 band. I have the new paper article on my Facebook page of the clipping where it was in the paper. I’ll include a link of a video of a sawmill just like it. We had the same exact set up. Fork lift too.
You could see 3 nails or screws in that one you thought had two.there's one up alittle higher.pretty wood I've got some in the shop I use for turkey box calls.you may want to stay 5 ft.up from the bottom of some tree's. We cut all of our fire wood that way if it come from a fence row or yard.then we stay out of the metal. especially if we didn't cut it down.
.y blades would wander when the tooth set was gone on one side. I used the crooked cuts for furnature. I made a very nice cedar stool with one. I wish i could send you pictures.
@@TripleLRusticDesigns i don't have instagram. That is beautiful wood. Our cedar is light brown here in eldorado county calizuela. I sold my mill because i got an offer for more than i paid for it. Sometimes i regret it. But i'm 74 now. Those logs are heavy, and i'm too old to lift them by myself. Oh well. Thanks for that video. It brought back happy memories.
Yeah we figured out we were cutting too fast. We cut slower now and have perfectly straight cuts. Thank you for the tips though, we really appreciate it!
I love getting the free trees from the tree guys but you do quickly learn that nothing is truly free. What really sucks is when that metal is thin enough that the mill hardly flinches so you don’t notice it but your planer does. Good luck in the venture with the mill. I’m going on 16 years and still love cutting off that first slab.
I have a question for you guys. I see a lot of guys cutting everything into big slabs and stacking it to dry, and other guys cut the log on 4 sides into a square and then directly into lumber. Why the two different approaches? Also, if you are taking urban trees, have you considered investing in a quality metal detector to go over the logs before you cut them? I think it would pick up things like that nail. Might save a lot of blades and a lot of wood. And then you could take up treasure hunting on the side. LOL. Thanks!
@@joeprimal2044 speaking from my experience I do both. Cutting into lumber for projects built with dimensional lumber and cutting the slabs for the guys building rustic tables, benches etc. it’s a fairly new thing. When I started milling you couldn’t hardly sell a live edge slab now I’m shipping them all over the US. Yes I have a metal detector. Sometimes it catches it sometimes it don’t. If it’s deep enough it doesn’t seem to get it. I suppose you could check it at every pass but time is money.
You get trees out of a yard,,, what do you think is going to happen,,, I paid for my metal detector in in blades I saved !!! I have metal cutting blades to change out to keep sawing if I hit one. I will saw stuff with nails in it with those blades. I check EVERYTHING I SAW !!!! I cut 2 Railroad spikes with them in black walnut,,, pinpointed them in the log and sawed it in the middle of a 16 foot log . He was sent to me by the largest mill around here. It is all the inside of one room now with cabinets all from 3 trees . Super happy customer with a huge tip !! You can cut one log that will make or break your month !!
Urban forests, fence lines, or rural yard trees are not worth sawing unless you have a good metal detector able to penetrate several inches. Also when sawing take off your slabs and boards before making your next cut and watch for blue stain.
Hey guys ✋️ great video 😃 I think you have to be steady with speed and little slower, by changing speed settings while milling the log also can be a thickness problem. What I’m trying to say maintain same speed from start to finish at the slower pace. Good luck.
You should debark the cedar before sawing. Even if there wasn't a screw in the log, the fibrous cedar bark can plug up the blade and make it wander and heat up.
I can’t stress the importance of a GOOD quality metal detector. Cheap ones won’t detect metal as easy in larger diameter trees. Urban trees an be the worst for holding hidden metal. Another giveaway (sometimes) of metal presence is blueish/dark staining spots on the end grain. Watch the knots too, dives and raises happen as they are changes in wood density. You’ll have to experiment with speeds as well as your blade type (4,7,9 and 10 degree sizes) in accordance’s with the wood species and dryness. Lots of variables guys- but you will learn more as you cut more boards. It’s a great thing- and the beauty in the wood is like Christmas every time you cut a tree! I’d suggest giving Nathan Eliiott and his channel @outofthewoodsforestry #outofthewoodsforestry a view. I can’t tell you the amount of things I’ve learned by watching him work and talk about running his mill. The amount of information he has is invaluable- and he knows sawmilling. No nonsense straightforward information. Keep cutting fellas!
I cut a few cedar trees a work one after noon and they were full of rocks and bottles. The tree must have been hollow at one time and the tree grew around the garbage. Ended up using a loader to remove all the trees.
On my parents property in Canada, there is the northest population of this kind of cedar. We cut one of them once, i never saw atree with such tight growth rings, the wood is beautiful, but sadly very rare in Canada
Although I've paid for it 3 years, I havent turned it on. Got the same mill, in diesel, same tractor almost l4060. And I'm collecting the same trees, got about a 4000 pound log today, it is big, really big. Hope I dont hit nails. Definately will have to use the metal detector. I have posted some videos on collecting this cedar. Today was brutal. Loaded it by hand on the trailer.
That's the cost of free lumber! Lol in all seriousness, sorry to see you lose a blade and lose that beautiful log. I hope that the overwhelming smell of fresh cedar cut at least offset the loss a little bit... can't wait to cut my cedar pile... my HM122 is in the box awaiting assembly!
Are all the newer wood-mizer sawmills that unstable? Or is just the wide? It seems to shift around quite a bit. Our old cantilever mill doesn't do that.
a $70 dollar metal detector may have saved you that much in labor and blades and wood. That is an expensive saw mill, you might want to spend a little on a better metal detector for the sake of penetration and you can either cut it out or try to avoid it. Also, Cedar and Cherry are very photo senstitive, so if you want to preserve the color as cut you must tarp it and get it into the dark as soon as possible. Ten minutes in the sun will bleach the color on cedar. But if you can get it indoors or tarped you can treat it with a U.V blocker like Thompson'sl Good luck on future projects.
Yeah we are going to order a nice metal detector. That’s crazy about the wood losing its color. I’ve definitely noticed it by leaving it out in the sun. We really appreciate the tips! Thanks
With cedar you really gotta pay attention to your cut and your blade because if there is just a slight difference in a tooth itll mess up.a log quickly
I took some logs I cut here in my yard to a sawyer nearby. He asked me where I got them and I told him. He said people put nails in their trees around their homes to hang things so if he hit a nail I would have to buy the saw blade. That was fair I thought.
You have to go slow through knots, you need to have your tension set properly and metal will jack a blade every single time. FYI cedar is the most notorious for having hidden metal. When you hear that pulsating sound when your cutting it can be a bent blade which is junk at that point.
Nails and sawmills don't mix! The other day a man brought me a nice straight oak to cut and I told him 25 for each blade if I hit a nail He assured me "no nails". Second pass, hit a nail. It dipped. That's 1- 25 dollars. Got 2 nails out of wood 3rd pass hit a nail dipped. This time 6 inches from center. I told him he already had 70 bucks in log. He decided 70 dollars for 1 slab was enough.
Thanks for sharing Wade. We are definitely learning how terrible nails in the log can be. We have been cutting some telephone poles and those are full of nails.
@@TripleLRusticDesigns oh my! Feel for ya. I Will Not cut a power pole. I think they put nails in them when they treat them. Somebody brings me one, I convince them it's better at holding up a barn. But sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do. I have no metal deyector.
16:25..."It's too damn hot, I can't even video".......Well, pull your pants up, turn your hat around, go get yourself a freezy pop and let the other poor guy labor on. So sad.
Get yourself a security wand for checking metal objects. Knives, guns, screws, nails, anything concealed. I’m not sure how deep it will warn you there’s something buried. Not sure if it’s worth the price unless you start wrecking a bunch of blades?
@@TripleLRusticDesigns if I’m not mistaken the brand is Garrett.... they have used it for years. Same one they used as concerts and TSA when people got on airplanes. Not sure of the price, but I have a cheap metal detector from Rockler Woodworking and it’s works 90% of the time, but it’s very slow you need to triple check.... not fun.
if you're cutting logs from a tree service you better invest in a metal detector and go ahead and get a couple of boxes of bands. you gonna need em. and slow down.
A sharp blade is the MOST important part of getting a good cut. You need to pay special attention to the sound of the cut. A good Sawyer can hear every little change in the cut. Woodmizer makes a blade sharpening rig. Takes a bit of time to learn. Not bad if the blade is o ly dull but is slow sharpening a damaged blade. And damn, slow down, this is not a race. You leave yourself zero time to react if there is a problem.
Thank you William for the tips. I feel like I am starting to learn the sound of the mill running smoothly. I will definitely slow down the cut from now on. We appreciate the feedback.
Those cedar logs have too much rot in them to be useful . Sawmills would not buy those logs unless they have a chipper and chipped them up for bedding. I have cut lots of BIG cedars and sold to mills .I still have lots more to cut.
Red cedar naturally branches out close to the ground, but people that have them in the yard trim them so it is easy mowing around the tree. Also they hang signs, bird houses, and clothes lines. Maybe kids also play with hammers and nails to built a tree house.
@@TripleLRusticDesignsI work in metal and you must keep your ear out for hard spots in (Indian) forged stainless steel as large as your logs. If you mess those up the blade is the least of your concern.
I have cut a ton of cedar on my mill which is about like yours. Yes,a metal detector is invaluable and will save you a lot of heartache! Also when you see the rubboard appearance, that means a dull blade.Also that jumping around means the same. Just keep at it ...experience = best teacher.
Awesome brother thank you for the helpful tips!
Hey,guys I do apologize for coming down on you in a post earlier. Now, I had an experience today that might help you. I saw a lot of cedar as I said earlier so today my saw started jumping from front to back etc. Come to find out,my blade was cracking and finally broke in two! Just thought that might help you guys.(btw,i did re-subscribe).
A Porter dang that’s crazy! We just got a new huge cedar log! It will definitely be a video maker!
@@TripleLRusticDesigns Good deal. Take your time,rushing always produces problems. Best of luck to ya.👌
Thanks for sharing this video. I know there some negative comments and I hope they don’t discourage you. I enjoy watching real people learning because they are not afraid to try or do new things. God bless.
Thank you Lane! We appreciate people like you!
Thank you for these videos.
Its nice to see the earlier stages of the learning process.
Your video and editing looks good.
Awesome teamwork as well.
Its real nice to see family working together.
It never gets old.
God bless you guys.
Thank you Ron for the nice comment. We are new to saw milling but we will get the hang of it in time.
2000 WM LT40 Diesel bn sawing for yrs, investing in a good metal detector will save you a lot of blades, always check trees that come out of town/yards for nails...
Awesome!! We will definitely get one now! Thanks for the tips!
You recovered nicely from the mishap. Another thing: speaking as a horse owner, I look at the sawdust coming out of your dust chute and I see a possible revenue stream. I know bandsaws produce a finer dust than wheel blades do, too fine for horses (it's bad for their breathing), but I think dairy farms buy that finer dust for bedding; and I know it's used to make wood pellets and other stuff. Even a shop vac ducted onto that chute might produce something usable or salable for you. Best of luck!
Thanks for the tips!
Start at the larger end , lots easier to gauge . Measure your large end and small end and set your blade to the difference , less waste and easier to square up . Nice looking slabs you guys got !
Thank you Jon! I will start cutting from the butt end now.
@@TripleLRusticDesigns I'd advise always starting at the small end. especially if you are going after dimensional lumber. Another tip...raise the small end to be level with the but end on your first cuts. will minimize waste and maximize yield.
Listen for the metal. I heard it!
Yeah it’s crazy looking back at the video you can actually hear it happen.
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Yup heard it too
I heard it too.
My father and I had a Sanborn 36” mighty max back in the 80’s early 90’s. I miss those days. That sound of that blade hitting metal isn’t good. Our mill had a 5”1/2 band. I have the new paper article on my Facebook page of the clipping where it was in the paper.
I’ll include a link of a video of a sawmill just like it. We had the same exact set up. Fork lift too.
You have hit a nail
You could see 3 nails or screws in that one you thought had two.there's one up alittle higher.pretty wood I've got some in the shop I use for turkey box calls.you may want to stay 5 ft.up from the bottom of some tree's. We cut all of our fire wood that way if it come from a fence row or yard.then we stay out of the metal. especially if we didn't cut it down.
That’s a great idea! thank you
Also check your belt tension, check the manual on the amount of deflection and lbs of pressure on the drive belt.
Thanks Robert!
Agreed. There are a lot of comments about speed and iron in the log, but I suspect that the tension needs to be adjusted too, just a little.
.y blades would wander when the tooth set was gone on one side. I used the crooked cuts for furnature. I made a very nice cedar stool with one. I wish i could send you pictures.
That sounds cool! I recently made an entry table from some of the first boards we cut on the sawmill. Check out our Instagram @triplelrusticdesigns
@@TripleLRusticDesigns i don't have instagram. That is beautiful wood. Our cedar is light brown here in eldorado county calizuela. I sold my mill because i got an offer for more than i paid for it. Sometimes i regret it. But i'm 74 now. Those logs are heavy, and i'm too old to lift them by myself. Oh well. Thanks for that video. It brought back happy memories.
Cut slower guys. I push my mill about half that speed.and if back up when as soon as you see it dive you can save it
Yeah we figured out we were cutting too fast. We cut slower now and have perfectly straight cuts. Thank you for the tips though, we really appreciate it!
Get a handheld metal detector wand to check all your logs prior milling....its worth the extra time and effort
Yeah we really need to get one.
I love getting the free trees from the tree guys but you do quickly learn that nothing is truly free. What really sucks is when that metal is thin enough that the mill hardly flinches so you don’t notice it but your planer does. Good luck in the venture with the mill. I’m going on 16 years and still love cutting off that first slab.
Thanks brother! Many more videos to come. Just need time to shoot them and edit.
I have a question for you guys. I see a lot of guys cutting everything into big slabs and stacking it to dry, and other guys cut the log on 4 sides into a square and then directly into lumber. Why the two different approaches?
Also, if you are taking urban trees, have you considered investing in a quality metal detector to go over the logs before you cut them? I think it would pick up things like that nail. Might save a lot of blades and a lot of wood. And then you could take up treasure hunting on the side. LOL. Thanks!
@@joeprimal2044 speaking from my experience I do both. Cutting into lumber for projects built with dimensional lumber and cutting the slabs for the guys building rustic tables, benches etc. it’s a fairly new thing. When I started milling you couldn’t hardly sell a live edge slab now I’m shipping them all over the US.
Yes I have a metal detector. Sometimes it catches it sometimes it don’t. If it’s deep enough it doesn’t seem to get it. I suppose you could check it at every pass but time is money.
@@dontfit6380 OK, thanks. Enjoy your day, and good luck selling your wood!
I've been at it for 2 years, never had a chance to saw cedar yet, great job
Very cool! Thanks for checking out the video!
Cedar must smell a lot better than the elm I did recently. I swear it smelled like old pee.
Cedar is just gorgeous. Maybe cooler temps before long. Ga. 🇺🇸
We can’t wait
You get trees out of a yard,,, what do you think is going to happen,,, I paid for my metal detector in in blades I saved !!! I have metal cutting blades to change out to keep sawing if I hit one. I will saw stuff with nails in it with those blades. I check EVERYTHING I SAW !!!! I cut 2 Railroad spikes with them in black walnut,,, pinpointed them in the log and sawed it in the middle of a 16 foot log . He was sent to me by the largest mill around here. It is all the inside of one room now with cabinets all from 3 trees . Super happy customer with a huge tip !! You can cut one log that will make or break your month !!
Dang that’s crazy! Thanks for the advice!
13:15 For getting the nails out use a chisel and hammer, then grab it with a vise grip or a nipper.
Thank you
Urban forests, fence lines, or rural yard trees are not worth sawing unless you have a good metal detector able to penetrate several inches. Also when sawing take off your slabs and boards before making your next cut and watch for blue stain.
Yeah most of the trees I’m getting are from yards too so it’s definitely a gamble! We appreciate the tips!
Heard it hit that metal. Doesn’t matter how big your Woodmizer is, metal is a blade killer.
Right! that’s why it’s a $25 charge per strike when sawing.
Yeah the metal is a terrible thing.
a few mistakes in this one but we are learning :) and you guys got a nice plank in the end :)
Y’all are trying to cut way to fast and need to Pay more attention to what’s going on
Thanks Bass. I am still learning but will take this feedback into account.
yeah, cutting too fast and wreckless!!! That can cause someone to get hurt fast!!
So you don't recommend sprinting with the saw?
Hey guys ✋️ great video 😃
I think you have to be steady with speed and little slower, by changing speed settings while milling the log also can be a thickness problem. What I’m trying to say maintain same speed from start to finish at the slower pace.
Good luck.
Thank you so much for the feedback. We will keep a consistent speed next time.
You should debark the cedar before sawing. Even if there wasn't a screw in the log, the fibrous cedar bark can plug up the blade and make it wander and heat up.
Thank you for the helpful tip Douglas.
Definitely slow down. A bi metal blade will go right through nails. Also a metal detector is a must have. Keep at it guys.
Thank you Larry. I am excited to get one of the bi metal blades everyone has mentioned.
If you cut resedential logs, watch for iron stains and invest in a metal detector.also,your carriage speed looks somewhat fast.
Thank you. Most of our logs are residential so we are trying to spot the nails before we ruin a blade. We have also slowed down our speed now.
I can’t stress the importance of a GOOD quality metal detector. Cheap ones won’t detect metal as easy in larger diameter trees.
Urban trees an be the worst for holding hidden metal.
Another giveaway (sometimes) of metal presence is blueish/dark staining spots on the end grain. Watch the knots too, dives and raises happen as they are changes in wood density. You’ll have to experiment with speeds as well as your blade type (4,7,9 and 10 degree sizes) in accordance’s with the wood species and dryness. Lots of variables guys- but you will learn more as you cut more boards. It’s a great thing- and the beauty in the wood is like Christmas every time you cut a tree! I’d suggest giving Nathan Eliiott and his channel @outofthewoodsforestry #outofthewoodsforestry a view. I can’t tell you the amount of things I’ve learned by watching him work and talk about running his mill. The amount of information he has is invaluable- and he knows sawmilling. No nonsense straightforward information. Keep cutting fellas!
Thank you Blair. This is very helpful!
Or the dark blue stain on a board where there is metal just below the saw cut. You can see this better on oak.
Beautiful wave
Thank you
the nails use to hold a sign up that said no sawmills allowed . that was a shame.
You’re probably correct.
I cut a few cedar trees a work one after noon and they were full of rocks and bottles. The tree must have been hollow at one time and the tree grew around the garbage. Ended up using a loader to remove all the trees.
On my parents property in Canada, there is the northest population of this kind of cedar. We cut one of them once, i never saw atree with such tight growth rings, the wood is beautiful, but sadly very rare in Canada
That is awesome Felix! We have some really nice cedar logs stacked up waiting to be cut.
Although I've paid for it 3 years, I havent turned it on. Got the same mill, in diesel, same tractor almost l4060. And I'm collecting the same trees, got about a 4000 pound log today, it is big, really big. Hope I dont hit nails. Definately will have to use the metal detector. I have posted some videos on collecting this cedar. Today was brutal. Loaded it by hand on the trailer.
That’s awesome Thorny! We will subscribe to your channel!
@@TripleLRusticDesigns and likewise just subscribed too, to you all. Thanks.
at 5.29 you hit a piece of metal which dulled one side of the saw.. You can hear it hit!
Thanks Dean. We did not know what happened at first but watching the video back, you can definitely tell what happened.
10:49 If I hit 2 nails the log then goes for firewood, cause there could be more.
Thank you
I feel bad for enjoying this so much !
I’ve been there bud!
Haha it’s all good man! It’s meant to be enjoyable.
On average, how long does a blade last?
Nailed it, bro
Thanks Joe
THATS BECAUSE OF THE SHAPE OF CEDAR YOU SHOULD CUT AND THEN FLIP 90 AND THEN CUT TO PRODUCE SQUARE SIDES TO HOLD TO. ITS ALL ABOUT LEARNING
Thank you very much
That's the cost of free lumber! Lol in all seriousness, sorry to see you lose a blade and lose that beautiful log. I hope that the overwhelming smell of fresh cedar cut at least offset the loss a little bit... can't wait to cut my cedar pile... my HM122 is in the box awaiting assembly!
Yeah can’t complain too much with the logs being free. Thanks brother! It’s all a learning process.
Are all the newer wood-mizer sawmills that unstable? Or is just the wide? It seems to shift around quite a bit. Our old cantilever mill doesn't do that.
I have not had any experience with any other sawmills other than this LT15 Wide
should have gone for good bi-metal blade and go slow, it will cut through the nails and you wouldn't have to spoiled the log.
Yeah I think we are going to order some! A few people have mentioned them. Thanks man.
a $70 dollar metal detector may have saved you that much in labor and blades and wood. That is an expensive saw mill, you might want to spend a little on a better metal detector for the sake of penetration and you can either cut it out or try to avoid it. Also, Cedar and Cherry are very photo senstitive, so if you want to preserve the color as cut you must tarp it and get it into the dark as soon as possible. Ten minutes in the sun will bleach the color on cedar. But if you can get it indoors or tarped you can treat it with a U.V blocker like Thompson'sl Good luck on future projects.
Yeah we are going to order a nice metal detector. That’s crazy about the wood losing its color. I’ve definitely noticed it by leaving it out in the sun. We really appreciate the tips! Thanks
We always run a metal detector over trees that come from peoples yards they could pound a nail in 20 years ago and the tree will grow around it
Stupid question here. Do you guys have to pay for the logs from the tree companies? Or do they just give them away?
It depends on the type of logs
Great videos with your LT15 wide.
I ordered my LT15 wide 2 weeks ago. I have to wait 6 more weeks.
Very exciting! We love it!
The other thing I noticed is you have more then a 1/8 inch between the gullet of the tooth and your band wheel.
Thanks for the tips Robert! I will check all of those things before I use the mill again.
With cedar you really gotta pay attention to your cut and your blade because if there is just a slight difference in a tooth itll mess up.a log quickly
Thanks Gary. We have some big cedar logs we are going to be cutting soon.
Is it raining?
At 6:40
It rains a lot here
I took some logs I cut here in my yard to a sawyer nearby. He asked me where I got them and I told him. He said people put nails in their trees around their homes to hang things so if he hit a nail I would have to buy the saw blade. That was fair I thought.
You got SCREWED 😂
Yeah ruined the log
You have to go slow through knots, you need to have your tension set properly and metal will jack a blade every single time. FYI cedar is the most notorious for having hidden metal. When you hear that pulsating sound when your cutting it can be a bent blade which is junk at that point.
Thanks for the tips man! We definitely know what it sounds like to hit metal now. We are going to order a metal detector.
@@TripleLRusticDesigns I have a White"s Goldmaster. It will pick up five inches deep or even more.
Get you a metal detector check logs before sawing
Yeah we are trying to figure out which one we should get.
Don't worry, that stuff grows on trees ;-)
You are very right.
Nails and sawmills don't mix! The other day a man brought me a nice straight oak to cut and I told him 25 for each blade if I hit a nail
He assured me "no nails". Second pass, hit a nail. It dipped. That's 1- 25 dollars. Got 2 nails out of wood
3rd pass hit a nail dipped. This time 6 inches from center. I told him he already had 70 bucks in log. He decided 70 dollars for 1 slab was enough.
Thanks for sharing Wade. We are definitely learning how terrible nails in the log can be. We have been cutting some telephone poles and those are full of nails.
@@TripleLRusticDesigns oh my! Feel for ya. I Will Not cut a power pole. I think they put nails in them when they treat them. Somebody brings me one, I convince them it's better at holding up a barn. But sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do. I have no metal deyector.
16:25..."It's too damn hot, I can't even video".......Well, pull your pants up, turn your hat around, go get yourself a freezy pop and let the other poor guy labor on. So sad.
By that I meant the camera kept shutting down due to the heat
Can a guy have that blade sharpened or is it to far gone?
I’m not sure honestly. We are pretty new in sawmilling so we are still learning. I imagine they can be sharpened again.
@@TripleLRusticDesigns i have been contemplating the wm 15 wide, are you still happy with it?
@@darrengarlough5121 we are extremely happy with it! We love how it can handle large logs up to 36”.
You have to reset the saw teeth not just have it sharpened.
You should buy your blades in rolls and get a blade welder, much cheaper!
Thats not a bad idea Jesus. Thank You.
Get yourself a security wand for checking metal objects. Knives, guns, screws, nails, anything concealed. I’m not sure how deep it will warn you there’s something buried. Not sure if it’s worth the price unless you start wrecking a bunch of blades?
Yeah we are trying to figure out which brand to get now.
@@TripleLRusticDesigns if I’m not mistaken the brand is Garrett.... they have used it for years. Same one they used as concerts and TSA when people got on airplanes. Not sure of the price, but I have a cheap metal detector from Rockler Woodworking and it’s works 90% of the time, but it’s very slow you need to triple check.... not fun.
@@mitchellkasdin1899 awesome man thank you very much!
@@TripleLRusticDesigns 👍
Get yourselves a metal detector as most yard logs contain metal, use the winder to cut as it's hard to go too fast with a winder
Yeah we need to get one
Two words....Metal detector .
Yeah we need to get one
Those saggy pants shorts tho🤣😂🙈
Thank you
if you're cutting logs from a tree service you better invest in a metal detector and go ahead and get a couple of boxes of bands. you gonna need em. and slow down.
Thanks Arlie. We will make both of those changes.
ali onde a serra envergou...deve ser um no para ser tao duro...trocar a serra por outra com os dentes mais inclinados para frente...
Hi from Florida.
You need to change your blade! It is Dull!
Cant run that fast through cedar
Thanks Anthony. I will slow down the cut next time.
A sharp blade is the MOST important part of getting a good cut. You need to pay special attention to the sound of the cut. A good Sawyer can hear every little change in the cut. Woodmizer makes a blade sharpening rig. Takes a bit of time to learn. Not bad if the blade is o ly dull but is slow sharpening a damaged blade. And damn, slow down, this is not a race. You leave yourself zero time to react if there is a problem.
Thank you William for the tips. I feel like I am starting to learn the sound of the mill running smoothly. I will definitely slow down the cut from now on. We appreciate the feedback.
i know this is old video , i thought i heard something before that saw blade dive down like metal
A good metal detector will help keep from doing that
Yeah we are going to buy a good one.
LMAO as a sawmill owner! Live and learn. You wrecked the blade on a nail or something else metal in the log.
Yeah we hit a big screw and it destroyed the blade. Luckily some of the slabs still turned out good.
It's not the sawmill ,it's the 2 people operating it.
Thanks Jeff. We will get better in time.
Invest in a good magnetometer and check the logs before you put them on the mill.......
Thanks Edward! We are going to get a nice metal detector.
Operator should have felt it the second it hit and then investigate.
Yeah now we would have known. Back then we were pretty new to cutting and had no clue what happened.
Those cedar logs have too much rot in them to be useful . Sawmills would not buy those logs unless they have a chipper and chipped them up for bedding.
I have cut lots of BIG cedars and sold to mills .I still have lots more to cut.
That is awesome. We have some nice cedar logs still waiting to be cut.
This is why people without experience should seek out someone with experience before taking on such projects.
Thanks Ken. We will be careful.
if you are going to cut anyting other than from forrest, buy bimetal blades
Yeah a couple people have mentioned them. I think we are going to invest in some.
When you know nothing about sawing that's what happens.
Thanks Jeff.
Know when you know nothing about sawing you get on UA-cam and try to talk s*** like you do.... Like u
blades had it mate, hopeless or what ,
We were able to save a couple slabs. Sucks it dove like that though.
Reminder: proper forest management will ensure plentiful resources and a natural habitat for animals for generations to come.
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You can hear the blade hit something at 5:29. Probably a piece of metal.
Toonseskat yeah that’s what it was. A screw in the log.
yep logs fucked , firewood !!! hard ol lesson
blades is getting dull , feed to fast , tension on blade not tight enough
Thank you Greg. We have made all the adjustments now.
keep clearing the sawdust from the blade wheels
Thanks Rodney! I have been trying to keep the wheels blown out frequently with the air compressor
daaaaamn boys you butchered that whole log, all garbage, unless you cut the slabs off to make 6 footers.... ouch man, that sucks!
We were able to save some of it. New video coming soon!
Live and learn.
Thanks Leonard.
Guys that blade is dead!
Yeah that blade got destroyed
Rule #1: NEVER chainsaw with the log on the mill!!!!!!
Slow the feed LT35 Sawyer
Thank you Frank! We will slow it down next time.
If I ask please my I have some of that ceader for my husband wood shop
Deborah, when we start cutting more cedar and it dries, we will have some slabs for sale.
@@TripleLRusticDesigns that would be sweet thanks
yea I heard the nail, hate that sound
Yeah it’s so clear now when you go back and watch the video. In the moment, we were clueless.
Who would have expected a nail/screw in cedar?
Red cedar naturally branches out close to the ground, but people that have them in the yard trim them so it is easy mowing around the tree. Also they hang signs, bird houses, and clothes lines. Maybe kids also play with hammers and nails to built a tree house.
Nail sound
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a sorte que nao partiu a serra.
Thanks for watching.
Well., at least you only lot 1ft..........easily done..
ACCB definitely operator error
Thanks Brian.
:01 I can hear the nail that took out the blade dont ask me how I know you hear that zip sound slow down and watch the blade
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change that blade, its toast
Yeah that screw ruined that blade
@@TripleLRusticDesignsI work in metal and you must keep your ear out for hard spots in (Indian) forged stainless steel as large as your logs. If you mess those up the blade is the least of your concern.
@@wolfdar2009 that’s crazy
8:54 Blade is no good.
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Sorry guys your going way to fast. I’ve had a LT15 for 10 years
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These early vids just don't get the view count.....wonder why? =P
your going to fast slow it down plus bring your blade guard closer to the log